ition ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁government . ▁The ▁Constitution ▁of ▁India ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁term ▁of ▁Legisl ative ▁Ass emb lies ▁is ▁five ▁years . ▁As ▁is ▁common ▁in ▁most ▁other ▁first ▁past ▁the ▁post ▁elect oral ▁systems , ▁the ▁state ' s ▁politics ▁are ▁domin ated ▁by ▁two ▁parties ▁– ▁the ▁Indian ▁National ▁Congress ▁( IN C ) ▁and ▁the ▁B har ati ya ▁Jan ata ▁Party ▁( B J P ). ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁of ▁current ▁Gu jar at ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly ▁ends ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁The ▁previous ▁assembly ▁election , ▁held ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁resulted ▁in ▁B J P ▁gain ing ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁seats ▁and ▁Nar endra ▁Mod i ▁becoming ▁the ▁Chief ▁Minister . ▁After ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁General ▁E lections , ▁Mod i ▁became ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁An and iben ▁Pat el ▁was ▁appointed ▁the ▁Chief ▁Minister ▁of ▁Gu jar at . ▁After ▁the ▁ag itations ▁of ▁Pat id ars , ▁Dal it ▁protest s ▁and ▁claims ▁of ▁poor ▁govern ance , ▁she ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁V ij ay ▁R up ani ▁as ▁the ▁Chief ▁Minister ▁by ▁the ▁party . ▁ ▁Elect oral ▁process ▁changes ▁ ▁V VP AT - f itted ▁E VM s ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁entire ▁Gu jar at ▁state ▁at ▁▁ 5 0 , 1 2 8 ▁pol ling ▁stations ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁elections , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁the ▁entire