Bharatiya Janata Party – Maharashtra

{{Infobox Indian political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| native_name = भारतीय जनता पार्टी, महाराष्ट्र

| logo = 150px

| abbreviation = BJP

| president = Ravindra Chavan Executive

| general_secretary =

| headquarters = Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra

| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} Saffron

| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|9|48|hex=#FF9933}}

| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|8|19|hex=#FF9933}}

| state_seats_name = Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| state_seats = {{Composition bar|132|288|hex=#FF9933}}

| state2_seats_name = Maharashtra Legislative Council

| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|23|78|hex=#FF9933}}

| website = {{URL|bjpmaharashtra.org}}

| symbol = Lotus
130px

| leader = Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)

| flag = BJP flag.svg

| eci = National Party

|name=}}

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.

[[Elections in Maharashtra|Electoral History]]

= Lok Sabha elections =

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! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-

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|1984

|{{Composition bar|0|28|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{steady}}

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|1989

|{{Composition bar|11|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 11

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|1991

|{{Composition bar|5|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{decrease}} 6

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|1996

|{{Composition bar|18|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 2

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|1998

|{{Composition bar|3|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{decrease}} 15

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|1999

|{{Composition bar|13|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 10

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|2004

|{{Composition bar|13|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{steady}}

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|2009

|{{Composition bar|9|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 4

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|2014

|{{Composition bar|23|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 14

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|2019

|{{Composition bar|23|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{steady}}

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|2024

|{{Composition bar|9|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{decrease}} 14

= Vidhan Sabha elections =

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! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats contested

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Voteshare (%)

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/- (%)

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome

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|1980

|{{Composition bar|14|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|145

|{{increase}} 14

|9.38%

|{{increase}} 9.38%

| rowspan="3" |Opposition

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|1985

|{{Composition bar|16|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|67

|{{increase}} 2

|7.25%

|{{decrease}} 2.13%

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|1990

|{{Composition bar|42|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|104

|{{increase}} 26

|10.71%

|{{increase}} 3.46%

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|1995

|{{Composition bar|65|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|116

|{{increase}} 23

|12.80%

|{{increase}} 2.09%

|Government

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|1999

|{{Composition bar|56|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|117

|{{decrease}} 9

|14.54%

|{{increase}} 1.74%

| rowspan="3" |Opposition

style="text-align:center;"

|2004

|{{Composition bar|54|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|111

|{{decrease}} 2

|13.67%

|{{decrease}} 0.87%

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|2009

|{{Composition bar|46|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|119

|{{decrease}} 8

|14.02%

|{{increase}} 0.35%

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|2014

|{{Composition bar|122|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|260

|{{increase}} 76

|27.81%

|{{increase}} 13.79%

|rowspan="3" |Government

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|2019

|{{Composition bar|105|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|150

|{{decrease}} 17

|25.75%

|{{decrease}} 2.06%

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|2024

|{{Composition bar|132|288|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|149

|{{increase}} 27

|26.77%

|{{increase}} 1.02%

Leadership

= [[Chief minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] =

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! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Constituency

! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="3" |1

| rowspan="3" | 107x107px

| rowspan="3" |Devendra Fadnavis

| rowspan="3" |Nagpur South West

|31 October 2014

|12 November 2019

|{{Ayd|31 October 2014|12 November 2019}}

|13th

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|23 November 2019

|28 November 2019

|{{Ayd|23 November 2019|28 November 2019}}

|14th

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|5 December 2024

|Incumbent

|{{Ayd|5 December 2024

}

|15th

=[[List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Ministers]]=

class="wikitable"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Constituency

! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Chief Minister

style="text-align:center;"

| 83x83px

|Gopinath Munde

|Renapur

|14 March 1995

|18 October 1999

|{{Ayd|14 March 1995|18 October 1999}}

|Manohar Joshi
Narayan Rane

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| 107x107px

|Devendra Fadnavis

|Nagpur South West

|30 June 2022

|26 November 2024

|{{Ayd|30 June 2022|26 November 2024}}

|Eknath Shinde

=[[List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]=

class="wikitable"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Constituency

! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Chief Minister

style="text-align:center;"

| 83x83px

|Gopinath Munde

|Renapur

|12 December 1991

|14 March 1995

|{{Ayd|12 december 1991|14 march 1995}}

|Sudhakarrao Naik
Sharad Pawar

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|89x89px

|Eknath Khadse

|Muktainagar

|11 November 2009

|31 October 2014

|{{Ayd|11 november 2009|31 october 2014}}

|Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan

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| 107x107px

|Devendra Fadnavis

|Nagpur South West

|1 December 2019

|29 June 2022

|{{Ayd|1 december 2019|29 june 2022}}

|Uddhav Thackeray

=[[List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council]]=

class="wikitable"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Constituency

! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Chief Minister

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="2" |1

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |Anna Dange

| rowspan="2" |MLA's

|2 July 1992

|30 July 1993

|{{Ayd|2 July 1992|30 July 1993}}

|Sudhakarrao Naik
Sharad Pawar

style="text-align:center;"

|30 July 1994

|14 March 1995

|{{Ayd|30 july 1994|14 march 1995}}
(1 year, 255 days)

|Sharad Pawar

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|75px

|Nitin Gadkari

|Nagpur Graduates

|23 October 1999

|11 April 2005

|{{Ayd|23 october 1999|11 april 2005}}

|Vilasrao Deshmukh
Sushilkumar Shinde
Vilasrao Deshmukh

style="text-align:center;"

|Pandurang Fundkar

|MLA's

|11 April 2005

|22 December 2011

|{{Ayd|11 april 2005|22 december 2011}}

|Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan

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|75px

|Vinod Tawde

|MLA's

|23 December 2011

|20 October 2014

|{{Ayd|23 december 2011|20 october 2014}}

| Prithviraj Chavan

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| 95x95px

|Pravin Darekar

|MLA's

|16 December 2019

|29 June 2022

|{{Ayd|16 december 2019|29 june 2022}}

|Uddhav Thackeray

= Party Presidents =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office

|75px

|Uttamrao Patil

|1980

|1986

|6 years

| 83x83px

|Gopinath Munde

|1986

|1991

|5 years

|Prof. N.S. Pharande

|1991

|1994

|3 years

|Suryabhan Vahadane

|1994

|2000

|6 years

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|Pandurang Fundkar

|2000

|2005

|5 years

|75px

|Nitin Gadkari

|24-Nov-2004

|19-Dec-2009

|{{Ayd|24 November 2004|19 December 2009}}

7{{Cite news |date=2010-04-03 |title=Sudhir Mungantiwar new Maharashtra BJP chief |language= |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Sudhir-Mungantiwar-new-Maharashtra-BJP-chief/article16363824.ece |access-date= |issn=}}

|75px

|Sudhir Mungantiwar

|03-Apr-2010

|11-Apr-2013

|{{Ayd|3 april 2010|11 april 2013}}

8{{Cite news |date=2013-04-11 |title=Devendra Fadnavis new BJP Maharashtra president |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/devendra-fadnavis-new-bjp-maharashtra-president/articleshow/19492055.cms?from=mdr |access-date=}}

| 107x107px

|Devendra Fadnavis

|11-Apr-2013

|06-Jan-2015

|{{Ayd|11 april 2013|6 january 2015}}

9{{Cite web |date=2015-01-06 |title=Union minister Danve named new Maharashtra BJP chief |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra/union-minister-danve-named-new-maharashtra-bjp-chief/ |access-date= |website=The Indian Express |language=}}

|75px

|Raosaheb Danve

|06-Jan-2015

|16-Jul-2019

|{{Ayd|6 january 2015|16 july 2019}}

10{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-07-16 |title=Chandrakant Patil appointed BJP's Maharashtra chief |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/top-stories/chandrakant-patil-appointed-bjp-s-maharashtra-chief.html |access-date= |website=The Pioneer |language=}}

|75px

|Chandrakant Patil

|16-Jul-2019

|12-Aug-2022

|{{Ayd|16 july 2019|12 august 2022}}

11{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2022-08-12 |title=With polls in mind, BJP appoints Chandrashekhar Bawankule as new Maharashtra State President |language= |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bjp-appoints-chandrashekharbawankule-as-maharashtra-chief-ashish-shelar-returns-as-mumbai-unit-head/article65761757.ece |access-date= |issn=}}

|84x84px

|Chandrashekhar Bawankule

|12-Aug-2022

|11-Jan-2025

|{{Ayd|12 august 2022|11 jan 2025}}

12{{Cite news |last= |date=2025-01-11 |title=Ravindra Chavan appointed as working state President of Maharashtra BJP {{!}} Mint |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/ravindra-chavan-appointed-as-working-state-president-of-maharashtra-bjp-devendra-fadnavis-11736609352903.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |work=livemint |language=}}

|78x78px

|Ravindra Chavan

|11-Jan-2025

|Incumbent

|{{Ayd|11 January 2025

}