Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suvendu Adhikari since 10 May 2021
Style	The Hon’ble
Member of	West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Reports to	West Bengal Government
Seat	Vidhan Bhaban, Kolkata
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Speaker of the Assembly
Term length	5 years Till the Assembly Continues
Formation	12 January 1937; 86 years ago (1937-01-12)
Deputy	Deputy Leader of Opposition

The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility

Official Opposition^[1] is a term used in West Bengal 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.

List of Opposition leaders

No.	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term		Party		Assembly (Election)
1	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee		Tollygunj	2001	2006	All India Trinamool Congress		13th Assembly (2001)
2	Partha Chatterjee		Behala Paschim	21 September 2006	13 May 2011			14th Assembly (2006)
3	Surjya Kanta Mishra		Narayangarh	1 June 2011	19 May 2016	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		15th Assembly (2011)
4	Abdul Mannan		Champdani	30 May 2016	2 May 2021	Indian National Congress		16th Assembly (2016)
5	Suvendu Adhikari		Nandigram	10 May 2021	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party		17th Assembly (2021)

Deputy Leader of the Opposition