# 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. The current Leader of the Opposition is R. Siva.

## List of opposition leaders of Puducherry representative assembly (1955-1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Representative Assembly is given below
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly (Election) | Political party | Political party |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | Assembly (Election) | Political party | Political party |
| 1 | | V. Kailassa Soubaya (1911–1993) | Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam | 17 August 1955 | 24 October 1958 | 3 years, 68 days | 1st (1955 election) | People's Front | |
| 1 | | V. Kailassa Soubaya (1911–1993) | Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam | September 1959 | 30 June 1963 | 3 years, 302 days | 2nd (1959 election) | People's Front | |

## List of opposition leaders of Puducherry legislative assembly (since 1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly (Election) | Political party | Political party |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | Assembly (Election) | Political party | Political party |
| 1 | | V. Kailassa Soubaya (1911–1993) | Murungapakkam | 1 July 1963 | 24 August 1964 | 1 year, 54 days | 1st (1959 election) | People's Front | |
| 1 | | V. Kailassa Soubaya (1911–1993) | Mudaliarpet | 29 August 1964 | 17 September 1968 | 4 years, 19 days | 2nd (1964 election) | People's Front | |
| 2 | | P. Shanmugam (1927–2013) | N.A. | 17 March 1969 | 2 January 1974 | 4 years, 291 days | 3rd (1968 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 3 | | Dana Kantharaj | Raj Bhavan | 6 March 1974 | 27 March 1974 | 21 days | 4th (1974 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 4 | | P. Ansari Doraisamy (c.1917–N.A.) | Cassicade | 2 July 1977 | 11 November 1978 | 1 year, 132 days | 5th (1977 election) | Janata Party | |
| 5 | | P. Uthiravelu | Bahour | 16 January 1980 | 23 November 1983 | 3 years, 311 days | 6th (1980 election) | Congress (Indira) | |
| 6 | | P. K. Loganathan (1938–2013) | Oupalam | 16 March 1985 | 4 March 1990 | 4 years, 353 days | 7th (1985 election) | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 7 | | M.O.H. Farook | Lawspet | 5 March 1990 | 3 March 1991 | 363 days | 8th (1990 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 8 | | V. M. C. V. Ganapathy (1960–) | Neravy T. R. Pattinam | 4 July 1991 | 13 May 1996 | 4 years, 314 days | 9th (1991 election) | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 9 | | V. Vaithilingam | Nettapakkam | 14 May 1996 | 21 March 2000 | 3 years, 312 days | 10th (1996 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 10 | | R.V. Janakiraman | Nellithope | 22 March 2000 | 15 May 2001 | 1 year, 54 days | 10th (1996 election) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 10 | | R.V. Janakiraman | Nellithope | 16 May 2001 | 11 May 2006 | 4 years, 360 days | 11th (2001 election) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 11 | | A. M. H. Nazeem | Karaikal | 29 May 2006 | May 2011 | 4 years, 337 days | 12th (2006 election) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| (9) | | V. Vaithilingam | Kamaraj Nagar | 17 August 2011 | 2016 | 5 years, 136 days | 13th (2011 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 12 | | N. Rangasamy | Indira Nagar | 22 August 2016 | 22 February 2021 | 4 years, 184 days | 14th (2016 election) | All India N.R. Congress | |
| 13 | | R. Siva | Villianur | 8 May 2021 | Till date | 3 years, 296 days | 15th (2021 election) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |