Patel will be sworn in as the 18th chief minister at a function at the Helipad ground near the new secretariat in Gandhinagar on December 12. He had replaced Vijay Rupani as the chief minister of Gujarat in September 2021 ahead of the Assembly elections. Gujarat Election Results 2022: Bhupendra Patel Meets Governor Acharya Devvrat, Stakes Claim To Form Government.