Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra

**Bharatiya Janata Party (Maharashtra)**
Bharatiya Janata Party (Maharashtra)
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Devendra Fadnavis (Assembly); Pravin Darekar (Council)
President	Chandrakant Patil
Headquarters	Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Colours	Saffron
ECI Status	National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha	23 / 48
Seats in Rajya Sabha	8 / 19
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	106 / 288
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council	26 / 78
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	bjpmaharshtra.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

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Hindutva is a main ideology 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. In 2019, Chandrakant Patil was appointed by the party leadership as the president of the BJP Maharashtra.^[1]

Electoral History[edit]

Vidhan Sabha elections[edit]

Year	Seats won/ Seats contested	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
1980	14 / 145	14	9.38%	–	Opposition
1985	16 / 67	2	7.25%	2.13%
1990	42 / 104	26	10.71%	3.46%
1995	65 / 116	23	12.80%	2.09%	Government
1999	56 / 117	9	14.54%	1.74%	Opposition
2004	54 / 111	2	13.67%	0.87%
2009	46 / 119	8	14.02%	0.35%
2014	122 / 260	76	27.81%	13.79%	Government
2019	105 / 150	17	25.75%	2.06%	Government, later opposition

Lok Sabha elections[edit]

Year	Seats won	Change in seats
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	1
2014	23 / 48	14
2019	23 / 48

Leadership[edit]

Chief Minister[edit]

No	Name	Term of Office		Tenure (in years and days)	Assembly
1	Devendra Fadnavis	31 October 2014	8 November 2019	5 years, 8 days	13th
1	Devendra Fadnavis	23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days (5 years, 13 days)	14th

Deputy Chief Ministers[edit]

No	Name	Term of Office		Tenure (in years and days)	Chief Minister
1	Gopinath Munde	14 March 1995	11 October 1999	4 years, 211 days	Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane

Leaders of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly[edit]

No	Name	Term of Office		Tenure (in years and days)	Chief Minister
1	Gopinath Munde	12 December 1991	14 March 1995	3 years, 92 days	Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar
2	Eknath Khadse	11 November 2009	31 October 2014	4 years, 354 days	Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
3	Devendra Fadnavis	1 December 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 70 days	Uddhav Thackeray

Leaders of the opposition in the Legislative Council[edit]

No	Name	Term of Office		Tenure (in years and days)	Chief Minister
1	Anna Dange	2 July 1992	30 July 1993	1 year, 28 days	Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar
1	Anna Dange	30 July 1994	14 March 1995	227 days (1 year, 255 days)	Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
2	Nitin Gadkari	23 October 1999	11 April 2005	5 years, 170 days	Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde
3	Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar	11 April 2005	22 December 2011	6 years, 255 days	Vilasrao Deshmukh Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
4	Vinod Tawde	23 December 2011	20 October 2014	2 years, 301 days	Prithviraj Chavan
5	Pravin Darekar	16 December 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 55 days	Uddhav Thackeray

Presidents[edit]

No	Name	Term of Office		Tenure (in years)
1	Nitin Gadkari	2005	2009	4 years
2	Sudhir Mungantiwar	2010	2013	1 year
3	Devendra Fadnavis	2013	2014	1 year
4	Raosaheb Danve	2014	2019	5 years
5	Chandrakant Patil	2019	Incumbent	2 years

Status in Municipal Corporations[edit]

Municipal Corporation	Seats won	Status
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation	82 / 227	Opposition
Pune Municipal Corporation	97 / 162	Government
Nagpur Municipal Corporation	108 / 151	Government
Thane Municipal Corporation	23 / 131	Opposition
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation	77 / 128	Government
Nashik Municipal Corporation	66 / 122	Government
Solapur Municipal Corporation	49 / 102	Government
Amravati Municipal Corporation	45 / 87	Government
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation	14 / 78	Opposition
Akola Municipal Corporation	48 / 78	Government
Jalgaon Municipal Corporation	14 / 75	Opposition
Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation	14 / 68	Opposition
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation	55 / 111	Government
Sangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation	38 / 78	Opposition
Panvel Municipal Corporation	51 / 78	Government
Parbhani Municipal Corporation	9 / 65	Opposition
Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation	6 / 81	Opposition
Malegaon Municipal Corporation	9 / 84	Opposition
Dhule Municipal Corporation	50 / 74	Government
Latur Municipal Corporation	33 / 70	Opposition
Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation	62 / 95	Government
Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation	1 / 115	Opposition
Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation	19 / 90	Opposition
Kolhapur Municipal Corporation	15 / 81	Opposition

References[edit]

↑ Kumar, Krishna. "Chandrakant Patil appointed BJP's Maharashtra chief". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[1] Kumar, Krishna. "Chandrakant Patil appointed BJP's Maharashtra chief". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

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