# Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the state of Madhya Pradesh. The party appointed V. D. Sharma, who took over from Rakesh Singh, as the President of the party on 15 February 2020. On 23 March 2020, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was sworn in as the Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh after the Kamal Nath-led government collapsed due to the defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia.

## Electoral history
### Legislative Assembly

| Year | Seats won | +/- | Vote share (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh ||||||
| 1952 | 0 / 232 | | 3.58% | | |
| 1957 | 10 / 288 | 10 | 9.90% | 6.32% | Opposition |
| 1962 | 41 / 288 | 31 | 16.66% | 6.76% | Opposition |
| 1967 | 78 / 296 | 37 | 28.28% | 11.62% | Government, later Opposition |
| 1972 | 48 / 296 | 30 | 28.64% | 0.39% | Opposition |
| Bharatiya Janata Party ||||||
| 1980 | 60 / 320 | 60 | 30.34% | 30.34% | Opposition |
| 1985 | 58 / 320 | 2 | 32.45% | 2.11% | Opposition |
| 1990 | 220 / 320 | 162 | 39.14% | 6.69% | Government |
| 1993 | 117 / 320 | 103 | 38.82% | 0.32% | Opposition |
| 1998 | 119 / 320 | 2 | 39.28% | 0.46% | Opposition |
| 2003 | 173 / 230 | 54 | 42.50% | 3.22% | Government |
| 2008 | 143 / 230 | 30 | 37.64% | 4.86% | Government |
| 2013 | 165 / 230 | 22 | 44.88% | 7.24% | Government |
| 2018 | 109 / 230 | 56 | 41.02% | 3.86% | Government |
| 2023 | 163 / 230 | 54 | 48.62% | 7.6% | Government |

### Lok Sabha

| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh ||||
| 1952 | 0 / 29 | | Opposition |
| 1957 | 0 / 35 | | Opposition |
| 1962 | 3 / 36 | 3 | Opposition |
| 1967 | 10 / 37 | 7 | Opposition |
| 1971 | 11 / 37 | 1 | Opposition |
| Bharatiya Janata Party ||||
| 1980 | 0 / 40 | | Opposition |
| 1984 | 0 / 40 | | Opposition |
| 1989 | 27 / 38 | 27 | Outside support to National Front |
| 1991 | 12 / 40 | 15 | Opposition |
| 1996 | 27 / 40 | 15 | Government, later Opposition |
| 1998 | 30 / 40 | 3 | Government |
| 1999 | 29 / 40 | 1 | Government |
| 2004 | 25 / 29 | 4 | Opposition |
| 2009 | 16 / 29 | 9 | Opposition |
| 2014 | 27 / 29 | 11 | Government |
| 2019 | 28 / 29 | 1 | Government |
| 2024 | 29 / 29 | 1 | Government |

## Leadership
### Chief Minister

| No | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly |
| 1 | Sunder Lal Patwa | Bhojpur | 5 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 285 days | 9th |
| 2 | Uma Bharti | Malhara | 8 December 2003 | 23 August 2004 | 259 days | 12th |
| 3 | Babulal Gaur | Govindpura | 23 August 2004 | 29 November 2005 | 1 year, 98 days | 12th |
| 4 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Budhni | 29 November 2005 | 12 December 2008 | 13 years, 18 days | 12th |
| 4 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Budhni | 12 December 2008 | 13 December 2013 | 13 years, 18 days | 13th |
| 4 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Budhni | 13 December 2013 | 17 December 2018 | 13 years, 18 days | 14th |
| 4 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Budhni | 23 March 2020 | 11 December 2023 | 3 years, 263 days | 15th |
| 5 | Mohan Yadav | Ujjain South | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 90 days | 16th |

### Deputy Chief Minister

| No | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly | Chief minister |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh |||||||||
| 1 | Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha | Jawad | 30 July 1967 | 12 March 1969 | 1 year, 225 days | 16th | Govind Narayan Singh |
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| 2 | Rajendra Shukla | Rewa | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 90 days | 16th | Mohan Yadav |
| 3 | Jagdish Devda | Malhargarh | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 90 days | 16th | Mohan Yadav |

### Leader of the Opposition

| No | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly | Chief Minister |
| 1 | Sunder Lal Patwa | Sehore | 4 July 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 4 years, 249 days | 7th | Arjun Singh Motilal Vora Shyama Charan Shukla |
| 2 | Kailash Chandra Joshi | Bagli | 23 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 346 days | 8th | Arjun Singh Motilal Vora Shyama Charan Shukla |
| 3 | Vikram Verma | Dhar | 24 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 4 years, 342 days | 10th | Digvijaya Singh |
| 4 | Gauri Shankar Shejwar | Sanchi | 2 February 1999 | 1 September 2002 | 3 years, 211 days | 11th | Digvijaya Singh |
| 5 | Babulal Gaur | Govindpura | 4 September 2002 | 5 December 2003 | 1 year, 92 days | 11th | Digvijaya Singh |
| 6 | Gopal Bhargava | Rehli | 8 January 2019 | 23 March 2020 | 1 year, 75 days | 15th | Kamal Nath |

### President

| # | Name | Period | Period | Period |
| 1 | Sunder Lal Patwa | 1980 | 1983 | 3 years |
| 2 | Kailash Chandra Joshi | 1983 | 1985 | 2 years |
| 3 | Shivprasad Chanpuria | 1-Apr-1985 | 11-Jan-1986 | 285 days |
| (1) | Sunder Lal Patwa | 1986 | 1990 | 4 years |
| 4 | Lakkhiram Agarwal | 1990 | 1994 | 4 years |
| 5 | Laxminarayan Pandey | 1994 | 1997 | 3 years |
| 6 | Nand Kumar Sai | 1997 | 2000 | 3 years |
| 7 | Vikram Verma | 14-Aug-2000 | 26-Aug-2002 | 2 years, 12 days |
| (2) | Kailash Chandra Joshi | 26-Aug-2002 | 30-May-2005 | 2 years, 277 days |
| 8 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | 30-May-2005 | 17-Feb-2006 | 263 days |
| 9 | Satyanarayan Jatiya | 17-Feb-2006 | 20-Nov-2006 | 276 days |
| 10 | Narendra Singh Tomar | 20-Nov-2006 | 8-May-2010 | 3 years, 169 days |
| 11 | Prabhat Jha | 8-May-2010 | 16-Dec-2012 | 2 years, 222 days |
| (10) | Narendra Singh Tomar | 16-Dec-2012 | 16-Aug-2014 | 1 year, 243 days |
| 12 | Nandkumar Singh Chauhan | 16-Aug-2014 | 18-Apr-2018 | 3 years, 245 days |
| 13 | Rakesh Singh | 18-Apr-2018 | 15-Feb-2020 | 1 year, 303 days |
| 14 | V. D. Sharma | 15-Feb-2020 | present | 5 years, 26 days |