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{{More citations needed|date=September 2020}}{{short description|Rajasthan affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| native_name = भारतीय जनता पार्टी – राजस्थान
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| leader = [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]] {{small|([[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]])}}
| president = [[Madan Rathore]]
| general_secretary = Mithilesh Gautam<ref>{{cite web
|title=State Office Bearers – BJP Rajasthan
|url=https://rajasthan.bjp.org/state-office-bearer
|publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
|access-date=12 February 2026
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|title=BJP announces Rajasthan Executive Committee: 9 vice presidents, 4 general secretaries named
|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/bjp-announces-rajasthan-executive-committee-9-vice-presidents-4-general-secretaries-named-1026741
|publisher=The Hans India
|access-date=12 February 2026
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|title=Mithilesh Gautam will be the BJP division in-charge
|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/bikaner/news/mithilesh-gautam-will-be-the-bjp-division-in-charge-136860732.html
|publisher=Dainik Bhaskar
|access-date=12 February 2026
}}</ref>

| headquarters = C-51 Sardar Patel Marg, C-Scheme [[Jaipur]]-302001, [[Rajasthan]]
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|5|10|hex=#FF9933}}
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|14|25|hex=#FF9933}}
| state_seats_name = [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|119|200|hex=#FF9933}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| flag = BJP flag.svg
| website = {{URL|https://bjprajasthan.org}}
| founder={{ubl
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[L. K. Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref name=":3001">{{Cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=What you need to know about India's BJP|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513075856/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|archive-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}} {{cslist
| title = Other founders<ref name="founders" />
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Praveen |date=7 January 2024 |title=Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart |url=https://theprint.in/in-pictures/murli-manohar-joshi-turns-90-well-wishers-flock-to-raisina-road-to-celebrate-life-of-bjp-stalwart/1913267/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Nanaji Deshmukh]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika |url=http://www.bihartimes.in/newsbihar/2019/jan/newsbihar25jan12.html |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Bihar Times}}</ref>
| [[K. R. Malkani]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sir |first=Sp |date=29 April 2021 |title=K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries |url=https://thesindhuworld.com/k-r-malkani/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=The Sindhu World |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Sikandar Bakht]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2024 |script-title=hi:कौन थे बीजेपी के इकलौते मुस्लिम फाउंडर सिकंदर बख्त? जानिए कैसे थामा पार्टी का साथ |url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/bjp-foundation-day-who-was-bjp-muslim-founder-sikandar-bakht-political-career-profile-in-hindi-2658177 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website= |language=hi}}</ref>
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jain |first=Devaki |work=The Citizen (India) |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/7/20759/The-Maharani-who-Founded-the-BJP |title=The Maharani who founded the BJP |date=14 August 2021 }}</ref>
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2023 |title=Rajput votes at stake in Rajasthan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat legacy a new front in BJP, Cong battle |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajput-rajasthan-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-bjp-congress-8623357/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[Jagannathrao Joshi]]
}}}}

'''Bharatiya Janata Party - Rajasthan (BJP Rajasthan)''' is the state unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]]. It functions as the regional wing of the national Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is one of the two major political parties in India'''.''' The party has played a significant role in the politics of Rajasthan, having formed the state government multiple times. The current state president is [[Madan Rathore]], who succeeded [[Chandra Prakash Joshi]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhartiya Janata Party Rajasthan |url=https://rajasthan.bjp.org/rajasthan-home |website=BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY RAJASTHAN}}</ref> Prominent leaders from the state unit include incumbent chief minister [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]] and [[Vasundhara Raje]], who served as the first female Chief Minister of Rajasthan, holding office from 2003 to 2008 and again from 2013 to 2018. She has also previously served as the state president of the party.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajasthanbjp.org | title=BJP Rajasthan Official Website | publisher=|website=www.rajasthanbjp.org| access-date=}}</ref>

== History ==
=== [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (1951-77) ===
The roots of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Rajasthan]] dates back to the times of its predecessor [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] which was traditionally strong in some pockets of Rajasthan. Of the 3 seats which the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] had won in the [[1951–52 Indian general election]], one of the seat was [[Chittorgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] won by [[Umashankar Muljibhai Trivedi]]. The [[1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|elections]] held to the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] in 1952 witnessed the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] winning 8 seats out of the 50 seats it had contested and had garnered 5.93% of the votes polled.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan 1951|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3378-rajasthan-1951/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> However the tally of the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] fell in the [[1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|subsequent election]] as [[Ram Rajya Parishad]] led by [[Swami Karpatri]] too contested the elections and the vote division took place.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan 1957|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3379-rajasthan-1957/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> However, in the subsequent elections of 1962 and 1967 the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] won 15 and 22 seats respectively crossing vote share of 10%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan 1962|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3380-rajasthan-1962/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan 1967|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3382-rajasthan-1967/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> In the 1972 elections despite maintaining the vote share the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] could win only 8 seats.

