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Democracy,
Government, Political Parties
Gujarat is governed by a Legislative Assembly of 182 members. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) are elected on the basis of adult suffrage from one of 182 constituencies, of which 13 are reserved for scheduled castes and 26 for scheduled tribes. The term of office for a member of the Legislative Assembly is five years.
The Legislative Assembly elects a speaker, who presides over the meetings of the legislature. A governor is appointed by the President of India, and is empowered to summon, prorogue, and dissolve the Legislative Assembly, and to address the House after every general election and the commencement of each year's first session of the Legislative Assembly. The Leader of the Legislative Assembly is the leader of the majority party or coalition in the legislature (Chief Minister), or his or her designee. The Leader sets the dates of the legislative sessions, and decides what business is to be transacted in the legislature and what order it is taken up.
The administration of the state is led by the Chief Minister.
After independence in 1947, the Indian National Congress party (INC) ruled the Bombay state (which included present-day Gujarat and Maharashtra).
Congress continued to govern Gujarat after the state's creation in 1960.
During and after India's State of Emergency of 1975-1977, public support for the Congress Party eroded, but it continued to hold government until 1995.
In the 1995 Assembly Polls, the Congress lost to the BJP and Keshubhai Patel came to power.
His Government lasted only 2 years. The fall of that government was provoked by a split in the BJP led by Shankersinh Vaghela.
BJP returned to power in 1998 state assembly polls and has won most of the subsequent polls.
In 2001, following the loss of 2 assembly seats in by-elections, Keshubhai Patel resigned and handed over power to Narendra Modi.
The BJP retained a majority in the 2002 election, and Narendra Modi has since served as Chief Minister of the state.
As of 2004, key figures in Gujarat politics are:
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Narendra Modi, Chief Minister
(BJP)
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Shankersinh
Vaghela, MP representing Kapadvanj constituency; Indian Government Textile Minister (INC).
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Keshubhai Patel
(BJP)
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Sureshbhai Mehta
(BJP)
Following are the Chief Ministers of Gujarat. (They are ordered by the date from which they took office for the first time)
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born September 17, 1950, Gujarat, India) is the chief minister of the state of Gujarat in India since October 7, 2001. He was born in Vadnagar town of Mehsana district of Gujarat. He represents the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Modi is a controversial right-wing politician, perceived by some to have an anti-Muslim bias. He is a proponent of Hindutva, an ideology supportive of Hindu nationalism.
He became the 14th Chief Ministers of Gujarat in 2001, when his predecessor Keshubhai Patel resigned from office following the loss of 2 Assembly and 1 Lok Sabha seat.
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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/
http://www.gujaratindia.com
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