BJP Working President Nitin Nabin emerges as the sole nominee for party chief, with formal announcement expected after unopposed election process.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is poised for a leadership transition, with Nitin Nabin set to become its next National President. Party National Returning Officer K. Laxman on Tuesday confirmed that Nabin was the only candidate nominated for the top organisational post.

According to Laxman, all 37 sets of nomination papers submitted for the election were in Nabin’s favour. After scrutiny, each nomination was found to be valid and in compliance with party rules. While the procedural process has been completed, the formal declaration of his election is scheduled for tomorrow.

Nabin’s name was proposed by senior leaders including current BJP president J. P. Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari, along with members of the BJP Parliamentary Party Board.

The BJP’s national president is chosen by an electoral college comprising representatives from the party’s national and state councils. Nadda, who currently holds the post, was first appointed as working president in 2019 and later elected unopposed in 2020 after succeeding Amit Shah.

Nabin’s unopposed rise points to strong internal consensus within the BJP, suggesting a carefully managed leadership transition ahead of crucial electoral cycles. With organisational strength playing a key role in the party’s electoral machinery, the new president’s challenge will be to balance continuity with strategic recalibration. The absence of contest also underlines the BJP’s preference for unity at the top during a politically sensitive period.