2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

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All 182 seats in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69.01% ( 3.01%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Vijay Rupani Bharatsinh Solanki Party BJP INC Leader since 2016 2015 Leader's seat Rajkot West Did not contest Last election 115 61 Seats before 115 61 Seats won 99 77 Seat change 16 16 Popular vote 14,724,427 12,438,937 Percentage 49.05% 41.44% Swing 1.15% 2.57%
Seatwise Election Result Map
Structure of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Vijay Rupani BJP Chief Minister Vijay Rupani BJP

The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 December 2017 and 14 December 2017 in the Indian state of Gujarat to elect the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA). The votes were counted on 18 December. All 182 members of the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly were elected with the leader of the largest party or coalition expected to become the next chief minister. ^[1]

The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party obtained a simple majority with an increase in the vote share. Despite suffering a decrease in the number of seats, the incumbent government retained a simple majority in the house. The vote share and number of seats for Congress increased from the previous election in 2012. This was the highest number of seats won by the Congress in the last 32 years (after the 1985 election, in which Congress won 149 seats). The next election was held in December 2022.

Gujarat in India

Background

Gujarat, like the other states of India, follows parliamentary system of government. The government is responsible for the Legislative Assembly and stays in power only if it has the support of a majority of its members. Elections take place on a first-past-the-post basis: the candidate with the most votes wins the seat regardless of an absolute majority. Every citizen of the state who is 18 and above is eligible to vote. The respective governors of the state then invite the leader of the largest party or coalition to form the government. The Constitution of India states that the term of Legislative Assemblies is five years. As is common in most other first-past-the-post electoral systems, the state's politics are dominated by two parties – the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^{[ citation needed ]}

The term of the prior Gujarat Legislative Assembly ended on 22 January 2018. The previous assembly election, held in 2012, resulted in BJP gaining a majority of seats and Narendra Modi becoming the chief minister. After the 2014 General Elections, Modi became the prime minister of the country and Anandiben Patel was appointed the chief minister of Gujarat. After the Patidar agitations, Dalit protests and claims of poor governance, she was replaced by Vijay Rupani as the chief minister by the party.^{[ citation needed ]}

Electoral process changes

Main article: Elections in Gujarat

VVPAT-fitted EVMs were used in the entire Gujarat state at 50,128 polling stations in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that the entire state saw the implementation of VVPAT. ^[2] VVPAT slips were counted in a polling station in each of Gujarat's 182 constituencies. ^{[3] [4]} There were 43.3 million registered voters in Gujarat as of 25 September 2017. ^[5]

Group of voters	Voters population
Male	2,25,57,032
Female	2,07,57,032
Third gender	169
Total voters	4,33,14,233
Polling booths	50,128
Voters per booth	864

Demographics

Main article: Gujarati people

Other Backward Castes, excluding Muslim OBCs, comprised 48% of the total population of Gujarat. ^{[6] [7] [8]} 147 communities were considered to be OBCs at the time of the election. ^[9] Scheduled tribes (primarily Adivasis) comprised 15.5% of the population, while scheduled castes (Dalits) totalled 7%. ^{[10] [11]} Muslims of various castes constituted 9.7% of the population. ^[12] Forward castes and others made up the remainder.

Castes of Gujarat
Caste	Population (%)	Notes
OBC	48%	Koli + Thakor - 44%, other OBCs (like Ahir, Bharwad etc.) - 56%
Adivasis (STs)	14.75%	Bhil - 46%, Halpati - 8%, Dhodia - 7.9%, Rathwa - 7.2%, Naikda - 5.3%, Gamit - 4.7%, Kokna - 4.4%, Chaudhri - 3.8%, Warli - 3.4%, Dhanka - 3.4%, Pateliya - 1.5%, Koli (tribal) - 1.3%
Patidar	11%	80% - Leuva and Kadva, others (Anjana and Matiya) have OBC status - 20%
Kshatriyas	5%
Muslims	9%	includes Muslim OBCs
Dalits (SCs)	7%
Others	5.25%	includes Brahmins, Lohana, Bania (caste), Christians, Parsis, Jains, etc.

