List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

The leader of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly in India. The current leader of the opposition is A. M. H Nazeem.

Puducherry Representative Assembly (1955-1963) The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Representative Assembly is given below No.Portrait Name Elected constituencyTerm of officeThe ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding periodAssemblyPolitical party Assumed office Left office Time in office1V. Kailassa Soubaya(1911–1993) Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam 17 August 1955 24 October 1958 1st People's Front September 1959 30 June 1963 2nd

Puducherry Legislative Assembly (since 1963) The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below No.Portrait Name Elected constituencyTerm of officeThe ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding periodAssemblyPolitical party Assumed office Left office Time in office 1 V. Kailassa Soubaya(1911–1993) Murungapakkam 1 July 1963 24 August 1964 1st People's Front Mudaliarpet 29 August 1964 17 September 1968 2nd 2 P. Shanmugam(1927–2013) N.A. 17 March 1969 2 January 1974 3rd Indian National Congress 3 Dana Kantharaj Raj Bhavan 6 March 1974 27 March 1974 4th Indian National Congress 4 P. Ansari Doraisamy(c.1917–N.A.) Cassicade 2 July 1977 11 November 1978 5th Janata Party 5 P. Uthiravelu Bahour 16 January 1980 23 November 1983 6th Congress (Indira) 6 P. K. Loganathan(1938–2013) Oupalam 16 March 1985 4 March 1990 7th All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7 M.O.H. Farook Lawspet 5 March 1990 3 March 1991 8th Indian National Congress 8 V. M. C. V. Ganapathy(1960–) Neravy T. R. Pattinam 4 July 1991 13 May 1996 9th All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9 V. Vaithilingam Nettapakkam 14 May 1996 21 March 2000 10th Indian National Congress 10 R.V. Janakiraman Nellithope 22 March 2000 15 May 2001 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 16 May 2001 11 May 2006 11th 11 A. M. H. Nazeem Karaikal 29 May 2006 May 2011 12th (9) V. Vaithilingam Kamaraj Nagar 17 August 2011 2016 13th Indian National Congress 12 N. Rangasamy Indira Nagar 22 August 2016 22 February 2021 14th All India N.R. Congress 13 R. Siva Villianur 8 May 2021 04 May 2026 15thDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 14 A. M. H. Nazeem Karaikal South 20 May 2026 Till date 16thDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

See also Government of Puducherry Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry Chief Minister of Puducherry Puducherry Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of India List of current Indian opposition leaders Elections in Puducherry Statistics

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