No.

Speaker

From

To

Lok Sabha

Leader of Opposition

1

Ganesh Vasudev Mavlankar (INC)

15 May 1952

27 Feb 1956

1^st

2

M. A. Ayyangarc(INC)

8 Mar 1956

10 May 1957

2a

M. A. Ayyangar (INC)

11 May 1957

16 Apr 1962

2^nd

3

Sardar Hukam Singh(INC)

17 Apr 1962

16 Mar 1967

3^rd

4

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (INC)

17 Mar 1967

19 July 1969

4^th

Ram Subhag Singh INC(o) (17 Dec 1969 – 27 Dec 1970)

5

Gurdial Singh Dhillon(INC)

8 Aug 1969

19 Mar 1971

5a

Gurdial Singh Dhillon(INC)

22 Mar 1971

1 Dec 1977

5^th

6

Bali Ram Bhagat (INC)

15 Jan 1976

25 Mar 1977)

4a

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (Janta Party)

26 Mar 1977

13 July 1977

6^th

Y. B. Chavan  (INC)  (1 July 1977– 11 Apr 1978)

C. M. Stephen (INC) (12 Apr 1978 – 9 July 1979)

Y. B. Chavan       (INC) (10–28 July 1979)

Jagjivan Ram (29 July – 22 Aug 1979)

7

K. S. Hegde  (Janta Party)

21 July 1977

21 Jan 1980

8

Balram Jakhar (INC)

22 Jan 1980

15 Jan 1985

7^th

8a

Balram Jakhar (INC)

16 Jan 1985

18 Dec 1989

8^th

9

Rabi Ray (Janta Dal)

19 Dec 1989

9 July 1991

9^th

Rajiv Gandhi (18 Dec 1989 – 23 Dec 1990)

L. K. Advani  (24 Dec 1990 – 13 Mar 1991)

10

Shivraj Patil (INC)

10 July 1991

22 May 1996

10^th

L. K. Advani (21 June 1991 – 26 July 1993)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (26 July 1993 – 10 May 1996)

11

P. A. Sangma (INC)

23 May 1996

23 Mar 1998

11^th

P. V. Narasimha Rao (16–31 May 1996)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee           (1 June 1996 – 4 Dec 1997)

12

G. M. C. Balayogi (TDP)

24 Mar 1998

19 Oct 1999

12^th

Sharad Pawar (19 Mar 1998 – 26 Apr 1999)

12a

G. M. C. Balayogi

22 Oct 1999

3 Mar 2002

13^th

Sonia Gandhi (13 Oct 1999 – 6 Feb 2004)

13

Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena)

10 May 2002

2 June 2004

14

Somnath Chatterjee CPI(M)

4 June 2004

31 May 2009

14^th

L. K. Advani (22 May 2004 – 18 May 2009)

15

Meira Kumar (INC)

4 June 2009

4 June 2014

15^th

Sushma Swaraj (21 Dec 2009 - 19 May 2014_

16

Sumitra Mahajan (BJP)

6 June 2014

Incumbent

16^th