Bharatiya Janata Party – Jammu and Kashmir भारतीय जनता पार्टी, जम्मू कश्मीर | |
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Abbreviation | BJP |
President | Sat Paul Sharma [1] |
Founder | |
Founded | 6 April 1980 |
Split from | Janata Party |
Preceded by |
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Headquarters | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Bhawan, Sector - 3 Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu - 180 012 Jammu and Kashmir [3] |
Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh [4] |
Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh [5] |
Ideology | |
International affiliation | |
Colours | Saffron |
Alliance | |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 2 / 5 (as of 2024) |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 4 (as of 2024) |
Seats in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | 29 / 90 (as of 2024) |
Seats in District Development Council | 75 / 280 |
Election symbol | |
Lotus ![]() | |
Party flag | |
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Website | |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party – Jammu and Kashmir, or simply, BJP Jammu and Kashmir (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjədʒənət̪aːpaːrtiː] ⓘ ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir. Its head office is situated at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Bhawan, Sector - 3 Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu - 180 012, Jammu and Kashmir. [3] The current president of BJP, Jammu and Kashmir is Sat Paul Sharma [1]
Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
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1984 | 0 / 6 | new | Opposition |
1989 | 0 / 6 | ![]() | Opposition |
1991 | Election not held because of insurgency until 1996 | Opposition | |
1996 | 1 / 6 | ![]() | Government, later Opposition |
1998 | 2 / 6 | ![]() | Government |
1999 | 2 / 6 | ![]() | |
2004 | 0 / 6 | ![]() | Opposition |
2009 | 0 / 6 | ![]() | |
2014 | 3 / 6 | ![]() | Government |
2019 | 3 / 6 | ![]() | |
After Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir | |||
2024 | 2 / 5 | ![]() | Government |
Name | Photo | Date of appointment | Date of retirement |
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Shamsheer Singh Manhas | 11/2/2015 | 10/2/2021 |
Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
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1983 | 0 / 76 | New | 3.19% | New | opposition |
1987 | 2 / 76 | ![]() | 5.10% | ![]() | |
1996 | 8 / 87 | ![]() | 12.13% | ![]() | |
2002 | 1 / 87 | ![]() | 8.57% | ![]() | |
2008 | 11 / 87 | ![]() | 12.45% | ![]() | |
2014 | 25 / 87 | ![]() | 23.0% | ![]() | Coalition Government with PDP |
After Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||
2024 | 29 / 90 | ![]() | 25.64% | ![]() | opposition |
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly | Chief minister | ||
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1 | ![]() | Nirmal Kumar Singh | Billawar | 4 April 2016 | 29 April 2018 | 2 years, 25 days | 12th | Mehbooba Mufti |
2 | ![]() | Kavinder Gupta | Gandhinagar | 30 April 2018 | 19 June 2018 | 50 days |
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
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1 | Sunil Kumar Sharma | Padder–Nagseni | 3 November 2024 | Incumbent | 334 days | 13th | Omar Abdullah |
S.No. | Constituency | Portrait | Name | Win Margin in 2024 | |
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# | Name | ||||
01. | 4 | Udhampur | ![]() | Jitendra Singh | 1,24,373 |
02. | 5 | Jammu | ![]() | Jugal Kishore Sharma | 1,35,498 |