Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, झारखंड
Abbreviation BJP
President Babulal Marandi
Chairperson Amar Kumar Bauri
(Leader of the Opposition)
General SecretaryDharmpal Singh
Founded6 April 1980
(43 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersDr. Syama Prasad Mookerji Bhawan M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi - 834 002 Jharkhand
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in  Lok Sabha
12 / 14
(as of 2022)
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
4 / 6
(as of 2022)
Seats in  Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
26 / 81
(as of 2022)
Website
bjpjharkhand.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP 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.

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Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
2005
30 / 81
Increase2.svg 3023.57%Increase2.svg 23.57Coalition Government
2009
18 / 81
Decrease2.svg 1220.18%Decrease2.svg 3.39%Coalition Government
2014
37 / 81
Increase2.svg 1931.26%Increase2.svg 11.08%Government
2019
25 / 81
Decrease2.svg 1233.37%Increase2.svg 2.11%Opposition

Lok Sabha election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
2004
1 / 14
Steady2.svgOpposition
2009
9 / 14
Increase2.svg 8
2014
12 / 14
Increase2.svg 3Government
2019
11 / 14
Decrease2.svg 1

Leadership

Chief Minister

NoPortaritName Constituency TermAssembly
1 Babulal Marandi Ramgarh 15 November 200018 March 20032 years, 123 days 1st
2 Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG Arjun Munda Kharsawan 18 March 20032 March 20051 year, 349 days
12 March 200519 September 20061 year, 191 days 2nd
11 September 201018 January 20132 years, 129 days 3rd
3 Raghuvar Das.jpg Raghubar Das Jamshedpur East 28 December 201429 December 20195 years, 1 day 4th

Deputy Chief Minister

NoPortaritName Constituency TermAssembly Chief Minister
1 Raghuvar Das.jpg Raghubar Das Jamshedpur East 30 December 200931 May 2010152 days 3rd Hemant Soren

Leader of the Opposition

NoPortaritNameTermAssembly
1 Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG Arjun Munda 4 December 200629 May 20092 years, 176 days 2nd
19 July 201323 December 20141 year, 157 days 3rd
2 Babulal Marandi 24 February 202016 October 20233 years, 234 days 5th
3 Amar Kumar Bauri 16 October 2023Incumbent135 days 5th

President

#NameTerm
[1] Yadunath Pandey 13-May-2005
7 [2] Dineshanand Goswami25-Sep-201010-Mar-20132 years, 166 days
8 [3] Ravindra Kumar Ray 10-Mar-201317-May-20163 years, 68 days
9 [4] Tala Marandi 17-May-201624-Aug-201699 days
10 [5] Laxman Giluwa 24-Aug-201625-Feb-20203 years, 185 days
11 [6] Deepak Prakash 25-Feb-20204-Jul-20233 years, 129 days
12 Babulal Marandi 4-Jul-2023present239 days

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