Campaigns

Bhartiya Janata Party

Jaitley said continuous growth, unity and concern for every section are main ingredients of BJP manifesto. He said social polarization path attempted by Congress will harm the State like what happened in the decade of 1980s.Jaitley said Congress had mentioned some programmes that are already implemented by BJP government. The government is already giving minimum support price for ground nut, delivering crop insurance, assistance for check dam and drip irrigation, loan under Mudra schemes ^{[13] [14]}

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed 34 public rallies in his home state. ^[15]

Manifesto

Source: ^{[16] [17] [18]}

Agri Proposals:

• Continue with the current policies for improving farm income
• To continue with Cooperative milk societies and animal welfare
• Effective implementation of law against cow slaughter

Youth Proposals:

• To open up more industrial cluster to increase Employment
• To encourage start-ups through skill development and Economic support
• Labour & remuneration policies to reflect current needs
• Along with govt policies to have results oriented employment policies
• To establish Gujarat Olympic Mission
• To create modern sports facilities and provide economic support for sports persons
• To encourage traditional sports

For Women:

• To set up a fund for women empowerment schemes
• Free higher education for women
• Healthcare facilities for women
• New women oriented policies
• To increase widow pension from time to time

Education Policy:

• To expand policies for welfare of girl child and schooling
• To expand foundational education
• To include new technological innovations in educations
• More importance to vocational education
• To better implement fee control in Private schools
• To create world class universities in the state

Healthcare:

• To provide better facilities for treatment of grave illnesses in district hospitals
• To increase availability of generic and affordable medicines
• To set up mobile clinics and 252 government diagnostic laboratories
• To free Gujarat of vector-borne diseases by 2022

Village Development:

• Cement houses for poor families
• All houses to have plumbing and toilet facilities
• To bring in waste disposal units
• Better transportation and connectivity for rural areas

Urban Development:

• Timely implementation of smart city projects
• Effective and smart traffic management systems
• Surat and Vadodhara to have metro train services
• Pipe gas connections in all houses
• AC- Bus services in major cities
• Playground facilities for children in all sectors
• Multi-level parking facilities
• Control on unlawful occupation of land

Industrial Policies:

• Policy based industrial growth
• Encouragement to Employment oriented industries
• Regulated policy for industries
• New policy for Semi-conductor and Telecommunications industries
• Government to collaborate with GIDC for global competitive industrial policies
• Better interest rates for SME lending
• To create help centres for entrepreneurs
• To ease licensing policy for Small traders via online
• Accounting services to be provided at affordable rates
• Considerable improvement in policies for co-operative societies
• Revival of closed co-operative units

Tribal Welfare:

• Effective implementation of tribal protection laws
• To create Tribal Development Board at district level
• To create registered Tribal committees
• To provide irrigation facilities in 4 lakh hectares of land in North-east tribal areas
• Special policies for Agariya communities
• Better implementation of PESA Act
• To provide land owner ship for all Tribals
• To set-up International levels tribal universities

OBC Welfare:

• To provide economic support for those in generational family businesses
• To double the grant for Thakore and Koli development corporation
• Expansion of Self-employement schemes

SC and ST Welfare:

• To create a committee for their betterment
• Easing of processes for obtaining caste certificate and BPL card
• Cement houses for everybody
• Better opportunity for education, healthcare and employment
• Creation of hawking zones for hawkers

Dalit Welfare:

• Effective protection of Dalits
• Economic support through Dr BhimRao Ambedkar Education fund
• Increase in schools
• Financial support for Dalit workers

Poor Labourers and Workers:

• 100% coverage under Suraksha Bhima Yojana
• Cement Houses for all
• Affordable healthcare
• Affordable food policies to be expanded in cities

Financially Backward Communities:

• To fund secondary and high education of students
• Financial security through Jan Dhan and PM Suraksha Bima Yojana
• New policies for holistic development of poor
• Better opportunities for employment

Ports:

• Develop ports and better marine traffic routes
• To expand RORO ferry services
• To provide financial support to communities dependent on sea
• To give financial support for Modern equipment
• To create Marine product laboratory for improvement of manufacturing

Transparent and Better Governance:

• Administrative public outreach programme
• Karm-yogi Abhiyaan for Government employees
• Online services for registration and tax payment
• Forceful implementation of Anti-liquor policies

Tourism:

• To create Sardar Patel Statue at Karmsad
• New tourism circuits
• To create yoga and medication centre in Saurashtra in association with Somnath University
• To promote Handicraft festivals
• To create memorials for great Gujarati personalities
• Better facilities for Pilgrims

Cultural Policies:

• To promote language, literature and dance forms
• To promote ras-garba and traditional art forms
• To encourage music along with literature and language
• To create and expand Art festivals
• To reserve position in Girnar authority Board for saints
• To support for religious festivals like Maha Shivratri & Lili Parikarma

Senior Citizens:

• Timely increase in old-age pension
• To provide government services at home
• Expand the Shravan tirth policy

For NRI Gujarati:

• Gujarat tour services for NRIs
• To immediately resolve issues of NRIs
• To promote Gujarati cultural activities outside India

Indian National Congress

Manifesto

Source: ^[19]

Woman and Healthcare:

• Housing for women of all communities
• Free education for girls from primary to higher education
• Loans for women to start small businesses
• Universal healthcare card

Farmers:

• Loan waiver
• Free water
• 16-hour daytime power
• Effective crop insurance

Rural and Housing:

• Each village to have sanitation and drinking water
• 25 Lakh houses in 5 years in urban and rural areas

Business, Law & Order:

• Ending of Gundaraj in Gujarat
• Establishing fast-track courts for serious crimes
• HC bench in Surat, Rajkot

cost of living and inflation:

• Petrol, diesel cheaper by Rs 10
• 50% reduction in property tax for small shopkeepers
• Up to 50% reduction in electricity rates

For youth & students:

• Unemployment allowance of up to Rs 4,000 to youth
• Rs 32,000 cr fund for employment to 25 lakh youth
• Withdrawal of contractual outsourcing and filling of government vacancies
• Scholarship for poor and middle-class families
• Conversion of all self-financed courses into govt-aid courses to reduce fee burden
• Free laptops and phones to college students

Polls

Opinion polls

Election schedule

Polling firm/Commissioner	Date published
		BJP	INC	Others
ABP News (Lokniti CSDS) [20]	31 August 2017	59% 144–152	29% 26-32	12% 0
India-Today (Axis) [21]	24 October 2017	48% 120-135	38% 55-70	14% 0-3
Times Now (VMR) [22]	25 October 2017	52% 118-134	37% 49-61	11% 0-2
ABP News (Lokniti CSDS) [23]	9 November 2017	47% 113-121	41% 58-64	12% 1-7
ABP News (Lokniti CSDS) [24]	4 December 2017	43% 91-99	43% 78-86	14% 3-7
Times Now (VMR) [25]	6 December 2017	45% 106-116	40% 63-73	15% 2-4

Exit polls

Exit polls were released on the evening of 14 December.

Polling firm/Commissioner
	BJP	INC	Others
ABP News (Lokniti CSDS) [26]	49% 117	41% 64	9% 1
TV9 CVoter [26]	52% 109	39% 74	9.3% 0
Axis-India Today [26]	47% 99-113	42% 68-82	11% –
VMR-Times Now [26]	48% 108-118	41% 61-71	11% 0-3
Republic-JanKiBaat [26]	– 115-130	– 50-65	– 0-2
VDP Associates [26]	48% 142	40% 37	12% 3
CNX Samay [26]	48% 110-120	39% 65-75	13% 2-4
Today's Chanakya [26]	49% 135	38% 47	13% –
Nirmana TV (Gujarati) [26]	– 104	– 74	– 4
CVoter[ citation needed ]	47.4% 108	43.3% 74	9.3% 0
Poll of polls (Average)	117	64	1
Actual results	99	80	3

Results

The votes were counted on 18 December 2017. Over 1.9% of all voters in the election specified the None of the Above (NOTA) option, which amounted to more than 500,000 votes. ^[27]

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	14,724,427	49.1	1.2	99	16
	Indian National Congress	12,438,937	41.4	2.5	77	16
	Independent	1,290,278	4.3	1.5	3	2
	Bharatiya Tribal Party	222,694	0.7	0.7	2	2
	Bahujan Samaj Party	207,007	0.7	0.6	0
	Nationalist Congress Party	184,815	0.6	0.4	1	1
	All India Hindustan Congress Party	83,922	0.3	0.3	0
	Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular)	45,833	0.2	0.2	0
	Aam Aadmi Party	24,918	0.1	0.1	0
	Janata Dal				0	1
	None of the Above (NOTA)	551,615	1.8	1.8	—
Total		30,015,920	100.00		182	±0
Valid votes		30,015,920	99.87
Invalid votes		37,706	0.13
Votes cast / turnout		30,053,626	69.01
Abstentions		13,493,330	30.99
Registered voters		43,546,956

