Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh | |
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Abbreviation | BJP |
Leader | Yogi Adityanath (Chief Minister) |
President | Swatantra Dev Singh |
General Secretary | Sunil Bansal |
Founded | 6 April 1980 |
Headquarters | BJP Bhawan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh |
Colours | Saffron |
ECI Status | National Party |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 62 / 80 (as of 2022)
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Seats in Rajya Sabha | 22 / 31 (as of 2022)
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Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 255 / 403 (as of 2022)
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Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | 44 / 100 (as of 2022)
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Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Uttar Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the BJP Bhavan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.
Electoral History[]
Legislative Assembly election[]
Year | Seats won | Change in seats | Percentage of votes | Vote swing | Outcome |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||
1952 | 2 / 430
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6.45% | – | Opposition |
1957 | 17 / 430
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9.84% | ![]() |
Opposition |
1962 | 49 / 430
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16.64% | ![]() |
Opposition |
1967 | 98 / 425
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21.67% | ![]() |
Opposition, later Government |
1969 | 49 / 425
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17.93% | ![]() |
Opposition, later Government |
1974 | 61 / 425
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17.12% | ![]() |
Opposition |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
1980 | 11 / 425
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10.76% | – | Opposition |
1985 | 16 / 425
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9.83% | ![]() |
Opposition |
1989 | 57 / 425
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11.61% | ![]() |
Outside support to Janata Dal |
1991 | 221 / 425
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31.45% | ![]() |
Government |
1993 | 177 / 425
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33.30% | ![]() |
Opposition |
1996 | 174 / 425
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32.52% | ![]() |
Government |
2002 | 88 / 403
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20.08% | ![]() |
Government, later Opposition |
2007 | 51 / 403
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16.97% | ![]() |
Opposition |
2012 | 47 / 403
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15% | ![]() |
Opposition |
2017 | 312 / 403
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39.67% | ![]() |
Government |
2022 | 255 / 403
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41.3% | ![]() |
Government |
Lok Sabha election[]
Year | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
1952 | 0 / 86
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– | Opposition |
1957 | 1 / 86
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Opposition |
1962 | 7 / 86
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Opposition |
1967 | 12 / 85
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Opposition |
1971 | 4 / 85
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Opposition |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
1980 | 0 / 85
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– | Opposition |
1984 | 0 / 85
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– | Opposition |
1989 | 8 / 85
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Outside support to National Front |
1991 | 51 / 85
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Opposition |
1996 | 52 / 85
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Government, later Opposition |
1998 | 59 / 85
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Government |
1999 | 29 / 85
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Government |
2004 | 10 / 80
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Opposition |
2009 | 10 / 80
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– | Opposition |
2014 | 71 / 80
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Government |
2019 | 62 / 80
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Government |
Leadership[]
Chief Minister[]
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Tenure | Assembly | |
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1 | ![]() |
Kalyan Singh | Atrauli | 24 June 1991 | 6 December 1992 | 3 years, 217 days | 11th |
21 September 1997 | 12 November 1999 | 13th | |||||
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Ram Prakash Gupta | MLC | 12 November 1999 | 28 October 2000 | 351 days | |
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Rajnath Singh | Haidergarh | 28 October 2000 | 7 March 2002 | 1 year, 130 days | |
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Yogi Adityanath | MLC | 19 March 2017 | Incumbent | 5 years, 4 days | 17th |
Deputy Chief Minister[]
No | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Tenure | Assembly | Chief Minister | |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||||
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Ram Prakash Gupta | 3 April 1967 | 25 February 1968 | 328 days | 4th | Charan Singh |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
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Dinesh Sharma | 19 March 2017 | Incumbent | 5 years, 4 days | 17th | Yogi Adityanath |
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Keshav Prasad Maurya |
Leaders of the Opposition[]
No | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||||
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Yadavendra Dutt Dubey | 28 March 1962 | 2 February 1964 | 1 year, 311 days | 3rd | Chandra Bhanu Gupta |
Sucheta Kripalani | |||||||
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Sharda Bhakt Singh | 2 February 1964 | 2 April 1965 | 1 year, 59 days | ||
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Madhav Prasad Tripathi | 2 April 1965 | 9 March 1967 | 1 year, 341 days | ||
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
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Kalyan Singh | 4 July 1993 | 12 June 1995 | 1 year, 343 days | 12th | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
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Lalji Tandon | 7 September 2003 | 13 May 2007 | 3 years, 248 days | 14th |
President[]
No | Party leader | Period | Duration | |
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1 | Madhav Prasad Tripathi | 1980 | 1984 | 4 years |
2 | Kalyan Singh | 1984 | 1990 | 6 years |
3 | Kalraj Mishra | 1991 | 1997 | 6 years |
4 | Rajnath Singh | 25 March 1997 | 3 January 2000 | 2 years, 284 days |
5[1] | Om Prakash Singh | 3 January 2000 | 17 August 2000 | 227 days |
(3)[2] | Kalraj Mishra | 17 August 2000 | 24 June 2002 | 1 year, 311 days |
6[3] | Vinay Katiyar | 24 June 2002 | 18 July 2004 | 2 years, 24 days |
7[4] | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 18 July 2004 | 3 September 2007 | 3 years, 47 days |
8[5] | Ramapati Ram Tripathi | 3 September 2007 | 12 May 2010 | 2 years, 251 days |
9[6] | Surya Pratap Shahi | 12 May 2010 | 13 April 2012 | 1 year, 337 days |
10[7] | Laxmikant Bajpai | 13 April 2012 | 8 April 2016 | 3 years, 361 days |
11[8] | Keshav Prasad Maurya | 8 April 2016 | 31 August 2017 | 1 year, 145 days |
12[9] | Mahendra Nath Pandey | 31 August 2017 | 16 July 2019 | 1 year, 319 days |
13[10] | Swatantra Dev Singh | 16 July 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 250 days |
References[]
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- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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- ^ "Laxmikant Bajpai replaces Shahi as state BJP chief". The Indian Express. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "BS Yeddyurappa to head BJP in Karnataka, Keshav Prasad Maurya in Uttar Pradesh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP chief". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Swatantra Dev Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president". Zee News. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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