List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Appearance
Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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since 4 July 2022 | |
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
Style | The Hon’ble |
Member of | Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Reports to | Government of Maharashtra |
Residence | Mumbai |
Seat | Maharashtra Legislature |
Nominator | Members of Official Opposition |
Appointer | Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Term length | During the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum) |
Precursor | Devendra Fadnavis, Bhartiya Janata Party (2019 – 2022) |
Inaugural holder | Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi (All-India Muslim League) (1937–1939) |
Deputy | Balasaheb Thorat Indian National Congress |
Salary | ₹ - approximately |
Website | - |
The leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is an elected member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly who leads the official opposition in the lower house of the Maharashtra Legislature. The leader of the opposition is the legislature speaker of the party with the most seats after the government party.
Leaders of the opposition
The Assembly's opposition parties elect a leader of the opposition. This is commonly the leader of the largest non-government party, and is recognized as such by the speaker. The following is the list of leaders of the opposition in the assembly.[1]
# | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Assembly (election) |
Chief Minister | Party | |||
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Pre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47) | |||||||||
1 | Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi | 1937 | 1939 | All-India Muslim League | |||||
2 | A. A. Khan | 1946 | 1947 | ||||||
Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60) | |||||||||
(2) | A. A. Khan | 1947 | 1952 | Indian Union Muslim League | |||||
3 | Tulsidas Jadhav | 1952 | 1955 | Peasants and Workers Party of India | |||||
4 | Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi | 1958 | 1959 | Praja Socialist Party | |||||
5 | Udhavrao Patil | 1958 | 1959 | Peasants and Workers Party of India | |||||
6 | Vitthal Devidas Deshpande | 1959 | 1960 | Communist Party of India | |||||
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (born 1960) | |||||||||
7 | Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare | 1960 | 1962 | Scheduled Castes Federation | |||||
8 | Krishnarao Dhulap | 1962 | 1972 | Peasants and Workers Party of India | |||||
9 | Dinkar Patil | 7 April 1972 | July 1977 | ||||||
10 | Ganpatrao Deshmukh | 18 July 1977 | February 1978 | ||||||
11 | Uttamrao Patil | 28 March 1978 | 17 July 1978 | Janata Party | |||||
12 | Prabha Rau | February 1979 | 13 July 1979 | Indian National Congress | |||||
13 | Pratibha Patil | 16 July 1979 | February 1980 | ||||||
14 | Sharad Pawar | 3 July 1980 | 1 August 1981 | Indian Congress (Socialist) | |||||
15 December 1983 | 14 January 1985 | ||||||||
21 March 1985 | 14 December 1986 | ||||||||
15 | Babanrao Dhakne | 17 December 1981 | 14 December 1986 | Janata Party | |||||
16 | Nihal Ahmed | 14 December 1986 | 26 November 1987 | ||||||
17 | Datta Patil | 27 November 1987 | 22 December 1988 | Peasants and Workers Party of India | |||||
18 | Mrinal Gore | 23 December 1988 | 19 October 1989 | Janata Party | |||||
(17) | Datta Patil | 20 October 1989 | 3 March 1990 | Peasants and Workers Party of India | |||||
19 | Manohar Joshi | 22 March 1990 | 12 December 1991 | 1 year, 265 days | 8th (1990) |
Shiv Sena | |||
20 | Gopinath Munde | 12 December 1991 | 14 March 1995 | 3 years, 92 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
21 | Madhukarrao Pichad | 25 March 1995 | 15 July 1999 | 4 years, 112 days | 9th (1995) |
Indian National Congress | |||
22 | Narayan Rane | 22 October 1999 | 12 July 2005 | 5 years, 263 days | Shiv Sena | ||||
23 | Ramdas Kadam | 1 October 2005 | 3 November 2009 | 4 years, 33 days | |||||
24 | Eknath Khadse | 11 November 2009 | 8 November 2014 | 4 years, 362 days | 12th (2009) |
Ashok Chavan
|
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
25 | Eknath Shinde | 12 November 2014 | 5 December 2014 | 23 days | 13th (2014) |
Devendra Fadnavis | Shiv Sena | ||
26 | Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil | 23 December 2014 | 5 June 2019 | 4 years, 164 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
27 | Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar | 24 June 2019 | 9 November 2019 | 138 days | |||||
28 | Devendra Fadnavis | 1 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 210 days | 14th (2019) |
Uddhav Thackeray | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
29 | Ajit Pawar | 4 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 37 days | Eknath Shinde | Nationalist Congress Party |
Deputy Leaders of the Opposition
(2019 - 2022)
(2022 - Incumbent)
See also
- List of governors of Maharashtra
- List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
- List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra
- List of Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
References
- ^ "Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition" (PDF) (in Marathi). Retrieved 7 May 2021.