Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (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 is formed.
History The 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly was constituted following the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, held in two phases on 1 and 5 December 2022, with the results declared on 8 December. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 156 out of 182 seats, creating a new record of winning the most seats in Gujarat's electoral history. The previous record for the highest number of seats won in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly was held by the Indian National Congress, which secured 149 seats in the 1985 elections under the leadership of Madhav Singh Solanki. Since 1995 BJP has been in power in Gujarat.
The Indian National Congress (INC), which had been the principal opposition party, won only 17 seats. Aam Adami Party (AAP) won 5 seats, Independent candidates won 3 seats and Samajwadi Party won 1 seat.
Government formation After gaining a super majority in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, the BJP elected Bhupendrabhai Patel as the leader of the legislative party on 10 December 2022. On 12 December 2022, Bhupendrabhai Patel took oath as Chief Minister of Gujarat by Governor Acharya Devavrat. Also 8 leaders took oath as cabinet ministers, two as Minister of State with independent charges and six others as Minister of State.
On 13 December 2022, 3 independent candidates decided to support the BJP government.
First Session and Oath-Taking The first session of the 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly commenced on 19 December 2022 in Gandhinagar. Yogesh Patel, a senior BJP legislator, sworn in all 186 members of the assembly. All MLAs took the oath in the name of God except Congress' Jignesh Mevani and BJP's Karan Solanki, who took oath in the name of constitution.
On 20 December 2022, Shankar Chaudhary, a BJP MLA from Tharad, was elected as the Speaker of the House. Jetha Bharwad, a 6 times MLA from Shehra, was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House.
Notable positions S.NoPositionPortraitNamePartyConstituencyOffice Taken1 SpeakerShankar ChaudharyBJPTharad 20 December 20222Deputy SpeakerPurnesh ModiSurat West16 February 20263Leader of the House (Chief Minister)Bhupendrabhai PatelGhatlodia12 December 20224Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)Harsh SanghaviMajura17 October 20255Leader of the oppositionVacant
Party wise distribution
PartyNo. of MLA'sLeader of the Party in AssemblyLeader's ConstituencyBharatiya Janata Party162Bhupendrabhai PatelGhatlodiaIndian National Congress12Tushar ChaudharyKhedbhramaAam Aadmi Party4Chaitar VasavaDediapadaSamajwadi Party1Kandhal JadejaKutiyanaIndependent3 Mavjibhai Desai Dhavalsinh Zala Umesh Makwana Dhanera Bayad BotadTotal no of MLA's 182
Members of Legislative Assembly
DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyRemarksKutch 1 AbdasaPradhyumansinh Jadeja 2 Mandvi (Kachchh)Aniruddha Dave 3 BhujKeshubhai Patel 4 AnjarTrikam Chhanga 5 Gandhidham (SC)Malti Maheshwari 6 RaparVirendrasinh JadejaBanaskantha& Vav-Tharad7 VavGeniben ThakorElected to 18th LoksabhaSwarupji ThakorElected on 23 November 2024 8 TharadShankarbhai ChaudharySpeaker 9 DhaneraMavjibhai Desai 10 Danta (ST)Kantibhai Kharadi 11 Vadgam (SC)Jignesh Mevani 12 PalanpurAniket Thakar 13 DeesaPravin Mali 14 DeodarKeshaji Chauhan 15 KankrejAmrutbhai ThakorPatan 16 RadhanpurLavingji Thakor 17 ChanasmaDinesh Thakor 18 PatanKiritkumar Patel 19 SidhpurBalvantsinh RajputCabinet Minister Mehsana 20 KheraluSardarsinh Chaudhary 21 UnjhaK. K. Patel 22 VisnagarRushikesh PatelCabinet Minister 23 BechrajiSukhaji Thakor24Kadi (SC)Karshan SolankiDied on 4 February 2025Rajendra ChavdaElected on 23 June 2025 25 MahesanaMukesh Patel26VijapurC. J. ChavdaResigned on 19 January 2024 Elected on 4 June 2024 Sabarkantha 27 HimatnagarVinendrasinh Zala 28 Idar (SC)Ramanlal Vora 29 Khedbrahma (ST)Tushar Chaudhary Aravalli 30 Bhiloda (ST)Punamchand Baranda 31 ModasaBhikhusinh ParmarMinister of State 32 BayadDhavalsinh ZalaSabarkantha 33 PrantijGajendrasinh Parmar Gandhinagar 34 DahegamBalrajsinh Chauhan 35 Gandhinagar SouthAlpesh Thakor 36 Gandhinagar NorthRitaben Patel 37 MansaJayantibhai Patel 38 KalolLaxmanji Thakor Ahmedabad 39 ViramgamHardik Patel 40 SanandKanubhai Patel 41 GhatlodiaBhupendrabhai PatelChief Minister 42 VejalpurAmit Thaker 43 VatvaBabusinh Jadav 44 EllisbridgeAmit Shah 45 NaranpuraJitu Bhagat 46 NikolJagdish VishwakarmaMoS(I/C) 47 NarodaPayal Kukrani 48 Thakkarbapa NagarKanchanben Radadiya 49 BapunagarDineshsinh Kushwaha 50 AmraiwadiHasmukh Patel 51 DariapurKaushik Jain 52 Jamalpur-KhadiyaImran Khedavala 53 ManinagarAmul Bhatt 54 Danilimda (SC)Shailesh Parmar 55 SabarmatiHarshad Patel 56 Asarwa (SC)Darshana Vaghela 57 DaskroiBabubhai Patel 58 DholkaKiritsinh Dabhi 59 DhandhukaKalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi Surendranagar 60 Dasada (SC)P. K. Parmar 61 LimdiKiritsinh Rana 62 WadhwanJagdish Makwana 63 ChotilaShamji Chauhan 64 DhangadhraPrakash Varmora Morbi 65 MorbiKantilal Amrutiya 66 TankaraDurlabhji Dethariya 67 WankanerJitendra Somani Rajkot 68 Rajkot EastUday Kangad 69 Rajkot WestDarshita Shah 70 Rajkot SouthRamesh Tilala 71 Rajkot Rural (SC)Bhanuben BabariyaCabinet Minister 72 JasdanKunwarjibhai BavaliyaCabinet Minister 73 GondalGeetaba Jadeja 74 JetpurJayesh Radadiya 75 DhorajiMahendra Padalia Jamnagar 76 Kalavad (SC)Meghji Chavda 77 Jamnagar RuralRaghavji PatelCabinet Minister 78 Jamnagar NorthRivaba Jadeja 79 Jamnagar SouthDivyesh Akbari 80 JamjodhpurHemant KhavaAAP Deputy LP Leader Devbhoomi Dwarka 81 KhambhaliyaMulu Ayar BeraMoS 82 DwarkaPabubha Manek Porbandar83 Porbandar Arjun ModhwadiaResigned on 4 March 2024Elected on 4 June 2024 84 KutiyanaKandhal JadejaSP LP Leader Junagarh 85 Manavadar Arvindbhai LadaniResigned on 6 March 2024 Elected on 4 June 2024 86 JunagadhSanjay Koradiya87VisavadarBhupendra BhayaniResigned on 13 December 2023Gopal ItaliaElected on 23 June 2025 88 KeshodDevabhai Malam 89 MangrolBhagvanjibhai Karagatiya Gir Somnath 90 SomnathVimal Chudasama 91 TalalaBhagabhai Barad 92 Kodinar (SC)Pradyuman Vaja 93 UnaKalubhai Rathod Amreli 94 DhariJaysukhbhai Kakadiya 95 AmreliKaushik Vekariya 