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.[1]

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) and Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP).

Lok Sabha elections

It is worth noting that Gujarat was a part of the erstwhile Bombay State till 1960.

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

Vidhan Sabha elections

The elections for the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha are being held since 1962.

Year Vidhan Sabha Election Party-wise Details Chief Minister Party
1962 Second Assembly Total: 154. INC: 113, Swatantra: 26, PSP:7 Balwantrai Mehta
Hitendra Desai
INC
1967 Third Assembly Total: 168. INC: 93, Swatantra: 66 Hitendra Desai INC
1972 Fourth Assembly Total: 168. INC: 140, NCO: 16 Ghanshyam Oza
Chimanbhai Patel
INC
1975 Fifth Assembly Total: 182. INC: 75, NCO: 56, BJS: 18, KLP:12 Babubhai J. Patel
Madhav Singh Solanki
Babubhai J. Patel
NCO
INC
JP
1980 Sixth Assembly Total: 182. INC: 141, JP: 21, BJP: 9 Madhav Singh Solanki INC
1985 Seventh Assembly Total: 182. INC: 149, JP: 14, BJP: 11 Madhav Singh Solanki
Amarsinh Chaudhary
Madhav Singh Solanki
INC
1990 Eighth Assembly Total: 182. JD: 70 + BJP: 67, INC: 33 Chimanbhai Patel
Chhabildas Mehta
JD/JD(G)/INC
INC
1995 Ninth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 121, INC: 45 Keshubhai Patel
Suresh Mehta
Shankersinh Vaghela
Dilip Parikh
BJP
BJP
RJP
RJP
1998 Tenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 53 Keshubhai Patel
Narendra Modi
BJP
2002 Eleventh Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 127, INC: 51 Narendra Modi BJP
2007 Twelfth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 117, INC: 59 Narendra Modi BJP
2012 Thirteenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 120, INC: 57 Narendra Modi
Anandiben Patel
Vijay Rupani
BJP
2017 Fourteenth Assembly Total: 182. BJP: 99, INC: 78, BTP: 2, NCP: 1, IND: 2
There has been a steady stream of resignations by Congress MLAs,
and by the end of 2019, BJP's strength had gone above 105.
Vijay Rupani BJP

Gujarat local body Elections 2015

  • With more than half its population of 63.8 million went to the polls on November 22 and 29, the elections to 323 local self-government bodies in Gujarat.
  • The six municipal corporations registered only 45% voter turn-out, but elsewhere it was over 60%.[2]
  • The BJP won all the six municipal corporations but not before ceding a lot of seats to the Congress in cities like Rajkot, Jamnagar, and Bhavnagar
  • The BJP bagged the 72-member Rajkot corporation, it managed only 38 seats as against 34 of the Congress. In 2010, the BJP had won 49 and the Congress got 10 in the then house of 59.
  • In the small towns, the BJP won 40 of the 56 municipalities and the Congress 8. The Congress had 10 municipalities out of a total of 53 last time.

In the villages, it was a total role reversal, with Congress winning 21 of the 31 district panchayats compared to the 2 it held last time. The BJP which held 24 seats in 2010 was reduced to a mere 6.-The Congress made deep inroads into the Patidar pockets in Saurashtra, north and south Gujarat—including at Morbi, Jamnagar, Amreli, and Mehsana, which are traditionally BJP strongholds. Of the 230 taluka panchayats, the Congress grabbed 133 while the BJP’s tally fell from 162 to 72. Out of a total of 4778 seats, Congress won 2509, while BJP bagged 1981. [3][4]

  • The comparative results of BJP and Congress in 2015 & 2010 polls ( Congress has performed better than in 2010. The remaining seats & Bodies are won by "Others". (www.dnaindia.com/india)
2015 resultsTotal NoWon by BJPWon by Cong
Local bodies2010 in Brackets2010 in Brackets2010 in Brackets
City corporations66 (6)0 (0)
Total seats558271 (443)124 (100)
Zilla parishat31 (24)8 (22)23 (2)
Total seats988 (804)292 (547)472 (244)
Municipalities55 (66)41 (51)12 (9)
Total seats2088 (1824)984 (1194)587 (392)
Taluk Panchayats230(208 )77151
Total seats4778 (4048)1718 (2460)2102 (1428)

References

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