Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar
Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar भारतीय जनता पार्टी, बिहार | |
|---|---|
| President | Dilip Kumar Jaiswal |
| General Secretary | Bhikhubhai Dalsaniya |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Headquarters | 8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 12 / 40
|
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 4 / 16
|
| Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly | 84 / 243
|
| Seats in Bihar Legislative Council | 24 / 75
|
| Election symbol | |
| Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal the current president of the BJP Bihar.[1][2]
Electoral history
Legislative Assembly election
| 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, |
Lok Sabha election
| 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
Deputy Chief Minister
| # | 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 | 1 year, 162 days | ||
| Vijay Kumar Sinha | ||||||
Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | 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 | 348 days | |
See also
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- National Democratic Alliance
- Janata Dal (United)
- Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat
- Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh
- Bharatiya Janata Party – Madhya Pradesh
- State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party
References
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- ^ Jha, Sachchidan (31 May 2005). "Sushil Modi is new chief of Bihar BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "C P Thakur new Bihar BJP president". The Indian Express. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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- ^ "Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai appointed BJP's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ 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.