885:
752:
698:
601:
557:
504:
462:
418:
376:
328:
835:
787:
654:
248:
106:
1435:
1900:
1549:
1818:
1850:
1738:
1588:
1574:
1761:
1710:
1503:
1480:
1775:
1793:
1421:
1407:
1696:
1535:
1333:
1310:
1183:
1114:
997:
957:
1161:
1155:
This column only names the Leader of opposition's party. The opposition he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
281:
167:
139:
1176:
633:
536:
314:
914:
864:
814:
1060:
1169:
942:
1209:
972:
615:
1905:
640:
543:
1838:
1222:
161:
133:
1457:
1294:
1237:
1201:
1088:
1205:
797:
1276:
845:
41:
1832:
1365:
664:
490:
295:
1864:
967:
708:
384:
952:
895:
214:
183:
72:
25:
1620:
1648:
1517:
567:
518:
1634:
1606:
947:
470:
1724:
1668:
1193:
962:
21:
1580:
1379:
1265:
1807:
1347:
921:
721:
1393:
937:
908:
858:
821:
684:
587:
404:
362:
1744:
1565:
1523:
977:
871:
308:
275:
220:
78:
1119:
1065:
1025:
The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
1001:
1781:
1752:
1494:
1427:
1035:
1282:
1767:
1339:
1910:
1469:
1197:
1824:
1799:
1702:
1640:
1231:
1626:
1371:
1324:
1872:
1486:
1316:
703:
1541:
792:
757:
659:
1716:
1674:
1443:
1894:
1594:
1557:
562:
1856:
1246:
840:
448:
334:
884:
751:
697:
600:
556:
503:
461:
417:
375:
327:
1399:
1226:
1353:
1115:"Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry"
998:"Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry"
254:
112:
1509:
1241:
36:
List of opposition leaders of
Puducherry representative assembly (1955-1963)
834:
786:
653:
178:
List of opposition leaders of
Puducherry legislative assembly (since 1963)
1688:
890:
29:
1901:
Lists of
Leaders of the Opposition of Indian states and territories
247:
105:
1165:
18:
Leader of the
Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
1863:
1849:
1831:
1817:
1806:
1792:
1774:
1760:
1751:
1737:
1723:
1709:
1695:
1681:
1667:
1647:
1633:
1619:
1605:
1587:
1573:
1564:
1548:
1534:
1516:
1502:
1493:
1479:
1456:
1434:
1420:
1406:
1392:
1378:
1364:
1346:
1332:
1323:
1309:
1293:
1275:
1264:
968:
Leader of the
Opposition in the Parliament of India
182:The tenure of different leaders of opposition of
40:The tenure of different leaders of opposition of
1061:"Vaithilingam appointed provisional CLP leader"
958:Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
1177:
8:
28:. The current Leader of the Opposition is
1814:
1757:
1664:
1570:
1499:
1453:
1329:
1272:
1261:
1257:
1184:
1170:
1162:
188:
46:
973:List of current Indian opposition leaders
641:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
544:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1151:
1149:
1145:
1089:"Rangasamy appointed Opposition leader"
989:
1021:
1019:
226:
84:
7:
943:Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry
42:Puducherry Representative Assembly
14:
1036:"Union Territory of Pondicherry"
883:
833:
785:
750:
696:
652:
599:
555:
502:
460:
416:
374:
326:
246:
104:
20:is the politician who leads the
1906:Puducherry Legislative Assembly
1040:legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in
953:Puducherry Legislative Assembly
184:Puducherry Legislative Assembly
26:Puducherry Legislative Assembly
122:Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam
1:
948:Chief Minister of Puducherry
1927:
1255:
1217:
922:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
725:
722:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
720:
707:
702:
695:
692:
676:
290:
287:
252:
245:
242:
213:
210:
207:
197:
194:
191:
148:
145:
121:
110:
103:
100:
71:
68:
65:
55:
52:
49:
1238:Leader of the Opposition
1223:Leader of the Opposition
938:Government of Puducherry
822:Indian National Congress
685:Indian National Congress
588:Indian National Congress
405:Indian National Congress
363:Indian National Congress
1745:Edappadi K. Palaniswami
1524:Chalavadi Narayanaswamy
978:Elections in Puducherry
872:All India N.R. Congress
1202:legislative assemblies
1120:The New Indian Express
1066:The New Indian Express
1002:The New Indian Express
1782:S. Madhusudhana Chary
1428:Bhupinder Singh Hooda
616:Neravy T. R. Pattinam
607:V. M. C. V. Ganapathy
208:Elected constituency
66:Elected constituency
1768:K. Chandrashekar Rao
1206:legislative councils
963:Official Opposition
423:P. Ansari Doraisamy
255:V. Kailassa Soubaya
113:V. Kailassa Soubaya
22:official opposition
1825:Mata Prasad Pandey
1800:Jitendra Choudhury
1703:Partap Singh Bajwa
1641:Lalchhandama Ralte
1232:Mallikarjun Kharge
1210:current incumbents
1194:opposition leaders
626:4 years, 314 days
529:4 years, 353 days
303:17 September 1968
1888:
1887:
1883:
1882:
1879:
1878:
1845:
1844:
1839:Lal Bihari Yadav
1788:
1787:
1661:
1660:
1627:Ronnie V. Lyngdoh
1601:
1600:
1530:
1529:
1450:
1449:
1372:Charan Das Mahant
1360:
1359:
1289:
1288:
1198:Indian parliament
929:
928:
853:22 February 2021
612:
515:
491:Congress (Indira)
478:23 November 1983
436:11 November 1978
427:
341:
261:
204:
175:
174:
119:
62:
1918:
1873:Suvendu Adhikari
1815:
1758:
1665:
1581:Vijay Wadettiwar
1571:
1500:
1487:Amar Kumar Bauri
1473:
1470:President's rule
1454:
1330:
1317:Debabrata Saikia
1283:Lella Appi Reddy
1273:
1262:
1258:
1186:
1179:
1172:
1163:
1156:
1153:
1133:
1132:
1130:
1128:
1111:
1105:
1104:
1102:
1100:
1095:. 23 August 2016
1085:
1079:
1078:
1076:
1074:
1069:. 18 August 2011
1057:
1051:
1050:
1048:
1046:
1032:
1026:
1023:
1014:
1013:
1011:
1009:
994:
918:
887:
868:
837:
818:
789:
777:
754:
742:
704:R.V. Janakiraman
700:
681:
656:
637:
610:
603:
584:
559:
540:
513:
510:P. K. Loganathan
506:
487:
475:16 January 1980
464:
445:
425:
420:
401:
378:
359:
339:
330:
318:
285:
259:
250:
227:Political party
224:
203:
200:
189:
171:
143:
128:24 October 1958
117:
108:
85:Political party
82:
61:
58:
47:
1926:
1925:
1921:
1920:
1919:
1917:
1916:
1915:
1891:
1890:
1889:
1884:
1875:
1866:
1859:
1841:
1827:
1809:
1802:
1784:
1770:
1747:
1733:
1719:
1705:
1691:
1677:
1657:
1643:
1629:
1615:
1597:
1583:
1560:
1551:
1544:
1542:V. D. Satheesan
1526:
1512:
1489:
1475:
1467:
1459:
1446:
1437:
1430:
1416:
1402:
1388:
1374:
1356:
1342:
1340:Tejaswini Yadav
1319:
1305:
1296:
1285:
1267:
1251:
1213:
1190:
1160:
1159:
1154:
1147:
1142:
1137:
1136:
1126:
1124:
1113:
1112:
1108:
1098:
1096:
1087:
1086:
1082:
1072:
1070:
1059:
1058:
1054:
1044:
1042:
