List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
File:Ajit Pawar During Speech.jpg Incumbent Ajit Anantrao Pawar (Nationalist Congress Party) 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.

#	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Chief Minister	Party
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 Prithviraj Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party
25	File:Eknath Sambhaji Shinde.jpg	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	1 year, 88 days		Eknath Shinde	Nationalist Congress Party

Deputy Leaders of the Opposition

• Sudhir Mungantiwar

(2019 - 2022)

• Balasaheb Thorat

(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 Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of Deputy Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council