=== [[Janata Party]] (1977-80) ===
In 1975, [[Indira Gandhi]] declared a state of [[Indian Emergency|Emergency]], and threw many major opposition politicians in jail including the leaders of the BJS. In 1977, the Emergency was withdrawn, and elections were held. The BJS, joined forces with the [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]], the [[Indian National Congress (Organization)|Congress (O)]], and the [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]], to form the [[Janata Party]]. The elections saw [[Janata Party]] emerging victorious in 152/200 seats in the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan 1977|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3385-rajasthan-1977/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> As the [[Jan Sangh]] faction was the largest in the legislative party, its leader [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] became the first non-Congress [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]]. However the government began to wither as significant ideological and political divisions emerged. The party consisted of veteran socialists, trade unionists and pro-business leaders, making major reforms difficult to achieve without triggering a divide. Socialist politicians shared an aversion to the Hindu nationalist agenda of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, whose members included Vajpayee, Advani and other leaders from the former [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]. The party thereafter split and [[Indira Gandhi]] emerged victorious in the [[1980 Indian general election]] and came back to power. The [[Janata Party]] government led by [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] was dismissed on the grounds that the Government had lost the public trust.

=== [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1980- present) ===
In April 1980, shortly after the elections, the National Executive Council of the Janata Party banned its members from being 'dual members' of party and the RSS. In response, the former Jana Sangh members left to create a new political party, known as the Bharatiya Janata Party. Although the newly formed BJP was technically distinct from the Jana Sangh, the bulk of its rank and file were identical to its predecessor which helped the [[BJP]] in retaining some of its traditional [[Jan Sangh]] vote base. The BJP emerged as the principal opposition to the ruling [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] both the times in 1980 as well as 1985.

The allegations of corruption, known as the [[Bofors scandal]], against [[Rajiv Gandhi]] witnessed the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party's defeat in [[1989 Indian general election]]. The [[National Front (India)|National Front]] coalition was formed with the outside support from the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and [[V. P. Singh]] became the prime minister. The Congress subsequently even lost the 1990 Rajasthan elections to the [[BJP]]. The [[BJP]] with 85 seats formed a coalition with the [[Janata Dal]] which had 55 seats and [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] became the [[List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party|first Chief Minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 4 March 1990.

On 6 December 1992, [[Demolition of Babri Masjid|Babri Masjid was demolished]] in Uttar Pradesh and [[Kalyan Singh]], the then [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] took the moral responsibility and resigned. The state was put under [[President's rule]]. However [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], the then [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] undemocratically dismissed the [[BJP]] ruled state Governments in [[Rajasthan]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] due to violence erupted in these states with the fall of the Masjid, while the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] Government in [[Maharashtra]] was spared despite [[Bombay riots]] and [[1993 Bombay bombings]].

While the [[BJP]] lost subsequent elections held in 1993 to [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]], it was able to win a wafer thin majority in [[Rajasthan]] and managed to form a Government with support of independents under [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]. The [[BJP]] however lost 1998 state elections to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] led by [[Ashok Gehlot]] and was reduced to 33 seats in the Assembly of 200 seats. Thereafter the power has been alternating between the [[BJP]] and the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] once in every 5 years.

== Youth Wing (Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Rajasthan) ==

In 2026, Shankar Gora was appointed as the State President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) – Rajasthan]], the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<ref>{{cite web
|title=शंकर गोरा को भाजपा युवा मोर्चा राजस्थान का प्रदेश अध्यक्ष नियुक्त किया गया
|url=https://rajasthan.bjp.org/hi/node/65420
|publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
|access-date=12 February 2026
|language=hi
}}</ref>

He assumed office during an official ceremony where Rajasthan BJP President [[Madan Rathore]] administered the oath and formally handed over the charge.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Madan Rathore administers oath to BJYM Rajasthan President Shankar Gora
|url=https://www.pratahkal.com/jaipur/madan-rathore-bjym-shankar-gora-jaipur-event-1561480
|publisher=Pratahkal
|access-date=12 February 2026
}}</ref>

