Elections in Gujarat

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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) and the Indian National Congress (INC) are the most powerful parties in the state. 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), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 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. JD: 11 + BJP: 12, 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.

Year Vidhan Sabha Election Party-wise Details Chief Minister Party
1962 Second Assembly Total: 154. INC: 113, Swatantra: 26, PSP:7 Balwantrai Mehta
Hitendra Desai 		INC
1967 Third Assembly Total: 168. INC: 93, Swatantra: 66 Hitendra Desai INC
1972 Fourth Assembly Total: 168. INC: 140, NCO: 16 Ghanshyam Oza
Chimanbhai Patel 		INC
1975 Fifth Assembly Total: 182. INC: 75, NCO: 56, BJS: 18, KLP:12 Babubhai J. Patel
Madhav Singh Solanki
Babubhai J. Patel 		NCO
INC
JP
1980 Sixth Assembly Total: 182. INC: 141, JP: 21, BJP: 9 Madhav Singh Solanki INC
1985 Seventh Assembly Total: 182. INC: 149, JP: 14, BJP: 11 Madhav Singh Solanki
Amarsinh Chaudhary
Madhav Singh Solanki 		INC
1990 Eighth Assembly Total: 182. JD: 70 + BJP: 67, INC: 33 Chimanbhai Patel
Chhabildas Mehta 		JD/JD(G)/INC
INC
1995 Ninth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 121, INC: 45 Keshubhai Patel
Suresh Mehta
Shankersinh Vaghela
Dilip Parikh 		BJP
BJP
RJP
RJP
1998 Tenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 53 Keshubhai Patel
Narendra Modi 		BJP
2002 Eleventh Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 127, INC: 51 Narendra Modi BJP
2007 Twelfth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 59 Narendra Modi BJP
2012 Thirteenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 120, INC: 57 Narendra Modi
Anandiben Patel
Vijay Rupani 		BJP
2017 Fourteenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 99, INC: 78, BTP: 2, NCP: 1, IND: 2 Vijay Rupani
Bhupendrabhai Patel 		BJP

References[]

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

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