Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली
Abbreviation	BJP
President	Virendra Sachdeva [1]
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lal Krishna Advani [2]
Founded	6 April 1980 (44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from	Janata Party
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977) Janata Party (1977–1980)
Headquarters	14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi [3]
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh [4]
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh [5]
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha	7 / 7
Seats in  Rajya Sabha	0 / 3
Seats in  Delhi Legislative Assembly	48 / 70
Seats in  Municipal Corporation of Delhi	118 / 250
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/delhi
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Bharatiya Janata Party,Delhi (or BJP, Delhi) is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi. Its head office is situated at 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi. The Current President of BJP Delhi is Virender Sachdeva. ^[6]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	6 / 7	–	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989	4 / 7	–	Opposition
1991	5 / 7	1	Opposition
1996	5 / 7	–	Government, later Opposition
1998	6 / 7	1	Government
1999	7 / 7	1	Government
2004	1 / 7	6	Opposition
2009	0 / 7	1	Opposition
2014	7 / 7	7	Government
2019	7 / 7	–	Government
2024	7 / 7	–	Government

Legislative Assembly Election

Year	Seats contested	Seats won	+/-	Votes	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952	31	5 / 48	–	1,14,207	21.89%	New	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	70	49 / 70	–	15,20,675	47.82%	New	Government
1998	67	15 / 70	34	13,90,689	34.02%	13.8%	Opposition
2003	70	20 / 70	5	15,89,323	35.22%	1.2%	Opposition
2008	69	23 / 70	3	22,44,629	36.34%	1.12%	Opposition
2013	68	32 / 70	9	26,04,100	33.07%	3.27%	Opposition
2015	69	3 / 70	29	28,90,485	32.2%	0.87%	Opposition
2020	67	8 / 70	5	35,75,529	38.51%	6.31%	Opposition
2025	68	48 / 70	40	43,23,110	45.56%	7.05%	Government

Leadership

Chief Minister

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Tenure	Assembly
1		Madan Lal Khurana	Moti Nagar	2 December 1993	26 February 1996	2 years, 86 days	1st
2		Sahib Singh Verma	Shalimar Bagh	26 February 1996	12 October 1998	2 years, 228 days
3		Sushma Swaraj	Not Contested	12 October 1998	3 December 1998	52 days
4		Rekha Gupta	Shalimar Bagh	20 February 2025	Incumbent	19 days	8th

Leaders of the Opposition

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Madan Lal Khurana	Moti Nagar	1998	2003	5 years	2nd	Sheila Dikshit
2		Jagdish Mukhi	Janakpuri	2003	2008	5 years	3rd
3		Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Greater Kailash	2008	2013	5 years	4th
4		Harsh Vardhan	Krishna Nagar	2 December 2013	16 May 2014	165 days	5th	Arvind Kejriwal
5		Ramvir Singh Bidhuri	Badarpur	24 February 2020	4 June 2024	4 years, 101 days	7th
6		Vijender Gupta	Rohini	4 August 2024	8 February 2025	188 days

State President List

#	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Ref
1		Vijay Kumar Malhotra	1980	1984	4 years
2		Kidar Nath Sahani	1984	1988	4 years
3		Madan Lal Khurana	1988	1991	3 years
4		Om Prakash Kohli	1991	1995	4 years
(2)		Kidar Nath Sahani	30-Jun-1995	30-Jun-1998	3 years, 0 days
5		Mange Ram Garg	30-Jun-1998	12-Jul-2002	4 years, 12 days	[7]
(3)		Madan Lal Khurana	12-Jul-2002	19-Dec-2003	1 year, 160 days	[8]
6		Harsh Vardhan	19-Dec-2003	7-Jan-2009	5 years, 19 days	[9]
(4)		Om Prakash Kohli	7-Jan-2009	15-May-2010	1 year, 128 days	[10]
7		Vijender Gupta	15-May-2010	15-Feb-2013	2 years, 276 days	[11]
8		Vijay Goel	15-Feb-2013	19-Feb-2014	1 year, 4 days	[12]
(6)		Harsh Vardhan	19-Feb-2014	8-Jul-2014	139 days	[13]
9		Satish Upadhyay	8-Jul-2014	30-Nov-2016	2 years, 145 days	[14]
10		Manoj Tiwari	30-Nov-2016	2-Jun-2020	3 years, 185 days	[15]
11		Adesh Gupta	2-Jun-2020	23-Mar-2023	2 years, 294 days	[16]
12		Virendra Sachdeva	23-Mar-2023	Incumbent	1 year, 353 days	[17]

See also

• Bharatiya Janata Party
• National Democratic Alliance
• Delhi Legislative Assembly
• Municipal Corporation of Delhi

References

1. https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
2. "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice
4. Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
5. Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN   978-1-108-41628-3.
6. https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
7. "Mange Ram Garg elected New Delhi BJP chief". Rediff. 30 June 1998.
8. "Madan Lal Khurana appointed Delhi BJP chief". The Times of India. 12 July 2002.
9. "Om Prakash Kohli takes over as Delhi BJP chief". The New Indian Express. 8 January 2009.
10. "OP Kohli appointed Delhi BJP chief". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2009.
11. "Vijender Gupta is Delhi BJP's new chief". The Times of India. 15 May 2010.
12. "Delhi BJP gets new chief in Vijay Goel". India Today. 16 February 2013.
13. "Harshvardhan is new Delhi BJP president". The Times of India. 19 February 2014.
14. "Satish Upadhyay appointment marks break in BJP tradition". India Today. 9 July 2014.
15. "Manoj Tiwari appointed chief of Delhi BJP". Hindustan Times. 30 November 2016.
16. "Adesh Kumar Gupta appointed Delhi BJP chief, takes over from Manoj Tiwari". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2020.
17. "Virendra Sachdeva becomes full-time Delhi BJP chief". The Times of India. 23 March 2023.