List of speakers Election yearAssemblyParty in MajorityNameTermDuration 1957 1st Kalyanji V. Mehta1 May 1960 – 19 August 1960 Mansinhji Rana19 August 1960 – 19 March 1962 1962 2ndFatehali Palejwala19 March 1962 – 17 March 1967 1967 3rd Raghavji Leuva17 March 1967 – 28 June 1975 1972 4th 1975 5th Kundanlal Dholakia28 June 1975 – 28 March 1977 Manubhai Palkhiwala (Acting Speaker)28 March 1977 – 21 April 1977 Kundanlal Dholakia21 April 1977 – 20 June 1980 1980 6th Natwarlal Shah20 June 1980 – 8 January 1990 19857thKarsandas Soneri (Acting Speaker)8 January 1990 – 19 January 1990 Barjorji Pardiwala19 January 1990 – 16 March 1990 19908th Shashikant Lakhani16 March 1990 – 12 November 1990 Manubhai Parmar (Acting Speaker)12 November 1990 – 11 February 1991 Himatlal Mulani11 February 1991 – 21 March 1995 19959th Harishchandra Patel21 March 1995 – 16 September 1996 Chandubhai Dabhi (Acting Speaker)16 September 1996 – 29 October 1996 Gumansinhji Vaghela29 October 1996 – 19 March 1998 1998 10thDhirubhai Shah19 March 1998 – 27 December 2002 2002 11thProf. Mangaldas Patel27 December 2002 – 18 January 2008 2007 12thAshok Bhatt18 January 2008 – 29 September 2010 Prof. Mangaldas Patel (Acting Speaker)29 September 2010 – 23 February 2011 Ganpat Vasava23 February 2011 – 26 December 2012 Vajubhai Vala (Acting Speaker)26 December 2012 - 19 January 2013 Neema Acharya (Acting Speaker)19 January 2013 – 22 January 2013 2012 13thVajubhai Vala23 January 2013 - 30 August 2014 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 22 August 2016 – 19 February 2018 2017 14thRajendra Trivedi 19 February 2018 – 13 September 2021 Dr. Nimaben Acharya13 September 2021 – 20 December 2022 202215thShankar Chaudhary20 December 2022 - Incumbent Deputy speaker Pro tem Speaker
A pro-tem speaker conducts the proceedings of the house till a speaker is elected. List of Pro tem Speakers Yogesh Patel 2022 References