Bharatiya Janata Party – Maharashtra (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. On 1 July 2025, Ravindra Chavan was appointed by the party leadership as the president of the BJP Maharashtra.
The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics, and its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. It has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). After the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections held in November 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party is Maharashtra's Biggest Political Party in terms of representation in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly , in Legislative Council of Maharashtra State and in Rajya Sabha members from Rajya Sabha of Maharashtra.
Electoral History Lok Sabha elections YearSeats won+/-19841989 111991 61996 21998 151999 1020042009 42014 1420192024 14
Vidhan Sabha elections YearSeats+/-Voteshare(%)+/-(%)OutcomeWonContested1980145149.38%9.38%19856727.25%2.13%19901042610.71%3.46%19951162312.8%2.09%1999117914.54%1.74%2004111213.67%0.87%2009119814.02%0.35%20142607627.81%13.79%20191501725.75%2.06%20241492726.77%1.02%
Leadership
Chief Minister #PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeAssembly1 Devendra FadnavisNagpur South West31 October 201412 November 201913th23 November 201928 November 201914th5 December 2024Incumbent15th
Deputy Chief Ministers #PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeChief Minister1 Gopinath MundeRenapur14 March 199518 October 1999Manohar JoshiNarayan Rane2 Devendra FadnavisNagpur South West30 June 202226 November 2024Eknath Shinde
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly #PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeChief Minister1 Gopinath MundeRenapur12 December 199114 March 1995Sudhakarrao NaikSharad Pawar2Eknath KhadseMuktainagar11 November 200931 October 2014Ashok ChavanPrithviraj Chavan3 Devendra FadnavisNagpur South West1 December 201929 June 2022Uddhav Thackeray
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council #PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeChief Minister1Anna DangeMLA's2 July 199230 July 1993Sudhakarrao NaikSharad Pawar30 July 199414 March 1995Sharad Pawar2Nitin GadkariNagpur Graduates23 October 199911 April 2005Vilasrao DeshmukhSushilkumar Shinde3Pandurang FundkarMLA's11 April 200522 December 2011Vilasrao DeshmukhAshok ChavanPrithviraj Chavan4Vinod TawdeMLA's23 December 201120 October 2014 Prithviraj Chavan5 Pravin DarekarMLA's16 December 201929 June 2022Uddhav Thackeray
Party Presidents #PortraitNameTerm of Office1Uttamrao Patil198019866 years2 Gopinath Munde198619915 years3N. S. Pharande199119943 years4Suryabhan Vahadane199420006 years5Pandurang Fundkar200020044 years6Nitin Gadkari18 November 200419 December 2009 7Sudhir Mungantiwar3 April 201011 April 20138 Devendra Fadnavis11 April 20136 January 20159Raosaheb Danve6 January 201516 July 201910Chandrakant Patil16 July 201912 August 202211Chandrashekhar Bawankule12 August 20221 July 202512Ravindra Chavan1 July 2025Incumbent
Status in Municipal Corporations CorporationSeats wonStatusBrihanmumbaiGovernmentPuneGovernmentNagpurGovernmentNashikGovernmentThaneGovernmentPimpri-ChinchwadGovernmentKalyan-DombivliGovernmentVasai-VirarOppositionChhatrapati SambhajingarGovernmentNavi MumbaiGovernmentSolapurGovernmentMira-BhayandarGovernmentBhiwandi-NizampurOppositionAmravatiGovernmentNanded-WaghalaGovernmentKolhapurGovernmentAkolaGovernmentPanvelGovernmentUlhasnagarGovernmentSangli, Miraj and KupwadGovernmentMalegaonOppositionJalgaonGovernmentLaturOppositionDhuleGovernmentAhilyanagarGovernmentChandrapurGovernmentParbhaniOppositionIchalkaranjiGovernmentJalnaGovernment
See also Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance Shiv Sena Nationalist Congress Party Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
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