Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat

Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat[1] or (BJP Gujrat[1]) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat. Currently C. R. Patil is the state president of the party the leader of the party is Bhupendrabhai R Patel current incumbent chief-minister of Gujarat, the head office of the party is located Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Bharatiya Janata Party
Gujarat
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderBhupendrabhai Patel
(Chief Minister)
PresidentC. R. Patil
General SecretaryRatnakarji
HeadquartersOpp. Preksha Vishwa Bharti, Koba Circle-Gandhinagar Road Koba, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007
Seats in Lok Sabha
26 / 26
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
8 / 11
(as of 2022)
Seats in Gujarat Legislative Assembly
111 / 182
(as of 2022)
Party flag
Website
bjpgujarat.org

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election
Year Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing 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
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
 49.05% 1.2% Government
2022
0 / 182
 Tbd

Lok Sabha election
Year Seats won Change in seats 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 National Front
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

Leadership

Chief Ministers
Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Tenure Assembly
1 Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 14 March 1995 21 October 1995 221 days 9th
4 March 1998 6 October 2001 3 years, 216 days 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 22 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 Incumbent 217 days

President
No Party leader Period Duration
A. K. Patel 1982 1985 3 years
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 present 1 year, 272 days

References
  1. "BJP | BJP Gujarat | Bharatiya janata Party – Bharatiya janata Party". bjpgujarat.org. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  2. "Karnataka governor Vajubhai R Vala has spent close to six decades in public life | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Vajubhai Vala elected state BJP chief". The Times of India.
  4. "Rupala elected Gujarat BJP president unanimously". oneindia.com. 2006-10-26.
  5. "Faldu is elected Gujarat BJP president". DNA India.
  6. "Gujarat BJP declared Vijay Rupani as new president". The Economic Times. 2016-02-19.
  7. "Jitu Vaghani appointed as the BJP State President for Gujarat". Financialexpress. 2016-08-10.
  8. "C.R. Patil appointed Gujarat BJP president". The Hindu. 2020-07-20.


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