Regions of Gujarat with their constituencies

Results by region

Region	Seats [28]	NDA	UPA	Others
Central Gujarat	61	37	22	2
North Gujarat	32	14	18	0
Saurashtra – Kutch	54	23	30	1
South Gujarat	35	25	10	0
Total	182	99	80	3

Results by district

District	Seats	NDA	UPA	Others
Ahmedabad	21	15	6	0
Anand	7	2	5	0
Kheda	7	3	4	0
Mahisagar	2	1	0	1
Panchmahal	5	4	0	1
Dahod	6	3	3	0
Vadodara	10	8	2	0
Chhota Udaipur	3	1	2	0
Banaskantha	9	3	6	0
Patan	4	1	3	0
Mehsana	7	5	2	0
Sabarkantha	4	3	1	0
Aravalli	3	0	3	0
Gandhinagar	5	2	3	0
Kutch	6	4	2	0
Surendranagar	5	1	4	0
Morbi	3	0	3	0
Rajkot	8	6	2	0
Jamnagar	5	2	3	0
Devbhumi Dwarka	2	1	1	0
Porbandar	2	1	0	1
Junagadh	5	1	4	0
Gir Somnath	4	0	4	0
Amreli	5	0	5	0
Bhavnagar	7	6	1	0
Botad	2	1	1	0
Narmada	2	0	2	0
Bharuch	5	3	2	0
Surat	16	15	1	0
Tapi	2	0	2	0
Dang	1	0	1	0
Navsari	4	3	1	0
Valsad	5	4	1	0
Total	182	99	80 [a]	3

