List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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.

The post has been vacant since 26 November 2024 since no opposition party currently holds 10% of the total seats of the house.

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. #PortraitNameConstituencyTenureAssembly(election)Chief MinisterParty Pre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47) 1 Ali Muhammad Khan DehlaviSurat and Rander Cities, Urban 1937 19391937All-India Muslim League 2 A. A. Khan 1946 19471946 Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60) (2) A. A. Khan 1947 1952 1946 Indian Union Muslim League 3 Tulsidas JadhavBarsi Madha 1952 1955 1st(1952) Peasants and Workers Party of India 4 Shreedhar JoshiShukrawar Peth 1958 1959 2nd(1957) Praja Socialist Party 5 Udhavrao PatilOsmanabad 1958 1959 Peasants and Workers Party of India 6 Vithalrao DeshpandeNanded 1959 1960 Communist Party of India Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (since 1960) 1 Ramchandra BhandareWorli 1960 1962 1st(1957) Scheduled Castes Federation 2 Krishnarao DhulapKalyan 1962 19722nd(1962)Peasants and Workers Party of India3rd(1967) 3 Dinkar Balu PatilPanvel 4 April 1972 July 19774th(1972) 4 Ganpatrao DeshmukhSangola 18 July 1977 February 1978 5 Uttamrao PatilParola 28 March 1978 17 July 1978 5th(1978) Janata Party 6 Prabha RauPulgaon February 1979 13 July 1979Indian National Congress 7 Pratibha PatilMuktainagar 16 July 1979 February 19808Sharad PawarBaramati3 July 19801 August 19816th(1980)Indian Congress (Socialist)9Babanrao DhaknePathardi17 December 198124 December 1982Janata Party10Dinkar Balu PatilPanvel24 December 198214 December 1983Peasants and Workers Party of India (8) Sharad PawarBaramati 15 December 1983 13 January 1985 Indian Congress (Socialist) 21 March 1985 14 December 1986 7th(1985) 11 Nihal AhmedMalegaon 14 December 1986 26 November 1987 Janata Party 12 Datta Narayan PatilPanvel 27 November 1987 22 December 1988 Peasants and Workers Party of India 13 Mrinal GoreGoregaon 23 December 1988 19 October 1989 Janata Party(12)Datta Narayan PatilPanvel20 October 19893 March 1990Peasants and Workers Party of India 13 Manohar JoshiDadar 22 March 1990 12 December 1991 8th(1990) Shiv Sena 14 Gopinath MundeRenapur 12 December 1991 14 March 1995 Bharatiya Janata Party 15 Madhukar PichadAkole 25 March 1995 15 July 1999 9th(1995) Indian National Congress 16 Narayan RaneMalvan 22 October 1999 12 July 2005 10th(1999)Shiv Sena 17 Ramdas KadamKhed 1 October 2005 3 November 2009 11th(2004) 18 Eknath KhadseMuktainagar11 November 20098 November 201412th(2009)Ashok Chavan

Prithviraj ChavanBharatiya Janata Party19Eknath ShindeKopri-Pachpakhadi12 November 20145 December 201413th(2014)Devendra FadnavisShiv Sena20Radhakrishna Vikhe PatilShirdi23 December 20144 June 2019Indian National Congress 21Vijay WadettiwarBramhapuri24 June 20199 November 201922 Devendra FadnavisNagpur South West1 December 201929 June 202214th(2019)Uddhav ThackerayBharatiya Janata Party23Ajit PawarBaramati4 July 20222 July 2023 Eknath ShindeNationalist Congress Party(21)Vijay WadettiwarBramhapuri3 August 202326 November 2024Indian National CongressVacant 26 November 2024Incumbent15th(2024) Devendra Fadnavis N.A

Leaders of the Opposition (Additional Charge and Acting) #PortraitNameTenureAssembly(election)Chief MinisterParty ActingDilip Walse-Patil23 November 201926 November 201914th(2019) Devendra FadnavisNationalist Congress PartyActingJitendra Awhad 2 July 202318 July 2023 Eknath ShindeNationalist Congress PartyAdditional Charge Balasaheb Thorat18 July 20233 August 2023Indian National Congress Deputy leaders of the Opposition №Portrait NameTerm of officeSpeaker of the HouseParty 01 Jayant Patil 23 December 2014 20 April 2018 Haribhau Bagade Nationalist Congress Party 02 Shashikant Shinde 20 April 2018 9 November 2019 Haribhau Bagade 03 Sudhir Mungantiwar 2 December 2019 29 June 2022 Nana Patole Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting) Bharatiya Janata Party 04 Balasaheb Thorat 4 July 20223 August 2023 Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting) Rahul Narwekar Indian National Congress 05 (First) Jitendra Awhad 3 August 2023 26 November 2024Rahul Narwekar Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar 06 (Second) Ajay Choudhari 3 August 2023 26 November 2024 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Statistics

See also List of governors of Maharashtra List of chief ministers of Maharashtra List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra List of chairmen of the Maharashtra Legislative Council List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

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