14th Gujarat Assembly

Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Gujarat Legislative Assembly
14th Gujarat Assembly
	State Emblem of Gujarat
Type
Type	Unicameral of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by	15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Nimaben Acharya, BJP ; since 27 September 2021
Deputy Speaker	Jethabhai Ahir, BJP ; since 27 September 2021
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Bhupendrabhai Patel, BJP ; since 13 September 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Sukhram Rathva, INC ; since 3 December 2021
Structure
Seats	182
Political groups	Government (110) BJP (110); Opposition (64); UPA (60) INC (60); Unallied (4) BTP (2); IND (2); Vacant (8) Vacant (8);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	9 and 14 December 2017
Next election	1 and 5 December 2022
Meeting place
	23°13′9″N 72°39′25″E; Vithalbhai Patel Bhavan, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Website
	www.gujaratassembly.gov.in

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.

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