Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

Indian political party
Political party in India
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Lal Krishna Advani[2]
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)Split fromJanata PartyPreceded by
  • Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
  • Janata Party (1977–1980)
Headquarters14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi[3]Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]Colours  SaffronAlliance
  • National Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
7 / 7
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 3
Seats in Delhi Legislative Assembly
8 / 70
Seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi
104 / 250
Election symbolLotus
Party flagWebsitewww.bjp.org/delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi (or BJP Delhi) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), 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.[6]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967
6 / 7
  – Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989
4 / 7
  – Opposition
1991
5 / 7
 Increase 1 Opposition
1996
5 / 7
  – Government, later Opposition
1998
6 / 7
 Increase 1 Government
1999
7 / 7
 Increase 1 Government
2004
1 / 7
 Decrease 6 Opposition
2009
0 / 7
 Decrease 1 Opposition
2014
7 / 7
 Increase 7 Government
2019
7 / 7
  – Government
2024

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Legislature Leader Seats contested Seats won +/- Votes Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 (Interim) Interim Assembly - 31
5 / 48
  – 1,14,207 21.89% New Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 1st Assembly Madan Lal Khurana 70
49 / 70
  – 15,20,675 47.82% New Government
1998 2nd Assembly Sushma Swaraj 67
15 / 70
 Decrease 34 13,90,689 34.02% Decrease 13.8% Opposition
2003 3rd Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra 70
20 / 70
 Increase 5 15,89,323 35.22% Increase 1.2% Opposition
2008 4th Assembly 69
23 / 70
 Increase 3 22,44,629 36.34% Increase 1.12% Opposition
2013 5th Assembly Dr. Harsh Vardhan 68
32 / 70
 Increase 9 26,04,100 33.07% Decrease 3.27% Opposition
2015 6th Assembly Kiran Bedi 69
3 / 70
 Decrease 29 28,90,485 32.2% Decrease 0.87% Opposition
2020 7th Assembly Manoj Tiwari 67
8 / 70
 Increase 5 35,75,529 38.51% Increase 6.31% Opposition

Leadership

Chief Minister

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Tenure Assembly
1 Madan Lal Khurana Moti Nagar 2 December 1993 26 February 1996[RES] 2 years, 86 days 1st
(1993 election)
2

Sahib Singh Verma Shalimar Bagh 26 February 1996 12 October 1998[RES] 2 years, 228 days
3 Sushma Swaraj Not Contested 12 October 1998 3 December 1998 52 days

Leaders of the Opposition

No Portarit Name Constituency Term Assembly Chief Minister
1 Harsh Vardhan Krishna Nagar 2 December 2013 16 May 2014 165 days 5th Arvind Kejriwal
2 Ramvir Singh Bidhuri Badarpur 24 February 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 51 days 7th

See also

References

  1. ^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice
  4. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3.
  6. ^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/