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 bicameral Maharashtra Legislature in India. The leader of the opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council is the chairperson of the party with the most seats after the government party.

Currently, there is no leader of opposition since 29 August 2025 as no opposition party has 10% of seats in the house.

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 chairperson. The following is the list of leaders of the opposition in the council. #PortraitNameTenureChief MinisterParty 1 Madhavrao Gaikwad 14 July 1960 23 March 1962 Communist Party of India 2 Vasudev Gogate 27 July 1962 28 August 1966 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 Ramjeevan Choudhary 29 August 1966 21 July 1967 4 Uttamrao Patil 22 July 1967 26 March 1978 Vasantrao Naik

Shankarrao Chavan

Vasantdada Patil 5 Arjunrao Kasture 27 March 1978 19 July 1978 Vasantdada Patil Indian Congress (Socialist) 6 Ram Meghe 28 July 1978 9 July 1980 Sharad Pawar Indian National Congress 7 Ganesh Pradhan 9 July 1980 7 September 1982 A. R. Antulay

Babasaheb BhosaleIndian Congress (Socialist) 8 Datta Meghe 7 September 1982 16 November 1984 Babasaheb Bhosale

Vasantdada Patil 9 Devidas Karale 17 November 1984 12 December 1986 Vasantdada Patil

Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar

Shankarrao Chavan 10 R. S. Gavai 12 December 1986 20 December 1988 Shankarrao Chavan

Sharad Pawar Republican Party of India 11 Vithalrao Hande 23 December 1988 20 December 1990 Sharad Pawar Peasants and Workers Party of India (10) R. S. Gavai 20 December 1990 17 July 1991 Sharad Pawar

Sudhakarrao Naik Republican Party of India 12 Pramod Navalkar 17 July 1991 2 July 1992 Sudhakarrao Naik Shiv Sena 13 Anna Dange 2 July 1992 30 July 1993 Sudhakarrao Naik

Sharad Pawar Bharatiya Janata Party 14 Sudhir Joshi 30 July 1993 30 July 1994 Sharad Pawar Shiv Sena (13) Anna Dange 30 July 1994 18 March 1995 Bharatiya Janata Party 15 Sharad Pawar 25 March 1995 21 May 1996 Manohar JoshiIndian National Congress16Chhagan Bhujbal 10 July 1996 9 June 1999 Manohar Joshi

Narayan Rane 10 June 1999 17 October 1999 Narayan Rane Nationalist Congress Party 17 Nitin Gadkari 23 October 1999 11 April 2005 Vilasrao Deshmukh

Sushilkumar Shinde

Vilasrao DeshmukhBharatiya Janata Party 18 Pandurang Fundkar 11 April 2005 22 December 2011 Vilasrao Deshmukh

Ashok Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan 19 Vinod Tawde 23 December 2011 20 October 2014 Prithviraj Chavan 20 Dhananjay Munde 22 December 2014 24 October 2019 Devendra Fadnavis Nationalist Congress Party 21 Pravin Darekar 16 December 2019 29 June 2022 Uddhav Thackeray Bharatiya Janata Party 22 Ambadas Danve 9 August 2022 29 August 2025 Eknath ShindeDevendra Fadnavis Shiv Sena (UBT)Vacant29 August 2025IncumbentDevendra FadnavisN/A

Deputy leaders of the opposition №Portrait NameTerm of officeChairmen of the HouseParty - Niranjan Davkhare 16 December 2019 29 June 2022 Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar Neelam Gorhe (acting) Bharatiya Janata Party - Bhai Jagtap 17 August 2022 29 August 2025 Neelam Gorhe (acting) Ram Shinde Indian National Congress

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See also List of chief ministers of Maharashtra List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

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