Bhupendra Patel, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, took the oath as Chief Minister of Gujarat in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other dignitaries. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office to Patel as the 18th Chief Minister at a ceremony held at the Helipad Ground near the new Secretariat in Gandhinagar at 2 p.m. Chief ministers from other BJP-ruled states joined Modi and Shah at the ceremony.
A low-key BJP leader and the first from the Kadva Patidar sub-group to become CM, Patel took over Vijay Rupani in September 2021.
Meanwhile, BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Jagdish Vishwakarma were sworn in as ministers of state (independent charge), while Parshottam Solanki, Bachubhai Khabad, Mukesh Patel, Praful Pansheriya, Bhikhusinh Parmar, and Kunvarji Halpati were sworn in as ministers of state (independent charge).
Kanubhai Desai, Rushikesh Patel, Raghavji Patel, Kuvarji Bavaliya, Mulubhai Bera, Kuber Dindor, Bhanuben Babariya, and Balwantsinh Rajput were also sworn in as cabinet ministers by BJP leaders.
Patel won the Ghatlodia seat with the largest margin of 1.92 lakh votes in the recently concluded Gujarat Assembly elections. The BJP won a record 156 seats in the 182-member House, giving it a seventh consecutive term. The Congress won 17 seats, while the AAP won 5.