Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat
Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટી – ગુજરાત | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | Bhupendrabhai Patel (Chief Minister) |
| President | Jagdish Vishwakarma |
| General Secretary | Ratnakarji (Organisation) |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Headquarters | Opp. Preksha Vishwa Bharti, Koba Circle-Gandhinagar Road Koba, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007 |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 10 / 11
|
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 25 / 26
|
| Seats in Gujarat Legislative Assembly | 161 / 182
|
| Election symbol | |
| Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| bjpgujarat | |
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 | 0 / 22
|
Opposition | |
| 1967 | 0 / 24
|
Opposition | |
| 1971 | 0 / 24
|
Opposition | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 1980 | 0 / 26
|
Opposition | |
| 1984 | 1 / 26
|
1 | Opposition |
| 1989 | 12 / 26
|
11 | Outside support to JD |
| 1991 | 20 / 26
|
8 | Opposition |
| 1996 | 16 / 26
|
4 | Government, later Opposition |
| 1998 | 19 / 26
|
3 | Government |
| 1999 | 20 / 26
|
1 | Government |
| 2004 | 14 / 26
|
6 | Opposition |
| 2009 | 15 / 26
|
1 | Opposition |
| 2014 | 26 / 26
|
11 | Government |
| 2019 | 26 / 26
|
Government | |
| 2024 | 25 / 26
|
1 | Government |
Vidhan Sabha election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) |
+/- (%) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||
| 1962 | 0 / 154
|
1.34% | 1.34% | Opposition | |
| 1967 | 1 / 168
|
1 | 1.88% | 0.54% | Opposition |
| 1972 | 3 / 168
|
2 | 9.29% | 7.41% | Opposition |
| 1975 | 18 / 182
|
15 | 8.82% | 0.47% | Government |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 1980 | 9 / 182
|
5 | 14.02% | 14.02% | Opposition |
| 1985 | 11 / 182
|
2 | 14.96% | 0.94% | Opposition |
| 1990 | 67 / 182
|
56 | 26.69% | 11.73% | Government, later Opposition |
| 1995 | 121 / 182
|
54 | 42.51% | 15.82 | Government |
| 1998 | 117 / 182
|
4 | 44.81% | 2.3% | Government |
| 2002 | 127 / 182
|
10 | 49.85% | 5.04% | Government |
| 2007 | 117 / 182
|
10 | 49.12% | 0.73% | Government |
| 2012 | 115 / 182
|
2 | 47.85% | 1.27% | Government |
| 2017 | 99 / 182
|
16 | 49.05% | 1.2% | Government |
| 2022 | 156 / 182
|
57 | 52.50% | 3.45% | Government |
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 | Keshubhai Patel | Visavadar | 14 March 1995 | 21 October 1995 | 4 years, 73 days | 9th | |
| 4 March 1998 | 7 October 2001 | 10th | |||||
| 2 | Suresh Mehta | Mandvi | 21 October 1995 | 19 September 1996 | 334 days | 9th | |
| 3 | Narendra Modi | Rajkot West | 7 October 2001 | 22 December 2002 | 12 years, 227 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 | Anandiben Patel | Ghatlodia | 22 May 2014 | 7 August 2016 | 2 years, 77 days | ||
| 5 | Vijay Rupani | Rajkot West | 7 August 2016 | 26 December 2017 | 5 years, 37 days | ||
| 26 December 2017 | 13 September 2021 | 14th | |||||
| 6 | Bhupendrabhai Patel | Ghatlodia | 13 September 2021 | 12 December 2022 | 4 years, 102 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 | Keshubhai Patel | Visavadar | 4 March 1990 | 25 October 1990 | 235 days | 8th | Chimanbhai Patel | |
| 2 | Nitinbhai Patel | Mahesana | 7 August 2016 | 26 December 2017 | 5 years, 37 days | 13th | Vijay Rupani | |
| 26 December 2017 | 13 September 2021 | 14th | ||||||
| 3 | Harsh Sanghavi | Majura | 17 October 2025 | incumbent | 68 days | 15th | Bhupendrabhai Patel | |
List of speakers & deputy speakers == {{empty section|date= December 2025} == List of Leaders of Opposition
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 | Kashiram Rana | 1985 | 1987 | 2 years | |
| (3) | Kashiram Rana | 1993 | 1996 | 3 years | |
| [2] | Vajubhai Vala | 1996 | 1998 | 2 years | |
| Rajendrasinh Rana | 1998 | 2005 | 7 years | ||
| [3] | Vajubhai Vala | 29-May-2005 | 26-Oct-2006 | 1 year, 150 days | |
| [4] | Parshottam Rupala | 26-Oct-2006 | 01-Feb-2010 | 3 years, 98 days | |
| [5] | R. C. Faldu | 01-Feb-2010 | 19-Feb-2016 | 6 years, 18 days | |
| [6] | Vijay Rupani | 19-Feb-2016 | 10-Aug-2016 | 173 days | |
| [7] | Jitu Vaghani | 10-Aug-2016 | 20-Jul-2020 | 3 years, 345 days | |
| [8] | C. R. Patil | 20-Jul-2020 | 4-Oct-2025 | 5 years, 76 days | |
| [9] | Jagdish Vishwakarma | 04-Oct-2025 | present | 81 days | |
See also
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party – Kerala
- National Democratic Alliance
- Bharatiya Jana Sangh
References
- ^ "BJP | BJP Gujarat | Bharatiya janata Party – Bharatiya janata Party". bjpgujarat.org. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Vajubhai Vala elected state BJP chief". The Times of India. 29 May 2005.
- ^ "Rupala elected Gujarat BJP president unanimously". oneindia.com. 26 October 2006.
- ^ "Faldu is elected Gujarat BJP president". DNA India.
- ^ "Gujarat BJP declared Vijay Rupani as new president". The Economic Times. 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Jitu Vaghani appointed as the BJP State President for Gujarat". Financialexpress. 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Modi's trusted aide CR Patil appointed new Gujarat BJP chief". Times of India. 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Jagdish Vishwakarma Elected New Gujarat BJP President, Succeeds C.R. Patil". Newsonair. 4 October 2025.
Cited sources
- Malik, Yogendra K.; Singh, V.B. (April 1992). "Bharatiya Janata Party: An Alternative to the Congress (I)?". Asian Survey. 32 (4): 318–336. doi:10.2307/2645149. JSTOR 2645149.
- Banerjee, Sumanta (22 July 2005). "Civilising the BJP". Economic & Political Weekly. 40 (29): 3116–3119. JSTOR 4416896.
- Halarnkar, Samar (13 June 2012). "Narendra Modi makes his move". BBC News.
The right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's primary opposition party