Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand

Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand
Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand
Abbreviation	BJP
President	Babulal Marandi
Chairman	Amar Kumar Bauri ; (Leader of the Opposition)
General Secretary	Dharmpal Singh
Founded	6 April 1980; (44 years ago)
Headquarters	Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerji Bhawan M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi - 834 002 Jharkhand
Colours	Saffron
ECI Status	National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha	8 / 14
Seats in Rajya Sabha	3 / 6
Seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly	24 / 81
Website
	bjpjharkhand.org
	Politics of India ; Political parties ; Elections ;

Last updated August 11, 2024

Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand, or simply BJP Jharkhand, is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Jharkhand. Its head office is situated at the M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi. Deepak Prakash was appointed as the State President of the Jharkhand unit on 25 February 2020.

History

At the time of its formation in 1980, the Bharatiya Janata Party had limited success in what would become Jharkhand. In the 1985 Bihar legislative assembly election, the BJP won 16 seats of which 14 were in regions that would become part of Jharkhand. In 1989, the BJP won five seats in the region. The BJP had long supported the creation of a state out of the southern part of Bihar they called 'Vananchal', in keeping with their naming of the Adivasis as 'Vanvasis'.^[1] The BJP's rhetoric at this time with regards to the Jharkhand movement largely claimed that the mainstream leaders, which they saw as westernized 'elites', were using the Jharkhand movement to enrich themselves. The BJP sought to persuade non-Christian tribals by claiming they were part of the 'Hindu nation', while demonizing Christian tribals as westernised. Much of this groundwork was prepared by sister organisations like the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, which sought to prevent Christian conversions among Adivasis and Hinduize them.^[2]

In 1989, due to their promise for Vananchal, they obtained 5 out of the 14 seats in the Lok Sabha, with a 30% voteshare. In 1990, the BJP gained 20 seats with a voteshare of at least 20% in the Jharkhand region, which stayed with the party throughout the 1990s.^[3] In 1991, the BJP officially added a promise to set up a commission to study the division of larger states, including Bihar, into smaller states and gained five seats.^[1] The electorate in Jharkhand were favouring national parties who could form a government at the Centre and grant them statehood, and the BJP was the most influential party advocating strongly for statehood. In 1996 and 1998, the BJP obtained 12 seats in the Jharkhand region, and 11 in 1999, squeezing out other regional parties like JMM and AJSU who were also advocating for statehood. The BJP combined its small states agenda with a patronization of tribal institutions and nomination of tribal candidates for the elections.^[3] In 2000, the BJP gained the most seats in the Jharkhand region during Bihar assembly elections with 39.5% of the vote, and when the BJP at the centre formed the three new states, the BJP formed the first government. Babulal Marandi was chosen as the first Chief Minister.^[3]

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
2005	30 / 81	30	23.57%	23.57	Coalition Government
2009	18 / 81	12	20.18%	3.39%	Coalition Government
2014	37 / 81	19	31.26%	11.08%	Government
2019	25 / 81	12	33.37%	2.11%	Opposition

Lok Sabha election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
2004	1 / 14		Opposition
2009	9 / 14	8	Opposition
2014	12 / 14	3	Government
2019	11 / 14	1
2024	8 / 14	3

Leadership

Chief Minister

No	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly
1	Babulal Marandi	Ramgarh	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	1st
2	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days	1st
			12 March 2005	19 September 2006	1 year, 191 days	2nd
			11 September 2010	18 January 2013	2 years, 129 days	3rd
3	Raghubar Das	Jamshedpur East	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	4th

Deputy Chief Minister

No	Portarit	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Raghubar Das	Jamshedpur East	30 December 2009	31 May 2010	152 days	3rd	Hemant Soren

Leader of the Opposition

No	Name	Term			Assembly
1	Arjun Munda	4 December 2006	29 May 2009	2 years, 176 days	2nd
1	Arjun Munda	19 July 2013	23 December 2014	1 year, 157 days	3rd
2	Amar Kumar Bauri	16 October 2023	Incumbent	300 days	5th

President

#	Name	Term

^[4]	Abhay Kant Prasad	02-Sep-2001	18-Jul-2004	2 years, 320 days
^[5]	Raghubar Das	18-Jul-2004	13-May-2005	299 days
^[6]	Yadunath Pandey	13-May-2005

7^[7]	Dineshanand Goswami	25-Sep-2010	10-Mar-2013	2 years, 166 days
8^[8]	Ravindra Kumar Ray	10-Mar-2013	17-May-2016	3 years, 68 days
9^[9]	Tala Marandi	17-May-2016	24-Aug-2016	99 days
10^[10]	Laxman Giluwa	24-Aug-2016	25-Feb-2020	3 years, 185 days
11^[11]	Deepak Prakash	25-Feb-2020	4-Jul-2023	3 years, 129 days
12	Babulal Marandi	4-Jul-2023	present	1 year, 38 days

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[:1-1] 1 2 Rycroft, Daniel J.; Dasgupta, Sangeeta, eds. (2011). "Politics, development and identity: Jharkhand, 1991–2009". The politics of belonging in India: becoming Adivasi. Routledge contemporary South Asia series. London ; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-60082-8. OCLC 666573628.

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[10] "Jharkhand: New BJP chief Laxman Gilua takes over from Tala Marandi, promises to work on tribal issues". The Indian Express. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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