Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, बिहार
President Samrat Chaudhary
General SecretaryBhikhubhai Dalsaniya
Headquarters8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar
Colours  Saffron
Alliance National Democratic Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
17 / 40
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
4 / 16
Seats in  Bihar Legislative Assembly
78 / 243
Seats in  Bihar Legislative Council
24 / 75

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Samrat Chaudhary is the current president of the BJP Bihar. [1] [2]

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Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

YearLegislatureLeaderSeats contestedSeats won+/-VotesVoteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
1980 8th Assembly246
21 / 324
Increase2.svg 2118,91,3258.41%Increase2.svg 8.41%Opposition
1985 9th Assembly234
16 / 324
Decrease2.svg 518,33,2757.54%Decrease2.svg 0.87%Opposition
1990 10th Assembly Inder Singh Namdhari 237
39 / 324
Increase2.svg 2337,21,39211.61%Increase2.svg 4.07%Outside support to Janata Dal
1995 11th Assembly Yashwant Sinha 315
41 / 324
Increase2.svg 244,80,36312.96%Increase2.svg 1.35%Opposition
2000 12th Assembly Sushil Modi 168
67 / 324
Increase2.svg 2654,24,68714.64%Increase2.svg 1.68%Opposition
2005 13th Assembly Gopal Narayan Singh 103
37 / 243
Decrease2.svg 3026,86,29010.97%Decrease2.svg 3.67%Steady2.svg
2005 14th Assembly Sushil Modi 102
55 / 243
Increase2.svg 1836,86,72015.65%Increase2.svg 4.68% Government
2010 15th Assembly Sushil Modi 102
91 / 243
Increase2.svg 3647,90,43616.49%Increase2.svg 0.84% Government, later Opposition
2015 16th Assembly Sushil Modi 157
53 / 243
Decrease2.svg 3893,08,01524.42%Increase2.svg 7.93%Opposition, later Government
2020 17th Assembly Sanjay Jaiswal 110
74 / 243
Increase2.svg 2182,02,06719.46%Decrease2.svg 4.96% Government, later Opposition, later Government

Lok Sabha election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
0 / 54
Steady2.svgOpposition
1984
0 / 54
Steady2.svgOpposition
1989
8 / 54
Increase2.svg 8Outside support to National Front
1991
5 / 54
Decrease2.svg 3Opposition
1996
18 / 54
Increase2.svg 13Government, later Opposition
1998
19 / 54
Increase2.svg 1Government
1999
23 / 54
Increase2.svg 4Government
2004
5 / 40
Decrease2.svg 18Opposition
2009
12 / 40
Increase2.svg 7Opposition
2014
22 / 40
Increase2.svg 15Government
2019
17 / 40
Decrease2.svg 5Government
2024

Leadership

Deputy Chief Minister

#PortraitNameTerm of OfficeTenureAssembly
1 The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg Sushil Kumar Modi 24 November 200516 June 201310 years, 316 days 14th
15th
27 July 201716 November 2020 16th
2 Tarkishore Prasad.jpeg Tarkishore Prasad 16 November 20209 August 20221 year, 266 days 17th
Renu Devi Deputy CM.jpg Renu Devi
3 Samrat Choudhary.jpg Samrat Choudhary 28 January 2024Incumbent90 days
Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha.jpg Vijay Kumar Sinha

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly

#PortraitNameTerm of OfficeAssembly Chief Minister
1 Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg Yashwant Sinha 17 April 199524 January 1996282 days 11th Lalu Prasad Yadav
2 The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg Sushil Kumar Modi 19 March 19961 March 20008 years, 9 days Rabri Devi
15 March 200028 March 2004 12th
3 Nand kishore yadav.JPG Nand Kishore Yadav 19 June 20134 December 20152 years, 168 days 15th Nitish Kumar
4 Prem Kumar 4 December 201528 July 20171 year, 236 days 16th
5 Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha.jpg Vijay Kumar Sinha 24 August 202228 January 20241 year, 157 days 17th

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Council

#PortraitNameTerm of Office Chief Minister
1 The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg Sushil Kumar Modi 19 June 201327 July 20174 years, 38 days Nitish Kumar
2 Samrat Choudhary.jpg Samrat Chaudhary 24 August 202220 August 2023361 days
3 Hari Sahni 20 August 202328 January 2024161 days

President

#PortraitParty leader [3] Tenure
1 Kailashpati Mishra 2016 stamp of India.jpg Kailashpati Mishra 198019811 year
2 Jagadambi Prasad Yadav 198119843 years
(1) Kailashpati Mishra 2016 stamp of India.jpg Kailashpati Mishra 198419873 years
3 Inder Singh Namdhari.jpg Inder Singh Namdhari 198819903 years
4 Tarakant Jha 199019933 years
5 Ashwani Kumar 199419962 years
6 Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg Yashwant Sinha 199719981 year
7 Nand kishore yadav.JPG Nand Kishore Yadav 199820035 years
8 [4] Gopal Narayan Singh 16-Oct-200331-May-20051 year, 227 days
9 [5] The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg Sushil Kumar Modi 31 May 200520061 year
10 Radha Mohan Singh.jpg Radha Mohan Singh 200624-Apr-20104 years
11 [6] C. P. Thakur PIB 2004 (cropped).jpg C. P. Thakur 24-Apr-201018-Jan-20132 years, 269 days
12 [7] Mangal Pandey 18-Jan-201330-Nov-20163 years, 317 days
13 [8] Shri Nityanand Rai taking charge as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg Nityanand Rai 30-Nov-201614-Sep-20192 years, 288 days
14 [9] Sanjay Jaiswal 14-Sep-201923-Mar-20233 years, 190 days
15 Samrat Choudhary.jpg Samrat Chaudhary 24-Mar-2023Present1 year, 34 days

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