Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh

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Bharatiya Janata Party Madhya Pradesh
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Chief Minister)
President	V. D. Sharma
General Secretary	Suhas Bhagat
Founded	6 April 1980 (41 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	28 / 29 (as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha	8 / 11 (as of 2022)
Seats in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly	127 / 230 (as of 2022)
Website
mp.bjp.org
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Bharatiya Janata Party is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Madhya Pradesh. The party appointed V. D. Sharma as the president of the BJP Madhya Pradesh on 15 February 2020 who took over from Rakesh Singh.^[1] On 23 March 2020, Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as the Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh after the Kamal Nath led Govt collapsed due to defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia.^[2]

Electoral History[]

Legislative Assembly election[]

Year	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
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%	Opposition
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%	Opposition
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%	Opposition
2003	173 / 230	-	42.50%	-	Government
2008	143 / 230	30	37.64%	4.86%	Government
2013	165 / 230	22	44.88%	7.24%	Government
2018	109 / 230	56	41.02%	3.86%	Opposition, later Government

Lok Sabha election[]

Year	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952	0 / 29		Opposition
1957	0 / 35		Opposition
1962	3 / 36	3	Opposition
1967	10 / 37	7	Opposition
1971	11 / 37	1	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980	0 / 40		Opposition
1984	0 / 40		Opposition
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	Government
2004	25 / 29	4	Opposition
2009	16 / 29	9	Opposition
2014	27 / 29	11	Government
2019	28 / 29	1	Government

Leadership[]

Chief Minister[]

No	Portrait	Name	Term of Office			Assembly
Bharatiya Jana Sangh[lower-Greek 1]
1		Kailash Chandra Joshi	24 June 1977	17 January 1978	207 days	6th
2		Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha	18 January 1978	19 January 1980	2 years, 1 day
3		Sunder Lal Patwa	20 January 1980	17 February 1980	28 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
1		Sunder Lal Patwa	5 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 285 days	9th
2		Uma Bharti	8 December 2003	23 August 2004	259 days	12th
3		Babulal Gaur	23 August 2004	29 November 2005	1 year, 98 days
4		Shivraj Singh Chouhan	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	2 years, 1 day	15th

Deputy Chief Minister[]

No	Portrait	Name	Term of Office			Assembly	Chief Minister
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1		Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha	30 July 1967	12 March 1969	1 year, 225 days	4th	Govind Narayan Singh

Leader of the Opposition[]

No	Portrait	Name	Term of Office			Assembly	Chief Minister
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1		Kailash Chandra Joshi	28 March 1972	30 April 1977	5 years, 33 days	5th	Prakash Chandra Sethi Shyama Charan Shukla
Bharatiya Janata Party
1		Sunder Lal Patwa	4 July 1980	10 March 1985	4 years, 249 days	7th	Arjun Singh Motilal Vora Shyama Charan Shukla
2		Kailash Chandra Joshi	23 March 1985	3 March 1990	4 years, 346 days	8th
3		Vikram Verma	24 December 1993	1 December 1998	4 years, 342 days	10th	Digvijaya Singh
4		Gauri Shankar Shejwar	2 February 1999	1 September 2002	3 years, 211 days	11th
5		Babulal Gaur	4 September 2002	5 December 2003	1 year, 92 days
6		Gopal Bhargava	8 January 2019	23 March 2020	1 year, 75 days	15th	Kamal Nath

President[]

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