- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Born
- 22 July 1970, Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Education (declared)
- LLB, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law, Nagpur University (1992); diploma in project management, DSE Berlin (1998)
- In current post since
- 5 December 2024
- Seat
- Nagpur South West, Nagpur (Legislative Assembly)
Devendra Fadnavis was born in Nagpur in 1970 and came up through the city's municipal politics. He was a councillor at 22 and mayor of Nagpur from 1997 to 1999, and he has sat in the Maharashtra assembly since 1999, first for Nagpur West and, since 2009, for Nagpur South West. He led the state BJP from 2013 to 2015.
Three terms, one very short
He became Chief Minister in October 2014 and completed a full five-year term. After the 2019 election he was sworn in again on 23 November 2019, but that government lasted about 80 hours and fell before a Supreme Court-ordered floor test. He spent the next years as Leader of the Opposition and then, from June 2022, as Deputy Chief Minister under Eknath Shinde, before the Mahayuti alliance's 2024 win returned him as Chief Minister on 5 December 2024.
The affidavit case
The legal matter most often reported against him concerns his own election paperwork. Nagpur lawyer Satish Uke complained that Fadnavis did not disclose two pending cases in his 2014 affidavit. The case went to the Supreme Court, which ordered a fresh trial, and in September 2023 a Nagpur magistrate acquitted him. Fadnavis accepted that the cases had been left out and said the omission was his lawyer's. His 2024 affidavit still lists a related revision case as pending, along with three other petitions.
His 2024 affidavit declares assets of Rs 13.27 crore and liabilities of Rs 62 lakh, and no convictions.
Career at a glance
- 1992Elected councillor, Nagpur Municipal Corporation
- 1997Mayor of Nagpur, until 1999
- 1999Elected MLA from Nagpur West
- 2013BJP state president for Maharashtra, until 2015
- Oct 2014Sworn in as Chief Minister; completes the five-year term
- Nov 2019Second term lasts about 80 hours; then Leader of the Opposition
- Jun 2022Deputy Chief Minister under Eknath Shinde
- Dec 2024Sworn in as Chief Minister for a third time
Cases and allegations
An allegation, FIR or chargesheet is not proof of guilt. Only a court can convict, and convictions can be overturned on appeal. Status is as last checked on 2 Nov 2026.
Nagpur lawyer Satish Uke complained that Fadnavis did not disclose two pending cases in his 2014 election affidavit, an offence under section 125A of the Representation of the People Act. After a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court, a Nagpur Chief Judicial Magistrate acquitted him in September 2023. Fadnavis accepted the cases were not disclosed and said his lawyer was responsible. Source
A revision against the dismissal of a 2014 complaint that alleged cheating and breach of trust (IPC 406, 417, 418, 420) over the same omission. No court finding. Source
A public interest petition listed under section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The affidavit gives no further detail of the allegation, and there is no court finding. Source
A writ petition under Articles 226 and 227, in which he says no notice had been served on him, and a contempt matter arising from the Uke litigation. Source
The record card
Facts only, each from a public record. This is not a rating. Affidavit figures are the leader's own sworn declarations at the time of filing.
| Declared criminal cases | 4Maharashtra 2024 affidavit, Nagpur South West; all listed as pending, including a writ petition citing the Prevention of Corruption Act and a revision case under IPC 406, 417, 418 and 420 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Convictions | None declared2024 affidavit | Source |
| Declared assets | Rs 13.27 crore2024; liabilities of Rs 62 lakh, a loan from his wife | Source |
| Nagpur South West result, 2024 | Won by 39,710 votes1,29,401 votes (56.9%) against Prafulla Gudadhe Patil of the Congress | Source |
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Photo: Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons.
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