15th Gujarat Assembly | |||
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Legislative body | Gujarat Legislative Assembly | ||
Meeting place | Vithalbhai Patel Bhavan, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, Gandhinagar | ||
Term | 12 December 2022 – | ||
Election | 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election | ||
Government | BJP | ||
Opposition | INC | ||
Website | www | ||
Members | 182 | ||
Speaker | Shankar Chaudhary, BJP | ||
Deputy speaker | Jethabhai Ahir, BJP | ||
Chief Minister | Bhupendrabhai Patel, BJP | ||
Party control | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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.
BJP has broken the record of winning most seats in Gujarat assembly which was previously with Madhav Singh Solanki who has won 149 seats. BJP has been in power since 1995. [1] BJP is also near the record of being longest serving party in an assembly consecutively. Currently the record is with Left alliance which had been in power for 34 years (from 1977 to 2011).
After gained super majority in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election BJP has elected Bhupendrabhai Patel as leader of legislative party on 10 December 2022. [2] On 12 December Bhupendrabhai Patel has been taken oath by Governor Acharya Devavrat. Also 8 leaders has taken oath as Cabinet ministers, 2 as Minister of State with Independent Charges and 6 other as Minister of State. [3]
On next day 3 Independent candidates has decided to support BJP Government. [4]
S.No | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Constituency | Office Taken | |
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1 | Speaker | Shankar Chaudhary | BJP | Tharad | 20 December 2022 [5] | ||
2 | Deputy Speaker | Jethabhai Ahir | Shehra | ||||
3 | Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | Bhupendrabhai Patel [6] | Ghatlodia | 12 December 2022 [7] | |||
4 | Leader of the opposition | Vacant |
Party | No. of MLA's | Leader of the Party in Assembly | Leader's Constituency | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | 156 | Bhupendrabhai Patel [8] | Ghatlodia | |
Indian National Congress | 15 | Amit Chavda [9] | Anklav | |
Aam Aadmi Party | 4 | Chaitar Vasava [10] | Dediapada | |
Samajwadi Party | 1 | Kandhal Jadeja [11] | Kutiyana | |
Independent | 3 | |||
Vacant | 3 | |||
Total no of MLA's | 182 |
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