List of leaders of the opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

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The leader of the opposition in Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Template:Langx) is the official leader of the principal opposition party in the assembly. The leader of opposition is given rank of cabinet minister and is entitled to draw monthly salary and other perks of the same rank.

The post has been vacant since 8 December 2022 since no opposition party has held 10% of the total seats of the house since then.

Leaders of the opposition

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly	Party
Pre-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1937–47)
1		Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar		21 July 1937	20 January 1946			Indian National Congress	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2		Kundanmal Sobhachand Firodia		21 May 1946	14 August 1947
Post-Independence Bombay Legislative Assembly (1947–60)
(2)		Kundanmal Sobhachand Firodia		15 August 1947	31 January 1952			Indian National Congress	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
3		Dattatray Kashinath Kunte		5 May 1952	31 October 1956
4		S. L. Silam		21 November 1956	30 April 1960

No	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Party
1		Nagindas Gandhi	29 August 1960	1 March 1962	Template:Ayd	Praja Socialist Party	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
2		Bhailalbhai Patel	23 March 1962	28 February 1967	Template:Ayd	Swatantra Party	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
3			16 March 1967	20 April 1968	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
4		Jaideepsinghji	24 April 1968	14 November 1970	Template:Ayd	Independent	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
5		Kantilal Ghiya	16 November 1970	27 April 1971	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
6		Chimanbhai Patel	28 April 1971	12 May 1971	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
7		Maneklal Gandhi	1 September 1972	9 February 1974	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
8		Madhav Singh Solanki	27 June 1975	24 December 1976	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
9		Babubhai J Patel	24 December 1976	8 April 1977	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress (O)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
10		Madhav Singh Solanki	11 April 1977	17 February 1980	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
11		Dalsukhbhai Godhani	9 June 1980	8 March 1985	Template:Ayd	Janata Party	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
12		Chimanbhai Patel	16 March 1985	2 March 1990	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
13		Chhaganbhai Devabhai Patel	15 March 1990	28 October 1990	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
14		Keshubhai Patel	29 October 1990	11 March 1995	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
15		Amarsinh Chaudhary	20 March 1995	19 September 1996	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
16		Suresh Mehta	19 February 1997	26 February 1997	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
17		Amarsinh Chaudhary	19 March 1998	18 November 2001	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
18		Naresh Rawal	19 November 2001	19 July 2002	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
19		Amarsinh Chaudhary	21 December 2002	15 August 2004	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
20		Arjun Modhwadia	29 October 2004	24 December 2007	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
21		Shaktisinh Gohil	18 January 2008	20 December 2012	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
22		Shankarsinh Vaghela	23 January 2013	21 July 2017	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
23		Mohan Rathwa	23 July 2017	18 December 2017	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
24		Paresh Dhanani	6 January 2018	3 March 2021	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
25		Sukhram Rathva	3 December 2021	8 December 2022	Template:Ayd		bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
26		Vacant	9 December 2022	Present	Template:Age in years and days	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|