1034:
1033:
1029:
1024:
1017:
1007:
1005:
996:
995:
991:
986:
934:
912:
911:
862:
861:
850:22 August 2016
812:
811:
802:17 August 2011
793:V. Vaithilingam
776:(2006 election)
775:
774:
758:A. M. H. Nazeem
741:(2001 election)
740:
739:
680:(1996 election)
679:
678:
660:V. Vaithilingam
631:
630:
609:
583:(1990 election)
582:
581:
534:
533:
512:
486:(1980 election)
485:
484:
444:(1977 election)
443:
442:
424:
400:(1974 election)
399:
398:
381:Dana Kantharaj
358:(1968 election)
357:
356:
350:2 January 1974
338:
312:
311:
300:29 August 1964
288:People's Front
279:
278:
270:24 August 1964
258:
238:Time in office
232:Assumed office
218:
217:
211:Term of office
201:
186:is given below
180:
165:
164:
153:September 1959
146:People's Front
137:
136:
125:17 August 1955
116:
96:Time in office
90:Assumed office
76:
75:
69:Term of office
59:
44:is given below
38:
12:
11:
5:
1924:
1922:
1914:
1913:
1908:
1903:
1893:
1892:
1886:
1885:
1881:
1880:
1877:
1876:
1871:
1869:
1861:
1860:
1855:
1853:
1847:
1846:
1843:
1842:
1837:
1835:
1829:
1828:
1823:
1821:
1812:
1804:
1803:
1798:
1796:
1790:
1789:
1786:
1785:
1780:
1778:
1772:
1771:
1766:
1764:
1755:
1749:
1748:
1743:
1741:
1735:
1734:
1729:
1727:
1721:
1720:
1717:Tika Ram Jully
1715:
1713:
1707:
1706:
1701:
1699:
1693:
1692:
1687:
1685:
1679:
1678:
1675:Naveen Patnaik
1673:
1671:
1662:
1659:
1658:
1653:
1651:
1645:
1644:
1639:
1637:
1631:
1630:
1625:
1623:
1617:
1616:
1611:
1609:
1603:
1602:
1599:
1598:
1593:
1591:
1585:
1584:
1579:
1577:
1568:
1562:
1561:
1556:
1554:
1546:
1545:
1540:
1538:
1532:
1531:
1528:
1527:
1522:
1520:
1514:
1513:
1508:
1506:
1497:
1491:
1490:
1485:
1483:
1477:
1476:
1464:
1462:
1451:
1448:
1447:
1444:Jai Ram Thakur
1442:
1440:
1432:
1431:
1426:
1424:
1418:
1417:
1412:
1410:
1404:
1403:
1398:
1396:
1390:
1389:
1384:
1382:
1376:
1375:
1370:
1368:
1362:
1361:
1358:
1357:
1352:
1350:
1344:
1343:
1338:
1336:
1327:
1321:
1320:
1315:
1313:
1307:
1306:
1301:
1299:
1291:
1290:
1287:
1286:
1281:
1279:
1270:
1256:
1253:
1252:
1250:
1249:
1234:
1218:
1215:
1214:
1191:
1189:
1188:
1181:
1174:
1166:
1158:
1157:
1144:
1143:
1141:
1138:
1135:
1134:
1106:
1080:
1052:
1027:
1015:
988:
987:
985:
982:
981:
980:
975:
970:
965:
960:
955:
950:
945:
940:
933:
930:
927:
926:
924:
919:
906:
904:
901:
898:
893:
888:
881:
877:
876:
874:
869:
856:
854:
851:
848:
843:
838:
831:
827:
826:
824:
819:
808:
806:
803:
800:
795:
790:
783:
779:
778:
771:
769:
766:
763:
760:
755:
748:
744:
743:
736:
734:
731:
727:
726:
724:
719:
717:
714:
713:22 March 2000
711:
706:
701:
694:
690:
689:
687:
682:
675:
673:
672:21 March 2000
670:
667:
662:
657:
650:
646:
645:
643:
638:
627:
624:
621:
618:
613:
604:
597:
593:
592:
590:
585:
578:
576:
573:
570:
565:
563:M.O.H. Farook
560:
553:
549:
548:
546:
541:
530:
527:
524:
523:16 March 1985
521:
516:
507:
500:
496:
495:
493:
488:
481:
479:
476:
473:
468:
467:P. Uthiravelu
465:
458:
454:
453:
451:
446:
439:
437:
434:
431:
428:
421:
414:
410:
409:
407:
402:
395:
393:
392:27 March 1974
390:
387:
382:
379:
372:
368:
367:
365:
360:
353:
351:
348:
347:17 March 1969
345:
342:
331:
324:
