Historical Data of Parliament: Year-wise Names of Opposition Leaders in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, since 1977

The dataset contains year-wise historically compiled data on the names of the opposition leaders in lok sabha and rajya sabha since the year 1977

year_of_election	house_name	opposition_leader_name	party	tenure_as_leader
2024	Lok Sabha	Rahul Gandhi	INC	9 June 2024 to till date
2021	Rajya Sabha	Mallikarjun Kharge	INC	16 Feb 2021 Onwards.
2014	Rajya Sabha	Ghulam Nabi Azad	INC	08 June 2014 to 10 Feb 2015 and 16 Feb 2015 to 15 Feb 2021
2009	Rajya Sabha	Arun Jaitely	BJP	3 June 2009 to 2 April 2012 and 3 April 2012 to 26 May 2014
2009	Lok Sabha	L.K. Advani	BJP	22 May 2009 to 21 Dec 2009

Sample from the dataset, for your reference.

Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year_of_election	Int64	17	33	The calendar year in which the Leader of the Opposition was elected.
house_name	String	2	33	The house of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha) in which the opposition leader holds the position of Leader of the Opposition.
opposition_leader_name	String	23	33	The full name of the Leader of the Opposition in the Indian Parliament.
party	String	5	33	The political party to which the Leader of the Opposition belongs.
tenure_as_leader	String	33	33	The date range or ranges during which the individual served as Leader of the Opposition, including start and end dates of each term.

The dataset contains year-wise historically compiled data on the names of the opposition leaders in lok sabha and rajya sabha since the year 1977

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Sample from the dataset, for your reference.

The dataset contains year-wise historically compiled data on the names of the opposition leaders in lok sabha and rajya sabha since the year 1977

year_of_election	house_name	opposition_leader_name	party	tenure_as_leader
2024	Lok Sabha	Rahul Gandhi	INC	9 June 2024 to till date
2021	Rajya Sabha	Mallikarjun Kharge	INC	16 Feb 2021 Onwards.
2014	Rajya Sabha	Ghulam Nabi Azad	INC	08 June 2014 to 10 Feb 2015 and 16 Feb 2015 to 15 Feb 2021
2009	Rajya Sabha	Arun Jaitely	BJP	3 June 2009 to 2 April 2012 and 3 April 2012 to 26 May 2014
2009	Lok Sabha	L.K. Advani	BJP	22 May 2009 to 21 Dec 2009

Sample from the dataset, for your reference.

Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year_of_election	Int64	17	33	The calendar year in which the Leader of the Opposition was elected.
house_name	String	2	33	The house of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha) in which the opposition leader holds the position of Leader of the Opposition.
opposition_leader_name	String	23	33	The full name of the Leader of the Opposition in the Indian Parliament.
party	String	5	33	The political party to which the Leader of the Opposition belongs.
tenure_as_leader	String	33	33	The date range or ranges during which the individual served as Leader of the Opposition, including start and end dates of each term.

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