Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the

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legislature of the Indian state of

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, in the state capital

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. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly

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from single-member

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(seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members, the state's Executive namely the

Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciar ...

is formed.

History

BJP has broken the record of winning most seats in Gujarat assembly which was previously with

Madhav Singh Solanki Madhav Singh Solanki (30 July 1927 – 9 January 2021) was a leader of Indian National Congress party who served as External Affairs minister of India. He served also as the Chief Minister of Gujarat three times. He was known for KHAM theory by ...

who has won 149 seats. BJP has been in power since 1995. BJP is also near the record of being longest serving party in an assembly consecutively. Currently the record is with Left alliance which had been in power for 34 years (from 1977 to 2011).

Government Formation

After gained super majority in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election BJP has elected

Bhupendrabhai Patel Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel (born 15 July 1962) is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Gujarat since September 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He started his political career in municipal bodies of Ahm ...

as leader of legislative party on 10 December 2022. On 12 December Bhupendrabhai Patel has been taken oath by Governor Acharya Devavrat. Also 8 leaders has taken oath as Cabinet ministers, 2 as Minister of State with Independent Charges and 6 other as Minister of State. On next day 3 Independent candidatea has decided to support BJP Government.

History

Government Formation

Notable Position

Partywise distribution

Members of Legislative Assembly

See also

References