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Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, मध्य प्रदेश

Abbreviation| BJP
Leader| Mohan Yadav
(Chief Minister)
President| V. D. Sharma
General Secretary| Hitanand Sharma
Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Headquarters| Pandit Deendayal Parisar E-2, Arera Colony, Bhopal – 462 016 Madhya Pradesh
Colours|  Saffron
ECI Status| National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha|

29 / 29

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

8 / 11

Seats in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|

165 / 230

Website
mp.bjp.org

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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]

## Electoral history

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See also: Elections in Madhya Pradesh

### Legislative Assembly

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See also: Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Vote share (%)  | +/- (%)  | Outcome

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Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 |

0 / 232

|  | 3.58%  |  |
1957 |

10 / 288

|  10  | 9.90%  |  6.32%  | Opposition
1962 |

41 / 288

|  31  | 16.66%  |  6.76%
1967 |

78 / 296

|  37  | 28.28%  |  11.62%  | Government,
later Opposition
1972 |

48 / 296

|  30  | 28.64%  |  0.39%  | Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980 |

60 / 320

|  60  | 30.34%  |  30.34%  | Opposition
1985 |

58 / 320

|  2  | 32.45%  |  2.11%
1990 |

220 / 320

|  162  | 39.14%  |  6.69%  | Government
1993 |

117 / 320

|  103  | 38.82%  |  0.32%  | Opposition
1998 |

119 / 320

|  2  | 39.28%  |  0.46%
2003 |

173 / 230

|  54  | 42.50%  |  3.22%  | Government
2008 |

143 / 230

|  30  | 37.64%  |  4.86%
2013 |

165 / 230

|  22  | 44.88%  |  7.24%
2018 |

109 / 230

|  56  | 41.02%  |  3.86%
2023 |

163 / 230

|  54  | 48.62%  |  7.6%

### Lok Sabha

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

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Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 |

0 / 29

|  | Opposition
1957 |

0 / 35

1962 |

3 / 36

|  3
1967 |

10 / 37

|  7
1971 |

11 / 37

|  1
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980 |

0 / 40

|  | Opposition
1984 |

0 / 40

1989 |

27 / 38

|  27  | Outside support to National Front
1991 |

12 / 40

|  15  | Opposition
1996 |

27 / 40

|  15  | Government, later Opposition
1998 |

30 / 40

|  3  | Government
1999 |

29 / 40

|  1
2004 |

25 / 29

|  4  | Opposition
2009 |

16 / 29

|  9
2014 |

27 / 29

|  11  | Government
2019 |

28 / 29

|  1
2024 |

29 / 29

|  1

## Leadership

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### Chief Minister

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See also: List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh

No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Term of office  | Assembly

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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  | 11 December 2023  | 3 years, 263 days  | 15th
5  |  | Mohan Yadav | Ujjain South | 13 December 2023  | Incumbent | 1 year, 96 days  | 16th

### Deputy Chief Minister

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See also: List of deputy chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh

No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Term of office  | Assembly  | Chief minister

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Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1  |  | Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha | Jawad | 30 July 1967  | 12 March 1969  | 1 year, 225 days  | 16th | Govind Narayan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
2  |  | Rajendra Shukla | Rewa | 13 December 2023  | Incumbent | 1 year, 96 days  | 16th | Mohan Yadav
3  |  | Jagdish Devda | Malhargarh

### Leader of the Opposition

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See also: List of leaders of the opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Term of office  | Assembly  | Chief Minister

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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

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#  | Portrait  | Name  | Period

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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 | 5 years, 32 days

## See also

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* Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala
* Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party

## References

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1. ^ "Shivraj Singh Chouhan Takes Oath as MP CM for the Fourth Time, Says First Priority to Fight Coronavirus". News18. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
2. ^ "TROUBLED STATES". India Today. 14 August 2000.
3. ^ "Kailash Joshi appointed BJP Madhya Pradesh chief". Zee News. 27 August 2002.
4. ^ "Shivraj Singh Chauhan appointment as Madhya Pradesh BJP president spells more trouble". India Today. 30 May 2005.
5. ^ "Jatia is MP BJP president". Hindustan Times. 17 February 2006.
6. ^ "Tomar elected MP BJP president". www.oneindia.com. 20 November 2006.
7. ^ "Prabhat Jha is new Madhya Pradesh BJP president". India Today. 8 May 2010.
8. ^ "Narendra Tomar elected president of BJP's MP unit". Zee News. 16 December 2012.
9. ^ "Nandkumar Singh Chouhan is the new chief of BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit | India.com". www.india.com. 16 August 2014.
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.