Bharatiya Janata Party – Maharashtra

Bharatiya Janata Party – Maharashtra (BJP Maharashtra) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Maharashtra The headquarters is located in Mumbai.

Bharatiya Janata Party – Maharashtra भारतीय जनता पार्टी – महाराष्ट्र
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)
President	Ravindra Chavan
Headquarters	Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ideology	Integral humanism Social conservatism Welfarism Cultural nationalism Marathi regionalism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Saffron
ECI Status	National Party
Alliance	NDA
Seats in Lok Sabha	9 / 48
Seats in Rajya Sabha	8 / 19
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	132 / 288
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council	23 / 78
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
bjpmaharashtra.org
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The BJP came into being after a split from the Janata party. The prominent members of BJP had been the part of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founded by Syama Prasad Mukherjee. Jana Sangh was the political arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and was dissolved in 1977. On 1 July 2025, Ravindra Chavan was appointed by the party leadership as the president of the BJP Maharashtra.

The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics, and its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. It has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). After the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections held in November 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party is Maharashtra's Biggest Political Party in terms of representation in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council of Maharashtra State.

Electoral History

Lok Sabha elections

Year	Seats won	+/-
1984	0 / 28
1989	11 / 48	11
1991	5 / 48	6
1996	18 / 48	2
1998	3 / 48	15
1999	13 / 48	10
2004	13 / 48
2009	9 / 48	4
2014	23 / 48	14
2019	23 / 48
2024	9 / 48	14

Vidhan Sabha elections

Year	Seats won	Seats contested	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
1980	14 / 288	145	14	9.38%	9.38%	Opposition
1985	16 / 288	67	2	7.25%	2.13%
1990	42 / 288	104	26	10.71%	3.46%
1995	65 / 288	116	23	12.80%	2.09%	Government
1999	56 / 288	117	9	14.54%	1.74%	Opposition
2004	54 / 288	111	2	13.67%	0.87%
2009	46 / 288	119	8	14.02%	0.35%
2014	122 / 288	260	76	27.81%	13.79%	Government
2019	105 / 288	150	17	25.75%	2.06%
2024	132 / 288	149	27	26.77%	1.02%

Leadership

Chief Minister

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of Office			Assembly
1		Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	5 years, 272 days	13th
				23 November 2019	28 November 2019		14th
				5 December 2024	Incumbent		15th

Deputy Chief Ministers

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of Office			Chief Minister
1		Gopinath Munde	Renapur	14 March 1995	18 October 1999	4 years, 218 days	Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane
2		Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	30 June 2022	26 November 2024	2 years, 149 days	Eknath Shinde

Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of Office			Chief Minister
1		Gopinath Munde	Renapur	12 December 1991	14 March 1995	3 years, 92 days	Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar
2		Eknath Khadse	Muktainagar	11 November 2009	31 October 2014	4 years, 354 days	Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
3		Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	1 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 210 days	Uddhav Thackeray

Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of Office			Chief Minister
1		Anna Dange	MLA's	2 July 1992	30 July 1993	1 year, 255 days	Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar
				30 July 1994	14 March 1995		Sharad Pawar
2		Nitin Gadkari	Nagpur Graduates	23 October 1999	11 April 2005	5 years, 170 days	Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde
3		Pandurang Fundkar	MLA's	11 April 2005	22 December 2011	6 years, 255 days	Vilasrao Deshmukh Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
4		Vinod Tawde	MLA's	23 December 2011	20 October 2014	2 years, 301 days	Prithviraj Chavan
5		Pravin Darekar	MLA's	16 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 195 days	Uddhav Thackeray

Party Presidents

#	Portrait	Name	Term of Office
1		Uttamrao Patil	1980	1986	6 years
2		Gopinath Munde	1986	1991	5 years
3		N. S. Pharande	1991	1994	3 years
4		Suryabhan Vahadane	1994	2000	6 years
5[1]		Pandurang Fundkar	2000	2004	4 years
6[2]		Nitin Gadkari	18-Nov-2004	19-Dec-2009	5 years, 31 days
7[3]		Sudhir Mungantiwar	03-Apr-2010	11-Apr-2013	3 years, 8 days
8[4]		Devendra Fadnavis	11-Apr-2013	06-Jan-2015	1 year, 270 days
9[5]		Raosaheb Danve	06-Jan-2015	16-Jul-2019	4 years, 191 days
10[6]		Chandrakant Patil	16-Jul-2019	12-Aug-2022	3 years, 27 days
11[7]		Chandrashekhar Bawankule	12-Aug-2022	01-Jul-2025	2 years, 323 days
12[8]		Ravindra Chavan	01-Jul-2025[a]	Incumbent	47 days

See also

• Bharatiya Janata Party
• National Democratic Alliance
• Shiv Sena
• Nationalist Congress Party
• Rashtriya Samaj Paksha
• Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

Notes

1. Worked as Working president from 11 January 2025 - 1 July 2025