List of speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly explained

List of speakers

Election year	Assembly	Party in Majority		Name	Term	Duration
1957	1st		Kalyanji V. Mehta	1 May 1960 – 19 August 1960
		Mansinhji Rana	19 August 1960 – 19 March 1962
1962	2nd	Fatehali Palejwala	19 March 1962 – 17 March 1967
1967	3rd		Raghavji Leuva	17 March 1967 – 28 June 1975
1972	4th
1975	5th		Kundanlal Dholakia	28 June 1975 – 28 March 1977
					Manubhai Palkhiwala (Acting Speaker)	28 March 1977 – 21 April 1977
			Kundanlal Dholakia	21 April 1977 – 20 June 1980
1980	6th		Natwarlal Shah	20 June 1980 – 8 January 1990
1985	7th
		Karsandas Soneri (Acting Speaker)	8 January 1990 – 19 January 1990
			Barjorji Pardiwala	19 January 1990 – 16 March 1990
1990	8th		Shashikant Lakhani	16 March 1990 – 12 November 1990
		Manubhai Parmar (Acting Speaker)	12 November 1990 – 11 February 1991
		Himatlal Mulani	11 February 1991 – 21 March 1995
1995	9th		Harishchandra Patel	21 March 1995 – 16 September 1996
		Chandubhai Dabhi (Acting Speaker)	16 September 1996 – 29 October 1996
		Gumansinhji Vaghela	29 October 1996 – 19 March 1998
	10th	Dhirubhai Shah	19 March 1998 – 27 December 2002
	11th	Prof. Mangaldas Patel	27 December 2002 – 18 January 2008
	12th	Ashok Bhatt	18 January 2008 – 29 September 2010
		Prof. Mangaldas Patel (Acting Speaker)	29 September 2010 – 23 February 2011
		Ganpat Vasava	23 February 2011 – 26 December 2012
		Vajubhai Vala (Acting Speaker)	26 December 2012 - 19 January 2013^[1]
		Neema Acharya (Acting Speaker)	19 January 2013 – 22 January 2013
	13th	Vajubhai Vala	23 January 2013^[2] - 30 August 2014^[3]
		Mangubhai C. Patel (Acting Speaker)	30 August 2014 – 9 November 2014
		Ganpat Vasava	9 November 2014 – 7 August 2016
		Parbatbhai Patel (Acting Speaker)	7 August 2016 – 22 August 2016
		Ramanlal Vora^[4]	22 August 2016 – 19 February 2018
	14th	Rajendra Trivedi	19 February 2018 – 13 September 2021
		Dr. Nimaben Acharya	13 September 2021 – 20 December 2022
2022	15th	Shankar Chaudhary	20 December 2022 - Incumbent

Notes and References

1. News: Gujarat: Vala resigns as speaker to be made speaker . . 23 January 2013 . 24 January 2013 . 26 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130126092057/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/GUJ-OTC-gujarat-vala-resigns-as-speaker-to-be-made-speaker-4153072-NOR.html . live .
2. News: Vaju Vala unanimously elected new speaker of Gujarat Assembly . . 23 January 2013 . 24 January 2013 . Balan, Premal . Gandhinagar . 15 February 2013 . https://archive.today/20130215164641/http://business-standard.com/india/news/vaju-vala-unanimously-elected-new-speakergujarat-assembly/203738/on . live .
3. News: Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to take oath as Karnataka Guv on Sept 1. One India News. 30 August 2014. 31 August 2014. 10 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910233224/http://news.oneindia.in/india/vajubhai-rudabhai-vala-to-take-oath-as-karnataka-governor-on-sept-1-1512186.html. live.
4. Web site: Ramanlal Vora elected unopposed new Speaker of Gujarat Assembly. Business Standard News. 22 August 2016. 23 August 2016. 23 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160823163408/http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/ramanlal-vora-elected-unopposed-new-speaker-of-gujarat-assembly-116082201043_1.html. live.