Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi Explained

Native Name:भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली
Party Logo:File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
Abbreviation:BJP
President:Virender Sachdeva[1]
Headquarters:14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi[2]
Colours: Saffron
State Seats Name:Delhi Legislative Assembly
State2 Seats Name:Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Symbol:Lotus
Flag:BJP Flag.svg
Alliance:
Predecessor:
Split:Janata Party
Labour:Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3]
Peasants:Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi (or BJP Delhi) (BJP; pronounced as /bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː/;), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi. Its head office is situated at 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi. The Current President of BJP Delhi is Virender Sachdeva.[5]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989Opposition
1991 1Opposition
1996Government, later Opposition
1998 1Government
1999 1Government
2004 6Opposition
2009 1Opposition
2014 7Government
2019Government
2024Government

Legislative Assembly Election

Year LegislatureLeaderSeats contested Seats won +/- VotesVoteshare (%) +/- (%)Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Interim Assembly-311,14,20721.89% New
Bharatiya Janata Party
1st AssemblyMadan Lal Khurana7015,20,67547.82% New
2nd AssemblySushma Swaraj67 34 13,90,68934.02% 13.8%
3rd AssemblyVijay Kumar Malhotra70 5 15,89,32335.22% 1.2%
4th Assembly69 3 22,44,62936.34% 1.12%
5th AssemblyDr. Harsh Vardhan68 9 26,04,10033.07% 3.27%
6th AssemblyKiran Bedi69 29 28,90,48532.2% 0.87%
7th AssemblyManoj Tiwari67 5 35,75,52938.51% 6.31%

Leadership

Chief Minister

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeTenureAssembly
1Madan Lal KhuranaMoti Nagar2 December 199326 February 19961st
2Sahib Singh VermaShalimar Bagh26 February 199612 October 1998
3Sushma SwarajNot Contested12 October 19983 December 1998

Leaders of the Opposition

NoPortaritNameConstituencyTermAssemblyChief Minister
1Harsh VardhanKrishna Nagar2 December 201316 May 20145thArvind Kejriwal
2Ramvir Singh BidhuriBadarpur24 February 20204 June 20247th

President

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
  2. https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice
  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://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/