Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats).

From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members, the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.

Since 1995, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly has been controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party with an absolute majority in the House.

Bhavsinhji Gohil, ruler of Bhavnagar State, established The Peoples' Representative Assembly consisting of 38 members appointed by him.

They had power to ask questions, move resolutions, discuss the budget and introduce bills in the assembly.

The Assembly started functioning from the present day OPD building of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.

[5] President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy laid foundation stone of new assembly building, Vithalbhai Patel Bhavan on 20 March 1978.

The construction was completed in July 1982 and it is named after Vithalbhai Patel, the first Indian speaker of Central Legislative Assembly during the British period.

[5] It is constructed with Reinforced concrete and the outer walls of the building is affixed with Dholpur light pink stones.

[6] The assembly building along with other government offices is in Sector 10 of Gandhinagar, a capitol complex spanning 370 acres.