Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

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 nin ...

, in the state capital

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and ...

. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member

constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polit ...

(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

Since the conclusion of the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, the state saw resignations of several MLAs and bye elections on their vacated seats. It started in July 2018, when Congress MLA from Jasdan resigned.He later won the bye election on the Jasdan Assembly constituency on a BJP ticket. Later in February 2019, Congress MLA from Unjha Assembly constituency resigned. She was followed by Congress MLAs from

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, Dhrangadhra and Jamnagar Rural who resigned and joined BJP. BJP won bye elections of these vacated seats in May 2019. In June 2019, Four Gujarat BJP MLAs resigned after getting elected to Lok Sabha. MLA from Radhanpur, Alpesh Thakor who had quit Congress in April 2019 resigned as MLA along with Bayad MLA Dhavalsinh Zala in July 2019.In the October bye elections, Congress retained Radhanpur, Bayad and gained Tharad, while BJP retained Kheralu,

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and gained

Lunawada Lunavada (also transliterated as Lunawada) is a municipality in the Mahisagar district, formerly in the northern part of Gujarat state of India. Lunawada is the administrative headquarters of the Mahisagar district and one of most developing to ...

. From March to June 2022, 8 Congress MLAs resigned and joined BJP. BJP won bye elections on all their vacated seats with huge margins. In May 2021, BJP won the bye election of

Morva Hadaf Morva Hadaf is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Panchmahal district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. The seat was formed after the delimitation exercis ...

Speakers

Members of Legislative Assembly

External links

Gujarat Election 2019 Results Website

Official definitions of Gujarat Legislative Assembly constituencies

References

{{Authority control Politics of Gujarat

History

Speakers

Members of Legislative Assembly

See also

External links

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