Bharatiya Janata Party – Nagaland

Bharatiya Janata Party – Nagaland
Bharatiya Janata Party – Nagaland
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Yanthungo Patton ; ( Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland )
President	Benjamin Yepthomi
General Secretary	Khevishe Sema and Er Cheong
Treasurer	Mahesh Kotecha
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee ; Lal Krishna Advani ;
Founded	6 April 1980; (45 years ago)
Split from	Janata Party
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977); Janata Party (1977–1980);
Headquarters	1st Floor, Aiko Building, Opp. Town Hall, Bank Colony, Dimapur, 797112, Nagaland, India
Newspaper	Kamal Sandesh
Youth wing	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wing	BJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
Ideology	Integral humanism ; Secularism ; Social conservatism ; Economic nationalism ; Majority; Cultural nationalism ;
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National level; National Democratic Alliance ; NorthEast Region; North East Democratic Alliance ; Nagaland; United Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 1 (as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 1 (as of 2022)
Seats in Nagaland Legislative Assembly Seats in Nagaland Urban Local Bodies	12 / 60 (as of 2022) 25 / 278 (as of 2024)
Election symbol
	Lotus ;
Party flag
Website
	www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office
	Politics of India ; Political parties ; Elections ;

Last updated October 22, 2025

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Nagaland, or simply, BJP Nagaland (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjədʒənət̪aːpaːrtiː] ^ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Nagaland. Its state head office^[6] is located at H.No. 235, Upper Agri, Kohima, Nagaland, India. The current president of BJP Nagaland is Benjamin Yepthomi.^[7]

History

Rajya Sabha members

Name	Photo	Date of appointment	Date of retirement
S. Phangnon Konyak		03/04/2022	02/04/2028

In General Election

In General Elections
Year	Party leader	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Result
2024	Not contested but supported to NDPP				Government
2019	Not contested but supported to NDPP				Government
2014	Not contested but supported to NPF				Government
2009	Not contested but supported to NPF				Opposition
2004	Not contested but supported to NPF				Opposition
1999		1	0	0	Government
1998	Not contested				Government
1996	Not contested				Government, later Opposition
1991		1	0	0	Opposition
1989	Not contested				Opposition
1984	Not contested				Opposition

In State Election

Year	Election	Seats won	Change of Seats	Popular votes	Vote%	Change of Vote%	Result
1993	8th Assembly (Nagaland)	0 / 60	new	3,755	0.51%	new	None
1998	9th Assembly (Nagaland)	Not contested
2003	10th Assembly (Nagaland)	7 / 60	7	96,658	11.98%	-	Allied Government with NPF
2008	11th Assembly (Nagaland)	2 / 60	5	96,658	8.27%	2.61%	Allied Government with NPF
2013	12th Assembly (Nagaland)	1 / 60	1	19,121	1.8%	3.6%	Allied Government with NPF
2018	13th Assembly (Nagaland)	12 / 60	11	153,864	15.3%	13.5%	Allied Government with NDPP and NPF
2023	14th Assembly (Nagaland)	12 / 60		215,336	18.81%	3.51%	Allied Government with NDPP, later NPF

List of Deputy Chief Ministers

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly	Chief minister
1		Yanthungo Patton ^[8]	Tyüi	13 December 2023	Incumbent	7 years, 227 days		Neiphiu Rio

References

↑ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ https://www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office
↑ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
↑ 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.
↑ "Congress a 'sickular' Party, not secular: BJP Nagaland".
↑ "JP Nadda inaugurates Nagaland BJP office in Kohima". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
↑ "Benjamin Yepthomi new president of BJP Nagaland unit". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
↑ "Nagaland Lokayukta orders probe against Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton". The Hindu. 21 February 2020.

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[:3001-1] "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] ttps://www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office

[3] Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[4] 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.

[5] "Congress a 'sickular' Party, not secular: BJP Nagaland".

[6] "JP Nadda inaugurates Nagaland BJP office in Kohima". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[7] "Benjamin Yepthomi new president of BJP Nagaland unit". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[8] "Nagaland Lokayukta orders probe against Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton". The Hindu. 21 February 2020.

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