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{{Short description|Overview of the procedure of elections in the Indian state of Gujarat}}
'''Elections in [[Gujarat]]''' are being conducted since 1962 to elect the members of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat Vidhan Sabha]] and the members of the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]]. There are 182 [[List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]] and 26 [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies in the state.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/gujarat/ | title=Elections in Gujarat | publisher=elections.in | accessdate=2013-05-30}}</ref>

== Major Political Parties ==
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 ==
Gujarat was a part of the erstwhile [[Bombay State]] till 1960.
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Lok Sabha Election
| style="background-color:#666666; width:4px" |
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party-wise Details
|----
|1962
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1962|Third Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Total: 22. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 16, [[Swatantra Party]]: 4, [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]: 1, NJP: 1
|----
|1967
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1967|Fourth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Swatantra Party}}" |
|Total: 24. [[Swatantra Party]]: 12, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 11, Independent:1
|----
|1971
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1971|Fifth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Total: 24. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 11, [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]: 11, [[Swatantra Party]]: 2
|----
|1977
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1977|Sixth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Janata Party|Janata Party/BLD]]: 16, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 10
|----
|1980
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1980|Seventh Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 25, [[Janata Party]]: 1
|----
|1984
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1984|Eighth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 24, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 1, [[Janata Party]]: 1
|----
|1989
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1989|Ninth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Janata Dal|JD]]: 11 + [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 12, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 3
|----
|1991
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1991|Tenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 20, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 5, [[Janata Dal (Gujarat)|JD(G)]]: 1
|----
|1996
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1996|Eleventh Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 16, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 10
|----
|1998
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1998|Twelfth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 19, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 7
|----
|1999
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 1999|Thirteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 20, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 6
|----
|2004
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 2004|Fourteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 14, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 12
|----
|2009
|[[Indian general election in Gujarat, 2009|Fifteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 15, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 11
|----
|2014
|[[Indian general election, 2014 (Gujarat)|Sixteenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 26, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 0
|-
|2019
|[[Indian general election, 2019 (Gujarat)|Seventeenth Lok Sabha]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|Total: 26. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 26, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 0
|----
|}

==Vidhan Sabha elections==
Elections for the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] (Vidhan Sabha) have been held since 1962.
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Vidhan Sabha Election
| style=" background-color:#666666; width:5px" |
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"| Party-wise Details
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"| Chief Minister
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"| Party
|----
|----
|1962
|[[1962 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Second Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Total: 154. [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 113, [[Swatantra Party|Swatantra]]: 26, [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]:7
|{{•}}[[Balwantrai Mehta]] {{•}}[[Hitendra Desai]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1967
|[[1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Third Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Total: 168. [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 93, [[Swatantra Party|Swatantra]]: 66
|{{•}}[[Hitendra Desai]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1972
|[[1972 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Fourth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Total: 168. [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 140, [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]: 16
|{{•}}[[Ghanshyam Oza]] {{•}}[[Chimanbhai Patel]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1975
|[[1975 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Fifth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: grey" |
|Total: 182. [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 75, [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]: 56, [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]: 18, KLP:12
|{{•}}[[Babubhai J. Patel]] {{•}} [[Madhav Singh Solanki]] {{•}} [[Babubhai J. Patel]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]] [[Janata Party|JP]]
|----
|1980
|[[1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Sixth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 141, [[Janata Party|JP]]: 21, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 9
|{{•}}[[Madhav Singh Solanki]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1985
|[[1985 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Seventh Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 149, [[Janata Party|JP]]: 14, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 11
|{{•}}[[Madhav Singh Solanki]] {{•}}[[Amarsinh Chaudhary]] {{•}} [[Madhav Singh Solanki]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1990
|[[1990 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Eighth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Janata Dal|JD]]: 70 + [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 67, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 33
|{{•}}[[Chimanbhai Patel]] {{•}}[[Chhabildas Mehta]]
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]/[[Janata Dal (Gujarat)|JD(G)]]/[[Indian National Congress|INC]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1995
|[[1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Ninth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 121, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 45
|{{•}}[[Keshubhai Patel]] {{•}}[[Suresh Mehta]] {{•}}[[Shankersinh Vaghela]] {{•}}[[Dilip Parikh]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Rashtriya Janata Party|RJP]] [[Rashtriya Janata Party|RJP]]
|----
|1998
|[[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Tenth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 117, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 53
|{{•}}[[Keshubhai Patel]] {{•}} [[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|2002
|[[2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Eleventh Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 127, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 51
|{{•}}[[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|2007
|[[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Twelfth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 117, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 59
|{{•}}[[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|2012
|[[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Thirteenth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 120, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 57
|{{•}}[[Narendra Modi]] {{•}}[[Anandiben Patel]] {{•}}[[Vijay Rupani]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|2017
|[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Fourteenth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 182. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 99, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]: 78, [[Bharatiya Tribal Party|BTP]]: 2, [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 1, [[Independent (politician)|IND]]: 2
|{{•}}[[Vijay Rupani]] {{•}}[[Bhupendrabhai Patel]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/ Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Official website]
{{Gujarat elections}}
{{Indian elections |state=collapsed}}

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