Gujarat Assembly: 182 newly-elected MLAs take oath

Elections to the Gujarat Assembly were held on December 1 and 5, while the results were declared on December 8

The 182 MLAs elected in the recent Gujarat polls took oath in the Assembly on Monday.

The newly-elected legislators, including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, were administered oath by Protem Speaker Yogesh Patel, who is the senior-most Bharatiya Janata Party MLA in the House, officials said.

The elections, if needed, to choose the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the State's 15th Assembly will be held on Tuesday, with the BJP nominating Shankar Chaudhary and Jethabhai Bharwad, respectively, for the two posts, the officials said.

Mr. Chaudhary and Mr. Bharwad filed nomination forms at the Assembly Secretariat on Monday, while the Congress, which has just 17 seats in the Assembly, has not declared any candidate for the two posts.

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With a record 156 legislators in the 182-member House, the election of Mr. Chaudhary and Mr. Bharwad is a formality, in keeping with the tradition of speakers getting elected unopposed.

Elections to the Assembly were held on December 1 and 5, while the results were declared on December 8.