List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

This is a list of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha (ગુજરાત વિધાનસભા). It is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated in the capital Gandhinagar. The first was elected in 1962.[1] Presently, there are 182 constituencies where members are directly elected.

Gujarat Vidhan Sabha

ગુજરાત વિધાનસભા
for current members, see Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
Elections
First-past-the-post
Meeting place
Viththalbhai Patel Bhavan, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, Gandhinagar
Website
http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/
Map of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Constituencies

In 1962 the first Gujarat Legislative Assembly was elected with 154 seats. In 1966 the number was raised to 166. In 1971 the number was raised to 182. In 1976 the government imposed a moratorium on further changes until after the results of the 2001 census were tallied.[1]

2008 to date

Following the 2001 India census, a delimitation commission was set up with Justice Kuldip Singh, a retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India, as its chairperson. The order from the delimitation commission was implemented in 2008.[1] The following is the list of the constituencies established by the 2008 order.[2]

Abdasa in Kutch district is the largest (6278 km2) while Karanj in Surat district is the smallest (4 km2) constituency by area in Gujarat Legislative Assembly.[3]

List of Assembly Constituencies District wise

Kachchh (6)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
1AbdasaNone
2Mandvi (Kachchh Area)None
3BhujNone
4AnjarNone
5GandhidhamSC
6RaparNone

Banaskantha (9)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
7VavNone
8TharadNone
9DhaneraNone
10DantaST
11VadgamSC
12PalanpurNone
13DeesaNone
14DeodarNone
15KankrejNone

Patan (4)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
16Radhanpurnone
17ChanasmaNone
18PatanNone
19SidhpurNone

Mahesana (7)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
20KheraluNone
21UnjhaNone
22VisnagarNone
23BechrajiNone
24KadiSC
25MahesanaNone
26VijapurNone

Sabarkantha (4)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
27HimatnagarNone
28IdarSC
29KhedbrahmaST
33PrantijNone

Aravalli (3)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
30BhilodaST
31Modasanone
32BayadNone

Gandhinagar (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
34DahegamNone
35Gandhinagar SouthNone
36Gandhinagar NorthNone
37MansaNone
38KalolNone

Ahmedabad (21)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
39ViramgamNone
40SanandNone
41GhatlodiaNone
42VejalpurNone
43VatvaNone
44EllisbridgeNone
45NaranpuraNone
46NikolNone
47NarodaNone
48Thakkarbapa NagarNone
49BapunagarNone
50AmraiwadiNone
51DariapurNone
52Jamalpur-KhadiyaNone
53ManinagarNone
54DanilimdaSC
55SabarmatiNone
56AsarwaSC
57DaskroiNone
58DholkaNone
59DhandhukaNone

Surendranagar (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
60DasadaSC
61Limdinone
62Wadhwannone
63Chotilanone
64Dhangadhranone

Morbi (3)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
65MorbiNone
66TankaraNone
67WankanerNone

Rajkot (8)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
68Rajkot EastNone
69Rajkot WestNone
70Rajkot SouthNone
71Rajkot RuralSC
72JasdanNone
73GondalNone
74JetpurNone
75DhorajiNone

Jamnagar (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
76KalavadSC
77Jamnagar RuralNone
78Jamnagar NorthNone
79Jamnagar SouthNone
80JamjodhpurNone

Devbhoomi Dwarka (2)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
81KhambhaliyaNone
82DwarkaNone

Porbandar (2)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
83PorbandarNone
84KutiyanaNone

Junagadh (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
85ManavadarNone
86JunagadhNone
87VisavadarNone
88KeshodNone
89MangrolNone

Gir Somnath (4)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
90SomnathNone
91TalalaNone
92KodinarSC
93UnaNone

Amreli (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
94DhariNone
95AmreliNone
96LathiNone
97SavarkundlaNone
98RajulaNone

Bhavnagar (7)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
99MahuvaNone
100TalajaNone
101GariadharNone
102PalitanaNone
103Bhavnagar RuralNone
104Bhavnagar EastNone
105Bhavnagar WestNone

Botad (2)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
106GadhadaSC
107BotadNone

Anand (7)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
108KhambhatNone
109BorsadNone
110AnklavNone
111UmrethNone
112AnandNone
113PetladNone
114SojitraNone

Kheda (7)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
115MatarNone
116NadiadNone
117MehmedabadNone
118MahudhaNone
119ThasraNone
120KapadvanjNone
121BalasinorNone

Mahisagar (2)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
122LunawadaNone
123SantrampurST

Panchmahal (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
124ShehraNone
125Morva HadafST
126GodharaNone
127KaalolNone
128HalolNone

Dahod (6)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
129FatepuraST
130JhalodST
131LimkhedaST
132DahodST
133GarbadaST
134DevgadhbariyaNone

Chhota Udaipur (3)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
138Jetpur (ST)ST
137Chhota UdaipurST
139SankhedaST

Vadodara (10)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
135SavliNone
136VaghodiyaNone
140DabhoiNone
141Vadodara CitySC
142SayajigunjNone
143AkotaNone
144RaopuraNone
145ManjalpurNone
146PadraNone
147KarjanNone

Narmada (2)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
148NandodST
149DediapadaST

Bharuch (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
150JambusarNone
151VagraNone
152JhagadiyaST
153BharuchNone
154AnkleshwarNone

Surat (16)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
155OlpadNone
156MangrolST
157Mandvi (Surat Area)ST
158KamrejNone
159Surat EastNone
160Surat NorthNone
161Varachha RoadNone
162KaranjNone
163Limbayatnone
164Udhananone
165MajuraNone
166KatargamNone
167Surat WestNone
168ChoryasiNone
169BardoliSC
170MahuvaST

Tapi (2)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
171VyaraST
172NizarST

Dang (1)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
173DangST
Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
174JalalporeNone
175NavsariNone
176GandeviST
177VansdaST

Valsad (5)

Constituency NumberName of ConstituencyReserved for
178DharampurST
179ValsadNone
180PardiNone
181KapradaST
182UmbergaonST

Summary of Seats

Type of Assembly ConstituenciesGeneralScheduled CasteScheduled tribesTotal
Nos of Assembly Constituencies1421327182

4578

References

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