1990 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

1990 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
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All 182 seats in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.20%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Chimanbhai Patel Keshubhai Patel
Party JD BJP INC
Leader's seat Unjha Visavadar
Last election 0 11 149
Seats won 70 67 33
Seat change Increase 70 Increase56 Decrease116
Popular vote 3,725,148 3,386,256 3,899,159
Percentage 29.36% 26.69% 30.74%
Chief Minister before election

Madhav Singh Solanki
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Chimanbhai Patel
JD

The 8th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held in 1990.[1] No party won the majority. Janata Dal (JD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 70 and 67 seats respectively. Indian National Congress won only 33 seats, compared to 149 seats in previous legislative election. The alliance of BJP and JD formed the government under the chief ministership of Chimanbhai Patel of JD and deputy chief ministership of Keshubhai Patel of BJP.[2][3][4][5]

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