Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab

Indian political party
Political party in India
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Lal Krishna Advani[1]
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)Split fromJanata PartyPreceded by
  • Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
  • Janata Party (1977–1980)
HeadquartersAmar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh,-160036, India [2]NewspaperKamal SandeshYouth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva MorchaWomen's wingBJP Mahila MorchaLabour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3]Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[4]Ideology
  • Integral humanism
  • Social conservatism
  • Economic nationalism
  • Hindu nationalism
  • Cultural nationalism
    Faction
    Sikhism[5][6]
Colours  SaffronAlliance
  • National Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
5 / 13
(as of 2022) Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
(as of 2022) Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly
3 / 117
(as of 2022) Election symbolLotus
Party flagWebsitewww.bjp.org/punjab

Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab (or BJP Punjab) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab.[7] Its head office is situated at the Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh, Punjab-160036, India.[8] The current president of BJP Punjab is Sunil Kumar Jakhar.[7]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Elections

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1998
3 / 13
  – Government
1999
1 / 13
 Decrease 2 Government
2004
3 / 13
 Increase 2 Opposition
2009
1 / 13
 Decrease 2 Opposition
2014
2 / 13
 Increase 1 Government
2019
2 / 13
  – Government

Legislative Assembly elections

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1980 41
1 / 117
 New 6.48% New Opposition
1985 26
6 / 117
 Increase 5 4.99% Increase 1.49
1992 66
6 / 117
  – 16.48% Increase 11.49%
1997 22
18 / 117
 Increase 12 8.33% Increase 8.15% Government
2002 23
3 / 117
 Decrease 15 5.67% Decrease 2.66% Opposition
2007 23
19 / 117
 Increase 16 8.28% Increase 2.61% Government
2012 23
12 / 117
 Decrease 7 7.18% Decrease 1.1%
2017 23
3 / 117
 Decrease 9 5.4% Decrease 1.8% Opposition
2022 73
2 / 117
 Decrease 1 6.6% Increase 1.2%

Leadership

Elected members

2019 member(s) of Parliament

S.No Member of Parliament Constituency Name District(s) Term Start
1. Sunny Deol Gurdaspur Gurdaspur 2019
2. Som Prakash Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur

2022 member(s) of Legislative Assembly

S.No Constituency MLA Present Party Remarks
# Name
Pathankot District
01. 3 Pathankot Ashwani Kumar Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
Hoshiarpur District
02. 39 Mukerian Jangi Lal Mahajan Bharatiya Janata Party

President

No. Name Term of Office
1. Balram Das Tandon 1995 1997 2 years
2. Brij Lal Rinwa 1997 27-Sep-2003 6 years
3.[9] Avinash Rai Khanna 27-Sep-2003 21-Apr-2007 3 years, 206 days
4.[10] Rajinder Bhandari 21-Apr-2007 4-Feb-2010 2 years, 289 days
5.[11] Ashwani Kumar Sharma 4-Feb-2010 15-Jan-2013 2 years, 346 days
6.[12] Kamal Sharma 15-Jan-2013 8-Apr-2016 3 years, 84 days
7.[13] Vijay Sampla 8-Apr-2016 6-Apr-2018 1 year, 363 days
8.[14] Shwait Malik 6-Apr-2018 17-Jan-2020 1 year, 286 days
9.[15] Ashwani Kumar Sharma 17-Jan-2020 4-Jul-2023 3 years, 168 days
10.[16] Sunil Jakhar 5-Jul-2023 present 285 days

See also

References

  1. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Bharatiya Janata Party".
  3. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "New team new vote base, BJP eying both Sikhs and Hindus at Punjab". India Today.
  6. ^ "BJP's new Punjab team now has 45% Sikhs". Hindustan Times.
  7. ^ a b The Hindu Bureau (11 July 2023). "Sunil Jakhar takes over as BJP Punjab chief, says BJP no longer younger brother in State". The Tribune. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Punjab State Office". Bharatiya Janata Party. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Avinash Khanna to be the new Punjab BJP chief". The Times of India. 27 Sep 2003.
  10. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories". www.tribuneindia.com.
  11. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". www.tribuneindia.com.
  12. ^ "RSS activist Kamal Sharma elected new Punjab BJP chief - Indian Express".
  13. ^ "Modi's minister Vijay Sampla replaces Kamal as Punjab BJP chief". Hindustan Times. 8 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Shwet Malik to take charge on April 8". The Times of India. 6 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Ashwani Sharma files sole nomination for Punjab BJP president's election". The Times of India. 17 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Sunil Jakhar named new Punjab BJP chief, replaces Ashwani Sharma". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 July 2023.


Works cited

  • "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.