Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, उत्तर प्रदेश
Abbreviation BJP
Leader Yogi Adityanath
(Chief Minister)
President Bhupendra Chaudhary
General SecretaryDharam Pal Singh
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersBJP Bhawan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in  Lok Sabha
33 / 80
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
25 / 31
Seats in  Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
251 / 403
Seats in  Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
79 / 100
Website
up.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh, or simply, BJP Uttar Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the BJP Bhavan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.

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Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952
2 / 430
Increase2.svg 26.45%Opposition
1957
17 / 430
Increase2.svg 159.84%Increase2.svg 3.39%
1962
49 / 430
Increase2.svg 3216.64%Increase2.svg 6.80%
1967
98 / 425
Increase2.svg 4921.67%Increase2.svg 5.03%Opposition,
later Government
1969
49 / 425
Decrease2.svg 4917.93%Decrease2.svg 3.74%
1974
61 / 425
Increase2.svg 1217.12%Decrease2.svg 0.81%Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
11 / 425
Increase2.svg 1110.76%Opposition
1985
16 / 425
Increase2.svg 59.83%Decrease2.svg 0.93%
1989
57 / 425
Increase2.svg 4111.61%Increase2.svg 1.78%Outside support to Janata Dal
1991
221 / 425
Increase2.svg 16431.45%Increase2.svg 19.84%Government
1993
177 / 425
Decrease2.svg 4433.30%Increase2.svg 1.85%Opposition
1996
174 / 425
Decrease2.svg 332.52%Decrease2.svg 0.48%Government
2002
88 / 403
Decrease2.svg 8620.08%Decrease2.svg 12.44%Government,
later Opposition
2007
51 / 403
Decrease2.svg 3716.97%Decrease2.svg 3.11%Opposition
2012
47 / 403
Decrease2.svg 415%Decrease2.svg 1.97%
2017
312 / 403
Increase2.svg 26539.67%Increase2.svg 24.67%Government
2022
255 / 403
Decrease2.svg 5741.3%Increase2.svg 1.63%


Lok Sabha election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952
0 / 86
Opposition
1957
1 / 86
Increase2.svg 1
1962
7 / 86
Increase2.svg 6
1967
12 / 85
Increase2.svg 5
1971
4 / 85
Decrease2.svg 8
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
0 / 85
Opposition
1984
0 / 85
1989
8 / 85
Increase2.svg 8Outside support to National Front
1991
51 / 85
Increase2.svg 43Opposition
1996
52 / 85
Increase2.svg 1Government, later Opposition
1998
59 / 85
Increase2.svg 7Government
1999
29 / 85
Decrease2.svg 30
2004
10 / 80
Decrease2.svg 19Opposition
2009
10 / 80
2014
71 / 80
Increase2.svg 61Government
2019
62 / 80
Decrease2.svg 9
2024
33 / 80
Decrease2.svg 29

Leadership

Chief Minister

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of OfficeTenureAssembly
1 Kalyan Singh1.jpg Kalyan Singh Atrauli 24 June 19916 December 19923 years, 217 days 11th
21 September 199712 November 1999 13th
2 Ram Prakash Gupta MLC 12 November 199928 October 2000351 days
3 Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg Rajnath Singh Haidergarh 28 October 20008 March 20021 year, 131 days
4 The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Yogi Adityanath in New Delhi on February 10, 2018 (cropped).jpg Yogi Adityanath MLC 19 March 201725 March 20227 years, 171 days 17th
Gorakhpur Urban 25 March 2022Incumbent 18th

Deputy Chief Minister

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of OfficeTenureAssembly Chief Minister
1 Shri Dinesh Sharma (cropped).jpg Dinesh Sharma MLC 19 March 201725 March 20225 years, 6 days 17th Yogi Adityanath
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped).jpg Keshav Prasad Maurya MLC 19 March 201725 March 20227 years, 171 days
25 March 2022Incumbent 18th
2 Brajesh Pathak.jpg Brajesh Pathak Lucknow Cantonment 25 March 2022Incumbent2 years, 165 days

Leaders of the Opposition

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of OfficeAssembly Chief Minister
1 Kalyan Singh1.jpg Kalyan Singh Atrauli 4 July 199312 June 19951 year, 343 days 12th Mulayam Singh Yadav
2 Lalji Tandon at the release event of his book, 'Ankaha Lucknow'.jpg Lalji Tandon Lucknow West 7 September 200313 May 20073 years, 248 days 14th

President

NoPortraitNameTerm of Office
1 Madhav Prasad Tripathi 198019844 years
2 Kalyan Singh1.jpg Kalyan Singh 198419906 years
3 The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra calling on the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on November 13, 2015 (cropped).jpg Kalraj Mishra 199119976 years
4 Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg Rajnath Singh 25-Mar-199703-Jan-20002 years, 284 days
5 [1] Om Prakash Singh 03-Jan-200017-Aug-2000227 days
(3) [2] The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra calling on the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on November 13, 2015 (cropped).jpg Kalraj Mishra 17-Aug-200024-Jun-20021 year, 311 days
6 [3] Vinay Katiyar 24-Jun-200218-Jul-20042 years, 24 days
7 [4] Keshari Nath Tripathi - Kolkata 2016-07-01 5591.JPG Keshari Nath Tripathi 18-Jul-200403-Sep-20073 years, 47 days
8 [5] Ramapati Ji.jpg Ramapati Ram Tripathi 03-Sep-200712-May-20102 years, 251 days
9 [6] Surya Pratap Shahi.jpg Surya Pratap Shahi 12-May-201013-Apr-20121 year, 337 days
10 [7] Laxmikant Bajpai 13-Apr-201208-Apr-20163 years, 361 days
11 [8] Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped).jpg Keshav Prasad Maurya 08-Apr-201631-Aug-20171 year, 145 days
12 [9] MN Pandey.jpg Mahendra Nath Pandey 31-Aug-201716-Jul-20191 year, 319 days
13 [10] Swatantra dev singh welcoming hasnain baqai of safipur at his residence (cropped).jpg Swatantra Dev Singh 16-Jul-201925-Aug-20223 years, 40 days
14 [11] Bhupendra Singh.jpg Bhupendra Chaudhary 25-Aug-2022present2 years, 12 days

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