# Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra

Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra (or BJP Maharashtra) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Maharashtra The headquarters is located in Mumbai.
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 12 August 2022, Chandrashekhar Bawankule 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% | Opposition |
| 1990 | 42 / 288 | 104 | 26 | 10.71% | 3.46% | Opposition |
| 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% | Opposition |
| 2009 | 46 / 288 | 119 | 8 | 14.02% | 0.35% | Opposition |
| 2014 | 122 / 288 | 260 | 76 | 27.81% | 13.79% | Government |
| 2019 | 105 / 288 | 150 | 17 | 25.75% | 2.06% | Government |
| 2024 | 132 / 288 | 149 | 27 | 26.77% | 1.02% | Government |

## Leadership
### Chief Minister

| # | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Term of Office | Term of Office | Assembly |
| 1 | Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 31 October 2014 | 12 November 2019 | 5 years, 12 days | 13th |
| 1 | Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 23 November 2019 | 28 November 2019 | 5 days | 14th |
| 1 | Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 5 December 2024 | Incumbent | 103 days | 15th |

### Deputy Chief Ministers

| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Term of Office | 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

| # | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Term of Office | 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

| # | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Term of Office | Term of Office | Chief Minister |
| 1 | Anna Dange | MLA's | 2 July 1992 | 30 July 1993 | 1 year, 28 days | Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar |
| 1 | Anna Dange | MLA's | 30 July 1994 | 14 March 1995 | 227 days (1 year, 255 days) | Sharad Pawar |
| 2 | Nitin Gadkari | Nagpur Graduates | 23 October 1999 | 11 April 2005 | 5 years, 170 days | Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| 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

| # | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office | Term of Office |
| 1 | Uttamrao Patil | 1980 | 1986 | 6 years |
| 2 | Gopinath Munde | 1986 | 1991 | 5 years |
| 3 | Prof. N.S. Pharande | 1991 | 1994 | 3 years |
| 4 | Suryabhan Vahadane | 1994 | 2000 | 6 years |
| 5 | Pandurang Fundkar | 2000 | 2005 | 5 years |
| 6 | Nitin Gadkari | 24-Nov-2004 | 19-Dec-2009 | 5 years, 25 days |
| 7 | Sudhir Mungantiwar | 03-Apr-2010 | 11-Apr-2013 | 3 years, 8 days |
| 8 | Devendra Fadnavis | 11-Apr-2013 | 06-Jan-2015 | 1 year, 270 days |
| 9 | Raosaheb Danve | 06-Jan-2015 | 16-Jul-2019 | 4 years, 191 days |
| 10 | Chandrakant Patil | 16-Jul-2019 | 12-Aug-2022 | 3 years, 27 days |
| 11 | Chandrashekhar Bawankule | 12-Aug-2022 | 11-Jan-2025 | 2 years, 152 days |
| 12 | Ravindra Chavan | 11-Jan-2025 | Incumbent | 66 days |