Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, తెలంగాణ
President G. Kishan Reddy
Chairman Alleti Maheshwar Reddy
General SecretarySri Gujjula Premender Reddy
◽️Sri Dugyala Pradeep Rao
◽️Kum. Bangaru Shruthi
◽️Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Headquarters Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Telangana
Women's wing BJP Mahila Morcha, Telangana
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
Alliance National Democratic Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
8 / 17
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in  Telangana Legislative Assembly
8 / 119
Seats in  Telangana Legislative Council
1 / 40
Election symbol
Lotus flower symbol.svg
Party flag
BJP flag.svg
Website
bjptelangana.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana or simply BJP Telangana is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Telangana. The party's state headquarters is located in Nampally of Hyderabad, the capital of the state. Bandi Sanjay Kumar is formerly appointed as the president and K. V. Ramana Reddy as the vice president of BJP Telangana.

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The party currently holds 0 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 8 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state. Furthermore, the party has 1 seat in the Telangana Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

History

After the formation of Telangana, the BJP in alliance with Telugu Desam Party fought the 2014 Legislative Assembly election. [1] BJP won 5 seats in the newly formed Telangana Legislative Assembly. BJP also won a Lok Sabha seat from Secunderabad constituency in the simultaneously held 2014 Lok Sabha election. [2]

In 2018, the state assembly was dissolved earlier than its term, and elections were held same year. BJP in this election could only secure 1 seat. [3] However, in the 2019 Lok Sabha BJP won 4 out of the 17 seats. [4] The BJP got 19.45% of the total votes. [5]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha elections

YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
2014
1 / 17
Increase2.svg 18.52%Steady2.svgGovernment
2019
4 / 17
Increase2.svg 319.65%Increase2.svg 11.13%Government
2024
8 / 17
Increase2.svg 435.08%Increase2.svg 15.43%Government

Legislative Assembly elections

YearSeats contestedSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
2014 46
5 / 119
Steady2.svg4.13%Steady2.svgOpposition
2018 118
1 / 119
Decrease2.svg 46.98%Increase2.svg 2.85%Opposition
2023 111
8 / 119
Increase2.svg 713.90%Increase2.svg 6.92%Opposition

Leadership

State Presidents

#PortraitNameTenure
1 Kishan Reddy.png G. Kishan Reddy 2 June 20148 April 20161 year, 311 days
2 Dr Kova Laxman.jpg K. Laxman 8 April 201611 March 20203 years, 338 days
3 Sanjay Bandi Bjp.png Bandi Sanjay Kumar 11 March 20204 July 20233 years, 115 days
(1) Kishan Reddy.png G. Kishan Reddy 4 July 2023Incumbent343 days

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