List of state presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party

This is a list of State Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As per the BJP's internal constitution President of party appoints state presidents.[1][2]

Logo of BJP West Bengal state unit

State-wise party presidents
State Portrait Name Took office Appointed by
(National President)		 Ref.
Andhra Pradesh Daggubati Purandeswari 4 July 2023
(113 days)		 Jagat Prakash Nadda [3]
Arunachal Pradesh Biyuram Wahge 17 January 2020
(3 years, 281 days)		 [4]
Assam Bhabesh Kalita 26 June 2021
(2 years, 121 days)		 [5]
Bihar Samrat Choudhary 23 March 2023
(216 days)		 [6]
Chhattisgarh Arun Sao 9 August 2022
(1 year, 77 days)		 [7]
Goa Sadanand Tanavade 12 January 2020
(3 years, 286 days)		 [8]
Gujarat C. R. Patil 20 July 2020
(3 years, 97 days)		 [9]
Haryana O. P. Dhankar 19 July 2020
(3 years, 98 days)		 [10]
Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Bindal 23 April 2023
(185 days)		 [11]
Jharkhand Babulal Marandi 4 July 2023
(113 days)		 [12]
Karnataka Nalin Kumar Kateel 20 August 2019
(4 years, 66 days)		 [13]

[14]

Kerala K. Surendran 15 February 2020
(3 years, 252 days)		 [15]
Madhya Pradesh V. D. Sharma 15 February 2020
(3 years, 252 days)		 [16]
Maharashtra Chandrashekhar Bawankule 12 August 2022
(1 year, 74 days)		 [17]
Manipur Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi 26 June 2021
(2 years, 121 days)		 [18]
Meghalaya Rikman Momin 25 September 2023
(30 days)		 [19]
Mizoram Vanlalhmuaka 7 January 2020
(3 years, 291 days)		 [20]
Nagaland Benjamin Yepthomi 25 September 2023
(30 days)		 [21]

[22]

Odisha Manmohan Samal 23 March 2023
(216 days)		 [23]
Punjab Sunil Jakhar 4 July 2023
(113 days)		 [24]
Rajasthan Chandra Prakash Joshi 27 March 2023
(212 days)		 [25]
Sikkim Dilli Ram Thapa 4 February 2023
(263 days)		 [26]
Tamil Nadu Annamalai Kuppusamy 8 July 2021
(2 years, 109 days)		 [27]
Telangana G. Kishan Reddy 4 July 2023
(113 days)		 [28]
Tripura Rajib Bhattacharjee 25 August 2022
(1 year, 61 days)		 [29]
Uttar Pradesh Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh 25 August 2022
(1 year, 61 days)		 [30]
Uttarakhand Mahendra Bhatt 30 July 2022
(1 year, 87 days)		 [31]
West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar 20 September 2021
(2 years, 35 days)		 [32]

[33]

Union territory-wise party presidents
State/UT Portrait Name Took office Appointed by
(National President)		 Ref.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020
(3 years, 282 days)		 J. P. Nadda [34]
Chandigarh Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023
(12 days)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel 18 January 2020
(3 years, 280 days)		 [35]
Delhi Virendra Sachdeva 24 March 2023
(215 days)		 [36]
Jammu and Kashmir Ravinder Raina 14 May 2018
(3 years, 284 days)		 [37]
Ladakh Phunchok Stanzin 9 January 2022
(1 year, 289 days)		 [38]
Lakshadweep K.N. Kasmikoya 9 January 2022
(1 year, 289 days)		 [39]
Puducherry S. Selvaganapathy 25 September 2023
(30 days)		 [40][41]

See also

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