Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab
Appearance
Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ, ਪੰਜਾਬ | |
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Abbreviation | BJP |
President | Sunil Jakhar |
Founder | |
Founded | 6 April 1980 |
Split from | Janata Party |
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Headquarters | Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh,-160036, India [2] |
Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3] |
Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4] |
Ideology | |
Colours | Saffron |
Alliance | |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 13 (as of 2024)
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Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 7 (as of 2022)
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Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly | 2 / 117 (as of 2022)
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Election symbol | |
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Party flag | |
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Website | |
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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
[edit]Lok Sabha Elections
[edit]Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
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1998 | 3 / 13
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– | Government |
1999 | 1 / 13
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Government |
2004 | 3 / 13
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Opposition |
2009 | 1 / 13
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Opposition |
2014 | 2 / 13
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Government |
2019 | 2 / 13
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– | Government |
2024 | 0 / 13
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Government |
Legislative Assembly elections
[edit]Year | Seats contested | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
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1980 | 41 | 1 / 117 |
New | 6.48% | New | Opposition |
1985 | 26 | 6 / 117 |
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4.99% | ![]() | |
1992 | 66 | 6 / 117 |
– | 16.48% | ![]() | |
1997 | 22 | 18 / 117 |
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8.33% | ![]() |
Government |
2002 | 23 | 3 / 117 |
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5.67% | ![]() |
Opposition |
2007 | 23 | 19 / 117 |
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8.28% | ![]() |
Government |
2012 | 23 | 12 / 117 |
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7.18% | ![]() | |
2017 | 23 | 3 / 117 |
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5.4% | ![]() |
Opposition |
2022 | 73 | 2 / 117 |
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6.6% | ![]() |
Leadership
[edit]Elected members
[edit]2019 member(s) of Parliament
[edit]S.No | Member of Parliament | Constituency Name | District(s) | Term Start |
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1. | Sunny Deol | Gurdaspur | Gurdaspur | 2019 |
2. | Som Prakash | Hoshiarpur | Hoshiarpur |
2022 member(s) of Legislative Assembly
[edit]S.No | Constituency | MLA | Present Party | Remarks | ||
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# | Name | |||||
Pathankot District | ||||||
01. | 3 | Pathankot | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Hoshiarpur District | ||||||
02. | 39 | Mukerian | Jangi Lal Mahajan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
President
[edit]No. | Name | Term of Office | ||
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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 | 1 year, 63 days |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Bharatiya Janata Party".
- ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "New team new vote base, BJP eying both Sikhs and Hindus at Punjab". India Today.
- ^ "BJP's new Punjab team now has 45% Sikhs". Hindustan Times.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Punjab State Office". Bharatiya Janata Party. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Avinash Khanna to be the new Punjab BJP chief". The Times of India. 27 Sep 2003.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories". www.tribuneindia.com.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". www.tribuneindia.com.
- ^ "RSS activist Kamal Sharma elected new Punjab BJP chief - Indian Express".
- ^ "Modi's minister Vijay Sampla replaces Kamal as Punjab BJP chief". Hindustan Times. 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Shwet Malik to take charge on April 8". The Times of India. 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Ashwani Sharma files sole nomination for Punjab BJP president's election". The Times of India. 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Sunil Jakhar named new Punjab BJP chief, replaces Ashwani Sharma". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
Works cited
[edit]- "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.