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{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| party_name = '''Bharatiya Janata Party (Maharashtra)'''
| party_logo = File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = [[Chandrakant Patil]]
| general_secretary =
| headquarters = [[Dadar]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|23|48|hex=#FF9933}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|8|19|hex=#FF9933}}
| state_seats_name = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|106|288|hex=#FF9933}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|26|78|hex=#FF9933}}
| website = {{URL|bjpmaharshtra.org}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[File:BJP election symbol.png|130px]]
| leader = [[Devendra Fadnavis]] ([[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]) [[Pravin Darekar]] ([[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Council]])
| flag = BJP flag.svg
| eci = National Party
}}
Hindutva is a main ideology
'''Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra''' (or '''BJP Maharashtra''') is a [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party|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. In 2019, [[Chandrakant Patil]] was appointed by the party leadership as the president of the BJP [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Krishna|title=Chandrakant Patil appointed BJP's Maharashtra chief|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chandrakant-patil-appointed-bjps-maharashtra-chief/articleshow/70244816.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-08-27}}</ref>

== [[Elections in Maharashtra|Electoral History]] ==

=== Vidhan Sabha elections ===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won/ Seats contested
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Change in seats
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Percentage of votes
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Vote swing
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{Composition bar|14|145|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 14
|9.38%
|–
| rowspan="3" |Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Composition bar|16|67|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|7.25%
|{{decrease}} 2.13%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|{{Composition bar|42|104|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 26
|10.71%
|{{increase}} 3.46%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{Composition bar|65|116|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 23
|12.80%
|{{increase}} 2.09%
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|56|117|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 9
|14.54%
|{{increase}} 1.74%
| rowspan="3" |Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|54|111|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|13.67%
|{{decrease}} 0.87%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|46|119|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 8
|14.02%
|{{increase}} 0.35%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|122|260|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 76
|27.81%
|{{increase}} 13.79%
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|105|150|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 17
|25.75%
|{{decrease}} 2.06%
|Government, later opposition
|}

=== Lok Sabha elections ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width=" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Change in seats
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|0|28|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|11|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 11
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|5|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|18|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|3|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 15
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|13|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 10
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|13|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|9|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|23|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 14
|-style="text-align:center;"
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|23|48|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|}

== Leadership ==

=== [[Chief minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] ===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure
(in years and days)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[Devendra Fadnavis]]
|31 October 2014
|8 November 2019
|{{Ayd|31 october 2014|8 november 2019}}
|[[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|13th]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|23 November 2019
|28 November 2019
|{{Ayd|23 november 2019|28 november 2019}} (5 years, 13 days) 
| rowspan="3" |[[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|14th]]
|}

===[[List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Ministers]]===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure
(in years and days)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
|[[Gopinath Munde]]
|14 March 1995
|11 October 1999
|{{Ayd|14 March 1995|11 October 1999}}
|[[Manohar Joshi]] [[Narayan Rane]]
|}

===Leaders of the opposition in the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure
(in years and days)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
|[[Gopinath Munde]]
|12 December 1991
|14 March 1995
|{{Ayd|12 december 1991|14 march 1995}}
|[[Sudhakarrao Naik]] [[Sharad Pawar]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2
|[[Eknath Khadse]]
|11 November 2009
|31 October 2014
|{{Ayd|11 november 2009|31 october 2014}}
|[[Ashok Chavan]] [[Prithviraj Chavan]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|3
|[[Devendra Fadnavis]]
|1 December 2019
|Incumbent
|{{Ayd|1 december 2019|}}
|[[Uddhav Thackeray]]
|}

===Leaders of the opposition in the [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure
(in years and days)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[Anna Dange]]
|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) 
|[[Ashok Chavan]]
[[Prithviraj Chavan]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|23 October 1999
|11 April 2005
|{{Ayd|23 october 1999|11 april 2005}}
|[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|3
|[[Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar]]
|11 April 2005
|22 December 2011
|{{Ayd|11 april 2005|22 december 2011}}
|[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
[[Ashok Chavan]]

[[Prithviraj Chavan]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|4
|[[Vinod Tawde]]
|23 December 2011
|20 October 2014
|{{Ayd|23 december 2011|20 october 2014}}
|[[Prithviraj Chavan]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|5
|[[Pravin Darekar]]
|16 December 2019
|Incumbent
|{{Ayd|16 december 2019}}
|[[Uddhav Thackeray]]
|}

=== Presidents ===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure
(in years)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|2005
|2009
|4 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2
|[[Sudhir Mungantiwar]]
|2010
|2013
|1 year
|- style="text-align:center;"
|3
|[[Devendra Fadnavis]]
|2013
|2014
|1 year
|- style="text-align:center;"
|4
|[[Raosaheb Danve]]
|2014
|2019
|5 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|5
|[[Chandrakant Patil]]
|2019
|Incumbent
|2 years
|}

== Status in Municipal Corporations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width=" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Municipal Corporation
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
!Status
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|82|227|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Pune Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|97|162|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|108|151|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Thane Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|23|131|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|77|128|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Nashik Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|66|122|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Solapur Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|49|102|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Amravati Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|45|87|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|14|78|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Akola Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|48|78|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Jalgaon Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|14|75|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|14|68|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|55|111|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Sangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|38|78|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Panvel Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|51|78|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Parbhani Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|9|65|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|6|81|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Malegaon Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|9|84|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Dhule Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|50|74|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Latur Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|33|70|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|62|95|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Government
|-
|[[Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|1|115|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|19|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[Kolhapur Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|15|81|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|Opposition
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party]]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra - Revision history

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