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.

Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Incumbent Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar (Indian National Congress) since 3 August 2023
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	Ajit Pawar, NCP (2022 – 2023) Balasaheb Thorat Additional Charge , INC (2023 – 2023)
Inaugural holder	Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi, Muslim League (1937–1939)
Deputy	Jitendra Awhad (NCP (SP)) Ajay Choudhari (SHS(UBT))
Salary	₹ - approximately

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	Constituency	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		Vithalrao Devidasrao Deshpande		1959	1960				Communist Party of India
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (born 1960)
1		Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare		1960	1962				Scheduled Castes Federation
2		Krishnarao Dhulap		1962	1972				Peasants and Workers Party of India
3		Dinkar Patil		4 April 1972	July 1977
4		Ganpatrao Deshmukh		18 July 1977	February 1978
5		Uttamrao Patil		28 March 1978	17 July 1978				Janata Party
6		Prabha Rau		February 1979	13 July 1979				Indian National Congress
7		Pratibha Patil		16 July 1979	February 1980
8		Sharad Pawar	Baramati	3 July 1980	1 August 1981				Indian Congress (Socialist)
				15 December 1983	14 January 1985
				21 March 1985	14 December 1986
9		Babanrao Dhakne		17 December 1981	14 December 1986				Janata Party
10		Nihal Ahmed		14 December 1986	26 November 1987
11		Datta Narayan Patil		27 November 1987	22 December 1988				Peasants and Workers Party of India
12		Mrinal Gore		23 December 1988	19 October 1989				Janata Party
(11)		Datta Narayan Patil		20 October 1989	3 March 1990				Peasants and Workers Party of India
13		Manohar Joshi	Dadar	22 March 1990	12 December 1991	1 year, 265 days	8th (1990)		Shiv Sena
14		Gopinath Munde	Renapur	12 December 1991	14 March 1995	3 years, 92 days			Bharatiya Janata Party
15		Madhukar Pichad	Akole	25 March 1995	15 July 1999	4 years, 112 days	9th (1995)		Indian National Congress
16		Narayan Rane	Malvan	22 October 1999	12 July 2005	5 years, 263 days			Shiv Sena
17		Ramdas Kadam	Khed	1 October 2005	3 November 2009	4 years, 33 days
18		Eknath Khadse	Muktainagar	11 November 2009	8 November 2014	4 years, 362 days	12th (2009)	Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party
19		Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	12 November 2014	5 December 2014	23 days	13th (2014)	Devendra Fadnavis	Shiv Sena
20		Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	Shirdi	23 December 2014	5 June 2019	4 years, 164 days			Indian National Congress
21		Vijay Wadettiwar	Bramhapuri	24 June 2019	9 November 2019	138 days
22		Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	1 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 210 days	14th (2019)	Uddhav Thackeray	Bharatiya Janata Party
23		Ajit Pawar	Baramati	4 July 2022	2 July 2023	363 days		Eknath Shinde	Nationalist Congress Party
(21)		Vijay Wadettiwar	Bramhapuri	3 August 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 93 days			Indian National Congress

Leaders of the Opposition (Additional Charge and Acting)

#	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Chief Minister	Party
Acting		Dilip Walse-Patil	23 November 2019	26 November 2019	3 days	14th (2019)	Devendra Fadnavis	Nationalist Congress Party
Acting		Jitendra Awhad	2 July 2023	18 July 2023	16 days		Eknath Shinde	Nationalist Congress Party
Additional Charge		Balasaheb Thorat	18 July 2023	3 August 2023	16 days			Indian National Congress

Deputy Leaders of the Opposition

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Speaker of the House	Party
01		Jayant Patil	23 December 2014	20 April 2018	3 years, 118 days	Haribhau Bagade	Nationalist Congress Party
02		Shashikant Shinde	20 April 2018	9 November 2019	1 year, 203 days	Haribhau Bagade
03		Sudhir Mungantiwar	2 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 209 days	Nana Patole Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting)	Bharatiya Janata Party
04		Balasaheb Thorat	4 July 2022	3 August 2023	1 year, 30 days	Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting) Rahul Narwekar	Indian National Congress
05 (First)		Jitendra Awhad	3 August 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 93 days	Rahul Narwekar	Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar
06 (Second)		Ajay Choudhari	3 August 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 93 days		Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

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