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Bharatiya Janata Party Gujarat

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Abbreviation BJP
President Jagdish Vishwakarma
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General Secretary Ratnakarji
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Working President

Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat[1] (BJP Gujarat) is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party that operates in Gujarat. Jagdish Vishwakarma currently serves as state president of the party. The leader of the party is Bhupendrabhai R Patel, the incumbent chief minister of Gujarat. The head office of the party is located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Electoral history

Lok Sabha election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962 Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:No2
1967 Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:No2
1971 Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:No2
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980 Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:No2
1984 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase1 Template:No2
1989 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase11 Template:Partial
1991 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase8 Template:No2
1996 Template:Composition bar Template:Decrease4 Template:Partial
1998 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase3 Template:Yes2
1999 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase1 Template:Yes2
2004 Template:Composition bar Template:Decrease6 Template:No2
2009 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase1 Template:No2
2014 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase11 Template:Yes2
2019 Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:Yes2
2024 Template:Composition bar Template:Decrease1 Template:Yes2

Vidhan Sabha election

Year Seats won +/- Voteshare
(%) 		+/-
(%) 		Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962 Template:Composition bar Template:Steady 1.34% Template:Increase1.34% Template:No2
1967 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase1 1.88% Template:Increase0.54% Template:No2
1972 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase 2 9.29% Template:Increase7.41% Template:No2
1975 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase15 8.82% Template:Decrease0.47% Template:Yes2
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase5 14.02% Template:Increase14.02% Template:No2
1985 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase2 14.96% Template:Increase0.94% Template:No2
1990 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase56 26.69% Template:Increase11.73% Template:Partial
1995 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase54 42.51% Template:Increase15.82 Template:Yes2
1998 Template:Composition bar Template:Decrease4 44.81% Template:Increase2.3% Template:Yes2
2002 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase10 49.85% Template:Increase5.04% Template:Yes2
2007 Template:Composition bar Template:Decrease10 49.12% Template:Decrease0.73% Template:Yes2
2012 Template:Composition bar Template:Decrease2 47.85% Template:Decrease1.27% Template:Yes2
2017 Template:Composition bar Template:Decrease16 49.05% Template:Increase1.2% Template:Yes2
2022 Template:Composition bar Template:Increase57 52.50% Template:Increase3.45% Template:Yes2

Leadership

Chief Ministers

Following is the list of the chief ministers of Gujarat from Bhartiya Janta Party

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly
1 File:Keshubhai Patel.jpg Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 14 March 1995 21 October 1995 Template:Age in years and days 9th
4 March 1998 7 October 2001 10th
2 Suresh Mehta Mandvi 21 October 1995 19 September 1996 Template:Age in years and days 9th
3 File:PM Modi Portrait(cropped).jpg Narendra Modi Rajkot West 7 October 2001 22 December 2002 Template:Age in years and days 10th
Maninagar 22 December 2002 23 December 2007 11th
23 December 2007 20 December 2012 12th
20 December 2012 22 May 2014 13th
4 File:Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel.jpg Anandiben Patel Ghatlodia 22 May 2014 7 August 2016 Template:Age in years and days
5 File:Vijay Rupani.jpg Vijay Rupani Rajkot West 7 August 2016 26 December 2017 Template:Age in years and days
26 December 2017 13 September 2021 14th
6 File:Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel (2).jpg Bhupendrabhai Patel Ghatlodia 13 September 2021 12 December 2022 Template:Age in years and days
12 December 2022 Incumbent 15th

Deputy Chief Ministers

Following is the list of the deputy chief ministers of Gujarat from Bhartiya Janta Party

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister
1 File:Keshubhai Patel.jpg Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 4 March 1990 25 October 1990 Template:Age in years and days 8th Chimanbhai Patel
2 File:Nitin Patel 2018.JPG Nitinbhai Patel Mahesana 7 August 2016 26 December 2017 Template:Age in years and days 13th Vijay Rupani
26 December 2017 13 September 2021 14th
3 File:Harsh Sanghavi.jpg Harsh Sanghavi Majura 17 October 2025 incumbent Template:Ayd 15th Bhupendrabhai Patel

President

Following is the list of the presidents of Gujarat from Bhartiya Janta Party

# Portrait Name Term of Office
1
2 A. K. Patel 1982 1985 3 years
3 File:Kashiram Rana.jpg Kashiram Rana 1985 1987 2 years
(3) File:Kashiram Rana.jpg Kashiram Rana 1993 1996 3 years
[2] File:February 19, 2018. The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Vajubhai Vala .jpg Vajubhai Vala 1996 1998 2 years
File:Rajendrasinhji Rana.jpg Rajendrasinh Rana 1998 2005 7 years
[3] File:February 19, 2018. The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Vajubhai Vala .jpg Vajubhai Vala 29 May 2005 26 October 2006 Template:Ayd
[4] File:The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala addressing at the ‘Conclave on Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund’, in New Delhi on July 14, 2022 (1).jpg Parshottam Rupala 26 October 2006 1 February 2010 Template:Ayd
[5] R. C. Faldu 1 February 2010 19 February 2016 Template:Ayd
[6] File:Vijay Rupani.jpg Vijay Rupani 19 February 2016 10 August 2016 Template:Ayd
[7] Jitu Vaghani 10 August 2016 20 July 2020 Template:Ayd
[8] File:Chandrakant Raghunath Patil.jpg C. R. Patil 20 July 2020 4 October 2025 Template:Age in years and days
[9] File:Jagdish Vishwakarma (1).png Jagdish Vishwakarma 4 October 2025 present Template:Age in years and days

See also

References

  1. ↑ BJP | BJP Gujarat | Bharatiya janata Party – Bharatiya janata Party. bjpgujarat.org. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Karnataka governor Vajubhai R Vala has spent close to six decades in public life | India News - Times of India. The Times of India(18 May 2018).
  3. ↑ Vajubhai Vala elected state BJP chief. The Times of India(29 May 2005).
  4. ↑ Rupala elected Gujarat BJP president unanimously. oneindia.com(26 October 2006).
  5. ↑ Faldu is elected Gujarat BJP president. DNA India.
  6. ↑ Gujarat BJP declared Vijay Rupani as new president. The Economic Times(19 February 2016).
  7. ↑ Jitu Vaghani appointed as the BJP State President for Gujarat. Financialexpress(10 August 2016).
  8. ↑ Modi’s trusted aide CR Patil appointed new Gujarat BJP chief. Times of India(20 July 2020).
  9. ↑ Jagdish Vishwakarma Elected New Gujarat BJP President, Succeeds C.R. Patil. Newsonair(4 October 2025).

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