Nitin Nabin elected BJP President
19 Jan 2026

Nitin Nabin was elected as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with 37 nomination papers favoring the 45-year-old for the top party post.

The BJP had appointed Nabin as its national working president on December 14. He succeeds JP Nadda.

The BJP's constitution mandates that a candidate must be jointly proposed by at least 20 members of a state's electoral college.