Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat

Bharatiya Janata Party
Gujarat
Bharatiya Janata Party; Gujarat
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Bhupendrabhai Patel; (Chief Minister)
President	C. R. Patil
General Secretary	Ratnakarji
Headquarters	Opp. Preksha Vishwa Bharti, Koba Circle-Gandhinagar Road Koba, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007
Seats in Lok Sabha	26 / 26 (as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha	8 / 11 (as of 2022)
Seats in Gujarat Legislative Assembly	111 / 182 (as of 2022)
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Website
	bjpgujarat.org
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Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat[1] or (BJP Gujrat[1]) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat. Currently C. R. Patil is the state president of the party the leader of the party is Bhupendrabhai R Patel current incumbent chief-minister of Gujarat, the head office of the party is located Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Electoral history

Year	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962	0 / 154		1.34%	1.34%	Opposition
1967	1 / 168	1	1.88%	0.54%	Opposition
1972	3 / 168	2	9.29%	7.41%	Opposition
1975	18 / 182	15	8.82%	0.47%	Government
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980	9 / 182	5	14.02%	14.02%	Opposition
1985	11 / 182	2	14.96%	0.94%	Opposition
1990	67 / 182	56	26.69%	11.73%	Government
1995	121 / 182	54	42.51%	15.82	Government
1998	117 / 182	4	44.81%	2.3%	Government
2002	127 / 182	10	49.85%	5.04%	Government
2007	117 / 182	10	49.12%	0.73%	Government
2012	115 / 182	2	47.85%	1.27%	Government
2017	99 / 182		49.05%	1.2%	Government
2022	0 / 182	Tbd

Year	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962	0 / 22		Opposition
1967	0 / 24		Opposition
1971	0 / 24		Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980	0 / 26		Opposition
1984	1 / 26	1	Opposition
1989	12 / 26	11	Outside support to National Front
1991	20 / 26	8	Opposition
1996	16 / 26	4	Government, later Opposition
1998	19 / 26	3	Government
1999	20 / 26	1	Government
2004	14 / 26	6	Opposition
2009	15 / 26	1	Opposition
2014	26 / 26	11	Government
2019	26 / 26		Government

	Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Tenure	Assembly
1	Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	14 March 1995	21 October 1995	221 days	9th
1	Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	4 March 1998	6 October 2001	3 years, 216 days	10th
2	Suresh Mehta	Mandvi	21 October 1995	19 September 1996	334 days	9th
3	Narendra Modi	Rajkot West	7 October 2001	22 December 2002	12 years, 227 days	10th
		Maninagar	22 December 2002	22 December 2007		11th
			23 December 2007	20 December 2012		12th
			20 December 2012	22 May 2014		13th
4	Anandiben Patel	Ghatlodia	22 May 2014	7 August 2016	2 years, 77 days
5	Vijay Rupani	Rajkot West	7 August 2016	26 December 2017	5 years, 37 days
5	Vijay Rupani	Rajkot West	26 December 2017	13 September 2021	5 years, 37 days	14th
6	Bhupendrabhai Patel	Ghatlodia	13 September 2021	Incumbent	217 days	14th

No	Party leader	Period		Duration
	A. K. Patel	1982	1985	3 years
	Kashiram Rana	1993	1996	3 years
[2]	Vajubhai Vala	1996	1998	2 years
	Rajendrasinh Rana	1998	2005	7 years
[3]	Vajubhai Vala	29-May-2005	26-Oct-2006	1 year, 150 days
[4]	Parshottam Rupala	26-Oct-2006	01-Feb-2010	3 years, 98 days
[5]	R. C. Faldu	01-Feb-2010	19-Feb-2016	6 years, 18 days
[6]	Vijay Rupani	19-Feb-2016	10-Aug-2016	173 days
[7]	Jitu Vaghani	10-Aug-2016	20-Jul-2020	3 years, 345 days
[8]	C. R. Patil	20-Jul-2020	present	1 year, 272 days

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