Template:Infobox Political post 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.[1]
| # | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Chief Minister | Party | |||
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| 1 | Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad | 14 July 1960 | 23 March 1962 | Template:Ayd | Communist Party of India | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color"| | ||
| 2 | V. B. Gogate | 27 July 1962 | 28 August 1966 | Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | rowspan=3 style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | ||
| 3 | Ramjeevan Choudhary | 29 August 1966 | 21 July 1967 | Template:Ayd | ||||
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Uttamrao Patil | 22 July 1967 | 26 March 1978 | Template:Ayd | Vasantrao Naik
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| 5 | Arjunrao Kasture | 27 March 1978 | 19 July 1978 | Template:Ayd | Vasantdada Patil | Indian Congress (Socialist) | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
| 6 | Ram Meghe | 28 July 1978 | 9 July 1980 | Template:Ayd | Sharad Pawar | Indian National Congress | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
| 7 | Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan | 9 July 1980 | 7 September 1982 | Template:Ayd | A. R. Antulay
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Indian National Congress (Socialist) | rowspan=3 style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
| 8 | Datta Meghe | 7 September 1982 | 16 November 1984 | Template:Ayd | Babasaheb Bhosale
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| 9 | Devidas Marotirao Karale | 17 November 1984 | 12 December 1986 | Template:Ayd | Vasantdada Patil
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| 10 | 
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R. S. Gavai | 12 December 1986 | 20 December 1988 | Template:Ayd | Shankarrao Chavan
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Republican Party of India | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| 11 | Vitthalrao Hande | 23 December 1988 | 20 December 1990 | Template:Ayd | Sharad Pawar | Peasants and Workers Party of India | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
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R. S. Gavai | 20 December 1990 | 17 July 1991 | Template:Ayd | Sharad Pawar
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Republican Party of India | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| 12 | Pramod Navalkar | 17 July 1991 | 2 July 1992 | Template:Ayd | Sudhakarrao Naik | Shiv Sena | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
| 13 | Anna Dange | 2 July 1992 | 30 July 1993 | Template:Ayd | Sudhakarrao Naik
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Bharatiya Janata Party | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
| 14 | Sudhir Joshi | 30 July 1993 | 30 July 1994 | Template:Ayd | Sharad Pawar | Shiv Sena | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
| (13) | Anna Dange | 30 July 1994 | 18 March 1995 | Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | ||
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Sharad Pawar | 25 March 1995 | 21 May 1996 | Template:Ayd | Manohar Joshi | Indian National Congress | rowspan=2 style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| 16 | 
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Chhagan Bhujbal | 10 July 1996 | 9 June 1999 | Template:Ayd | Manohar Joshi
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| 10 June 1999 | 17 October 1999 | Narayan Rane | Nationalist Congress Party | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | ||||
| 17 | 
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Nitin Gadkari | 23 October 1999 | 11 April 2005 | Template:Ayd | Vilasrao Deshmukh
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Bharatiya Janata Party | rowspan=3 style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | |
| 18 | Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar | 11 April 2005 | 22 December 2011 | Template:Ayd | Vilasrao Deshmukh
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| 19 | 
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Vinod Tawde | 23 December 2011 | 20 October 2014 | Template:Ayd | Prithviraj Chavan | ||
| 20 | Dhananjay Munde | 22 December 2014 | 24 October 2019 | Template:Ayd | Devendra Fadnavis | Nationalist Congress Party | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
| 21 | Pravin Darekar | 16 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | Template:Ayd | Uddhav Thackeray | Bharatiya Janata Party | style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | | |
See also
- List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
- List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
References
- ↑ Legislative Council Leaders of the Opposition. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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