Results by constituency

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No	Constituency	Winner	Political party		Votes	Margin	2012 Winner
Kutch district
1	Abdasa	Pradyumansinh Jadeja		INC	71,848	36,778		INC
2	Mandvi (Kachchh)	Virendrasinh Jadeja		BJP	79,569	9046		BJP
3	Bhuj	Dr. Nimaben Acharya		BJP	86,532	14,022		BJP
4	Anjar	Vasanbhai Ahir		BJP	75,331	11,313		BJP
5	Gandhidham	Malti Maheshwari		BJP	79,713	20,270		BJP
6	Rapar	Santokben Aarethiya		INC	63,814	15,209		BJP
Banaskantha district
7	Vav	Geniben Thakor		INC	1,02,328	6655		BJP
8	Tharad	Parbatbhai Patel		BJP	69,789	11,733		BJP
9	Dhanera	Nathabhai Patel		INC	82,909	2093		INC
10	Danta (ST)	Kantibhai Kharadi		INC	86,129	24,652		INC
11	Vadgam (SC)	Jignesh Mevani		Independent	95,497	19,696		INC
12	Palanpur	Mahesh Patel		INC	91,512	17,593		INC
13	Deesa	Shashikant Pandya		BJP	85,411	14,531		BJP
14	Deodar	Shivabhai Bhuriya		INC	80,432	972		BJP
15	Kankrej	Kiritsinh Vaghela		BJP	95,131	8588		INC
Patan district
16	Radhanpur	Alpesh Thakor		INC	85,777	14,857		BJP
17	Chanasma	Dilipkumar Thakor		BJP	73,771	8234		BJP
18	Patan	Kiritkumar Patel		INC	1,03,273	25,279		BJP
19	Sidhpur	Chandanji Thakor		INC	88,268	17,260		INC
Mehsana district
20	Kheralu	Bharatsinhji Dabhi		BJP	59,847	21,415		BJP
21	Unjha	Dr. Asha Patel		INC	81,797	19,529		BJP
22	Visnagar	Rushikesh Patel		BJP	77,496	2869		BJP
23	Bechraji	Bharatji Thakor		INC	80,894	15,811		BJP
24	Kadi (SC)	Punjabhai Solanki		BJP	96,651	7746		INC
25	Mehsana	Nitinbhai Patel		BJP	90,235	7137		BJP
26	Vijapur	Ramanbhai Patel		BJP	72,326	1164		INC
Sabarkantha district
27	Himatnagar	Rajubhai Chavda		BJP	94,340	1712		INC
28	Idar (SC)	Hitu Kanodia		BJP	98,815	14,813		BJP
29	Khedbrahma (ST)	Ashvin Kotwal		INC	85,916	11,131		INC
Aravalli district
30	Bhiloda (ST)	Dr. Anil Joshiyara		INC	95,719	12,417		INC
31	Modasa	Rajesndrasinh Thakor		INC	83,411	1640		INC
32	Bayad	Dhavalsinh Zala		INC	79,556	7901		INC
Sabarkantha district
33	Prantij	Gajendrasinh Parmar		BJP	83,482	2551		INC
Gandhinagar district
34	Dahegam	Balrajsinh Chauhan		BJP	74,445	10,860		INC
35	Gandhinagar South	Shambhuji Thakor		BJP	1,07,480	11,538		BJP
36	Gandhinagar North	Dr. C. J. Chavda		INC	80,142	5736		BJP
37	Mansa	Surekhkumar Patel		INC	77,902	524		INC
38	Kalol (Gandhinagar)	Baldevji Thakor		INC	82,886	7,965		INC
Ahmedabad district
39	Viramgam	Lakhabhai Bharwad		INC	76,178	6548		INC
40	Sanand	Kanubhai Patel		BJP	67,692	7721		INC
41	Ghatlodia	Bhupendrabhai Patel		BJP	1,75,652	1,17,750		BJP
42	Vejalpur	Kishor Chauhan		BJP	1,17,748	22,567		BJP
43	Vatva	Pradipsinh Jadeja		BJP	1,31,133	62,380		BJP
44	Ellis Bridge	Rakesh Shah		BJP	1,16,811	85,205		BJP
45	Naranpura	Kaushik Patel		BJP	1,06,458	66,215		BJP
46	Nikol	Jagdish Panchal		BJP	87,764	24,880		BJP
47	Naroda	Balram Thawani		BJP	1,08,168	60,142		BJP
48	Thakkarbapa Nagar	Vallabhbhai Kakadiya		BJP	88,124	34,088		BJP
49	Bapunagar	Himmatsinh Patel		INC	58,785	3067		BJP
50	Amraiwadi	Hasmukhbhai Patel		BJP	1,05,694	49,732		BJP
51	Dariapur	Gyasuddin Shaikh		INC	63,712	6187		INC
52	Jamalpur-Khadia	Imran Khedawala		INC	75,346	29,339		BJP
53	Maninagar	Suresh Patel		BJP	1,16,113	75,199		BJP
54	Danilimda (SC)	Shailesh Parmar		INC	90,691	32,510		INC
55	Sabarmati	Arvindkumar Patel		BJP	1,13,503	68,810		BJP
56	Asarwa (SC)	Pradip Parmar		BJP	87,238	49,264		BJP
57	Daskroi	Babu Jamna Patel		BJP	1,27,432	45,065		BJP
58	Dholka	Bhupendrasinh Chudasama		BJP	71,530	327		BJP
59	Dhandhuka	Rajesh Gohil		INC	67,477	5920		BJP
Surendranagar district
60	Dasada (SC)	Naushadji Solanki		INC	74,009	3728		BJP