His appointment was part of a broader organisational restructuring within the Rajasthan unit of the BJP, which included the appointment of several new morcha (front) presidents.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Ex-Union ministers, Jahazpur MLA among BJP’s 6 new morcha chiefs in Rajasthan
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/ex-union-ministers-jahazpur-mla-among-bjps-6-new-morcha-chiefs-in-raj/articleshow/126239097.cms
|publisher=The Times of India
|access-date=12 February 2026
}}</ref>

== Support base ==
For many years, the [[BJP]] support base was mainly [[Rajput]] due to the fact that the [[BJP]] was led by [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] and the disillusionment of [[Rajput]]s with the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] due to the land reforms undertaken by the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] Government due to which large number of tillers, with the new act, became land owners while the jagirdars who were mainly Rajputs became dispossessed of their lands.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-09|title=Rajasthan assembly polls: Jats, Rajputs hold the key to 43 seats in Marwar|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/rajasthan-assembly-polls-jats-rajputs-hold-the-key-to-43-seats-in-marwar/story-PDLRW0Ti3qk6vVkgclYmRI.html|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> The [[Brahmin]]s largely remained with the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] till early 90's. However, [[Brahmin|they]] shifted to the [[BJP]] after [[Mandal Commission protests of 1990|Mandal Commission]] and [[Ram Janmabhoomi|Ram Janmabhoomi movement]].

Over the years, the [[BJP]] has been able to garner a section of [[Jats|Jat's]] who were traditionally Congress voters as [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] had announced reservation for the Jats in [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: Vajpayee woos Rajasthan's Jats with reservation promise|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/1999/aug/30jat1.htm|access-date=2021-05-30|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> The Jats also resented the fact that in spite of Jat's voting [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1998 state elections, [[Parasram Maderna]], a Jat leader was not made the [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]] in favour of [[Ashok Gehlot]], a non-Jat.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-10-14|title=Rajasthan elections: Jats may hold key but won't get their own CM|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/rajasthan-their-own-as-cm-jats-dream-on-1171229.html|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Firstpost}}</ref> Besides, the projection of [[Vasundhara Raje]] as [[Jats|Jat]] ki Bahu (''daughter-in-law of Jat'') also helped the [[BJP]] to garner Jat votes and cross the majority mark in [[2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2003 state elections]], a feat which even the party patriarch [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] couldn't achieve.

==Electoral performance==

===Lok Sabha election===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|{{Composition bar|0|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|0|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|13|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}13
|{{partial|Outside support to [[Janata Dal|JD]]}}
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|12|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}1
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|12|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|{{partial|Government, later Opposition}}
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|5|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}7
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|16|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}11
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|21|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}5
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|4|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}17
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|25|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}21
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|24|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}1
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|14|25|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}10
|{{Yes|Government}}
|}

===Vidhan Sabha election===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! 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
|-
|[[1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{Composition bar|32|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}32
|18.6%
|{{increase}}18.6%
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Composition bar|39|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}7
|21.24%
|{{increase}}2.64%
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1990 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|{{Composition bar|85|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}46
|25.25%
|{{increase}}4.01%
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[1993 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|{{Composition bar|95|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}10
|38.6%
|{{increase}}13.35%
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|33|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}62
|33.23%
|{{decrease}}5.37%
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|{{Composition bar|120|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}87
|39.2%
|{{increase}}5.97%
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|{{Composition bar|78|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}42
|34.27%
|{{decrease}}4.93%
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|{{Composition bar|163|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}85
|45.17%
|{{increase}}10.9%
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|{{Composition bar|73|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}90
|38.08%
|{{decrease}}7.09%
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|{{Composition bar|115|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}42
|41.69%
|{{increase}}3.61%
|{{Yes|Government}}
|}

== Leadership ==

=== Chief ministers ===
{| 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
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[File:The Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in a Traditional Rajasthani Turban during a book release function in New Delhi on January 27, 2004.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
|[[Chhabra Assembly constituency|Chhabra]]
|4 March 1990
|15 December 1992
| rowspan="2" |7 years, 283 days
|[[1990 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|9th]]
|-
|[[Bali Assembly constituency|Bali]]
|4 December 1993
|1 December 1998
|[[1993 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|10th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |[[File:VasundharaRaje.jpg|98x98px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Vasundhara Raje]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jhalrapatan Assembly constituency|Jhalrapatan]]
|8 December 2003
|11 December 2008
| rowspan="2" |10 years, 6 days
|[[2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|12th]]
|-
|13 December 2013
|16 December 2018
|[[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|14th]]
|-
|3
|[[File:Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma.jpg|117x117px]]
|[[Bhajan Lal Sharma]]
|[[Sanganer Assembly constituency|Sanganer]]
|15 December 2023
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|15 December 2023}}
|[[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|16th]]
|}

