Bharatiya Janata Party, Manipur Explained

Native Name:ꯚꯥꯔꯇꯤꯌ ꯖꯅꯇꯥ ꯄꯥꯔꯇꯤ, ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ
Party Logo:File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
Abbreviation:BJP
President:Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi[1]
General Secretary:Shri Abhay kumar Giri[2]
Headquarters:Nitaipai Chuthak, Keishamthong, Imphal, Manipur, 795004
Colours: Saffron
State Seats Name:Manipur Legislative Assembly
Symbol:Lotus
Leader:N. Biren Singh
Flag:BJP Flag.svg
Alliance:National Democratic Alliance
North East Democratic Alliance
Women:BJP Mahila Morcha
Publication:Kamal Sandesh
Predecessor:
Split:Janata Party
Labour:Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3]
Peasants:Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4]

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Manipur (BJP; pronounced as /bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː/;), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Manipur. Its head office is situated at Nitaipai Chuthak, Keishamthong, Imphal, Manipur, 795004, India. The current president of BJP Manipur is Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
1999Government
20041Opposition
2009
2014Government
20191
20241

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
New 0.71% New None
1 3.28% 2.57% Opposition
5 11.28% 8%
2 9.55% 1.73%
4 0.85% 8.7% None
0 2.1% 1.25%
21 36.3% 34.2% Government
11 37.83% 2.73%

Leadership

No.PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly
1N. Biren SinghHeignang15 March 201721 March 202212th
21 March 2022Incumbent13th

Rajya Sabha members

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bjp.org/manipur Manipur
  2. https://www.bjp.org/state-general-secretary-org-manipur Manipur
  3. News: Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India . 17 March 2020 . live mint . 15 January 2008 . Pragya Singh . 3 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131425/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ohkSVkDnWYnxvZyuzggTsL/Need-to-Know--BJPled-BMS-is-biggest-labour-union-in-India.html . live .
  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. 2022-12-26. 2023-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20230414061257/https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172. live.