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The BJP's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, popularly known as the Jana Sangh, founded by Syama Prasad Mukherjee in 1951 in response to the politics of the dominant National Congress party. It was founded in collaboration with the Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and was widely regarded as ...
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 Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh (abbreviated as BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh [10]) was a Hindutva political party active in India.It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Upadhyaya.
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.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India and has been the ruling party since the 16th Lok Sabha.It is seeking re-election in the 2024 parliamentary election as the leading party of the National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the major political parties in India and is the main opposition party during the 15th Lok Sabha.It contested the 2014 parliamentary election along with their supportive parties, to form National Democratic Alliance with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate and party president Rajnath Singh as the chief-of-election of campaign.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the major political parties in India, announced that Narendra Modi, the then chief minister of Gujarat state, would be their prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Indian general election. [1] [2] The announcement was made by the then BJP president Rajnath Singh on 12 September 2013. [3] [4]