List of leaders of the opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

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]

Leader of the Opposition of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Seal of Gujarat Government
Incumbent Vacant since 10 December 2022
Style	The Hon’ble
Member of	Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Speaker of the Assembly
Term length	5 years Till the Assembly Continues
Inaugural holder	Nagindas Gandhi

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

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		Chhaganbhai Devabhai 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	2 years, 243 days

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