Elections in Gujarat have been conducted since 1962 to elect the members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly and the members of the lower house of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha. There are 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies and 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
Major political parties The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Aam Admi Party are currently represented in the state legislature. 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) and Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP).
Lok Sabha elections Gujarat was a part of the erstwhile Bombay State till 1960. Election year Lok Sabha1st party2nd party Others Total seatsRemarks19623rdINC 16 SWP 4PSP 1, NGJP 122INC win19674thSWP 12 INC 11IND 124SWP gain from INC 19715thINC 11INC(O) 11SWP 224INC gain from SWP19776thJP 16INC 1026JP gain from INC 19807thINC 25JP 126INC gain from JP19848thINC 24BJP 1JP 126INC hold19899thBJP 12JD 11INC 326BJP gain from INC 199110thBJP 20INC 5JD(G) 126BJP hold199611thBJP 16INC 1026BJP hold199812thBJP 19INC 726BJP hold199913thBJP 20 INC 626BJP hold200414thBJP 14INC 1226BJP hold200915thBJP 15INC 1126BJP hold201416thBJP 2626BJP hold201917thBJP 2626BJP hold202418thBJP 25INC 126BJP hold
Legislative Assembly elections Elections for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly have been held since 1962. Election year Legislative Assembly 1st party2nd party3rd party Others Total seats Chief ministerCM's partyRemarks19622ndINC 113SWP 15PSP 7NMGJP 1, IND 7154Jivraj Narayan MehtaINC formBalwantrai MehtaHitendra Desai19673rdINC 93SWP 66PSP 3BJS 1, IND 5168Hitendra Kanaiyalal DesaiINC hold19724thINC 140INC(O) 16BJS 3CPI 1, IND 1168Ghanshyam OzaINC holdChimanbhai Patel19755thINC 75INC(O) 56BJS 18KLP 12, BLD 2,SP 2, RMP 1, IND 16182Babubhai J. PatelINC holdMadhav Singh SolankiBabubhai J. Patel19806thINC 141JP 21BJP 9JP(S) 1, IND 10182Madhav Singh SolankiINC hold 19857thINC 149JP 14 BJP 11IND 8182Madhav Singh SolankiINC holdAmarsinh ChaudharyMadhav Singh Solanki 19908thJD 70BJP 67INC 33YVP 1,IND 11182Chimanbhai PatelJD gain from INC Chhabildas Mehta 19959thBJP 121INC 45IND 16182Keshubhai PatelBJP gain from INC Suresh MehtaShankersinh VaghelaDilip Parikh 199810thBJP 117INC 53RJP 4JD 4,SP 1, IND 3182Keshubhai PatelBJP gain from RJPNarendra Modi200211thBJP 127 INC 51JD(U) 2IND 2182Narendra ModiBJP hold200712thBJP 117INC 59NCP 3JD(U) 1,IND 2182Narendra ModiBJP hold201213thBJP 115INC 61GPP 2NCP 2,JD(U) 1,IND 1182Narendra ModiBJP holdAnandiben PatelVijay Rupani201714thBJP 99INC 78BTP 2NCP 1,IND 2182Vijay RupaniBJP holdBhupendrabhai Patel202215thBJP 156INC 17AAP 5SP 1,IND 2182Bhupendrabhai PatelBJP hold
References
External links Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Official website