ELECTIONS IN GUJARAT – 2014 RESULTS

 

Elections in Gujarat 2014

Gujarat is a state situated on the western part of India. It was formed in the year 1960. Earlier it was a part of the state called Bombay which was later divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat. The capital of Gujarat is Gandhinagar. The general elections in Gujarat will be held on 30th April, 2014.
 

Gujarat (GJ) Civic Body Election Results 2015

 

Municipal Corporation/ District/Block Panchayats BJP Won INC Won Others
Ahmedabad
[Total : 192 Councillor seats in 48 wards]
142 49 1
Rajkot
[Total : 72 seats in 18 wards]
38 34 -
Surat
[Total : 116 Councillor seats in 29 wards]
80 36 -
Vadodara
[Total : 76 seats in 19 wards]
58 14 4
Jamnagar
[Total : 64 seats in 16 wards]
38 24 2
Bhavnagar
[Total : 52 seats in 13 wards]
34 18 -
       
31 District Panchayat
[Total 988 Seats]
367 594 25
230 Taluka or Block Panchayats
[Total 4,778 Seats]
1914 2543 270
56 Municipalities
[ Total 2088 Seats ]
1196 671 205

 

Gujarat Bye Elections 2014

 

Constituency status candidate name party Votes
Anand Winner Rohit Patel (Milcent) BJP 75850
Deesa Winner Govabhai Hamirabhai Rabari INC 73962
Khambhalia Winner Ahir Meraman Markhibhai INC 66410
Limkheda Winner Bhuriya Vichhiyabhai Jokhnabhai BJP 66057
Mangrol Winner Vaja Babubhai Kalabhai INC 66498
Maninagar Winner Patel Sureshbhai Dhanjibhai (Suresh Patel) BJP 67689
Matar Winner Kesrisinh Jesangbhai Solanki BJP 59576
Rajkot West Winner Vijaykumar Ramniklal Rupani BJP 81092
Talaja Winner Gohil Shivabhai Jerambhai BJP 50290
Tankara Winner Metaliya Bavanjibhai Hansrajbhai BJP 65833

 

Gujarat General Elections – 2014

Here is the table showing the schedule of different activities that will be carried out during the election process.

Phase 7
No of PCs going to poll 26
Issue of Notification 02 Apr 14 (Wed)
Last Date for filing Nominations 09 Apr 14 (Wed)
Scrutiny of Nominations 10 Apr 14 (Thu)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature 12 Apr 14 (Sat)
Date of Poll 30 Apr 14 (Wed)
Counting of Votes 16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed 28 May 14 (Wed)

 

List of parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat

PC. No. PC. Name PC Type PC. No. PC. Name PC Type
1 Kutch (SC) 14 Amreli GEN
2 Banaskantha GEN 15 Bhavnagar GEN
3 Patan GEN 16 Anand GEN
4 Mehsana GEN 17 Kheda GEN
5 Sabarkantha GEN 18 Panchmahal GEN
6 Gandhinagar GEN 19 Dahod (ST)
7 Ahmedabad East GEN 20 Vadodara GEN
8 Ahmedabad West (SC) 21 Chhota Udaipur (ST)
9 Surendranagar GEN 22 Bharuch GEN
10 Rajkot GEN 23 Bardoli (ST)
11 Porbandar GEN 24 Surat GEN
12 Jamnagar GEN 25 Navsari GEN
13 Junagadh GEN 26 Valsad (ST)

 

Gujarat Elections

Gujarat has a unicameral Legislature with a single House – Legislative Assembly. Before the formation of Gujarat state and even after that, Gujarat was governed by Congress party. Congress lost its hold by losing the elections in 1995 against BJP. At that time Keshubhai Patel was the CM of Gujarat representing BJP. The official language of the state is Gujarati.

Political parties in Gujarat

Gujarat is under the influence of politics from both national and regional level.

The parties at the national level are:

  • Bharatiya Janta party
  • Indian National Congress
  • Bahujan Samaj Party

Regional parties are:

  • Bharatiya Rashtravadi Paksh
  • Gujarat Adijati Vikas Paksh
  • Gujarat State Janta Congress

 

State Legislative Assembly

There are 182 members in the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat. They are elected through elections. The term for these members is five years. The governor is the constitutional head of the state and is appointed by the President of India. The real power of governance is in the hands of the CM who is elected by the people.

List of chief Ministers of Gujarat

 

Sl. No Name of Chief Ministers From To Party Name
1 Narendra Modi Dec 20, 2012 Present BJP
2 Narendra Modi Dec 23, 2007 Dec 20, 2012 BJP
3 Narendra Modi Dec 22, 2002 Dec 22, 2007 BJP
4 Narendra Modi Oct 7, 2001 Dec 22, 2002 BJP
5 Keshubhai Patel Mar 4, 1998 Oct 6, 2001 BJP
6 Dilip Parikh Oct 28, 1997 Mar 4, 1998 RJD
7 Shankersinh Vaghela Oct 23, 1996 Oct 27, 1997 RJD
8 President’s rule Sep 19, 1996 Oct 23, 1996
9 Suresh Mehta Oct 21, 1995 Sep 19, 1996 BJP
10 Keshubhai Patel Mar 14, 1995 Oct 21, 1995 BJP
11 Chhabildas Mehta Feb 17, 1994 Mar 14, 1995 INC
12 Chimanbhai Patel Oct 25, 1990 Feb 17, 1994 JD(G) + JD + INC
13 Chimanbhai Patel Mar 4, 1990 Oct 25, 1990 JD(G) + JD + BJP
14 Madhav Singh Solanki Dec 10, 1989 Mar 4, 1990 INC
15 Amarsinh Chaudhary Jul 6, 1985 Dec 9, 1989 INC
16 Madhav Singh Solanki Mar 11, 1985 Jul 6, 1985 INC
17 Madhav Singh Solanki Jun 7, 1980 Mar 10, 1985 INC
18 President’s rule Feb 17, 1980 Jun 7, 1980 JNP
19 Babubhai J. Patel Apr 11, 1977 Feb 17, 1980 JNP
20 Madhav Singh Solanki Dec 24, 1976 Apr 10, 1977 INC
21 President’s rule Mar 12, 1976 Dec 24, 1976
22 Babubhai J. Patel Jun 18, 1975 Mar 12, 1976 Janata Front (INC(O) + BJS+ BLD + SP)
23 President’s rule Feb 9, 1974 Jun 18, 1975
24 Chimanbhai Patel Jul 18, 1973 Feb 9, 1974 INC
25 Ghanshyam Oza Mar 17, 1972 Jul 17, 1973 INC
26 President’s rule May 12, 1971 Mar 17, 1972
27 Hitendra K Desai Apr 7, 1971 May 12, 1971 INC
28 Hitendra K Desai Apr 3, 1967 Apr 6, 1971 INC
29 Hitendra K Desai Sep 20, 1965 Apr 3, 1967 INC
30 Balwantrai Mehta Sep 19, 1963 Sep 20, 1965 INC
31 Jivraj Narayan Mehta Mar 3, 1962 Sep 19, 1963 INC
32 Jivraj Narayan Mehta May 1, 1960 Mar 3, 1962 INC

 

List of Governors of Gujarat

 

Sl. No Name of Governor From To
1 Om Prakash Kohli Jul 14, 2014 Present
1 Smt. Margaret Alva Jul 06, 2014 Jul 14, 2014
2 Kamla Beniwal Nov 27, 2009 Jul 06, 2014
3 S.C. Jamir Jul 24, 2009 Nov 26, 2009
4 Nawal Kishore Sharma Jul 24, 2004 Jul 24, 2009
5 Balram Jakhar Jul 2, 2004 Jul 24, 2004
6 Kailashpati Mishra May 7, 2003 Jul 2, 2004
7 Sunder Singh Bhandari Mar 18, 1999 May 7, 2003
8 K.G. Balakrishnan Jan 16, 1999 Mar 18, 1999
9 Anshuman Singh Apr 25, 1998 Jan 16, 1999
10 Krishna Pal Singh Mar 1, 1996 Apr 25, 1998
11 Naresh Chandra Jul 1, 1995 Mar 1, 1996
12 Sarup Singh Dec 21, 1990 Jul 1, 1995
13 Mahipal Shastri May 2, 1990 Dec 21, 1990
14 Ram Krishna Trivedi Feb 26, 1986 May 2, 1990
15 Braj Kumar Nehru Apr 26, 1984 Feb 26, 1986
16 Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy Aug 6, 1983 Apr 26, 1984
17 Sharda Mukherjee Aug 14, 1978 Aug 6, 1983
18 Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham Apr 4, 1973 Aug 14, 1978
19 P.N. Bhagwati Mar 17, 1973 Apr 4, 1973
20 Shriman Narayan Dec 26, 1967 Mar 17, 1973
21 P.N. Bhagwati Dec 7, 1967 Dec 26, 1967
22 Nityanand Kanungo Aug 1, 1965 Dec 7, 1967
23 Mehdi Nawaz Jung May 1, 1960 Aug 1, 1965

 

Cabinet Ministers of Gujarat

 

Ministries Name of Minsiter
Chief Minister Anandiben Patel
Medical Education, Family Welfare, Roads and Buildings, Capital Project and Transport Nitinbhai Patel
Social Justice and Empowerment (including Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC)) Ramanlal Vora
Energy and Petrochemicals, Mines and Minerals, Salt industries, Printing, Planning, Tourism, Civil aviation, Labour and employment Saurabh Patel
Forest and Environment, Tribal Welfare, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ganpat Vasava
independent charge of Women and Child Welfare along with Higher and Technical Education Vasuben Trivedi
Law, Judiciary, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism, Religious and Pilgrimage Places, Coordination of NGOs, Non-Resident Gujaratis, and Protocol Pradipsinh Jadeja
Home, Police Housing, Border Security, Civil Defence, Home Guards, Gram Rakshak Dal, Jail, Prohibition and Excise Rajnikant Patel
Health, Family Welfare, Transport and Urban Housing Construction Shankar Chaudhary

 

Members of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat

 

Name Party Term Name Party Term
Shri Chunibhai Kanjibhai Gohel Bharatiya Janata Party 10/04/2014 to 09/04/2020 Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Bharatiya Janata Party 19/08/2011 to 18/08/2017
Shri Arun Jaitley Bharatiya Janata Party 03/04/2012 TO 02/04/2018 Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya Bharatiya Janata Party 03/04/2012 to 02/04/2018
Shri Madhusudan Mistry Indian National Congress 10/04/2014 to 09/04/2020 Shri Dilipbhai Pandya Bharatiya Janata Party 19/08/2011 to 18/08/2017
Shri Ahmed Patel Indian National Congress 19/08/2011 to 18/08/2017 Shri Praveen Rashtrapal Indian National Congress 03/04/2012 to 02/04/2018
Shri Shambhuprasad Baldevdasji Tundiya Bharatiya Janata Party 10/04/2014 to 09/04/2020 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia Bharatiya Janata Party 10/04/2014 to 09/04/2020
Shri Shankarbhai N. Vegad Bharatiya Janata Party 03/04/2012 to 02/04/2018