320:
319:
306:
304:
301:
298:
292:
291:
289:
286:
273:
271:
268:
265:
264:Murungapakkam
262:
251:
244:
240:
239:
236:
233:
229:
228:
225:
212:
209:
206:
196:
193:
179:
176:
173:
172:
159:
157:
154:
150:
149:
147:
144:
131:
129:
126:
123:
120:
109:
102:
98:
97:
94:
91:
87:
86:
83:
70:
67:
64:
54:
51:
37:
34:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1923:
1912:
1909:
1907:
1904:
1902:
1899:
1898:
1896:
1874:
1870:
1868:
1862:
1858:
1854:
1852:
1848:
1840:
1836:
1834:
1830:
1826:
1822:
1820:
1816:
1813:
1811:
1805:
1801:
1797:
1795:
1791:
1783:
1779:
1777:
1773:
1769:
1765:
1763:
1759:
1756:
1754:
1750:
1746:
1742:
1740:
1736:
1732:
1728:
1726:
1722:
1718:
1714:
1712:
1708:
1704:
1700:
1698:
1694:
1690:
1686:
1684:
1680:
1676:
1672:
1670:
1666:
1663:
1656:
1652:
1650:
1646:
1642:
1638:
1636:
1632:
1628:
1624:
1622:
1618:
1614:
1610:
1608:
1604:
1596:
1595:Ambadas Danve
1592:
1590:
1586:
1582:
1578:
1576:
1572:
1569:
1567:
1563:
1559:
1558:Umang Singhar
1555:
1553:
1547:
1543:
1539:
1537:
1533:
1525:
1521:
1519:
1515:
1511:
1507:
1505:
1501:
1498:
1496:
1492:
1488:
1484:
1482:
1478:
1474:
1471:
1463:
1461:
1455:
1452:
1445:
1441:
1439:
1433:
1429:
1425:
1423:
1419:
1415:
1411:
1409:
1405:
1401:
1397:
1395:
1391:
1387:
1383:
1381:
1377:
1373:
1369:
1367:
1363:
1355:
1351:
1349:
1345:
1341:
1337:
1335:
1331:
1328:
1326:
1322:
1318:
1314:
1312:
1308:
1304:
1300:
1298:
1292:
1284:
1280:
1278:
1274:
1271:
1269:
1263:
1260:
1259:
1254:
1248:
1245:
1243:
1239:
1235:
1233:
1230:
1228:
1224:
1220:
1219:
1216:
1211:
1207:
1203:
1199:
1195:
1187:
1182:
1180:
1175:
1173:
1168:
1167:
1164:
1152:
1150:
1146:
1139:
1122:
1121:
1116:
1110:
1107:
1094:
1090:
1084:
1081:
1068:
1067:
1062:
1056:
1053:
1041:
1037:
1031:
1028:
1022:
1020:
1016:
1003:
999:
993:
990:
983:
979:
976:
974:
971:
969:
966:
964:
961:
959:
956:
954:
951:
949:
946:
944:
941:
939:
936:
935:
931:
925:
923:
920:
916:
915:2021 election
910:
907:
905:
902:
899:
897:
894:
892:
889:
886:
882:
879:
878:
875:
873:
870:
866:
865:2016 election
860:
857:
855:
852:
849:
847:
844:
842:
839:
836:
832:
829:
828:
825:
823:
820:
816:
815:2011 election
809:
807:
804:
801:
799:
798:Kamaraj Nagar
796:
794:
791:
788:
784:
781:
780:
772:
770:
767:
764:
761:
759:
756:
753:
749:
746:
745:
737:
735:
732:
729:
728:
723:
718:
715:
712:
710:
705:
699:
691:
688:
686:
683:
674:
671:
668:
666:
663:
661:
658:
655:
651:
648:
647:
644:
642:
639:
635:
634:1991 election
628:
625:
622:
619:
617:
614:
608:
605:
602:
598:
595:
594:
591:
589:
586:
579:
577:
575:3 March 1991
574:
572:5 March 1990
571:
569:
566:
564:
561:
558:
554:
551:
550:
547:
545:
542:
538:
537:1985 election
531:
528:
526:4 March 1990
525:
522:
520:
517:
511:
508:
505:
501:
498:
497:
494:
492:
489:
482:
480:
477:
474:
472:
469:
466:
463:
459:
456:
455:
452:
450:
447:
440:
438:
435:
432:
429:
426:(c.1917–N.A.)
422:
419:
415:
412:
411:
408:
406:
403:
396:
394:
391:
389:6 March 1974
388:
386:
383:
380:
377:
373:
370:
369:
366:
364:
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354:
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