Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal the current president of the BJP Bihar.[1][2]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, बिहार
PresidentDilip Kumar Jaiswal
General SecretaryBhikhubhai Dalsaniya
Headquarters8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
12 / 40
Seats in Rajya Sabha
4 / 16
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
82 / 243
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council
24 / 75

Electoral history

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Legislative Assembly election

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Year Seats won Seats contested +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
21 / 324
246   21 8.41%   8.41% Opposition
1985
16 / 324
234   5 7.54%   0.87% Opposition
1990
39 / 324
237   23 11.61%   4.07% Outside support to Janata Dal
1995
41 / 324
315   2 12.96%   1.35% Opposition
2000
67 / 324
168   26 14.64%   1.68% Opposition
2005
37 / 243
103   30 10.97%   3.67%  
2005
55 / 243
102   18 15.65%   4.68% Government
2010
91 / 243
102   36 16.49%   0.84% Government, later Opposition
2015
53 / 243
157   38 24.42%   7.93% Opposition, later Government
2020
74 / 243
110   21 19.46%   4.96% Government, later Opposition

Lok Sabha election

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Year Seats won +/- Outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
0 / 54
  Opposition
1984
0 / 54
  Opposition
1989
8 / 54
  8 Outside support to National Front
1991
5 / 54
  3 Opposition
1996
18 / 54
  13 Government, later Opposition
1998
19 / 54
  1 Government
1999
23 / 54
  4 Government
2004
5 / 40
  18 Opposition
2009
12 / 40
  7 Opposition
2014
22 / 40
  15 Government
2019
17 / 40
  5 Government
2024
12 / 40
  5 Government

Leadership

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Deputy Chief Minister

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# Portrait Name Term of Office Tenure Assembly
1   Sushil Kumar Modi 24 November 2005 16 June 2013 10 years, 316 days 14th
15th
27 July 2017 16 November 2020 16th
2   Tarkishore Prasad 16 November 2020 9 August 2022 1 year, 266 days 17th
  Renu Devi
3   Samrat Choudhary 28 January 2024 Incumbent 299 days
  Vijay Kumar Sinha

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly

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# Portrait Name Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister
1   Yashwant Sinha 17 April 1995 24 January 1996 282 days 11th Lalu Prasad Yadav
2   Sushil Kumar Modi 19 March 1996 1 March 2000 8 years, 9 days Rabri Devi
15 March 2000 28 March 2004 12th
3   Nand Kishore Yadav 19 June 2013 4 December 2015 2 years, 168 days 15th Nitish Kumar
4   Prem Kumar 4 December 2015 28 July 2017 1 year, 236 days 16th
5   Vijay Kumar Sinha 24 August 2022 28 January 2024 1 year, 157 days 17th

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Council

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# Portrait Name Term of Office Chief Minister
1   Sushil Kumar Modi 19 June 2013 27 July 2017 4 years, 38 days Nitish Kumar
2   Samrat Chaudhary 24 August 2022 20 August 2023 361 days
3   Hari Sahni 20 August 2023 28 January 2024 161 days

President

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# Portrait Party leader[3] Tenure
1   Kailashpati Mishra 1980 1981 1 year
2 Jagadambi Prasad Yadav 1981 1984 3 years
(1)   Kailashpati Mishra 1984 1987 3 years
3   Inder Singh Namdhari 1988 1990 3 years
4 Tarakant Jha 1990 1993 3 years
5 Ashwani Kumar 1994 1996 2 years
6   Yashwant Sinha 1997 1998 1 year
7   Nand Kishore Yadav 1998 2003 5 years
8[4] Gopal Narayan Singh 16-Oct-2003 31-May-2005 1 year, 227 days
9[5]   Sushil Kumar Modi 31 May 2005 2006 1 year
10   Radha Mohan Singh 2006 24-Apr-2010 4 years
11[6]   C. P. Thakur 24-Apr-2010 18-Jan-2013 2 years, 269 days
12[7]   Mangal Pandey 18-Jan-2013 30-Nov-2016 3 years, 317 days
13[8]   Nityanand Rai 30-Nov-2016 14-Sep-2019 2 years, 288 days
14[9]   Sanjay Jaiswal 14-Sep-2019 23-Mar-2023 3 years, 190 days
15   Samrat Choudhary 24-Mar-2023 25-Jul-2024 1 year, 123 days
16   Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 26-Jul-2024 Present 119 days

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BJP appoints Sanjay Jaiswal as Bihar chief, Satish Punia to look after Rajasthan". Hindustan Times. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ "सम्राट चौधरी बने बिहार के नए बीजेपी अध्यक्ष, संजय जायसवाल की छुट्टी, 2024 चुनाव से पहले बड़ा दांव". live hindustan. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ "सीढ़ी दर सीढ़ी सफलता के शिखर चढ़े डॉ. संजय जायसवाल". Hindustan (in Hindi).
  4. ^ "Gopal Narain Singh new Bihar BJP President". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ Jha, Sachchidan (31 May 2005). "Sushil Modi is new chief of Bihar BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ "C P Thakur new Bihar BJP president". The Indian Express. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. ^ Ahmad, Faizan (18 January 2013). "Mangal Pandey: Mangal Pandey set to be new state BJP chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai appointed BJP's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. ^ Kumar, Madan (14 September 2019). "Sanjay Jaiswal: Three-time Lok Sabha member Sanjay Jaiswal appointed Bihar BJP president". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.