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.

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

External links

• Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Official website