Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్
Abbreviation BJP
President Daggubati Purandeswari [1]
Chairman Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from Janata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003 [3]
Labour wing Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh [4]
Peasant's wing Bharatiya Kisan Sangh [5]
Colours  Saffron
Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
3 / 25
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
1 / 11
Seats in  Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
8 / 175
Seats in  Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
1 / 58
Election symbol
Lotus
Lotus flower symbol.svg
Party flag
BJP Flag.svg
Website
andhra.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh or simply (BJP Andhra Pradesh) is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party's headquarters is located in Vijayawada. [6] [7] Daggubati Purandeswari is currently appointed as the president of BJP Andhra Pradesh.

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The party currently holds 1 seat in the Rajya Sabha but 3 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state, while it does not have any seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Elections

YearSeats wonVoteshare (%)OutcomeFloor leader
Janata Party
1977
1 / 42
32.33%Government Morarji Desai
1980
1 / 42
15.24%Others Jagjivan Ram
Bharatiya Janata Party
1984
1 / 42
2.21%Others C.Janga Reddy
1989
0 / 42
1.78%Opposition L. K. Advani
1991
1 / 42
9.27%Opposition L. K. Advani
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1996
0 / 42
14.12%Opposition Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1998
4 / 42
18.12%Government Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1999
7 / 42
9.91%Government Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2004
0 / 42
8.41%Opposition L. K. Advani
2009
0 / 42
2.84%Opposition Sushma Swaraj
2014
2 / 25
4.13%Government Narendra Modi
2019
0 / 25
0.98%Government Narendra Modi
2024
3 / 25
11.28%Government Narendra Modi

Legislative Assembly Elections

YearSeats wonVoteshare (%)OutcomeFloor Leader
Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh
1967
3 / 287
2.11%Opposition C.Janga Reddy
1972
0 / 287
1.86%Lost
Janata Party
1978
60 / 294
28.85%Opposition Gouthu Latchanna
Bharatiya Janata Party
1983
3 / 294
2.76%Others M.Venkaiah Naidu
1985
8 / 294
1.32%Others C.Vidyasagar Rao
1989
5 / 294
1.78%Others C.Vidyasagar Rao
1994
3 / 294
3.89%Others C.Vidyasagar Rao
1999
12 / 294
3.67%Government N. Indrasena Reddy
2004
2 / 294
2.63%Others G. Kishan Reddy
2009
2 / 294
2.84%Others G. Kishan Reddy
2014
4 / 175
4.13%Government P. Vishnu Kumar Raju
2019
0 / 175
0.84%Lost
2024
8 / 175
2.83%Government P. Vishnu Kumar Raju

Leadership

President

NoPortraitNameTerm of Office
1P. V. Chalapathi Rao19801986
2 Bangaru Laxman 19861988
3 Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg Venkaiah Naidu 19881993
4 V. Rama Rao 19931997
5 The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg Bandaru Dattatreya 19971998
6 Governor of Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao.jpg C. Vidyasagar Rao 19981999
(4) V. Rama Rao 19992001
7C.Ramachandra Reddy20012003
8 [8] Indrasena Reddy.jpg N. Indrasena Reddy 3-Aug-20032007
(5) The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg Bandaru Dattatreya 20078-Mar-2010
9 [9] Kishan Reddy.png G. Kishan Reddy 8-Mar-20102-Jun-2014
10 K. Hari Babu.jpg Kambhampati Hari Babu 2-Jun-201413-May-2018
11 [10] GDI 0687.jpg Kanna Lakshminarayana 13-May-201828-Jul-2020
12 [11] Somu Veerraju.jpg Somu Veerraju 28-Jul-20204-Jul-2023
13 [12] The Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Dr. (Smt.) D. Purandeswari addressing at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), in New Delhi on May 02, 2013.jpg Daggubati Purandeswari 4-Jul-2023incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/%5B‍%5D
  2. ↑ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ↑ https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-state-office
  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://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/%5B‍%5D
  7. ↑ "Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan". 15 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Indrasena Reddy to be Andhra BJP president". The Times of India. 2 August 2003.
  9. ↑ "Kishan Reddy elected as new AP BJP president". Haindava Keralam. 8 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "BJP appoints Kanna Lakshminarayana as the new Andhra Pradesh president". The New Indian Express. 13 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Somu Veerraju appointed president of BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit". Hindustan Times. 28 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "BJP appoints Daggubati Purandeswari as A.P. unit president". The Hindu. 4 July 2023.
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