Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat
Gujarat affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat[8] (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.
Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | Bhupendrabhai Patel (Chief Minister) |
| President | Jagdish Vishwakarma |
| General Secretary | Ratnakarji (Organisation) |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Headquarters | Opp. Preksha Vishwa Bharti, Koba Circle-Gandhinagar Road Koba, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007 |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 11 / 11
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| Seats in Lok Sabha | 25 / 26
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| Seats in Gujarat Legislative Assembly | 162 / 182
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| Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| bjpgujarat | |
Electoral history
Lok Sabha election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
| 1962 | 0 / 22 |
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Opposition |
| 1967 | 0 / 24 |
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Opposition |
| 1971 | 0 / 24 |
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Opposition |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 1980 | 0 / 26 |
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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 |
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Government |
| 2024 | 25 / 26 |
1 |
Government |
Vidhan Sabha election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) |
+/- (%) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||
| 1962 | 0 / 154 |
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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 | |
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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 | |||||
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Bhupendrabhai Patel | Ghatlodia | 13 September 2021 | 12 December 2022 | 5 years, 30 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 | 361 days | 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 |  |
Kashiram Rana | 1985 | 1987 | 2 years |
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Kashiram Rana | 1993 | 1996 | 3 years |
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Vajubhai Vala | 1996 | 1998 | 2 years |
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Rajendrasinh Rana | 1998 | 2005 | 7 years | |
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Vajubhai Vala | 29 May 2005 | 26 October 2006 | 1 year, 150 days |
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Parshottam Rupala | 26 October 2006 | 1 February 2010 | 3 years, 98 days |
| [12] | R. C. Faldu | 1 February 2010 | 19 February 2016 | 6 years, 18 days | |
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Vijay Rupani | 19 February 2016 | 10 August 2016 | 173 days |
| [14] | Jitu Vaghani | 10 August 2016 | 20 July 2020 | 3 years, 345 days | |
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C. R. Patil | 20 July 2020 | 4 October 2025 | 5 years, 76 days |
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Jagdish Vishwakarma | 4 October 2025 | present | 1 year, 9 days |