Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar

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Bharatiya Janata Party
Bihar
LeaderTarkishore Prasad
Renu Devi
(Deputy Chief Minister)
PresidentSanjay Jaiswal
General SecretaryBhikhubhai Dalsaniya
Headquarters8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
17 / 40
Seats in Rajya Sabha
4 / 16
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
77 / 243
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council
15 / 75

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Sanjay Jaiswal is the current president of the BJP Bihar.[1] Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi are the deputy chief ministers of Bihar serving under Nitish Kumar since 16 November 2020.[2]

Electoral History[]

Legislative Assembly election[]

Year Seats won Seat contested Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
21 / 324
 246 Increase 21 8.41% Increase 8.41% Opposition
1985
16 / 324
 234 Decrease 5 7.54% Decrease 0.87% Opposition
1990
39 / 324
 237 Increase 23 11.61% Increase 4.07% Outside support to Janata Dal
1995
41 / 324
 315 Increase 2 12.96% Increase 1.35% Opposition
2000
67 / 324
 168 Increase 26 14.64% Increase 1.68% Opposition
2005(Feb)
37 / 243
 103 Decrease 30 10.97% Decrease 3.67% steady
2005(Oct)
55 / 243
 102 Increase 18 15.65% Increase 4.68% Government
2010
91 / 243
 102 Increase 36 16.49% Increase 0.84% Government, later Opposition
2015
53 / 243
 157 Decrease 38 24.42% Increase 7.93% Opposition, later Government
2020
74 / 243
 110 Increase 21 19.46% Decrease 4.96% Government

Lok Sabha election[]

Year Seats won Change in seats Outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
0 / 54
 steady Opposition
1984
0 / 54
 steady Opposition
1989
8 / 54
 Increase 8 Outside support to National Front
1991
5 / 54
 Decrease 3 Opposition
1996
18 / 54
 Increase 13 Government, later Opposition
1998
19 / 54
 Increase 1 Government
1999
23 / 54
 Increase 4 Government
2004
5 / 40
 Decrease 18 Opposition
2009
12 / 40
 Increase 7 Opposition
2014
22 / 40
 Increase 15 Government
2019
17 / 40
 Decrease 5 Government

Leadership[]

Deputy Chief Minister[]

No Portrait Name Term of Office Tenure Assembly
1 The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg 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.jpeg Tarkishore Prasad 16 November 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 128 days 17th
Renu Devi Deputy CM.jpg Renu Devi

Leader of the Opposition[]

No Portrait Name Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg Yashwant Sinha 17 April 1995 24 January 1996 282 days 11th Lalu Prasad Yadav
2 The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg 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.JPG Nand Kishore Yadav 19 June 2013 4 December 2015 2 years, 168 days 15th Nitish Kumar
4 No image available.svg Prem Kumar 4 December 2015 28 July 2017 1 year, 236 days 16th

President[]

No Party leader Period Duration
1 Kailashpati Mishra 1980 1981 1 year
2 Jagadambi Prasad Yadav 1981 1984 3 years
4 Inder Singh Namdhari 1988 1991 3 years
7 Nand Kishore Yadav 1998 2003 5 years
8[3] Gopal Narayan Singh 16 October 2003 31 May 2005 1 year, 227 days
9[4] Sushil Kumar Modi 31 May 2005 2006 1 year
10 Radha Mohan Singh 2006 24 April 2010 4 years
11[5] C. P. Thakur 24 April 2010 18 January 2013 2 years, 269 days
12[6] Mangal Pandey 18 January 2013 30 November 2016 3 years, 317 days
13[7] Nityanand Rai 30 November 2016 14 September 2019 2 years, 288 days
14[8] Sanjay Jaiswal 14 September 2019 present 2 years, 191 days

Union Ministers from Bihar BJP[]

References[]

  1. ^ "BJP appoints Sanjay Jaiswal as Bihar chief, Satish Punia to look after Rajasthan". Hindustan Times. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Tarkishore Prasad, Renu Devi to become deputy CM of Bihar; here's what BJP's strategy is". DNA India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Gopal Narain Singh new Bihar BJP President". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ^ Jha, Sachchidan (31 May 2005). "Sushil Modi is new chief of Bihar BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ "C P Thakur new Bihar BJP president". The Indian Express. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ Ahmad, Faizan (18 January 2013). "Mangal Pandey: Mangal Pandey set to be new state BJP chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai appointed BJP's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
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