Bharatiya Janata Party, Mizoram

Indian political party
Political party in India
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Lal Krishna Advani[2]
Founded6 April 1980
(43 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)Split fromJanata PartyPreceded by
  • Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
  • Janata Party (1977–1980)
HeadquartersVenghlui, T/82, Aizawl-796 001, Mizoram, India [3]NewspaperKamal SandeshYouth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva MorchaWomen's wingBJP Mahila MorchaLabour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]Ideology
  • Integral humanism
  • Social conservatism
  • Economic nationalism
    Majority
    Secularism[6]
    Cultural nationalism[7]
    Faction
    Buddhist-Rights(Chakma)[8]
    Hindu-Rights[9]
Colours  SaffronAllianceNational Level
National Democratic Alliance
Regional level
North East Democratic AllianceSeats in Lok Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in Mizoram Legislative Assembly
2 / 40
Election symbolLotus
Party flagWebsitewww.bjp.org/mizoram

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Mizoram (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit.'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Mizoram. Its head office is situated at the Venghlui, T/82, Aizawl-796 001, Mizoram, India.

In General Election

In General Elections
Year Party leader Photo Seats won Change in seats Result
2019 Nirupam Chakma 0 Steady 0 Government
2014 0 Steady 0 Government
2009 0 Steady 0 Opposition
2004 Supported to MNF Opposition
1999 0 Steady 0 Government
1998 P. L. Chhuma 0 Steady 0 Government
1996 Supported to MNF Government, later Opposition
1991 Supported to MNF Opposition
1989 Supported to MNF Opposition
1984 Supported to MNF Opposition

In State Election

Year Election Seats won Change of Seats Popular votes Vote% Change of Vote% Result
1993 3th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
new 10,004 3.11% new None
1998 4th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 8,448 2.50% Decrease 0.61% None
2003 5th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 7,823 1.87 Decrease 0.63% None
2008 6th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 Decrease None
2013 7th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 2,139 0.87 Decrease None
2018 8th Assembly (Mizoram)
1 / 40
Increase 1 51,087 8.09% Increase 7.6% Allied Government with MNF, later Alliance broken at state level.
2023 9th Assembly (Mizoram)
2 / 40
Increase 1 35,524 5.06% Decrease 3.03% None

In Local elections

Municipal corporation election results

Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing
Mizoram
2021 Aizwal 9
0 / 19
Steady 0
2015 Aizwal 15(along with ZNP)
0 / 19

Autonomous District Council election

Year Autonomous District Council Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Government
Kamalanagar
2018 Chakma Autonomous District Council 20
5 / 20
Opposition, later government again opposition
Lawngtlai
2020 Lai Autonomous District Council 17
1 / 25
Increase 1 Opposition.
2015 Lai Autonomous District Council
0 / 25
None.
Siaha
2022 Mara Autonomous District Council 24
12 / 25
Increase 12 Opposition, later government.
2017 Mara Autonomous District Council
0 / 25
None.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mizoram BJP unit gets new chief". Telegraph India.
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "BJP Mizoram unit address". BJP.
  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. ^ "Mizoram : BJP's Secular Model – Evident Along Country's Overall Progress; Asserts National Minority Secretary". 20 April 2022.
  7. ^ "BJP is with Christians and other Mizoram people:BJP sets up missionary ceel to shed hindutva tag". The Times of India. 25 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Mizoram:BJP is gaining popularity among minorities of Mizoram".
  9. ^ Karmakar, Rahul (12 November 2018). "Mizoram:BJP is getting support from minorities at Mizoram". The Hindu.