Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura

Indian political party
Political party in India
Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura
ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টি, ত্রিপুরা
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderManik Saha
(Chief Minister of Tripura)
PresidentRajiv Bhattacharjee[1]
Founder
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Lal Krishna Advani[2]
Founded6 April 1980
(43 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
  • Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
  • Janata Party (1977–1980)
Headquarters12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road,(In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India [3]
NewspaperKamal Sandesh
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational level
National Democratic Alliance
NorthEast Region
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
2 / 2
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly
33 / 60
(as of 2023)
Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
9 / 30
(as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/tripura

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Tripura (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit.'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road, (In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India. The current president of BJP Tripura is Rajiv Bhattacharjee .

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
2019
2 / 2
Increase 2 Government

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1983
0 / 60
New 0.06% New None
1988
0 / 60
Steady 0.15% Increase 0.09%
1993
0 / 60
Steady 2.02% Increase 1.87%
1998
0 / 60
Steady 5.87% Increase 3.85%
2003
0 / 60
Steady 1.32% Decrease 4.55%
2008
0 / 60
Steady 1.49% Increase 0.17%
2013
0 / 60
Steady 1.54% Increase 0.05%
2018
36 / 60
Increase 36 43.59% Increase 41.5% Government
2023
32 / 60
Decrease 4 38.97% Decrease 4.62%

In Local Elections

Municipal corporation election results

Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing
Tripura
2015 Agartala 51
0 / 51
Steady
2021 Agartala 51
51 / 51
Increase51[8] 57.39%

Autonomous District Council election

Year Autonomous District Council Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Government
Khumulwng
1982 From 1982 election has been held at Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council but BJP to win any seats was on 2021 election.[clarification needed]
2021 TTAADC 26
9 / 30
Increase 9 Opposition

2015 Tripura local elections

In 2015 local election BJP won 2 seats of 310 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation.[9]

2021 Tripura local elections

In 2021 local election BJP won 329 seats of 334 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation, with vote percentage of 59.01%.[10]

Leadership

Chief ministers

No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[11] Assembly
1 Biplab Kumar Deb Banamalipur 9 March 2018 15 May 2022 4 years, 67 days 12th
2 Manik Saha Town Bordowali 15 May 2022 12 March 2023 301 days
13 March 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 14 days 13th

Deputy chief ministers

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister Ref.
1 Jishnu Dev Varma Charilam 9 March 2018 2 March 2023 4 years, 358 days 12th Biplab Kumar Deb
Manik Saha
[12]

Lok Sabha Members

No Name Constituency Votes
1 Pratima Bhowmik Tripura West 3,05,669
2 Rebati Tripura Tripura East 2,04,290

Rajya Sabha Members

No Name Constituency From To
1 Biplab Kumar Deb Tripura 22/10/2022 02/04/2028

Former State President List

  • Sudheendradas Gupta : 1980 - 2016
  • Biplab Kumar Deb : 2016 - 2018
  • Manik Saha : 2018 - 2022

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "New President of BJP Tripura state unit". Economic Times.
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/tripura-state-office
  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. ^ "Only BJP has worked for Indigenous people of Tripura". Indian Express.
  7. ^ "BJP Tripura and its ally IPFT seeks NRC for whole nation". Economic Times.
  8. ^ "2021 Tripura municipal election result". Hindustan Times.
  9. ^ "2015 Tripura local election result". The Hindu.
  10. ^ "2021 Tripura local election result". Hindustan Times.
  11. ^ Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
  12. ^ Deb, Priyanka (2018-03-06). "BJP picks Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma to be his deputy". Hindustan Times.