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The electoral history of the BJP and its predecessors in general elections The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India . The following article contains the performance history of the organization in the elections, they have contested after their formation.
Singh took office as BJP president in December 2005 for the remainder of Advani's term. He was reappointed for a full term in 2006. Singh had held many positions for the RSS and the BJP, including serving as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the president of the BJP's youth wing. He advocated a return to a Hindutva platform.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; Hindustani pronunciation: [bʱaːɾətiːjə dʒənətaː paːɾʈiː] ⓘ lit. ' Indian People's Party ') is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. [43] BJP was born out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. [44]
The BJP got 760236 (1.93%) votes throughout West Bengal and 19.89% on seats it contested. [27] In 2009 Indian general election, BJP candidate Jaswant Singh, with support from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat getting a total of 4,97,649 (51.50%) votes. Across the state BJP got only 6.14% votes.
List of morchas in the organisation Bhartiya Janata Party Morcha President Details Mahila Morcha: Vanathi Srinivasan: Women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kishan Morcha: Rajkumar Chahar: Farmer's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). S.C. (Schedule Cast) Morcha Lal Singh Arya S.T. (Schedule Tribe) Morcha Samir Oraon O.B.C.
The BJP capitalised on the communal polarisation that followed the demolition of Babri Masjid to win 161 Lok Sabha seats, making it the largest party in parliament. L.K. Advani, whose aggressive campaigning as BJP president is widely credited with these results. [11] The election delivered an unclear mandate and resulted in a hung parliament.
As per the BJP's internal constitution President of party appoints state presidents. [1] [2] State-wise party presidents. State Portrait Name Took office Ref.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC). [1] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Lok Sabha (House of the People), [2] and is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership. [3]