Nitin Nabin has been elected unopposed as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party after emerging as the sole candidate in the party’s organisational election, the BJP Central Election Authority said in an official statement.
He will take over as the BJP chief on Tuesday, succeeding JP Nadda.
According to the election schedule, the nomination process for the post was held on Monday, January 19, 2026, between 2 pm and 4 pm. During this window, 37 sets of nomination papers were filed, all proposing Nitin Nabin’s name for the party’s top organisational position.
After scrutiny of the nominations and completion of the withdrawal process, the election authority announced that only one valid nomination remained. With no challenger in the fray, Nabin was declared elected unopposed as BJP national president.
The formal transition is scheduled for 11:30 am on January 20, 2026, and will take place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Nabin, the son of late BJP leader and former MLA Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha, represents the Bankipur assembly constituency in Bihar and has served two terms as a minister in the state government. With roots in the RSS, he is regarded within the party as a strong organisation man with firm ideological grounding, and his elevation is being seen as part of a generational shift in the BJP’s top leadership.