Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Gujarat Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Assembly
State Emblem of Gujarat
Type
Type	Unicameral of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Shankar Chaudhary, BJP since 20 December 2022[3]
Deputy Speaker	Jethabhai Ahir, BJP since 20 December 2022[4]
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Bhupendrabhai Patel, BJP since 13 September 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Vacant[1][2]
Structure
Seats	182
Political groups	Government (158)   NDA (158)   BJP (156)   IND (2) Opposition (18)   INDIA (18)   INC (13)   AAP (4)   SP (1) Vacant (6)   Vacant (6)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	1 and 5 December 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
23°13′9″N 72°39′25″E / 23.21917°N 72.65694°E / 23.21917; 72.65694 Vithalbhai Patel Bhavan, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Website
www.gujaratassembly.gov.in

The 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.

Since 1995, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly has been controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party with an absolute majority in the House.