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Gopinath Munde
18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2014
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Deputy	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	President's Rule
20th Union Minister for Rural Development
In office 26 May 2014 – 30 October 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jairam Ramesh
Succeeded by	Birender Singh
5th Union Minister for Panchayati Raj
In office 26 May 2014 – 30 October 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kishore Chandra Deo
Succeeded by	Birender Singh
3rd Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation
In office 26 May 2014 – 30 October 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Bharatsinh Solanki
Succeeded by	Birender Singh
10th Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
In office 3 June 2009 – 19 May 2014
Speaker	Meira Kumar
Deputy	Sushma Swaraj
Preceded by	L. K. Advani
Succeeded by	Rahul Gandhi (in 2024)
28th Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare
In office 30 June 2002 – 22 May 2004
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Sushma Swaraj
Succeeded by	Anbumani Ramadoss
31st Union Minister for Water Resources and River Development
In office 13 October 1999 – 30 June 2002
President	K. R. Narayanan
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	C. P. Thakur
Succeeded by	Arjun Charan Sethi
4th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office 14 March 1995 – 13 October 1999
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane
Portfolio	Home Affairs Forests Backward Classes Welfare State Border Defence Protocol Ex-Servicemen Welfare
Preceded by	Ramrao Adik
Succeeded by	Chaggan Bhujbal
14th Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 8 December 1991 – 13 March 1995
Chief Minister	Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Manohar Joshi
Succeeded by	Madhukar Pichad
2nd President of Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
In office 7 March 1986 – 13 December 1991
National President	L. K. Advani
Preceded by	Uttamrao Patil
Succeeded by	N. S. Pharande
Minister of State in the Government of Maharashtra
In office 18 July 1978 – 17 February 1980
Governor	Sadiq Ali
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Portfolio	Agriculutre Co-operation Water Resources Command Area Development Marketing Hortculture Khar Land Development
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 11 October 1999 – 30 October 2014
Speaker	G. M. C. Balayogi Manohar Joshi Somnath Chatterjee Meira Kumar Sumitra Mahajan Om Birla
Preceded by	Jaisingrao Patil
Succeeded by	Manohar Sonwane
Constituency	Beed
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 February 2015
Speaker	Haribhau Bagade Eknath Khadse
Preceded by	Manohar Sonwane
Constituency	Parli
In office 1 March 1978 – 10 October 1999
Speaker	Shivraj Patil Pranlal Vora Sharad Dighe Shankarrao Jagtap Dattaji Nalawade
Preceded by	Panditrao Daund
Succeeded by	Jaisingrao Patil
Constituency	Renapur
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-12) 12 December 1949 Parli, Hyderabad State, India (present-day Maharashtra)
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Janata Party Bhartiya Jana Sangh
Spouse	Pradanya Mahajan
Children	Pankaja Munde Pritam Munde Yashashri Munde
Residence(s)	No. 2 Silver Oak, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Cumbala Hill, Mumbai
Occupation	Politician Agriculturist

Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde (born 12 December 1949) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, often called a Lokneta, meaning a people's leader. He is currently serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the first from the BJP.
He is a senior leader of the BJP and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, as Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation in Narendra Modi's cabinet in 2014 and as the Union Minister for Water Resources and River Development and Health and Family Welfare in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet between 1999 and 2004.
Munde is also well-known for his efforts in curbing the underworld in Mumbai during his tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, overseeing the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1999, under Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.

Electoral history

Vidhan Sabha elections

Year	Seats won	Contested	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
1980	14 / 288	144		9.38%		Opposition
1985	18 / 288	69	4	7.25%	2.13%
1990	45 / 288	105	27	10.71%	3.46%
1995	69 / 288	117	24	12.80%	2.09%	Government
1999	65 / 288	119	4	14.54%	1.74%	Opposition
2004	56 / 288	111	9	13.67%	0.87%
2009	53 / 288	120	3	14.02%	0.35%
2014	122 / 288	259	69	27.81%	13.79%	Government
2019	105 / 288	164	17	25.75%	2.06%
2024	153 / 288	169	48	30.46%	4.71%

Lok Sabha elections

Year	Seats won	Contested	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
1984	0 / 48	20		10.08%		Opposition
1989	10 / 48	33	10	23.69%	13.61%	Support
1991	5 / 48	31	5	20.21%	3.48%	Opposition
1996	18 / 48	25	13	22.53%	2.32%
1998	5 / 48	25	13	21.84%	0.69%	Government
1999	15 / 48	26	10	22.61%	0.77%
2004	13 / 48	26	2	21.24%	1.37%	Opposition
2009	9 / 48	25	4	18.22%	4.39%
2014	23 / 48	25	14	27.64%	9.42%	Government
2019	23 / 48	25		27.81%	0.17%
2024	10 / 48	25	13	26.43%	1.38%

Electoral history of Gopinath Munde

Maharastra Assembly Elections

Year	Party		Seat	Vote %	Opponent			Vote %	Margin
1978		JP	Renapur	48.79%		INC	Raghunath Munde	45.38%	3,009
1980		BJP		54.38%				39.01%	15,556
1985				53.41%			Panditrao Daund	37.84%	16,142
1990				59.84%				34.08%	39,789
1995				63.47%			T. P. Munde	27.06%	57,006
2015*			Parli	69.72%		NCP	Bhimrao Satpute	24.53%	1,00,703
2019				64.38%			Dhananjay Munde	27.41%	94,681
2024				82.17%				13.69%	1,75,686

Lok Sabha Elections

Year	Party		Seat	Vote %	Opponent			Vote %	Margin
1999		BJP	Beed	58.82%		NCP	Radhakrishna Patil	33.07%	2,49,497
2004				55.47%			Sundarrao Solanke	39.82%	1,67,108
2009				53.15%			Ramesh Kokate	41.86%	1,51,888
2014				70.11%			Suresh Dhas	25.76%	6,67,835