Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh Explained

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:
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.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Elections

YearSeats wonVoteshare (%)OutcomeFloor leader
Janata Party
197732.33%Morarji Desai
198015.24%Jagjivan Ram
Bharatiya Janata Party
19842.21%C.Janga Reddy
19891.78%L. K. Advani
19919.27%L. K. Advani
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
199614.12%Atal Bihari Vajpayee
199818.12%Atal Bihari Vajpayee
19999.91%Atal Bihari Vajpayee
20048.41%L. K. Advani
20092.84%Sushma Swaraj
20144.13%Narendra Modi
20190.98%Narendra Modi
202411.28%Narendra Modi

Legislative Assembly Elections

YearSeats wonVoteshare (%)OutcomeFloor Leader
Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh
19672.11%C.Janga Reddy
19721.86%
Janata Party
197828.85%Gouthu Latchanna
Bharatiya Janata Party
19832.76%M.Venkaiah Naidu
19851.32%C.Vidyasagar Rao
19891.78%C.Vidyasagar Rao
19943.89%C.Vidyasagar Rao
19993.67%N. Indrasena Reddy
K.Hari Babu
20042.63%G. Kishan Reddy
20092.84%G. Kishan Reddy
20144.13%P.Vishnukumar Raju
20190.84%
20242.83% P.Vishnukumar Raju

Leadership

President

NoPortraitNameTerm of Office
1P. V. Chalapathi Rao19801986
2Bangaru Laxman19861988
3Venkaiah Naidu19881993
4V. Rama Rao19931997
5Bandaru Dattatreya19971998
6C. Vidyasagar Rao19981999
(4)V. Rama Rao19992001
7C.Ramachandra Reddy20012003
8[7] N. Indrasena Reddy3-Aug-20032007
(5)Bandaru Dattatreya20078-Mar-2010
9[8] G. Kishan Reddy8-Mar-20102-Jun-2014
10Kambhampati Hari Babu2-Jun-201413-May-2018
11[9] Kanna Lakshminarayana13-May-201828-Jul-2020
12[10] Somu Veerraju28-Jul-20204-Jul-2023
13[11] Daggubati Purandeswari4-Jul-2023incumbent

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-state-office
  3. News: Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India . 17 March 2020 . live mint . 15 January 2008 . Pragya Singh .
  4. Book: Gupta, Sejuta Das. Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. 172–173. 978-1-108-41628-3. Cambridge University Press. 2019e.
  5. https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  6. News: 2023-01-15 . Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan . en . 2023-02-02.
  7. News: 2003-08-02 . Indrasena Reddy to be Andhra BJP president . The Times of India .
  8. Web site: 2010-03-08 . Kishan Reddy elected as new AP BJP president . Haindava Keralam .
  9. Web site: 2018-05-13 . BJP appoints Kanna Lakshminarayana as the new Andhra Pradesh president . The New Indian Express .
  10. Web site: 2020-07-28 . Somu Veerraju appointed president of BJP’s Andhra Pradesh unit . Hindustan Times .
  11. News: 2023-07-04 . BJP appoints Daggubati Purandeswari as A.P. unit president . The Hindu .