Forty-five-year-old Nitin Nabin was elected unopposed as the BJP’s national president on Monday, the youngest ever to hold the post, as it seeks to further expand its influence in uncharted territories.
Nabin, a five-term Bihar MLA, has emerged as the only candidate for the top party post with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior BJP leaders filing nomination papers in his support.
Nabin will be formally declared the BJP president on Tuesday. He will replace JP Nadda, who has been at the helm for a long time since 2020.
“I hereby announce that only one name has been proposed for the post of National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, that of Shri Nitin Nabin,” K Laxman, Returning Officer for Presidential Elections, said in a statement.
Laxman said 37 sets of nomination papers were filed in favor of Nabin as BJP national president and all the nomination papers were found to be valid.
Apart from Prime Minister Modi, several other senior BJP leaders including party chief JP Nadda and Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari were among the proponents of Nabin’s candidature for the post of BJP national president.
Of the 37 sets of nomination papers, 36 were filed by the state units of the party and one set was submitted by the BJP Parliamentary Party.
Outgoing President Nadda, senior ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Kiren Rijiju, Chief Ministers Yogi Adityanath, Nayab Saini, Pramod Sawant, Pema Khandu and Pushkar Singh Dhami were among those present.
Laxman said that as per the schedule, the nomination process for BJP national president was completed on Monday between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
“A total of 37 sets of nomination papers were received in favor of Shri Nitin Nabin for the post of National President. On verification, it was found that all the sets of nomination papers were duly filled in the required format and were valid.
He said that the election process for the BJP national president has been started after the election of 30 state presidents out of 36 states, which is well above the required number to complete at least 50 percent of the states.
He said the schedule of events notification was announced and the voter list was released on January 16, 2026.
Born in 1980, the year the BJP was founded, Nabin rose to political prominence in 2006 after the death of his father, Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha, who was a BJP MLA.
Nabin, who was the minister for law and justice, urban development and housing in the Bihar government, was appointed as the working president of the BJP on 14 December.
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