Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh, or simply, BJP Uttar Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the BJP Bhavan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.
Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh भारतीय जनता पार्टी, उत्तर प्रदेश | |
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Abbreviation | BJP |
Leader | Yogi Adityanath (Chief Minister) |
President | Bhupendra Chaudhary |
General Secretary | Dharam Pal Singh |
Founded | 6 April 1980 |
Headquarters | BJP Bhawan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh |
Colours | Saffron |
ECI Status | National Party |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 33 / 80
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Seats in Rajya Sabha | 25 / 31
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Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 251 / 403
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Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | 79 / 100
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Electoral history
editLegislative Assembly election
editYear | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||
1952 | 2 / 430
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2 | 6.45% | – | Opposition |
1957 | 17 / 430
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15 | 9.84% | 3.39% | |
1962 | 49 / 430
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32 | 16.64% | 6.80% | |
1967 | 98 / 425
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49 | 21.67% | 5.03% | Opposition, later Government |
1969 | 49 / 425
|
49 | 17.93% | 3.74% | |
1974 | 61 / 425
|
12 | 17.12% | 0.81% | Opposition |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
1980 | 11 / 425
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11 | 10.76% | – | Opposition |
1985 | 16 / 425
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5 | 9.83% | 0.93% | |
1989 | 57 / 425
|
41 | 11.61% | 1.78% | Outside support to Janata Dal |
1991 | 221 / 425
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164 | 31.45% | 19.84% | Government |
1993 | 177 / 425
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44 | 33.30% | 1.85% | Opposition |
1996 | 174 / 425
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3 | 32.52% | 0.48% | Government |
2002 | 88 / 403
|
86 | 20.08% | 12.44% | Government, later Opposition |
2007 | 51 / 403
|
37 | 16.97% | 3.11% | Opposition |
2012 | 47 / 403
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4 | 15% | 1.97% | |
2017 | 312 / 403
|
265 | 39.67% | 24.67% | Government |
2022 | 255 / 403
|
57 | 41.3% | 1.63% |
Lok Sabha election
editYear | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
1952 | 0 / 86
|
– | Opposition |
1957 | 1 / 86
|
1 | |
1962 | 7 / 86
|
6 | |
1967 | 12 / 85
|
5 | |
1971 | 4 / 85
|
8 | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
1980 | 0 / 85
|
– | Opposition |
1984 | 0 / 85
|
– | |
1989 | 8 / 85
|
8 | Outside support to National Front |
1991 | 51 / 85
|
43 | Opposition |
1996 | 52 / 85
|
1 | Government, later Opposition |
1998 | 59 / 85
|
7 | Government |
1999 | 29 / 85
|
30 | |
2004 | 10 / 80
|
19 | Opposition |
2009 | 10 / 80
|
– | |
2014 | 71 / 80
|
61 | Government |
2019 | 62 / 80
|
9 | |
2024 | 33 / 80
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Leadership
editChief Minister
editNo | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Tenure | Assembly | |
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1 | Kalyan Singh | Atrauli | 24 June 1991 | 6 December 1992 | 3 years, 217 days | 11th | |
21 September 1997 | 12 November 1999 | 13th | |||||
2 | Ram Prakash Gupta | MLC | 12 November 1999 | 28 October 2000 | 351 days | ||
3 | Rajnath Singh | Haidergarh | 28 October 2000 | 8 March 2002 | 1 year, 131 days | ||
4 | Yogi Adityanath | MLC | 19 March 2017 | 25 March 2022 | 7 years, 173 days | 17th | |
Gorakhpur Urban | 25 March 2022 | Incumbent | 18th |
Deputy Chief Minister
editNo | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Tenure | Assembly | Chief Minister | |
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1 | Dinesh Sharma | MLC | 19 March 2017 | 25 March 2022 | 5 years, 6 days | 17th | Yogi Adityanath | |
Keshav Prasad Maurya | MLC | 19 March 2017 | 25 March 2022 | 7 years, 173 days | ||||
25 March 2022 | Incumbent | 18th | ||||||
2 | Brajesh Pathak | Lucknow Cantonment | 25 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 167 days |
Leaders of the Opposition
editNo | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
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1 | Kalyan Singh | Atrauli | 4 July 1993 | 12 June 1995 | 1 year, 343 days | 12th | Mulayam Singh Yadav | |
2 | Lalji Tandon | Lucknow West | 7 September 2003 | 13 May 2007 | 3 years, 248 days | 14th |
President
editNo | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | ||
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1 | Madhav Prasad Tripathi | 1980 | 1984 | 4 years | |
2 | Kalyan Singh | 1984 | 1990 | 6 years | |
3 | Kalraj Mishra | 1991 | 1997 | 6 years | |
4 | Rajnath Singh | 25-Mar-1997 | 03-Jan-2000 | 2 years, 284 days | |
5[1] | Om Prakash Singh | 03-Jan-2000 | 17-Aug-2000 | 227 days | |
(3)[2] | Kalraj Mishra | 17-Aug-2000 | 24-Jun-2002 | 1 year, 311 days | |
6[3] | Vinay Katiyar | 24-Jun-2002 | 18-Jul-2004 | 2 years, 24 days | |
7[4] | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 18-Jul-2004 | 03-Sep-2007 | 3 years, 47 days | |
8[5] | Ramapati Ram Tripathi | 03-Sep-2007 | 12-May-2010 | 2 years, 251 days | |
9[6] | Surya Pratap Shahi | 12-May-2010 | 13-Apr-2012 | 1 year, 337 days | |
10[7] | Laxmikant Bajpai | 13-Apr-2012 | 08-Apr-2016 | 3 years, 361 days | |
11[8] | Keshav Prasad Maurya | 08-Apr-2016 | 31-Aug-2017 | 1 year, 145 days | |
12[9] | Mahendra Nath Pandey | 31-Aug-2017 | 16-Jul-2019 | 1 year, 319 days | |
13[10] | Swatantra Dev Singh | 16-Jul-2019 | 25-Aug-2022 | 3 years, 40 days | |
14[11] | Bhupendra Chaudhary | 25-Aug-2022 | present | 2 years, 14 days |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "I would not hesitate in taking on anyone: Om Prakash Singh". India Today. 3 January 2000.
- ^ "Kalraj Mishra is UP BJP chief". www.tribuneindia.com. 17 August 2000.
- ^ "Vinay Katiyar appointed UP BJP chief". www.rediff.com. 24 June 2002.
- ^ "BJP takes UP away from Katiyar". The Times of India. 19 July 2004.
- ^ "Rajnath's close aide is party chief in UP". Hindustan Times. 2 September 2007.
- ^ "BJP elects new president from east UP again". Hindustan Times. 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Laxmikant Bajpai replaces Shahi as state BJP chief". The Indian Express. 14 April 2012.
- ^ "BS Yeddyurappa to head BJP in Karnataka, Keshav Prasad Maurya in Uttar Pradesh". The Economic Times. 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP chief". The New Indian Express. 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Swatantra Dev Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president". Zee News. 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president". NDTV News. 25 August 2022.