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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 orGujarat Vidhan Sabha is theunicameral legislature of the Indian state ofGujarat, in the state capitalGandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directlyelected from single-memberconstituencies (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 theGovernment of Gujarat is formed.
The 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly was constituted following the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, held in two phases on 1 and 5 December 2022, with the results declared on 8 December.[1]Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 156 out of 182 seats, creating a new record of winning the most seats in Gujarat's electoral history.[2] The previous record for the highest number of seats won in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly was held by theIndian National Congress, which secured 149 seats in the 1985 elections under the leadership of Madhav Singh Solanki.[3] Since 1995 BJP has been in power in Gujarat.[4]
The Indian National Congress (INC), which had been the principal opposition party, won only 17 seats.[2] Aam Adami Party (AAP) won 5 seats, Independent candidates won 3 seats and Samajwadi Party won 1 seat.[5]
After gaining a super majority in2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, the BJP electedBhupendrabhai Patel as the leader of the legislative party on 10 December 2022.[6] On 12 December 2022, Bhupendrabhai Patel took oath as Chief Minister of Gujarat by GovernorAcharya Devavrat. Also 8 leaders took oath as cabinet ministers, two as Minister of State with independent charges and six others as Minister of State.[7]
On 13 December 2022, 3 independent candidates decided to support the BJP government.[8]
The first session of the 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly commenced on December 19, 2022 inGandhinagar.[5] Yogesh Patel, a senior BJP legislator, sworn in all 186 members of the assembly. All MLAs took the oath in the name of God except Congress' Jignesh Mevani and BJP's Karan Solanki, who took oath in the name of constitution.[5]
On December 20, 2022, Shankar Chaudhary, a BJP MLA from Tharad, was elected as the Speaker of the House. Jetha Bharwad, a 6 times MLA from Shehra, was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House.[9]
| S.No | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Constituency | Office Taken | |
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| 1 | Speaker |  | Shankar Chaudhary | BJP | Tharad | 20 December 2022[10] | |
| 2 | Deputy Speaker | Jethabhai Ahir | Shehra | ||||
| 3 | Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | .jpg) | Bhupendrabhai Patel[11] | Ghatlodia | 12 December 2022[12] | ||
| 4 | Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister) |  | Harsh Sanghavi | Majura | 17 October 2025 | ||
| 5 | Leader of the opposition | Vacant | |||||
| Party | No. of MLA's | Leader of the Party in Assembly | Leader's Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 162 | Bhupendrabhai Patel[13] | Ghatlodia | |
| Indian National Congress | 12 | Tushar Chaudhary | Khedbhrama | |
| Aam Aadmi Party | 4 | Chaitar Vasava[14] | Dediapada | |
| Samajwadi Party | 1 | Kandhal Jadeja[15] | Kutiyana | |
| Independent | 3 | |||
| Total no of MLA's | 182 | |||