Government of Gujarat

The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary and of a publicly elected legislative body.

Government of Gujarat
Gujarāta sarakāra
Seat of GovernmentGandhinagar
Legislative branch
Assembly
SpeakerShankar Chaudhary
Members in Assembly182
Executive branch
GovernorAcharya Devvrat
Chief MinisterBhupendrabhai Patel
Deputy Chief MinisterVacant
Chief SecretaryPankaj Kumar, IAS
Judiciary branch
High CourtGujarat High Court
Chief JusticeAravind Kumar

Like other states in India, the head of state of Gujarat is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central (Union) government. The governor's role is largely ceremonial, but the governor considers the legislative composition and appoints the Chief Minister, who is the main head of government, as chair of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat and is vested, in some instances alone but as to most executive powers by Council consensus with virtually all of the executive powers.

Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, houses the relevant Vidhan Sabha (also known as the Gujarat Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, has jurisdiction over the state as to state laws.[1]

The present legislative assembly is unicameral, consisting of 182 Members of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.As). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.[2][3]

Executive
Further information: Gujarat Council of Ministers

Chief Ministers of Gujarat

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly

(election)

 Party[lower-alpha 1]
1 Jivraj Narayan Mehta Amreli 1 May 1960 3 March 1962 2 years, 300 days 1st/Interim
(1957 election)		 Indian National Congress
3 March 1962 25 February 1963 2nd
(1962 election)
2 Balwantrai Mehta Bhavnagar 25 February 1963 19 September 1965 2 years, 206 days
3 Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai Olpad 19 September 1965 3 April 1967 5 years, 245 days
3 April 1967 12 May 1971 3rd
(1967 election)		 Indian National Congress (O)
– Vacant[lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		 N/A 13 May 1971 17 March 1972 309 days Dissolved N/A
4 Ghanshyam Oza Dahegam 17 March 1972 17 July 1973 1 year, 122 days 4th
(1972 election)		 Indian National Congress
5 Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 17 July 1973 9 February 1974 207 days
– Vacant[lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		 N/A 9 February 1974 18 June 1975 1 year, 129 days Dissolved N/A
6 Babubhai Patel Sabarmati 18 June 1975 12 March 1976 268 days 5th
(1975 election)		 Indian National Congress (O)
– Vacant[lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		 N/A 12 March 1976 24 December 1976 287 days N/A
7 Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 24 December 1976 10 April 1977 107 days Indian National Congress
(6) Babubhai Patel Sabarmati 11 April 1977 17 February 1980 2 years, 312 days Janata Party
– Vacant[lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		 N/A 17 February 1980 6 June 1980 110 days N/A
(7) Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 7 June 1980 10 March 1985 5 years, 29 days 6th
(1980 election)		 Indian National Congress
11 March 1985 6 July 1985 7th

(1985 election)

8 Amarsinh Chaudhary Vyara 6 July 1985 9 December 1989 4 years, 156 days
(7) Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 10 December 1989 3 March 1990 83 days
(5) Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 4 March 1990 25 October 1990 3 years, 350 days 8th
(1990 election)		 Janata Dal
25 October 1990 17 February 1994 Indian National Congress
9 Chhabildas Mehta Mahuva 17 February 1994 13 March 1995 1 year, 24 days
10 Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 14 March 1995 21 October 1995 221 days 9th
(1995 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Suresh Mehta Mandvi 21 October 1995 19 September 1996 334 days
– Vacant[lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		 N/A 19 September 1996 23 October 1996 27 days N/A
12 Shankersinh Vaghela Radhanpur 23 October 1996 27 October 1997 1 year, 4 days Rashtriya Janata Party
13 Dilip Parikh Dhandhuka 28 October 1997 4 March 1998 188 days
(10) Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 4 March 1998 6 October 2001 3 years, 216 days 10th
(1998 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Narendra Modi Rajkot II 7 October 2001 22 December 2002 12 years, 227 days
Maninagar 22 December 2002 22 December 2007 11th
(2002 election)
23 December 2007 20 December 2012 12th
(2007 election)
20 December 2012 22 May 2014 13th
(2012 election)
15 Anandiben Patel Ghatlodia 22 May 2014 7 August 2016 2 years, 77 days
16 Vijay Rupani Rajkot West 7 August 2016 26 December 2017 5 years, 37 days
26 December 2017 13 September 2021 14th
(2017 election)
17 Bhupendrabhai Patel Ghatlodia 13 September 2021 12 December 2022 1 year, 155 days
12 December 2022 Incumbent 15th
(2022 election)

Legislature
Further information: Gujarat Legislative Assembly and 14th Gujarat Assembly

See also

Notes
  1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  2. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4]

References
  1. "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts". Eastern Book Company. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  2. "Gujarat Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  3. "Conversation with the living legend of law — Fali Sam Nariman". Bar and Bench.
  4. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
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