=== Deputy Chief Ministers ===
{| 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
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
|-
|1
|
|[[Hari Shankar Bhabhra]]
|[[Ratangarh Assembly constituency|Ratangarh]]
|6 October 1994
|29 November 1998
|{{Age in years and days|6 October 1994|29 November 1998}}
|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
|-
|2
|[[File:The Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shrimathi Diya Kumari & her colleague meet VP of India with their head.jpg|90x90px]]
|[[Diya Kumari]]
|[[Vidhyadhar Nagar Assembly constituency|Vidhyadhar Nagar]]
|15 December 2023
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|15 December 2023}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]]
|-
|3
|[[File:Prem Chand Bairwa (cropped).jpg|90x90px]]
|[[Prem Chand Bairwa]]
|[[Dudu Assembly constituency|Dudu]]
|15 December 2023
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|15 December 2023}}
|}

===Leaders of Opposition===
{| 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
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |1
| rowspan="3" |[[File:The Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in a Traditional Rajasthani Turban during a book release function in New Delhi on January 27, 2004.jpg]]
|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
|[[Chhabra Assembly constituency|Chhabra]]
|15 July 1980
|9 March 1985
| rowspan="3" |13 years, 67 days
|[[1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|7th]]
|[[Jagannath Pahadia]] [[Shiv Charan Mathur]] [[Hira Lal Devpura]]
|-
|[[Amber Assembly constituency|Amber]]
|28 March 1985
|1 March 1990
|[[1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|8th]]
|[[Hari Dev Joshi]] [[Shiv Charan Mathur]]
|-
|[[Bali Assembly constituency|Bali]]
|8 January 1999
|18 August 2002
| rowspan="2" |[[1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|11th]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Ashok Gehlot]]
|-
|2
|[[File:GC Kataria.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Gulab Chand Kataria]]
|[[Bari Sadri Assembly constituency|Bari Sadri]]
|24 August 2002
|4 December 2003
|{{Age in years and days|24 August 2002|4 December 2003}}
|-
|3
|[[File:VasundharaRaje.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Vasundhara Raje]]
|[[Jhalrapatan Assembly constituency|Jhalrapatan]]
|2 January 2009
|20 February 2013
|{{Ayd|2 january 2009|20 february 2013}}
| rowspan="2" |[[2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|13th]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2" |(2)
|rowspan="2" |[[File:GC Kataria.jpg|94x94px]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Gulab Chand Kataria]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Udaipur Assembly constituency|Udaipur]]
|21 February 2013
|9 December 2013
|{{Ayd|21 february 2013|9 december 2013}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
|17 January 2019
|16 February 2023
|{{Ayd|17 january 2019|16 february 2023}}
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|15th]]
|-
|4
|[[File:Namankan sabha Taranagar 2023.jpg|93x93px]]
|[[Rajendra Singh Rathore]]
|[[Churu Assembly constituency|Churu]]
|2 April 2023
|2 December 2023
|{{Ayd|2 april 2023|2 december 2023}}
|}

