Elections in Gujarat
Elections in Gujarat have been 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.[1]
Major political parties
[edit]The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Aam Admi Party are currently represented in the state legislature. 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) and Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP).
Lok Sabha elections
[edit]Gujarat was a part of the erstwhile Bombay State till 1960.
| Lok Sabha | Election year | 1st party | 2nd party | Others | Total seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Third Lok Sabha | INC 16 | SWP 4 | PSP 1, NGJP 1 | 22 | ||
| 1967 | Fourth Lok Sabha | SWP 12 | INC 11 | IND 1 | 24 | ||
| 1971 | Fifth Lok Sabha | INC 11 | INC(O) 11 | SWP 2 | 24 | ||
| 1977 | Sixth Lok Sabha | JP 16 | INC 10 | 26 | |||
| 1980 | Seventh Lok Sabha | INC 25 | JP 1 | 26 | |||
| 1984 | Eighth Lok Sabha | INC 24 | BJP 1 | JP 1 | 26 | ||
| 1989 | Ninth Lok Sabha | BJP 12 | JD 11 | INC 3 | 26 | ||
| 1991 | Tenth Lok Sabha | BJP 20 | INC 5 | JD(G) 1 | 26 | ||
| 1996 | Eleventh Lok Sabha | BJP 16 | INC 10 | 26 | |||
| 1998 | Twelfth Lok Sabha | BJP 19 | INC 7 | 26 | |||
| 1999 | Thirteenth Lok Sabha | BJP 20 | INC 6 | 26 | |||
| 2004 | Fourteenth Lok Sabha | BJP 14 | INC 12 | 26 | |||
| 2009 | Fifteenth Lok Sabha | BJP 15 | INC 11 | 26 | |||
| 2014 | Sixteenth Lok Sabha | BJP 26 | 26 | ||||
| 2019 | Seventeenth Lok Sabha | BJP 26 | 26 | ||||
| 2024 | Eighteenth Lok Sabha | BJP 25 | INC 1 | 26 | |||
Vidhan Sabha elections
[edit]Elections for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) have been held since 1962.
References
[edit]- ^ "Elections in Gujarat". elections.in. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
External links
[edit]- Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Official website Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
