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Gujarat Legislative Assembly
14th Gujarat Assembly
State Emblem of Gujarat
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	1 and 5 December 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Viththalbhai 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's capital Gandhinagar. As of 2008, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies. It has term of 5 years, unless it is dissolved sooner. The first assembly was elected in 1962.

History

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 2001 Census of India.

Following the 2001 Census of India, 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. The following is the list of the constituencies established by the 2008 order.

Abdasa in Kutch district is the largest (6278 km) while Karanj in Surat district is the smallest (4 km) constituency by area, in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Constituencies

The following is the list of the constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since the delimitation of 2008. At present, 13 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes, and 27 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled tribes.

References

1. ^ Pathak, Japan K. (12 August 2012). "Sharing the final delimitation order of Gujarat, and its background". DeshGujarat. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012.
2. "Members of 12th Assembly". Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
3. "Gujarat Assembly polls Day 1: All you need to know - Voting begins". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
4. "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
5. ^ "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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