61	Limdi	Soma Ganda Kolipatel		INC	83,909	14,651		INC
62	Wadhwan	Dhanjibhai Patel		BJP	89595	19,524		BJP
63	Chotila	Rutvik Makwana		INC	79,960	23,887		BJP
64	Dhrangadhra	Parshottam Sabariya		INC	97,135	13,916		BJP
Morbi district
65	Morbi	Brijesh Merja		INC	89,396	3419		BJP
66	Tankara	Lalit Kagathra		INC	94,090	29,770		BJP
67	Wankaner	Mohammed Javed Pirzada		INC	72,588	1361		INC
Rajkot district
68	Rajkot East	Arvind Raiyani		BJP	93,087	22,782		INC
69	Rajkot West	Vijay Rupani		BJP	1,31,586	53,755		BJP
70	Rajkot South	Govind Patel		BJP	98,951	47,121		BJP
71	Rajkot Rural (SC)	Lakhabhai Sagathiya		BJP	92,114	2179		BJP
72	Jasdan	Kunwarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya		INC	84,321	9277		INC
73	Gondal	Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja		BJP	70,506	15,397		BJP
74	Jetpur (Rajkot)	Jayesh Radadiya		BJP	98,948	25,581		INC
75	Dhoraji	Lalit Vasoya		INC	85,070	25,085		INC
Jamnagar district
76	Kalavad (SC)	Pravin Muchhadiya		INC	78,085	32,951		BJP
77	Jamnagar Rural	Vallabh Dharaviya		INC	70,750	6397		INC
78	Jamnagar North	Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (Hakubha)		BJP	84,327	40,963		INC
79	Jamnagar South	R. C. Faldu		BJP	71,718	16,349		BJP
80	Jamjodhpur	Chirag Kalariya		INC	64,212	2518		BJP
Devbhumi Dwarka district
81	Khambhalia	Vikram Madam		INC	79,779	11,046		BJP
82	Dwarka	Pabubha Manek		BJP	73,431	5739		BJP
Porbandar district
83	Porbandar	Babu Bokhiria		BJP	72,430	1855		BJP
84	Kutiyana	Kandhal Jadeja		NCP	59,406	23,709		NCP
Junagadh district
85	Manavadar	Jawaharbhai Chavda		INC	88,570	29,763		INC
86	Junagadh	Bhikhabhai Joshi		INC	76,850	6084		BJP
87	Visavadar	Harshad Ribadiya		INC	92,731	23,101		GPP
88	Keshod	Devabhai Malam		BJP	71,425	10,806		BJP
89	Mangrol (Junagadh)	Babubhai Vaja		INC	71,654	13,914		BJP
Gir Somnath district
90	Somnath	Vimalbhai Chudasama		INC	94,914	20,450		INC
91	Talala	Bhagabhai Dhanabhai Barad		INC	96,729	31,646		INC
92	Kodinar (SC)	Mohanbhai Vala		INC	72,408	14,535		BJP
93	Una	Punjabhai Vansh		INC	72,775	4928		INC
Amreli district
94	Dhari	J. V. Kakadiya		INC	66,644	15,336		GPP
95	Amreli	Paresh Dhanani		INC	87,032	12,029		INC
96	Lathi	Virjibhai Thummar		INC	64,743	9343		INC
97	Savarkundla	Pratap Dudhat		INC	66,366	8531		BJP
98	Rajula	Amarish Der		INC	83,818	12,719		BJP
Bhavnagar district
99	Mahuva (Bhavnagar)	Raghavbhai Makwana		BJP	44,410	5009		BJP
100	Talaja	Kanubhai Baraiya		INC	66,862	1779		BJP
101	Gariadhar	Keshubhai Nakrani		BJP	50,635	1876		BJP
102	Palitana	Bhikhabhai Baraiya		BJP	69,479	14,189		INC
103	Bhavnagar Rural	Parshottam Solanki		BJP	89555	30993		BJP
104	Bhavnagar East	Vibhavari Dave		BJP	87323	22442		BJP
105	Bhavnagar West	Jitu Vaghani		BJP	83701	27185		BJP
Botad district
106	Gadhada (SC)	Pravinbhai Maru		INC	69457	9424		BJP
107	Botad	Saurabh Patel		BJP	79623	906		BJP
Anand district
108	Khambhat	Mayur Raval		BJP	71459	2318		BJP
109	Borsad	Rajendrasinh Parmar		INC	86254	11468		INC
110	Anklav	Amit Chavda		INC	90,603	33629		INC
111	Umreth	Govind Parmar		BJP	68,326	1,883		NCP
112	Anand	Kantibhai Sodharparmar		INC	98168	5286		BJP
113	Petlad	Niranjan Patel		INC	81127	10644		INC
114	Sojitra	Punambhai Parmar		INC	72423	2388		INC
Kheda district
115	Matar	Kesarisinh Solanki		BJP	81509	2406		BJP
116	Nadiad	Desai Pankajkumar Vinubhai		BJP	90221	20838		BJP
117	Mehmedabad	Arjunsinh Chauhan		BJP	88913	20918		INC
118	Mahudha	Indrajitsinh Parmar		INC	78006	13601		INC
119	Thasra	Kanitbhai Parmar		INC	87567	7028		INC
120	Kapadvanj	Kalabhai Dabhi		INC	85195	27226		INC
