# List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

The Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council is an elected Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council who leads the official opposition in the Upper house of the Maharashtra Legislature. The Leader of the opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council is the Legislature chairperson of the party with the most seats after the government party.

## Leaders of the opposition

The council'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 chairman. The following is the list of leaders of the opposition in the council.
| # | Name | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Chief Minister | Party |
| 1 | Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad | 14 July 1960 | 23 March 1962 | 1 year, 252 days | | Communist Party of India |
| 2 | V. B. Gogate | 27 July 1962 | 28 August 1966 | 4 years, 32 days | | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 3 | Ramjeevan Choudhary | 29 August 1966 | 21 July 1967 | 326 days | | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 4 | Uttamrao Patil | 22 July 1967 | 26 March 1978 | 10 years, 247 days | Vasantrao Naik Shankarrao Chavan Vasantdada Patil | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 5 | Arjunrao Kasture | 27 March 1978 | 19 July 1978 | 114 days | Vasantdada Patil | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 6 | Ram Meghe | 28 July 1978 | 9 July 1980 | 1 year, 347 days | Sharad Pawar | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan | 9 July 1980 | 7 September 1982 | 2 years, 60 days | A. R. Antulay Babasaheb Bhosale | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 8 | Datta Meghe | 7 September 1982 | 16 November 1984 | 2 years, 70 days | Babasaheb Bhosale Vasantdada Patil | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 9 | Devidas Marotirao Karale | 17 November 1984 | 12 December 1986 | 2 years, 25 days | Vasantdada Patil Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Shankarrao Chavan | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 10 | R. S. Gavai | 12 December 1986 | 20 December 1988 | 2 years, 8 days | Shankarrao Chavan Sharad Pawar | Republican Party of India |
| 11 | Vithalrao Hande | 23 December 1988 | 20 December 1990 | 1 year, 362 days | Sharad Pawar | Peasants and Workers Party of India |
| (10) | R. S. Gavai | 20 December 1990 | 17 July 1991 | 209 days | Sharad Pawar Sudhakarrao Naik | Republican Party of India |
| 12 | Pramod Navalkar | 17 July 1991 | 2 July 1992 | 351 days | Sudhakarrao Naik | Shiv Sena |
| 13 | Anna Dange | 2 July 1992 | 30 July 1993 | 1 year, 28 days | Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 14 | Sudhir Joshi | 30 July 1993 | 30 July 1994 | 1 year, 0 days | Sharad Pawar | Shiv Sena |
| (13) | Anna Dange | 30 July 1994 | 18 March 1995 | 231 days | Sharad Pawar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 15 | Sharad Pawar | 25 March 1995 | 21 May 1996 | 1 year, 57 days | Manohar Joshi | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | Chhagan Bhujbal | 10 July 1996 | 9 June 1999 | 3 years, 99 days | Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | Chhagan Bhujbal | 10 June 1999 | 17 October 1999 | 3 years, 99 days | Narayan Rane | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 17 | Nitin Gadkari | 23 October 1999 | 11 April 2005 | 5 years, 170 days | Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde Vilasrao Deshmukh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 18 | Pandurang Fundkar | 11 April 2005 | 22 December 2011 | 6 years, 255 days | Vilasrao Deshmukh Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 19 | Vinod Tawde | 23 December 2011 | 20 October 2014 | 2 years, 301 days | Prithviraj Chavan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 20 | Dhananjay Munde | 22 December 2014 | 24 October 2019 | 4 years, 306 days | Devendra Fadnavis | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 21 | Pravin Darekar | 16 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 195 days | Uddhav Thackeray | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 22 | Ambadas Danve | 9 August 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 203 days | Eknath Shinde Devendra Fadnavis | Shiv Sena (UBT) |

## Deputy leaders of the opposition

| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Chairmen of the House | Party | Party |
| - | | Niranjan Davkhare | 16 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 195 days | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar Neelam Gorhe (acting) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| - | | Bhai Jagtap | 17 August 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 195 days | Neelam Gorhe (acting) Ram Shinde | Indian National Congress | |