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Leader of the Opposition of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
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 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 edit

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

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References edit

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

[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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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

Summary

Leaders of the Opposition edit

References edit