Vijay Rupani, who lead the BJP to victory in the recently-concluded state assembly polls, will continue as the chief minister of Gujarat.
Nitin Patel will retain the post of deputy chief minister.
Rupani has also been appointed as the BJP legislature party leader.
The decision was taken at a meeting of all the newly-elected BJP MLAs convened by state BJP unit president Jitu Vaghani on Friday.
The process to select the next chief minister of Gujarat was carried out under the supervision of finance minister Arun Jaitley and BJP general secretary Saroj Pandey, who were appointed as observers by the party’s central leadership.
Rupani, along with deputy chief minister Nitin Patel and other ministers, had handed in their resignation to Governor O P Kohli on Thursday, following the dissolution of the legislative assembly following the recently-concluded polls. This paves the way for election of a new CM and formation of a new cabinet .
Rupani, however, would serve as the caretaker chief minister till the formation of a new government.
In the high-stakes Gujarat polls, BJP retained power by winning 99 seats in the 182-member Assembly while the Congress claimed 77. Six seats went to others, including three Independents.
While Rupani has been the clear favourite to continue as chief minister, speculation was rife that deputy CM Nitin Patel and Rajya Sabha MP Mansukh Mandavia were also being considered for the top job.
December 25 is the likely date for the swearing-in of the new ministry as it is the birthday of former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Many chief ministers of BJP-ruled states as well as union cabinet ministers apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.