List of leaders of the opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Seal of Gujarat Government
Incumbent
Vacant
since 10 December 2022
StyleThe Hon’ble
Member ofGujarat Legislative Assembly
NominatorMembers of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly
AppointerSpeaker of the Assembly
Term length5 years
Till the Assembly Continues
Inaugural holderNagindas Gandhi

The Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Gujarati: ગુજરાત વિધાનસભા) is the official leader of 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.[1]

The post is vacant since 8 December 2022 since no opposition party has even 10% of the total seats of the house.

Leaders of the Opposition

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No Portrait Name[2] Tenure Party
1 Nagindas Gandhi 29 August 1960 1 March 1962 1 year, 184 days Praja Socialist Party
2 Bhailalbhai Patel 23 March 1962 28 February 1967 4 years, 342 days Swatantra Party
3 16 March 1967 20 April 1968 1 year, 35 days
4 Jaideepsinghji 24 April 1968 14 November 1970 2 years, 204 days Independent
5 Kantilal Ghiya 16 November 1970 27 April 1971 162 days Indian National Congress
6 Chimanbhai Patel 28 April 1971 12 May 1971 14 days Indian National Congress
7 Maneklal Gandhi 1 September 1972 9 February 1974 1 year, 161 days Indian National Congress
8 Madhav Singh Solanki 27 June 1975 24 December 1976 1 year, 180 days Indian National Congress
9 Babubhai J Patel 24 December 1976 8 April 1977 105 days Indian National Congress (O)
10 Madhav Singh Solanki 11 April 1977 17 February 1980 2 years, 312 days Indian National Congress
11 Dalsukhbhai Godhani 9 June 1980 8 March 1985 4 years, 272 days Janata Party
12 Chimanbhai Patel 16 March 1985 2 March 1990 4 years, 351 days
13 C. D. Patel 15 March 1990 28 October 1990 227 days Indian National Congress
14 Keshubhai Patel 29 October 1990 11 March 1995 4 years, 133 days Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Amarsinh Chaudhary 20 March 1995 19 September 1996 1 year, 183 days Indian National Congress
16 Suresh Mehta 19 February 1997 26 February 1997 7 days Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Amarsinh Chaudhary 19 March 1998 18 November 2001 3 years, 244 days Indian National Congress
18 Naresh Rawal 19 November 2001 19 July 2002 242 days
19 Amarsinh Chaudhary 21 December 2002 15 August 2004 1 year, 238 days
20 Arjun Modhwadia 29 October 2004 24 December 2007 3 years, 56 days
21 Shaktisinh Gohil 18 January 2008 20 December 2012 4 years, 337 days
22 Shankarsinh Vaghela 23 January 2013 21 July 2017 4 years, 179 days
23 Mohan Rathwa 23 July 2017 18 December 2017 148 days
24 Paresh Dhanani 6 January 2018 3 March 2021 3 years, 56 days
25 Sukhram Rathva 3 December 2021 8 December 2022 1 year, 5 days
26 Vacant 9 December 2022 Present 1 year, 349 days

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References

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  1. ^ "Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Vidhan Sabha" (hml). Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Department, Government of Gujarat. p. 01. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Gujarat Legislative Assembly". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in.
  3. ^ "Leaders of Opposition of Gujarat" (hml). Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. p. 01. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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