List of leaders of the opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Seal of the Government of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent Umang Singhar since 16 December 2023
Style	The Honourable
Status	Leader of Opposition
Member of	Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Seat	Vidhan Bhawan
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Vishwanath Yadav Tamaskar
Formation	5 March 1957; 67 years ago (1957-03-05)

The Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Leaders of Opposition

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure[1]			Assembly	Party
1		Vishwanath Tamasker	Durg	17 December 1956	5 March 1957	78 days	1st (1952 election)	Praja Socialist Party
2		Chandra Pratap Tiwari	Sidhi	1 July 1957	7 March 1962	4 years, 249 days	2nd (1957 election)
3		Virendra Sakhlecha	Jawad	28 March 1962	1 March 1967	5 years, 112 days	3rd (1962 election)	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
				1 March 1967	18 July 1967		4th (1967 election)
4		Shyama Charan Shukla	Rajim	31 July 1967	8 September 1968	1 year, 39 days		Indian National Congress
5		Dwarka Prasad Mishra	Katangi	9 September 1968	16 February 1969	160 days
(3)		Virendra Sakhlecha	Jawad	20 March 1969	6 January 1970	292 days		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
6		Vasant Sadashiv Pradhan	Dhar	7 January 1970	17 March 1972	2 years, 70 days
7		Kailash Chandra Joshi	Bagli	28 March 1972	30 April 1977	5 years, 33 days	5th (1972 election)
8		Arjun Singh	Churhat	15 July 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 217 days	6th (1977 election)	Indian National Congress
9		Sunder Lal Patwa	Sehore	4 July 1980	10 March 1985	4 years, 249 days	7th (1980 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(7)		Kailash Chandra Joshi	Bagli	23 March 1985	3 March 1990	4 years, 346 days	8th (1985 election)
(4)		Shyama Charan Shukla	Rajim	20 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 270 days	9th (1990 election)	Indian National Congress
10		Vikram Verma	Dhar	24 December 1993	1 December 1998	4 years, 342 days	10th (1993 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
11		Gauri Shankar Shejwar	Sanchi	2 February 1999	1 September 2002	3 years, 211 days	11th (1998 election)
12		Babulal Gaur	Govindpura	4 September 2002	5 December 2003	1 year, 92 days
13		Jamuna Devi	Kukshi	16 December 2003	11 December 2008	4 years, 361 days	12th (2003 election)	Indian National Congress
				7 January 2009	24 September 2010	1 year, 260 days	13th (2008 election)
14		Ajay Arjun Singh	Churhat	15 April 2011	10 December 2013	2 years, 239 days
15		Satyadev Katare	Ater	9 January 2014	20 October 2016	2 years, 285 days	14th (2013 election)
(14)		Ajay Arjun Singh	Churhat	27 February 2017	13 December 2018	1 year, 289 days
16		Gopal Bhargava	Rehli	8 January 2019	23 March 2020	1 year, 75 days	15th (2018 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
17		Kamal Nath	Chhindwara	19 August 2020	29 April 2022	1 year, 253 days		Indian National Congress
18		Govind Singh	Lahar	29 April 2022	16 December 2023	1 year, 231 days
19		Umang Singhar	Gandhwani	16 December 2023	Incumbent	156 days	16th (2023 election)

On 28 April 2022 Kamal Nath has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.^[2] All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi appointed former minister and senior party MLA from Lahar Govind Singh as Leader of Opposition.^[3] After the 2023 Assembly election Aicc president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Umang Singhar as leader of Opposition.^[4]

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