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

Leader of the Opposition of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ram Govind Chaudhary since 27 March 2017
Appointer	Members of the Official Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term length	5 years no renewable limit
Inaugural holder	Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan (Nawaab Chhatari) (1937 - 1939)
Formation	12 January 1937 (1937-01-12)
Website	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The current Uttar Pradesh Leader of the Opposition is Ram Govind Chaudhary.

Eligibility

Official Opposition is a term used in Uttar Pradesh 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. A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follows this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses.

Role

The opposition's main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to the public. The opposition is equally responsible in upholding the best interests of the people of the country. They have to ensure that the Government does not take any steps, which might have negative effects on the people of the country.

The role of the opposition in legislature is basically to check the excesses of the ruling or dominant party, and not to be totally antagonistic. There are actions of the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps.

In legislature, opposition party has a major role and must act to discourage the party in power from acting against the interests of the country 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 country.

List of Leaders of the Opposition of Uttar Pradesh

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No.	Portrait	Name (constituency)	Tenure				Party
1		Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan	12 January 1937	14 January 1939	2 years, 2 days	Before Independence (1st)	Independent
2		Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman	15 January 1939	8 September 1945	6 years, 236 days		Muslim League
3		Jahirul Hasnain Lari	12 April 1946	14 June 1950	4 years, 63 days	Before Independence (2nd)
4		Triloki Singh	27 June 1950	6 May 1952	1 year, 314 days		Bharatiya Jan Congress
5		Raj Narain	16 May 1952	17 August 1955	3 years, 93 days	1st (1952 election)	Socialist Party
6		Genda Singh	17 August 1955	31 March 1957	1 year, 226 days		Praja Socialist Party
(4)		Triloki Singh	12 April 1957	6 March 1962	4 years, 328 days	2nd (1957 election)
7		Yadavendra Dutt Dubey	28 March 1962	2 February 1964	1 year, 311 days	3rd (1962 election)	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
8		Sharda Bhukt Singh	2 February 1964	2 April 1965	1 year, 59 days
9		Madhav Prasad Tripathi	2 April 1965	9 March 1967	1 year, 341 days
10		Ram Chandra Vikal	2 March 1967	2 April 1967	31 days		Indian National Congress
11		Chandra Bhanu Gupta	2 April 1967	15 April 1968	1 year, 13 days	4th (1967 election)
12		Charan Singh	2 March 1969	2 February 1970	337 days	5th (1969 election)	Bharatiya Kranti Dal
13		Choudhri Girdhari Lal	26 February 1970	3 October 1970	219 days		Indian National Congress (O)
14		Kamalapati Tripathi	19 October 1970	4 April 1971	167 days		Indian National Congress
(13)		Choudhri Girdhari Lal	5 April 1971	3 January 1972	273 days		Indian National Congress (O)
(12)		Charan Singh	3 January 1972	2 February 1972	30 days		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
(13)		Choudhri Girdhari Lal	22 February 1972	5 May 1972	73 days		Indian National Congress (O)
15		Jai Ram Varma	11 January 1973	13 June 1973	153 days		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
(12)		Charan Singh	10 December 1973	4 March 1974	3 years, 95 days
			17 March 1974	30 March 1977		6th (1974 election)	Bharatiya Lok Dal
16		Satya Prakash Malaviya	30 March 1977	30 April 1977	31 days
17		N. D. Tiwari	24 June 1977	17 March 1978	1 year, 251 days	7th (1977 election)	Indian National Congress
			12 October 1978	28 August 1979
18		Raj Mangal Pande	28 August 1979	17 February 1980	173 days		Janata Vidhayak Dal
19		Rajendra Singh	20 June 1980	10 March 1985	4 years, 263 days	8th (1980 election)	Janata Party (Secular)
20		Mulayam Singh Yadav	17 March 1985	10 February 1987	1 year, 330 days	9th (1985 election)	Lokdal
21		Satyapal Singh Yadav	21 February 1987	21 November 1989	2 years, 273 days
(17)		N. D. Tiwari	7 December 1989	4 April 1991	1 year, 118 days	10th (1989 election)	Indian National Congress
22		Kailash Nath Singh Yadav	17 July 1991	6 December 1991	142 days	11th (1991 election)	Janata Dal
23		Rewati Raman Singh	6 December 1991	6 December 1992	1 year, 0 days
24		Kalyan Singh	4 July 1993	12 June 1995	1 year, 343 days	12th (1993 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(20)		Mulayam Singh Yadav	4 July 1995	1 June 1996	333 days		Samajwadi Party
25		Dhani Ram Verma	21 April 1997	15 September 2001	4 years, 147 days	13th (1996 election)
26		Swami Prasad Maurya	18 September 2001	17 October 2001	29 days		Bahujan Samaj Party
27		Azam Khan	13 May 2002	29 August 2003	1 year, 108 days	14th (2002 election)	Samajwadi Party
(26)		Swami Prasad Maurya	30 August 2003	7 September 2003	8 days		Bahujan Samaj Party
28		Lalji Tandon	7 September 2003	13 May 2007	3 years, 248 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
(20)		Mulayam Singh Yadav	14 May 2007	26 May 2009	2 years, 12 days	15th (2007 election)	Samajwadi Party
29		Shivpal Singh Yadav	26 May 2009	9 March 2012	2 years, 288 days
(26)		Swami Prasad Maurya	16 March 2012	26 June 2016	4 years, 102 days	16th (2012 election)	Bahujan Samaj Party
30		Gaya Charan Dinkar	27 June 2016	17 March 2017	263 days
31		Ram Govind Chaudhary	27 March 2017	Incumbent	6 years, 312 days	17th (2017 election)	Samajwadi Party

See also

• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Governor of Uttar Pradesh
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers
• Allahabad High Court#List of Chief Justices
• Official Opposition
• Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of India
• List of current Indian opposition leaders