List of leaders of the opposition in the Haryana Legislative Assembly

The leader of the opposition in the Haryana Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.

Leader of the Opposition of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhupinder Singh Hooda since 29 September 2025
Style	The Hon’ble
Member of	Haryana 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

Eligibility

Official Opposition^[1] is a term used in Haryana Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly as an individual party, and not as an alliance.

Role

In legislature, opposition party has a major role and must act to discourage the party in power from acting against the interests of the state and the common man. They are expected to alert the population and the government on the content of any bill, which is not in the best interests of the state.^[2][3]

List of leaders of the opposition

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term		Assembly (Election)	Party
		Shamsher Singh Surjewala	Narwana	1977	1979	5th Assembly (1982)	Indian National Congress
		Devi Lal	Bhatu Kalan	1979	1980	5th Assembly (1982)	Janta Party			Chandrawati	Badhra	1982	1987	6th Assembly (1982)	Lok Dal
				1987	1991	7th Assembly (1987)	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Sampat Singh	Bhattu Kalan	1991	1996	8th Assembly (1991)	Janata Party
		Om Prakash Chautala	Rori	24 March 1996	1999	9th Assembly (1996)	Samata Party
		Bansi Lal	Tosham	1999	2000	9th Assembly (1996)	Haryana Vikas Party
		Bhupinder Singh Hooda	Garhi Sampla-Kiloi	2001	2004	10th Assembly (2000)	Indian National Congress
		Om Prakash Chautala	Rori	27 February 2005	21 August 2009	11th Assembly (2005)	Indian National Lok Dal
				17 November 2009	27 October 2014	12th Assembly (2009)
		Abhay Singh Chautala	Ellenabad	5 November 2014	23 March 2019	13th Assembly (2014)
		Bhupinder Singh Hooda[4]	Garhi Sampla-Kiloi	4 September 2019	27 October 2019		Indian National Congress
				2 November 2019	12 September 2024	14th Assembly (2019)
				29 September 2025	Incumbent	15th Assembly (2024)

See also

• Government of Haryana
• Governor of Haryana
• Chief Minister of Haryana
• Haryana Legislative Assembly
• List of current Indian opposition leaders