# List of leaders of the opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

## Eligibility

Official Opposition is a term used in West Bengal Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follows this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses.

## List of Opposition leaders

| No | Name | Constituency | Term | Term | Term | Assembly (Election) | Party |
| – | Vacant | | 1946 | 1957 | | | N/A |
| 1 | Jyoti Basu | Baranagar | 1957 | 1962 | 4–5 years | 2nd (1957 election) | Communist Party of India |
| (1) | Jyoti Basu | Baranagar | 1962 | 1967 | 4–5 years | 3rd (1962 election) | Communist Party of India |
| 2 | Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | Jalpaiguri | 1967 | 1969 | 1–2 years | 4th (1967 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | Chowranghee | 1969 | 1971 | 1–2 years | 5th (1969 election) | Indian National Congress |
| (1) | Jyoti Basu | Baranagar | 1971 | 1972 | 0–1 years | 6th (1971 election) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 4 | Biswanath Mukherjee | Midnapore | 1972 | 1977 | 4–5 years | 7th (1972 election) | Communist Party of India |
| – | Vacant | | 1977 | 1982 | | 8th (1977 election) | N/A |
| 5 | Abdus Sattar | Lalgola | 1982 | 1987 | 4–5 years | 9th (1982 election) | Indian National Congress |
| (5) | Abdus Sattar | Lalgola | 1987 | 1991 | 3–4 years | 10th (1987 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Zainal Abedin | | 1991 | 1996 | 4–5 years | 11th (1991 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Atish Chandra Sinha | Kandi | 1996 | 2001 | 4–5 years | 12th (1996 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 8 | Pankaj Kumar Banerjee | Tollygunj | 14 June 2001 | 12 May 2006 | 4 years, 332 days | 13th (2001 election) | Trinamool Congress |
| 9 | Partha Chatterjee | Behala Paschim | 21 September 2006 | 13 May 2011 | 4 years, 234 days | 14th (2006 election) | Trinamool Congress |
| 10 | Surjya Kanta Mishra | Narayangarh | 1 June 2011 | 25 May 2016 | 4 years, 359 days | 15th (2011 election) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 11 | Abdul Mannan | Champdani | 2 June 2016 | 3 May 2021 | 4 years, 335 days | 16th (2016 election) | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | Suvendu Adhikari | Nandigram | 13 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 291 days | 17th (2021 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Deputy Leader of the Opposition

| Name | Term | Party |
| Ambica Banerjee | 1996–2006 | Indian National Congress |
| Ambica Banerjee | 1996–2006 | Trinamool Congress |
| Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | 2006–2009 | Indian National Congress |
| Manas Bhunia | 2009–2011 | Indian National Congress |
| Subhas Naskar | 2011–2016 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |
| Nepal Mahata | 2016–2021 | Indian National Congress |
| Mihir Goswami | 2021–Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party |