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Elections in Gujarat

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Elections in Gujarat have been 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

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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

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

Lok Sabha Election year 1st party 2nd party Others Total seats
1962 Third Lok Sabha INC 16 SWP 4 PSP 1, NGJP 1 22
1967 Fourth Lok Sabha SWP 12 INC 11 IND 1 24
1971 Fifth Lok Sabha INC 11 INC(O) 11 SWP 2 24
1977 Sixth Lok Sabha JP 16 INC 10 26
1980 Seventh Lok Sabha INC 25 JP 1 26
1984 Eighth Lok Sabha INC 24 BJP 1 JP 1 26
1989 Ninth Lok Sabha BJP 12 JD 11 INC 3 26
1991 Tenth Lok Sabha BJP 20 INC 5 JD(G) 1 26
1996 Eleventh Lok Sabha BJP 16 INC 10 26
1998 Twelfth Lok Sabha BJP 19 INC 7 26
1999 Thirteenth Lok Sabha BJP 20 INC 6 26
2004 Fourteenth Lok Sabha BJP 14 INC 12 26
2009 Fifteenth Lok Sabha BJP 15 INC 11 26
2014 Sixteenth Lok Sabha BJP 26 26
2019 Seventeenth Lok Sabha BJP 26 26
2024 Eighteenth Lok Sabha BJP 25 INC 1 26

Vidhan Sabha elections

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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 93 SWP 66 PSP 3 BJS 1, IND 5 168 Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai INC(O)
1972 Fourth Assembly INC 140 INC(O) 16 BJS 3 CPI 1, IND 1 168 Ghanshyam Oza INC
Chimanbhai Patel
1975 Fifth Assembly INC 75 INC(O) 56 BJS 18 KLP 12, BLD 2,SP 2,RMP 1, IND 16 182 Babubhai J. Patel INC(O)
Madhav Singh Solanki INC
Babubhai J. Patel JP
1980 Sixth Assembly INC 141 JP 21 BJP 9 JP(S) 1, IND 10 182 Madhav Singh Solanki INC
1985 Seventh Assembly INC 149 JP 14 BJP 11 IND 8 182 Madhav Singh Solanki INC
Amarsinh Chaudhary
Madhav Singh Solanki
1990 Eighth Assembly JD 70 BJP 67 INC 33 YVP 1,IND 11 182 Chimanbhai Patel JD
INC
Chhabildas Mehta
1995 Ninth Assembly BJP 121 INC 45 IND 16 182 Keshubhai Patel BJP
Suresh Mehta
Shankersinh Vaghela RJP
Dilip Parikh
1998 Ninth Assembly BJP 117 INC 53 RJP 4 JD 4,SP 1, IND 3 182 Keshubhai Patel BJP
Narendra Modi
2002 Tenth Assembly BJP 127 INC 51 JD(U) 2 IND 2 182 Narendra Modi
2007 Eleventh Assembly BJP 117 INC 59 NCP 3 JD(U) 1,IND 2 182 Narendra Modi
2012 Twelfth Assembly BJP 115 INC 61 GPP 2 NCP 2,JD(U) 1,IND 1 182 Narendra Modi
Anandiben Patel
Vijay Rupani
2017 Thirteenth Assembly BJP 99 INC 78 BTP 2 NCP 1,IND 2 182 Vijay Rupani
Bhupendrabhai Patel
2022 Fourteenth Assembly BJP 156 INC 17 AAP 5 SP 1,IND 2 182 Bhupendrabhai Patel

References

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