Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the state of Madhya Pradesh. The party appointed V. D. Sharma, who took over from Rakesh Singh, as the President of the party on 15 February 2020. On 23 March 2020, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was sworn in as the Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh after the Kamal Nath-led government collapsed due to the defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia.[1]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, मध्य प्रदेश
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderShivraj Singh Chouhan
(Chief Minister)
PresidentV. D. Sharma
General SecretaryHitanand Sharma
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersPandit Deendayal Parisar E-2, Arera Colony, Bhopal – 462 016 Madhya Pradesh
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in Lok Sabha
28 / 29
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
8 / 11
(as of 2022)
Seats in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
130 / 230
(as of 2022)
Website
mp.bjp.org

Electoral history
See also: Elections in Madhya Pradesh

Legislative Assembly
See also: Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year Seats won +/- Vote share (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952
0 / 232
 Steady 3.58% Steady Steady
1957
10 / 288
 Increase 10 9.90% Increase 6.32% Opposition
1962
41 / 288
 Increase 31 16.66% Increase 6.76%
1967
78 / 296
 Increase 37 28.28% Increase 11.62% Government,
later Opposition
1972
48 / 296
 Decrease 30 28.64% Increase 0.39% Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
60 / 320
 Increase 60 30.34% Increase 30.34% Opposition
1985
58 / 320
 Decrease 2 32.45% Increase 2.11%
1990
220 / 320
 Increase 162 39.14% Increase 6.69% Government
1993
117 / 320
 Decrease 103 38.82% Decrease 0.32% Opposition
1998
119 / 320
 Increase 2 39.28% Increase 0.46%
2003
173 / 230
 - 42.50% - Government
2008
143 / 230
 Decrease 30 37.64% Decrease 4.86%
2013
165 / 230
 Increase 22 44.88% Increase 7.24%
2018
109 / 230
 Decrease 56 41.02% Decrease 3.86% Opposition,
later Government

Lok Sabha
Year Seats won +/- Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952
0 / 29
 Steady Opposition
1957
0 / 35
 Steady
1962
3 / 36
 Increase 3
1967
10 / 37
 Increase 7
1971
11 / 37
 Increase 1
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
0 / 40
 Steady Opposition
1984
0 / 40
 Steady
1989
27 / 38
 Increase 27 Outside support to National Front
1991
12 / 40
 Decrease 15 Opposition
1996
27 / 40
 Increase 15 Government, later Opposition
1998
30 / 40
 Increase 3 Government
1999
29 / 40
 Decrease 1
2004
25 / 29
 Decrease 4 Opposition
2009
16 / 29
 Decrease 9
2014
27 / 29
 Increase 11 Government
2019
28 / 29
 Increase 1

Leadership

Chief Minister
See also: List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh
No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
1 Sunder Lal Patwa Bhojpur 5 March 1990 15 December 1992 2 years, 285 days 9th
2 Uma Bharti Malhara 8 December 2003 23 August 2004 259 days 12th
3 Babulal Gaur Govindpura 23 August 2004 29 November 2005 1 year, 98 days
4 Shivraj Singh Chouhan Budhni 29 November 2005 12 December 2008 13 years, 18 days
12 December 2008 13 December 2013 13th
13 December 2013 17 December 2018 14th
23 March 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 217 days 15th

Leader of the Opposition
See also: List of leaders of the opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Sunder Lal Patwa Sehore 4 July 1980 10 March 1985 4 years, 249 days 7th Arjun Singh
Motilal Vora
Shyama Charan Shukla
2 Kailash Chandra Joshi Bagli 23 March 1985 3 March 1990 4 years, 346 days 8th
3 Vikram Verma Dhar 24 December 1993 1 December 1998 4 years, 342 days 10th Digvijaya Singh
4 Gauri Shankar Shejwar Sanchi 2 February 1999 1 September 2002 3 years, 211 days 11th
5 Babulal Gaur Govindpura 4 September 2002 5 December 2003 1 year, 92 days
6 Gopal Bhargava Rehli 8 January 2019 23 March 2020 1 year, 75 days 15th Kamal Nath

President
# Portrait Name Period
1 Sunder Lal Patwa 1980 1983 3 years
2 Kailash Chandra Joshi 1983 1985 2 years
3 Shivprasad Chanpuria 1-Apr-1985 11-Jan-1986 285 days
(1) Sunder Lal Patwa 1986 1990 4 years
4 Lakkhiram Agarwal 1990 1994 4 years
5 Laxminarayan Pandey 1994 1997 3 years
6 Nand Kumar Sai 1997 2000 3 years
7[2] Vikram Verma 14-Aug-2000 26-Aug-2002 2 years, 12 days
(2)[3] Kailash Chandra Joshi 26-Aug-2002 30-May-2005 2 years, 277 days
8[4] Shivraj Singh Chouhan 30-May-2005 17-Feb-2006 263 days
9[5] Satyanarayan Jatiya 17-Feb-2006 20-Nov-2006 276 days
10[6] Narendra Singh Tomar 20-Nov-2006 8-May-2010 3 years, 169 days
11[7] Prabhat Jha 8-May-2010 16-Dec-2012 2 years, 222 days
(10)[8] Narendra Singh Tomar 16-Dec-2012 16-Aug-2014 1 year, 243 days
12[9] Nandkumar Singh Chauhan 16-Aug-2014 18-Apr-2018 3 years, 245 days
13[10] Rakesh Singh 18-Apr-2018 15-Feb-2020 1 year, 303 days
14[11] V. D. Sharma 15-Feb-2020 present 3 years, 253 days

See also

References
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  4. "Shivraj Singh Chauhan appointment as Madhya Pradesh BJP president spells more trouble". India Today. 30 May 2005.
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  8. "Narendra Tomar elected president of BJP's MP unit". Zee News. 16 December 2012.
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  10. "Rakesh Singh is new Madhya Pradesh BJP chief". India Today. 18 April 2018.
  11. "VD Sharma appointed as BJP MP chief. What it means for state's politics". India Today. 15 February 2020.
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