Bharatiya Janata Party – Manipur

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Bharatiya Janata Party – Manipur
ꯚꯥꯔꯇꯤꯌ ꯖꯅꯇꯥ ꯄꯥꯔꯇꯤ – ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ
Abbreviation BJP
Leader Vacant since 13 February 2025.
President Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi [1]
General SecretaryShri Abhay kumar Giri [2]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(45 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from Janata Party
Preceded by
HeadquartersNitaipai Chuthak, Keishamthong, Imphal, Manipur, 795004 [1]
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
Colours  Saffron
Alliance National Democratic Alliance
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 2
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
Seats in  Manipur Legislative Assembly
37 / 60
Election symbol
Lotus
Lotus flower symbol.svg
Party flag
BJP Flag.svg
Website
www.bjp.org/manipur

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Manipur, or simply BJP Manipur (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjədʒənət̪aːpaːrtiː] ⓘ ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Manipur. Its head office is situated at Nitaipai Chuthak, Keishamthong, Imphal, Manipur, 795004, India. The current president of BJP Manipur is Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi.

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Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
1999
1 / 2
 –Government
2004
0 / 2
Decrease2.svg1Opposition
2009
0 / 2
 –
2014
0 / 2
 –Government
2019
1 / 2
Increase2.svg1
2024
0 / 2
Decrease2.svg1

Legislative Assembly Election

YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Janata Party |- style="text-align:center;" 1984
0 / 60
New0.71%NewNone
1995
1 / 60
Increase2.svg 13.28%Increase2.svg 2.57%Opposition
2000
6 / 60
Increase2.svg 511.28%Increase2.svg 8%
2002
4 / 60
Decrease2.svg 29.55%Decrease2.svg 1.73%
2007
0 / 60
Decrease2.svg 40.85%Decrease2.svg 8.7%None
2012
0 / 60
Steady2.svg 02.1%Increase2.svg 1.25%
2017
21 / 60
Increase2.svg 2136.3%Increase2.svg 34.2%Government
2022
32 / 60
Increase2.svg 1137.83%Increase2.svg 2.73%

Leadership

Chief ministers

No.PortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly
1 The Chief Minister of Manipur, Shri Biren Singh calling on the Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi on September 06, 2017 (cropped).jpg N. Biren Singh Heignang 15 March 201721 March 20228 years, 202 days 12th
21 March 202213 February 2025 13th

Lok Sabha members 2019

NoNameConstituencyVotes
1 Rajkumar Ranjan Singh Inner Manipur 2,63,632

Rajya Sabha members

NoNameConstituencyFromTo
1 Leishemba Sanajaoba Manipur 22/06/202021/06/2026

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Manipur Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
  2. ↑ Manipur Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
  3. ↑ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Candidates who know local language will have edge for govt. jobs in Manipur". 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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