Elections in Gujarat

Elections in Gujarat are being conducted since 1962 to elect the members of the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha and the members of the lower house of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha. There are 182 Vidhan Sabha constituencies and 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.[1]

Major Political Parties

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Aam Admi Party are currently represented in the state legislature. Other parties which have been influential in the past include Swatantra Party, Praja Socialist Party (PSP), Indian National Congress (Organisation) (NCO), Janata Party, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Gujarat) (JDG) and Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP).

Lok Sabha elections

Gujarat was a part of the erstwhile Bombay State till 1960.

Year Lok Sabha Election Party-wise Details
1962 Third Lok Sabha Total: 22. Congress: 16, Swatantra Party: 4, PSP: 1, NJP: 1
1967 Fourth Lok Sabha Total: 24. Swatantra Party: 12, Congress: 11, Independent:1
1971 Fifth Lok Sabha Total: 24. Congress: 11, NCO: 11, Swatantra Party: 2
1977 Sixth Lok Sabha Total: 26. Janata Party/BLD: 16, Congress: 10
1980 Seventh Lok Sabha Total: 26. Congress: 25, Janata Party: 1
1984 Eighth Lok Sabha Total: 26. Congress: 24, BJP: 1, Janata Party: 1
1989 Ninth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 12, JD: 11, Congress: 3
1991 Tenth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 20, Congress: 5, JD(G): 1
1996 Eleventh Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 16, Congress: 10
1998 Twelfth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 19, Congress: 7
1999 Thirteenth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 20, Congress: 6
2004 Fourteenth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 14, Congress: 12
2009 Fifteenth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 15, Congress: 11
2014 Sixteenth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 26, Congress: 0
2019 Seventeenth Lok Sabha Total: 26. BJP: 26, Congress: 0

Vidhan Sabha elections

Elections for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) have been held since 1962.

Election Year Vidhan Sabha Election 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party Others Total Seats Chief Minister CM's Party
1962 Second Assembly INC 113 SWP 15 PSP 7 NMGJP 1, IND 7 154 Jivraj Narayan Mehta INC
Balwantrai Mehta
Hitendra Desai
1967 Third Assembly INC 113 SWP 15 PSP 7 BJS 1, IND 5 168 Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai INC(O)
Year Vidhan Sabha Election Party-wise Details Chief Minister Party
1962 Second Assembly Total: 154. INC: 113, Swatantra: 26, PSP:7, NJP: 1, IND: 7 Jivraj Narayan Mehta INC
Balwantrai Mehta
Hitendra Desai
1967 Third Assembly Total: 168. INC: 93, Swatantra: 66,PSP: 3,BJS: 1, IND: 5 Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai INC(O)
1972 Fourth Assembly Total: 168. INC: 140, NCO: 16, BJS: 3, CPI: 1, IND: 8 Ghanshyam Oza INC
Chimanbhai Patel
1975 Fifth Assembly Total: 182. INC: 75, NCO: 56, BJS: 18, KLP: 12, SP: 2, BLD: 2, RMP: 1, IND: 16 Babubhai J. Patel INC(O)
Madhav Singh Solanki INC
Babubhai J. Patel JP
1980 Sixth Assembly Total: 182. INC: 141, JP: 21, JP(S): 1, BJP: 9, IND: 10 Madhav Singh Solanki INC
1985 Seventh Assembly Total: 182. INC: 149, JP: 14, BJP: 11, IND: 8 Madhav Singh Solanki INC
Amarsinh Chaudhary
Madhav Singh Solanki
1990 Eighth Assembly Total: 182. JD: 70, BJP: 67, INC: 33, YVP: 1, IND: 11 Chimanbhai Patel JD
INC
Chhabildas Mehta
1995 Ninth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 121, INC: 45, IND: 16 Keshubhai Patel BJP
Suresh Mehta
Shankersinh Vaghela RJP
Dilip Parikh
1998 Tenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 53, RJP: 4, JD: 4, SP: 1, IND: 3 Keshubhai Patel BJP
Narendra Modi
2002 Eleventh Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 127, INC: 51, JD(U): 2, IND: 2 Narendra Modi
2007 Twelfth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 59, NCP: 3, JD(U): 1, IND: 2 Narendra Modi
2012 Thirteenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 115, INC: 61, NCP: 2, GPP: 2, JD(U): 1,IND: 1 Narendra Modi
Anandiben Patel
Vijay Rupani
2017 Fourteenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 99, INC: 78, BTP: 2, NCP: 1, IND: 2 Vijay Rupani
Bhupendrabhai Patel
2022 Fifteenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 156, INC: 17, AAP: 5, SP :1, IND: 3 Bhupendrabhai Patel

References
  1. "Elections in Gujarat". elections.in. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
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