96 LathiJanak Talaviya 97 SavarkundlaMahesh Kaswala 98 RajulaHirabhai Solanki Bhavnagar 99 MahuvaShivabhai Gohil 100 TalajaGautambhai Chauhan 101 GariadharSudhir Vaghani 102 PalitanaBhikhabhai Baraiya 103 Bhavnagar RuralParshottambhai SolankiMoS 104 Bhavnagar EastSejalben Pandya 105 Bhavnagar WestJitendra Vaghani Botad 106 Gadhada (SC)Mahant Shambhunath Tundiya 107 BotadUmeshbhai MakwanaSuspended From AAP Anand108KhambhatChirag PatelResigned on 19 December 2023Elected on 4 June 2024 109 BorsadRamanbhai Solanki 110 AnklavAmit ChavdaCLP Leader 111 UmrethGovindbhai Parmar 112 AnandYogesh Patel 113 PetladKamlesh Patel 114 SojitraVipul Patel Kheda 115 MatarKalpesh Parmar 116 NadiadPankajbhai Desai 117 MehmedabadArjunsinh Chauhan 118 MahudhaSanjaysinh Mahida 119 ThasraYogendrasinh Parmar 120 KapadvanjRajeshkumar Zala Mahisagar 121 BalasinorMansinh Chauhan 122 LunawadaGulabsinh Chauhan 123 Santrampur (ST)Kuber DindorMoS Panchmahal 124 ShehraJethabhai AhirDeputy Speaker 125 Morva Hadaf (ST)Nimishaben Suthar 126 GodhraC. K. Raulji 127 Kalol (Panchmahal)Fatehsinh Chauhan 128 HalolJaydrathsinh Parmar Dahod 129 Fatepura (ST)Ramesh Katara 130 Jhalod (ST)Mahesh Bhuriya 131 Limkheda (ST)Shailesh Bhabhor 132 Dahod (ST)Kanaiyalal Kishori 133 Garbada (ST)Mahendra Bhabhor 134 DevgadhbariyaBachubhai Khabad Vadodara 135 SavliKetan Inamdar136VaghodiyaDharmendrasinh VaghelaResigned on 24 January 2024Elected on 4 June 2024 Chhota Udaipur District 137 Chhota Udaipur (ST)Rajendrasinh Rathva 138 Jetpur, Chhota Udaipur (ST)Jayantibhai Rathva 139 Sankheda (ST)Abhesinh Tadvi Vadodara 140 DabhoiShailesh Sotta 141 Vadodara City (SC)Manisha Vakil 142 SayajigunjKeyur Rokadia 143 AkotaChaitanya Desai 144 RaopuraBalkrushna Shukla 145 ManjalpurSatish PatelElected in by election necessitated after death of Yogesh Patel.thehindu.com 146 PadraChaitanyasinh Zala 147 KarjanAkshay Patel Narmada 148 Nandod (ST)Darshana Vasava 149 Dediapada (ST)Chaitar VasavaAAP LP Leader Bharuch District 150 JambusarDevkishordas Swami 151 VagraArunsinh Rana 152 Jhagadiya (ST)Ritesh Vasava 153 BharuchRamesh Mistry 154 AnkleshwarIshwarsinh Patel Surat 155 OlpadMukesh PatelMoS 156 Mangrol (Surat) (ST)Ganpat Vasava 157 Mandvi (Surat) (ST)Kunvarji HalpatiMoS 158 KamrejPrafulbhai PansheriyaMoS 159 Surat EastArvind Rana 160 Surat NorthKanti Balar 161 Varachha RoadKishor Kanani 162 KaranjPravin Ghoghari 163 LimbayatSangita Patil 164 UdhanaManu Patel 165 MajuraHarsh SanghaviMoS(I/C) 166 KatargamVinod Moradiya 167 Surat WestPurnesh Modi 168 ChoryasiSandip Desai 169 Bardoli (SC)Ishwarbhai Parmar 170 Mahuva (Surat) (ST)Mohanbhai Dhodia Tapi 171 Vyara (ST)Mohan Kokani 172 Nizar (ST)Jayram GamitDang 173 Dangs (ST)Vijaybhai Patel Navsari 174 JalalporeR. C. Patel 175 NavsariRakesh Desai 176 Gandevi (ST)Naresh Patel 177 Vansda (ST)Anant Patel Valsad 178 Dharampur (ST)Arvind Patel 179 ValsadBharat Patel 180 PardiKanubhai DesaiCabinet Minister 181 Kaprada (ST)Jitubhai Chaudhary 182 Umbergaon (ST)Ramanlal Patkar
See also 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election 14th Gujarat Assembly Government of Gujarat
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