Elections in Gujarat

Elections in Gujarat are being conducted since 1962 to elect the members of the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha and the members of the lower house of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha. There are 182 Vidhan Sabha constituencies and 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

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.

Year	Lok Sabha Election		Party-wise Details
1962	Third Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 22. Congress: 16, Swatantra Party: 4, PSP: 1, NJP: 1
1967	Fourth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 24. Swatantra Party: 12, Congress: 11, Independent:1
1971	Fifth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 24. Congress: 11, NCO: 11, Swatantra Party: 2
1977	Sixth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. Janata Party/BLD: 16, Congress: 10
1980	Seventh Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. Congress: 25, Janata Party: 1
1984	Eighth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. Congress: 24, BJP: 1, Janata Party: 1
1989	Ninth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. JD: 11 + BJP: 12, Congress: 3
1991	Tenth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 20, Congress: 5, JD(G): 1
1996	Eleventh Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 16, Congress: 10
1998	Twelfth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 19, Congress: 7
1999	Thirteenth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 20, Congress: 6
2004	Fourteenth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 14, Congress: 12
2009	Fifteenth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 15, Congress: 11
2014	Sixteenth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 26, Congress: 0
2019	Seventeenth Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 26. BJP: 26, Congress: 0

Vidhan Sabha elections

Elections for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) have been held since 1962.

Year	Vidhan Sabha Election		Party-wise Details	Chief Minister	Party
1962	Second Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 154. INC: 113, Swatantra: 26, PSP:7	Template:•Balwantrai Mehta Template:•Hitendra Desai	INC
1967	Third Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 168. INC: 93, Swatantra: 66	Template:•Hitendra Desai	INC
1972	Fourth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 168. INC: 140, NCO: 16	Template:•Ghanshyam Oza Template:•Chimanbhai Patel	INC
1975	Fifth Assembly		Total: 182. INC: 75, NCO: 56, BJS: 18, KLP:12	Template:•Babubhai J. Patel Template:• Madhav Singh Solanki Template:• Babubhai J. Patel	NCO INC JP
1980	Sixth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. INC: 141, JP: 21, BJP: 9	Template:•Madhav Singh Solanki	INC
1985	Seventh Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. INC: 149, JP: 14, BJP: 11	Template:•Madhav Singh Solanki Template:•Amarsinh Chaudhary Template:• Madhav Singh Solanki	INC
1990	Eighth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. JD: 70 + BJP: 67, INC: 33	Template:•Chimanbhai Patel Template:•Chhabildas Mehta	JD/JD(G)/INC INC
1995	Ninth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. BJP: 121, INC: 45	Template:•Keshubhai Patel Template:•Suresh Mehta Template:•Shankersinh Vaghela Template:•Dilip Parikh	BJP BJP RJP RJP
1998	Tenth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 53	Template:•Keshubhai Patel Template:• Narendra Modi	BJP
2002	Eleventh Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. BJP: 127, INC: 51	Template:•Narendra Modi	BJP
2007	Twelfth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 59	Template:•Narendra Modi	BJP
2012	Thirteenth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. BJP: 120, INC: 57	Template:•Narendra Modi Template:•Anandiben Patel Template:•Vijay Rupani	BJP
2017	Fourteenth Assembly	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 182. BJP: 99, INC: 78, BTP: 2, NCP: 1, IND: 2	Template:•Vijay Rupani Template:•Bhupendrabhai Patel	BJP

External links

• Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Official website