New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Nitin Nabin (45) unanimously elected as BJP National President on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior party leader supported Nitin Nabin’s nomination for the post. He was five time MLA from Bihar.

He was appointed as Working President of BJP on December 14^th, 2025. Returning officer for the presidential election in a statement said that I hereby announce that only one name that of Shri Nitin Nabin, has been proposed for the post of National President of BJP.

Laxman said 37 sets of nomination papers were filed in favour of Nabin as the BJP National President and all nomination papers were found to be valid. Besides 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 proposers 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 on the occasion.

Nabin was born in 1980. His political career started in 2006 after the death of his father Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha, who was a BJP MLA. He has also served as the State President of the BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in Bihar.