Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu

Tamilnadu BJP
தமிழ்நாடு பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சி
PresidentNainar Nagendran
General SecretaryIrama Srinivasan
TreasurerS. R. Sekhar
FounderAtal Bihari Vajpayee
L. K. Advani
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersKamalalayam,
19, Vaidyaraman Street,
T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 39
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 18
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
4 / 234
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
BJP Tamil Nadu

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu (BJP-TN) (தமிழ்நாடு பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சி), also known as the Tamil Nadu BJP, is the affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party is based in Chennai and is led by chair K. Annamalai.[1][2]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1998
3 / 39
  – Government
1999
4 / 39
 1
2004
0 / 39
 4 Opposition
2009
0 / 39
  –
2014
1 / 39
 1 Government
2019
0 / 39
 1
2024
0 / 39

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1980 10
0 / 234
  – 0.07% New None
1984 15
0 / 234
  – 0.25% 0.18 None
1989 30
0 / 234
  – 0.35% 0.1 None
1991 99
0 / 234
  – 1.70% 1.35 None
1996 143
1 / 234
 1 1.81% 0.11 None
2001 21
4 / 234
 3 3.19% 1.38 None
2006 225
0 / 234
 4 2.02% 1.17 None
2011 204
0 / 234
  – 2.22% 0.2 None
2016 188
0 / 234
  – 2.84% 0.62 None
2021 20
4 / 234
 4 2.62% 0.22 None

Leadership

Elected members

Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly

S.No. Constituency Name Remarks Win Margin in 2021
# Name
Erode District
01. 100 Modakkurichi C. Saraswathi 281
Coimbatore District
02. 120 Coimbatore South Vanathi Srinivasan 1,728
Tirunelveli District
03. 224 Tirunelveli Nainar Nagendran 23,107
Kanyakumari District
04. 230 Nagercoil M. R. Gandhi 11,669

Prominent Members

Vice Presidents of the state unit

  • M. Chakravarthy
  • V. P. Duraisamy, Former Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Former Deputy Speaker (from DMK)
  • K. S. Narendiran
  • M. Muruganandam
  • M. N. Raja
  • A. R. Mahalakshmi
  • P. Kanagasabapathi
  • Puratchikavidhasan

General Secretaries of the state unit

  • K. T. Raghavan
  • G. K. Selvakumar
  • R. Srinivasan
  • Karu. Nagarajan

List of Presidents

S.No Name Tenure Elected Year Ref.
1 K. Narayan Rao 1980 – 1983 1980 -
2 K. N. Lakshmanan 1984 – 1989 1984 [3]
3 V. Vijayaraghavalu 1990 – 1993 1990 -
4 N. S. Chandra Bose 1993 – 1995 1993 -
(2) K. N. Lakshmanan 1996 – 2000 1996 -
5 S. P. Kirubanidhi 6 May 2000 – 12 May 2003 2000 -
6 C. P. Radhakrishnan 12 May 2003 – 22 September 2006 2003 [4]
7 La Ganesan 22 September 2006 – 30 December 2009 2006 [5]
8 Pon Radhakrishnan 30 December 2009 – 27 May 2014 2009 [6]
2012
9 Tamilisai Soundararajan 16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019 2014 [7]
2016
10 L. Murugan 11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021 2020 [1]
11 K. Annamalai 8 July 2021 – 12 April 2025 2021 [8]
12 Nainar Nagendran 12 April 2025 – Incumbent 2025

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "L Murugan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. ^ "Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. ^ "K. N. Lakshmanan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. ^ "TN BJP gets new president". economictimes. Retrieved 2003-05-13.
  5. ^ "La Ganesan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. ^ "Pon Radhakrishnan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ^ "Tamilisai appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  8. ^ "Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president". The Hindu. July 8, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
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