distributing LED Bulbs to citizens at the launch of the UJALA Scheme in
Madhya Pradesh at
Bhopal Chouhan was first elected to the State Assembly from
Budhni Constituency in 1990. He was elected a
Member of Parliament for the first time in his career in
10th Lok Sabha from
Vidisha Constituency in the following year. In 1996, he was re-elected to the
11th Lok Sabha (his second term). He was Member of Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resources Development and Member of Committee on Urban and Rural Development from 1996 to 1997 and Member of Committee on Urban and Rural Development, General Secretary of BJP, Madhya Pradesh from 1997 to 1998. Again in 1998, he was re-elected to
12th Lok Sabha (third term). He was Member of Committee on Urban and Rural Development and its Sub-Committee on Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment from 1998 to 1999. His fourth term in the
13th Lok Sabha was from 1999. He was member of Committee on Agriculture from 1999 to 2000, member of Committee on Public Undertakings from 1999 to 2001, and National President of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha from 2000 to 2003. He was also the Chairman of House Committee (Lok Sabha) and National Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party. The BJP swept Madhya Pradesh in the Assembly elections of December 2003. At that time, Shivraj Singh contested polls unsuccessfully against the incumbent Chief Minister
Digvijaya Singh from Raghogarh. He was a member of Consultative Committee, ministry of Communications from 2000 to 2004. He was re-elected to
14th Lok Sabha (5th term) in 2004, with a margin of over 260,000 votes. He was member of Committee on Agriculture, member of Joint Committee on Offices of Profit, National General Secretary of BJP, Secretary of Parliamentary Board, and Secretary (Central Election Committee). He also headed Housing Committee of Lok Sabha, and was a member of Committee on Ethics. He was elected to
18th Lok Sabha from
Vidisha with a margin of 8,21,408 votes.
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 2008 As the state BJP President, Chouhan was chosen to become the
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 30 November 2005. He contested a by-election from
Budhni assembly constituency the following year, winning his old seat by a margin of over 36,000 votes. In 2008, Chouhan retained his Budhni seat by over 41,000 votes, and with it, led the BJP to a second consecutive victory in the state. On 12 December 2008, he was sworn in for his second term. On 8 December 2013, Chouhan won Legislative Assembly elections from Budhni by the margin of 84,805 from a candidate of BJP. He was also elected as Chief Minister of MP for a third term. On 12 December 2018, after failing to gain a majority in the 2018 Madhya Pradesh assembly election, Chouhan resigned as Chief Minister. He once again took oath as the
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 23 March 2020 after 22 Congress MLA's resigned along with
Jyotiraditya Scindia resulting in the collapse of the
Kamal Nath government. As of December 2023, Chouhan is the
longest-serving chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Union cabinet minister and national politics ==Election history==