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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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
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