Native Name: | భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ |
Party Logo: | File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg |
Abbreviation: | BJP |
President: | Daggubati Purandeswari[1] |
Headquarters: | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003[2] |
Colours: | Saffron |
State Seats Name: | Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
State2 Seats Name: | Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council |
Symbol: | Lotus |
Flag: | BJP Flag.svg |
Alliance: | |
Predecessor: |
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Split: | Janata Party |
Labour: | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3] |
Peasants: | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4] |
Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh or simply BJP Andhra Pradesh is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party's headquarters is located in Vijayawada.[5] [6] Daggubati Purandeswari is currently appointed as the president of BJP Andhra Pradesh.
The party currently holds no seat in the Rajya Sabha but 3 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state, while it does not have any seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Year | Seats won | Voteshare (%) | Outcome | Floor leader | |
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Janata Party | |||||
1977 | 32.33% | Morarji Desai | |||
1980 | 15.24% | Jagjivan Ram | |||
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
1984 | 2.21% | C.Janga Reddy | |||
1989 | 1.78% | L. K. Advani | |||
1991 | 9.27% | L. K. Advani Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
1996 | 14.12% | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
1998 | 18.12% | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
1999 | 9.91% | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
2004 | 8.41% | L. K. Advani | |||
2009 | 2.84% | Sushma Swaraj | |||
2014 | 4.13% | Narendra Modi | |||
2019 | 0.98% | Narendra Modi | |||
2024 | 11.28% | Narendra Modi |
Year | Seats won | Voteshare (%) | Outcome | Floor Leader | |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh | |||||
1967 | 2.11% | C.Janga Reddy | |||
1972 | 1.86% | ||||
Janata Party | |||||
1978 | 28.85% | Gouthu Latchanna | |||
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
1983 | 2.76% | M.Venkaiah Naidu | |||
1985 | 1.32% | C.Vidyasagar Rao | |||
1989 | 1.78% | C.Vidyasagar Rao | |||
1994 | 3.89% | C.Vidyasagar Rao | |||
1999 | 3.67% | N. Indrasena Reddy K.Hari Babu | |||
2004 | 2.63% | G. Kishan Reddy | |||
2009 | 2.84% | G. Kishan Reddy | |||
2014 | 4.13% | P.Vishnukumar Raju | |||
2019 | 0.84% | ||||
2024 | 2.83% | P.Vishnukumar Raju |
No | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | ||
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1 | P. V. Chalapathi Rao | 1980 | 1986 | ||
2 | Bangaru Laxman | 1986 | 1988 | ||
3 | Venkaiah Naidu | 1988 | 1993 | ||
4 | V. Rama Rao | 1993 | 1997 | ||
5 | Bandaru Dattatreya | 1997 | 1998 | ||
6 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | 1998 | 1999 | ||
(4) | V. Rama Rao | 1999 | 2001 | ||
7 | C.Ramachandra Reddy | 2001 | 2003 | ||
8[7] | N. Indrasena Reddy | 3-Aug-2003 | 2007 | ||
(5) | Bandaru Dattatreya | 2007 | 8-Mar-2010 | ||
9[8] | G. Kishan Reddy | 8-Mar-2010 | 2-Jun-2014 | ||
10 | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 2-Jun-2014 | 13-May-2018 | ||
11[9] | Kanna Lakshminarayana | 13-May-2018 | 28-Jul-2020 | ||
12[10] | Somu Veerraju | 28-Jul-2020 | 4-Jul-2023 | ||
13[11] | Daggubati Purandeswari | 4-Jul-2023 | incumbent |