Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh Explained

Native Name:भारतीय जनता पार्टी, हिमाचल प्रदेश
Party Logo:File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
Abbreviation:BJP
President:Rajeev Bindal
General Secretary:Pavan Rana
Headquarters:Deep Kamal, Kamna Nagar, Shimla-5 Himachal Pradesh
Loksabha Seats: (as of 2024)
Rajyasabha Seats:(as of 2024)
State Seats Name:Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
State Seats:(as of 2024)
Leader:Jai Ram Thakur
(Leader of the Opposition)
Eci:National Party

Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh, or simply, BJP HP is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the Deep Kamal Chakkar, Shimla.

Legislative Assembly election

YearParty leaderSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967Shanta Kumar 713.87% 13.87
1972 27.75% 6.12%
Bharatiya Janata Party
1982Shanta Kumar 2935.16% 35.16%
1985 2230.61% 4.55%
1990 3941.78% 11.17
1993 3836.14% 5.64%
1998Prem Kumar Dhumal 2339.02% 2.88%
2003 1535.38% 3.64%
2007 2543.78% 8.4%
2012 1538.47% 5.31%
2017Jai Ram Thakur 1848.79% 10.32%
2022 1943% 5.79%

Lok Sabha seats

YearLegislatureParty leaderSeats wonChange in seatsOutcome
19848th Lok SabhaAtal Bihari Vajpayee
19899th Lok SabhaLal Krishna Advani 3
199110th Lok Sabha 2
199611th Lok SabhaAtal Bihari Vajpayee 2
199812th Lok Sabha 3
199913th Lok Sabha
200414th Lok Sabha 2
200915th Lok SabhaLal Krishna Advani 2
201416th Lok SabhaNarendra Modi 1
201917th Lok Sabha
202418th Lok Sabha

List of Current Members

In Himachal Legislative Assembly

District
No.Constituency NamePartyRemarks
Chamba
1Churah (SC)Hans Raj
2Bharmour (ST)Janak Raj
4DalhousieD S Thakur
Kangra6NurpurRanveer Singh
11Jaswan-PragpurBikram Thakur
14SullahVipin Singh Parmar
16KangraPawan Kumar Kajal
18DharamshalaSudhir SharmaElected in 2024 by-election
Kullu24BanjarSurender Shourie
25Anni (SC)Lokendra Kumar
Mandi26Karsog (SC)Deepraj Kapoor
27SundernagarRakesh Jamwal
28Nachan (SC)Vinod Kumar
29SerajJai Ram ThakurLeader of Opposition
30DarangPuranchand Thakur
31JogindernagarPrakash Rana
33MandiAnil Sharma
34Balh (SC)Indra Singh Gandhi
35SarkaghatDaleep Thakur
Hamirpur39BarsarInder Dutt LakhanpalElected in 2024 by-election
Una44UnaSatpal Singh Satti
Bilaspur46Jhanduta (SC)Jeet Ram Katwal
48BilaspurTrilok Jamwal
49Sri Naina DevijiRandhir Sharma
Sirmaur55Pachhad (SC)Reena Kashyap
58Paonta SahibSukh Ram Chaudhary
Shimla60ChopalBalbir Singh Verma

In Lok Sabha

NoConstituencyNameParty
1KangraRajeev Bhardwaj
2MandiKangana Ranaut
3HamirpurAnurag Thakur
4Shimla (SC)Suresh Kumar Kashyap

In Rajya Sabha

NoName[1] PartyDate of AppointmentDate of Retirement
1Harsh Mahajan03-Apr-202402-Apr-2030
2Indu Goswami10-Apr-202009-Apr-2026
3Sikander Kumar03-Apr-202202-Apr-2028

Leadership

Chief Minister

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeTenureAssembly
1Shanta Kumar5 March 199015 December 19927th
2Prem Kumar Dhumal24 March 19985 March 20039 years, 342 days9th
30 December 200725 December 201211th
3Jai Ram ThakurSeraj27 December 201711 December 20224 years, 349 days13th

President

NoPortraitNameTenure
1Gangaram Thakur198019844 years
2Nageen Chand Pal198419862 years
3Shanta Kumar198619904 years
4199019933 years
5Prem Kumar Dhumal199319985 years
6Suresh Chandel199820002 years
7Jai Krishan Sharma200020033 years
8Suresh Bhardwaj200320074 years
9Jai Ram Thakur200720092 years
10Khimi Ram200920101 year
11Satpal Singh Satti2010202010 years
12[2] Rajeev Bindal18-Jan-202022-Jul-2020
13[3] Suresh Kumar Kashyap22-Jul-202023-Apr-2023
(12)[4] Rajeev Bindal23-Apr-2023Present

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statewise List . 12 June 2016 . 164.100.47.5.
  2. Web site: 2020-01-18 . Rajiv Bindal unanimously elected Himachal BJP president . Tribuneindia News Service .
  3. Web site: 2020-07-22 . Lok Sabha MP Suresh Kumar Kashyap elected as Himachal Pradesh BJP president . ThePrint .
  4. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-appoints-rajeev-bindal-as-partys-himachal-pradesh-chief-3973608