121	Balasinor	Ajitsinh Chauhan		INC	84620	10602		INC
Mahisagar district
122	Lunawada	Ratansinh Rathod		Independent	55098	3200		BJP
123	Santrampur (ST)	Kuberbhai Dindor		BJP	68362	6424		INC
Panchmahal district
124	Shehra	Jethabhai Ahir		BJP	100383	41069		BJP
125	Morva Hadaf (ST)	Bhupendrasinh Khant		Independent	58513	4366		INC
126	Godhra	C.K Raulji		BJP	75149	258		INC
127	Kalol (Panchmahal)	Sumanben Chauhan		BJP	103028	49277		BJP
128	Halol	Jaydrathsinh Parmar		BJP	115457	57034		BJP
Dahod district
129	Fatepura (ST)	Rameshbhai Katara		BJP	60250	2711		BJP
130	Jhalod (ST)	Bhavesh Katara		INC	86077	25410		INC
131	Limkheda (ST)	Shaileshbhai Bhabhor		BJP	74078	19314		BJP
132	Dahod (ST)	Vajesing Panada		INC	79850	15503		INC
133	Garbada (ST)	Chandrikaben Bariya		INC	64280	16128		INC
134	Devgadhbaria	Bachubhai Khabad		BJP	103873	45694		BJP
Vadodara district
135	Savli	Ketan Inamdar		BJP	97646	41633		Independent
136	Vaghodia	Madhu Shrivastav		BJP	62913	10271		BJP
Chhota Udaipur district
137	Chhota Udepur (ST)	Mohan Rathwa		INC	75141	1093		INC
138	Jetpur (ST)	Sukhram Rathva		INC	77701	3052		INC
139	Sankheda (ST)	Abhesinh Tadvi		BJP	90669	13088		BJP
Vadodara district
140	Dabhoi	Shailesh Mehta(Sotta)		BJP	77945	2839		BJP
141	Vadodara City (SC)	Manisha Vakil		BJP	116367	52383		BJP
142	Sayajigunj	Jitendra Sukhadia		BJP	99957	59132		BJP
143	Akota	Seema Mohile		BJP	109244	57139		BJP
144	Raopura	Rajendra S Trivedi		BJP	107225	36696		BJP
145	Manjalpur	Yogesh Patel		BJP	105036	56362		BJP
146	Padra	Jashpalsinh Thakor		INC	92998	19027		BJP
147	Karjan	Akshay Patel		INC	74087	3564		BJP
Narmada district
148	Nandod (ST)	Premsinhbhai Vasava		INC	81849	6329		BJP
149	Dediapada (ST)	Maheshbhai Vasava		BTP	83026	21751		BJP
Bharuch district
150	Jambusar	Sanjaybhai Solanki		INC	73216	6412		BJP
151	Vagra	Arunsinh Rana		BJP	72331	2628		BJP
152	Jhagadia (ST)	Chhotubhai Vasava		BTP	113854	48948		JD(U)
153	Bharuch	Dushyant Patel		BJP	99699	33099		BJP
154	Ankleshwar	Ishwarsinh Patel		BJP	99050	46912		BJP
Surat district
155	Olpad	Mukesh Patel		BJP	147828	61578		BJP
156	Mangrol (Surat)	Ganpat Vasava		BJP	91114	40799		BJP
157	Mandvi (Surat)	Anandbhai Chaudhari		INC	96483	50776		INC
158	Kamrej	V. D. Zalavadiya		BJP	147371	28191		BJP
159	Surat East	Arvind Rana		BJP	72638	13347		BJP
160	Surat North	Kantibhai Balar		BJP	58788	20022		BJP
161	Varachha Road	Kumarbhai Kanani		BJP	68472	13998		BJP
162	Karanj	Pravinbhai Ghoghari		BJP	58673	35598		BJP
163	Limbayat	Sangita Patil		BJP	93585	31951		BJP
164	Udhna	Vivek Patel		BJP	87884	42528		BJP
165	Majura	Harsh Sanghavi		BJP	116741	85827		BJP
166	Katargam	Vinodbhai Moradiya		BJP	125387	79230		BJP
167	Surat West	Purnesh Modi		BJP	111615	77882		BJP
168	Choryasi	Zankhana Patel		BJP	173882	110819		BJP
169	Bardoli (SC)	Ishwarbhai Parmar		BJP	94774	34854		BJP
170	Mahuva (Surat) (ST)	Mohanbhai Dhodia		BJP	82607	6433		BJP
Tapi district
171	Vyara (ST)	Punabhai Gamit		INC	88576	24414		INC
172	Nizar (ST)	Sunil Gamit		INC	106234	23129		BJP
Dang district
173	Dang (ST)	Mangalbhai Gavit		INC	57820	768		INC
Navsari district
174	Jalalpore	R. C. Patel		BJP	86411	25664		BJP
175	Navsari	Piyush Desai		BJP	100060	46095		BJP
176	Gandevi (ST)	Naresh Patel		BJP	124010	57261		BJP
177	Vansda (ST)	Anantkumar Patel		INC	110756	18393		INC
Valsad district
178	Dharampur (ST)	Arvind Patel		BJP	94944	22246		INC
179	Valsad	Bharat Patel		BJP	101736	43092		BJP
180	Pardi	Kanubhai Desai		BJP	98379	52086		BJP
181	Kaprada (ST)	Jitubhai Chaudhari		INC	93000	170		INC
182	Umbergaon (ST)	Ramanlal Patkar		BJP	96004	41690		BJP

