Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh Explained

Native Name:भारतीय जनता पार्टी, उत्तर प्रदेश
Party Logo:File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
Abbreviation:BJP
President:Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh
General Secretary:Dharam Pal Singh
Headquarters:BJP Bhawan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh
Colours: Saffron
State Seats Name:Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
State2 Seats Name:Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Leader:Yogi Adityanath
(Chief Minister)
Eci:National Party

Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh, or simply, BJP Uttar Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the BJP Bhavan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%) +/- (%)Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 26.45%–Opposition
1957 159.84% 3.39%
1962 3216.64% 6.80%
1967 4921.67% 5.03%Opposition,
later Government
1969 4917.93% 3.74%
1974 1217.12% 0.81%Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980 1110.76%–Opposition
1985 59.83% 0.93%
1989 4111.61% 1.78%Outside support to Janata Dal
1991 16431.45% 19.84%Government
1993 4433.30% 1.85%Opposition
1996 332.52% 0.48%Government
2002 8620.08% 12.44%Government,
later Opposition
2007 3716.97% 3.11%Opposition
2012 415% 1.97%
2017 26539.67% 24.67%Government
2022 5741.3% 1.63%

Lok Sabha election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952–Opposition
1957 1
1962 6
1967 5
1971 8
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980–Opposition
1984–
1989 8Outside support to National Front
1991 43Opposition
1996 1Government, later Opposition
1998 7Government
1999 30
2004 19Opposition
2009–
2014 61Government
2019 9
2024 29

Leadership

Chief Minister

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeTenureAssembly
1Kalyan Singh24 June 19916 December 19923 years, 217 days11th
21 September 199712 November 199913th
2Ram Prakash GuptaMLC12 November 199928 October 2000
3Rajnath SinghHaidergarh28 October 20008 March 2002
4Yogi AdityanathMLC19 March 201725 March 202217th
Gorakhpur Urban25 March 2022Incumbent18th

Deputy Chief Minister

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeTenureAssembly
1Dinesh SharmaMLC19 March 201725 March 202217thYogi Adityanath
Keshav Prasad MauryaMLC19 March 201725 March 2022
25 March 2022Incumbent18th
2Brajesh PathakLucknow Cantonment25 March 2022Incumbent

Leaders of the Opposition

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeAssembly
1Kalyan SinghAtrauli4 July 199312 June 199512thMulayam Singh Yadav
2Lalji TandonLucknow West7 September 200313 May 200714th

President

NoPortraitNameTerm of Office
1Madhav Prasad Tripathi198019844 years
2Kalyan Singh198419906 years
3Kalraj Mishra199119976 years
4Rajnath Singh25-Mar-199703-Jan-2000
5[1] Om Prakash Singh03-Jan-200017-Aug-2000
(3)[2] Kalraj Mishra17-Aug-200024-Jun-2002
6[3] Vinay Katiyar24-Jun-200218-Jul-2004
7[4] Keshari Nath Tripathi18-Jul-200403-Sep-2007
8[5] Ramapati Ram Tripathi03-Sep-200712-May-2010
9[6] Surya Pratap Shahi12-May-201013-Apr-2012
10[7] Laxmikant Bajpai13-Apr-201208-Apr-2016
11[8] Keshav Prasad Maurya08-Apr-201631-Aug-2017
12[9] Mahendra Nath Pandey31-Aug-201716-Jul-2019
13[10] Swatantra Dev Singh16-Jul-201925-Aug-2022
14[11] Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh25-Aug-2022present

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 21, 2012. Subhash. Mishra. I would not hesitate in taking on anyone: Om Prakash Singh. 2022-01-21. India Today. en.
  2. Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation. 2022-01-21. www.tribuneindia.com.
  3. Web site: rediff.com: Vinay Katiyar appointed UP BJP chief. 2022-01-21. www.rediff.com.
  4. Web site: July 19, 2004. BJP takes UP away from Katiyar. 2022-01-21. The Times of India. en.
  5. Web site: 2007-09-02. Rajnath's close aide is party chief in UP. 2022-01-21. Hindustan Times. en.
  6. Web site: 2010-05-12. BJP elects new president from east UP again. 2022-01-21. Hindustan Times. en.
  7. Web site: 2012-04-14. Laxmikant Bajpai replaces Shahi as state BJP chief. 2022-01-21. The Indian Express. en.
  8. News: BS Yeddyurappa to head BJP in Karnataka, Keshav Prasad Maurya in Uttar Pradesh. The Economic Times. 2022-01-21.
  9. Web site: Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP chief. 2022-01-21. The New Indian Express.
  10. Web site: 2019-07-16. Swatantra Dev Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president. 2022-01-21. Zee News. en.
  11. Web site: 2022-08-25. Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president. 2022-08-25. NDTV News. en.

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