=== List of 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" |Tenure
|-
|1
|
|[[Jagdish Prasad Mathur]]
|1980
|1981
|1 year
|-
|2
|
|[[Hari Shankar Bhabhra]]
|1981
|1986
|5 years
|-
|3
|
|[[Bhanwar Lal Sharma (politician)|Bhanwar Lal Sharma]]
|1986
|1988
|2 years
|-
|4
|[[File:Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi.png|101x101px]]
|[[Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi]]
|1988
|1989
|1 year
|-
|(3)
|
|[[Bhanwar Lal Sharma (politician)|Bhanwar Lal Sharma]]
|1989
|1990
|1 year
|-
|5
|
|[[Ramdas Agarwal]]
|May-1990
|1997
|7 years
|-
|6<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lt. Shri Raghuveer Singh Kaushal |url=https://rajasthan.bjp.org/lt-shri-raghuveer-singh-kaushal |website=BJP Rajasthan}}</ref>
|
|[[Raghuveer Singh Koshal]]
|18-Dec-1997
|26-May-1999
|{{Age in years and days|18 December 1997|26 May 1999}}
|-
|7
|[[File:GC Kataria.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Gulab Chand Kataria]]
|1999
|1999
|1 year
|-
|(3)
|
|[[Bhanwar Lal Sharma (politician)|Bhanwar Lal Sharma]]
|2000
|2002
|2 years
|-
|8
|[[File:VasundharaRaje.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Vasundhara Raje]]
|2002
|2002
|1 year
|-
|(4)
|[[File:Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi.png|101x101px]]
|[[Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi]]
|2003
|2006
|3 years
|-
|9
|
|Mahesh Chand Sharma
|7-Feb-2006
|7-Jan-2008
|2 years
|-
|10<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2008-01-08 |title=Mathur takes charge of BJP's Rajasthan unit, calls for unity |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/01/07/mathur-takes-charge-of-bjps-rajasthan-unit-calls-for-unity-1199779740.html |access-date= |website=Oneindia |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Om Prakash Mathur, 18th Governer of Sikkim.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Om Prakash Mathur]]
|7-Jan-2008
|10-Jul-2009
|1 year
|-
|11<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-07-10 |title=Arun Chaturvedi new BJP President in Rajasthan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/arun-chaturvedi-new-bjp-president-in-rajasthan/story-8lTTMl6n7I8aksNVKglosN.html |access-date= |website=Hindustan Times |language=}}</ref>
|
|[[Arun Chaturvedi]]
|10-Jul-2009
|08-Feb-2013
|{{Age in years and days|10 July 2009|8 February 2013}}
|-
|(8)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-08 |title=Vasundhara Raje takes over as BJP president in Rajasthan |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/vasundhara-raje-bjp-president-in-rajasthan-369191-2013-02-08 |access-date= |website=India Today |language=}}</ref>
|[[File:VasundharaRaje.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Vasundhara Raje]]
|08-Feb-2013
|12-Feb-2014
|{{Age in years and days|8 February 2013|12 February 2014}}
|-
|12<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-12 |title=Ashok Parnami appointed Raj BJP chief {{!}} Rajasthan News |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/rajasthan/ashok-parnami-appointed-raj-bjp-chief_911028.html |access-date= |website=Zee News |language=}}</ref>
|
|[[Ashok Parnami]]
|12-Feb-2014
|29-Jun-2018
|{{Age in years and days|12 February 2014|29 June 2018}}
|-
|13<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-29 |title=Amit Shah appoints Madanlal Saini as BJP's Rajasthan unit president |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/amit-shah-appoints-madanlal-saini-as-bjps-rajasthan-unit-president-5239089/ |access-date= |website=The Indian Express |language=}}</ref>
|[[File:Madan Lal Saini.png|80x80px]]
|[[Madan Lal Saini]]
|29-Jun-2018
|24-Jun-2019
|{{Age in years and days|29 June 2018|24 June 2019}}
|-
|14<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |date=2019-09-15 |title=Satish Poonia first Jat to become Rajasthan BJP president {{!}} Jaipur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/satish-poonia-first-jat-to-become-raj-bjp-president/articleshow/71131608.cms |access-date= |website=The Times of India |language=}}</ref>
|[[File:Dr. Satish Poonia.jpg|112x112px]]
|[[Satish Poonia]]
|15-Sep-2019
|23-Mar-2023
|{{Age in years and days|15 September 2019|23 March 2023}}
|-
|15<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |date=23 March 2023 |title=Chandra Prakash Joshi become Rajasthan BJP president {{!}} Jaipur News - Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajasthan-brahmin-cp-joshi-satish-poonia-8514713/ |access-date= |website=Indian Express |language=}}</ref>
|[[File:Mp cp joshi bjp chittorgarh.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Chandra Prakash Joshi]]
|23-Mar-2023
|26-Jul-2024
|{{Age in years and days|23 March 2023|26 July 2024}}
|-
|16<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-new-party-presidents-bihar-rajasthan-dilip-jaiswal-madan-rathod-2571970-2024-07-25|title=BJP makes state rejigs, appoints new party chiefs in Bihar and Rajasthan|work=India Today|accessdate=25 July 2024}}</ref>
|[[File:Madan rathore, BJP State President(Rajasthan).jpg|99x99px]]
|[[Madan Rathore]]
|26 July 2024
|''Present''
|{{Age in years and days|26 July 2024|}}
|}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP Rajasthan Chief ministers & Presidents – BJP Rajasthan|url=https://rajasthanbjp.org/bjp-chief-ministers-presidents/|access-date=2021-05-29|language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://rajasthanbjp.org/ Official website]

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