By-Elections

2019

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	23 April 2019	Dharangadhra	Parsottam Ukabhai Sabariya		Indian National Congress	Parsottam Ukabhai Sabariya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Jamnagar Rural	Vallabh Dharaviya			Raghavji Patel
3		Manavadar	Jawaharbhai Chavda			Jawaharbhai Chavda
4		Unjha	Asha Patel			Asha Patel
5	21 October 2019	Radhanpur	Alpesh Thakor (Joined BJP)			Raghubhai Merajbhai Desai		Indian National Congress
6		Bayad	Dhavalsinh Zala			Jashubhai Shivabhai Patel
7		Tharad	Parbatbhai Patel (Elected to Lok Sabha)		Bharatiya Janata Party	Gulabsinh Pirabhai Rajput
8		Kheralu	Bharatsinhji Dabhi (Joined Lok Sabha in 2019)			Ajmalji Valaji Thakor		Bharatiya Janata Party
9		Amraiwadi	Hasmukhbhai Patel			Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel
10		Lunawada	Ratansinh Rathod			Jigneshkumar Sevak

2020

Main article: 2020 Gujarat Legislative Assembly by-elections

In March 2020, five Congress MLAs from Gujarat resigned, bringing its tally down to 68. Three more resigned in June 2020, making it 65. ^[30] The BJP subsequently won all eight seats in November by-elections with absolute majorities of the vote. ^[31]

No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Election Date	Elected MLA	Winning party		Runner Up	Runner Up Party		Margin
1	Abdasa			INC	3 November 2020	JADEJA PRADHYUMANSINH MAHIPATSINH		BJP	DR. SHANTILAL SENGHANI		INC	36,778
61	Limbdi					KIRITSINH JITUBHA RANA			KHACHAR CHETANBHAI RAMKUBHAI			32,050
65	Morbi					BRIJESH MERJA			JAYANTILAL JERAJBHAI PATEL			4,649
94	Dhari					KAKADIYA J. V.			SURESH MANUBHAI KOTADIYA			17,209
106	Gadhada					ATMARAM MAKANBHAI PARMAR			MOHANBHAI SHANKARBHAI SOLANKI			23,295
147	Karjan					AKSHAYKUMAR ISWARBHAI PATEL			JADEJA KIRITSINH DOLUBHA			16,425
173	Dang					PATEL VIJAYBHAI RAMESH BHAI			SURYAKANTBHAI RATANBHAI GAVIT			60,095
181	Kaprada					Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari			Babubhai Jivlabhai Patel Alias(Varatha)			47,066

2021

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
125	17 April 2021	Morva Hadaf	Bhupendrasinh Khant		Independent	Nimisha Suthar		Bharatiya Janata Party

Notes

1. Total tally of United Progressive Alliance including INC (77), BTP (2), and independent MLA Jignesh Mevani (1)

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External links

• Election Commission of India
• Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Official website Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine