List of speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

The List of speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly is a chronological index of individuals who have held the office of Speaker in the legislative body of the Indian state of Gujarat since its formation in 1960. As the presiding officer of the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, the Speaker is elected by Assembly members and oversees proceedings, enforces rules, and represents the institution. The first Speaker was Kalyanji V. Mehta (May–August 1960), and the role has since been held by members across parties, including several acting Speakers during interregnums. The current Speaker is Shankar Chaudhary, who assumed office on 20 December 2022 during the Fifteenth Assembly. The list provides insight into the legislative history and political transitions within Gujarat’s parliamentary structure.

Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Seal of Gujarat
Incumbent Shankar Chaudhary since 20 December 2022
Style	The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member of	Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Government of Gujarat
Appointer	Members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Term length	During the life of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

List of speakers

Election year	Assembly	Party in Majority		Name	Term	Duration
1957	1st		INC	Kalyanji V. Mehta	1 May 1960 – 19 August 1960	110 days
				Mansinhji Rana	19 August 1960 – 19 March 1962	1 year, 212 days
1962	2nd			Fatehali Palejwala	19 March 1962 – 17 March 1967	4 years, 363 days
1967	3rd		INC(O)	Raghavji Leuva	17 March 1967 – 28 June 1975	8 years, 103 days
1972	4th		INC
1975	5th		INC(O)	Kundanlal Dholakia	28 June 1975 – 28 March 1977	1 year, 273 days
				Manubhai Palkhiwala (Acting Speaker)	28 March 1977 – 21 April 1977	24 days
			JP	Kundanlal Dholakia	21 April 1977 – 20 June 1980	3 years, 60 days
1980	6th		INC	Natwarlal Shah	20 June 1980 – 8 January 1990	9 years, 202 days
1985	7th
				Karsandas Soneri (Acting Speaker)	8 January 1990 – 19 January 1990	11 days
			JD	Barjorji Pardiwala	19 January 1990 – 16 March 1990	56 days
1990	8th		INC	Shashikant Lakhani	16 March 1990 – 12 November 1990	241 days
				Manubhai Parmar (Acting Speaker)	12 November 1990 – 11 February 1991	91 days
				Himatlal Mulani	11 February 1991 – 21 March 1995	4 years, 38 days
1995	9th		BJP	Harishchandra Patel	21 March 1995 – 16 September 1996	1 year, 179 days
				Chandubhai Dabhi (Acting Speaker)	16 September 1996 – 29 October 1996	43 days
				Gumansinhji Vaghela	29 October 1996 – 19 March 1998	1 year, 141 days
1998	10th			Dhirubhai Shah	19 March 1998 – 27 December 2002	4 years, 283 days
2002	11th			Prof. Mangaldas Patel	27 December 2002 – 18 January 2008	5 years, 22 days
2007	12th			Ashok Bhatt	18 January 2008 – 29 September 2010	2 years, 254 days
				Prof. Mangaldas Patel (Acting Speaker)	29 September 2010 – 23 February 2011	147 days
				Ganpat Vasava	23 February 2011 – 26 December 2012	1 year, 307 days
				Vajubhai Vala (Acting Speaker)	26 December 2012 - 19 January 2013[1]	24 days
				Neema Acharya (Acting Speaker)[1]	19 January 2013 – 22 January 2013	3 days
2012	13th			Vajubhai Vala	23 January 2013[2] - 30 August 2014[3]	1 year, 219 days
				Mangubhai C. Patel (Acting Speaker)	30 August 2014 – 9 November 2014	71 days
				Ganpat Vasava	9 November 2014 – 7 August 2016	1 year, 272 days
				Parbatbhai Patel (Acting Speaker)	7 August 2016 – 22 August 2016	15 days
				Ramanlal Vora[4]	22 August 2016 – 19 February 2018	1 year, 181 days
2017	14th			Rajendra Trivedi	19 February 2018 – 13 September 2021	3 years, 206 days
				Dr. Nimaben Acharya	13 September 2021 – 20 December 2022	1 year, 98 days
2022	15th			Shankar Chaudhary[5]	20 December 2022 - Incumbent	1 year, 285 days

Pro tem Speaker

List of Pro tem Speakers

Yogesh Patel 2022