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Indian political party Political party in India
Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ, ਪੰਜਾਬ
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderAshwani Kumar Sharma
PresidentSunil Kumar Jakhar
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
HeadquartersAmar Shaheed Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh,-160036, India
NewspaperKamal Sandesh
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha0 / 13 (as of 2024)
Seats in Rajya Sabha0 / 7(as of 2022)
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly2 / 117(as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/punjab

Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab (or BJP Punjab) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab. Its head office is situated at the Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh, Punjab-160036, India. The current president of BJP Punjab is Sunil Kumar Jakhar.

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Elections

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1998 3 / 13  – Government
1999 1 / 13 Decrease 2 Government
2004 3 / 13 Increase 2 Opposition
2009 1 / 13 Decrease 2 Opposition
2014 2 / 13 Increase 1 Government
2019 2 / 13  – Government
2024 0 / 13 Decrease2 Government

Legislative Assembly elections

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1980 41 1 / 117 New 6.48% New Opposition
1985 26 6 / 117 Increase 5 4.99% Increase 1.49
1992 66 6 / 117  – 16.48% Increase 11.49%
1997 22 18 / 117 Increase 12 8.33% Increase 8.15% Government
2002 23 3 / 117 Decrease 15 5.67% Decrease 2.66% Opposition
2007 23 19 / 117 Increase 16 8.28% Increase 2.61% Government
2012 23 12 / 117 Decrease 7 7.18% Decrease 1.1%
2017 23 3 / 117 Decrease 9 5.4% Decrease 1.8% Opposition
2022 73 2 / 117 Decrease 1 6.6% Increase 1.2%

Leadership

Elected members

2019 member(s) of Parliament

Further information: List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha
S.No Member of Parliament Constituency Name District(s) Term Start
1. Sunny Deol Gurdaspur Gurdaspur 2019
2. Som Prakash Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur

2022 member(s) of Legislative Assembly

S.No Constituency MLA Present Party Remarks
# Name
Pathankot District
01. 3 Pathankot Ashwani Kumar Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
Hoshiarpur District
02. 39 Mukerian Jangi Lal Mahajan Bharatiya Janata Party

President

No. Name Term of Office
1. Balram Das Tandon 1995 1997 2 years
2. Brij Lal Rinwa 1997 27-Sep-2003 6 years
3. Avinash Rai Khanna 27-Sep-2003 21-Apr-2007 3 years, 206 days
4. Rajinder Bhandari 21-Apr-2007 4-Feb-2010 2 years, 289 days
5. Ashwani Kumar Sharma 4-Feb-2010 15-Jan-2013 2 years, 346 days
6. Kamal Sharma 15-Jan-2013 8-Apr-2016 3 years, 84 days
7. Vijay Sampla 8-Apr-2016 6-Apr-2018 1 year, 363 days
8. Shwait Malik 6-Apr-2018 17-Jan-2020 1 year, 286 days
9. Ashwani Kumar Sharma 17-Jan-2020 4-Jul-2023 3 years, 168 days
10. Sunil Kumar Jakhar 5-Jul-2023 present 1 year, 197 days

See also

References

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  2. "Bharatiya Janata Party".
  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. "New team new vote base, BJP eying both Sikhs and Hindus at Punjab". India Today.
  6. "BJP's new Punjab team now has 45% Sikhs". Hindustan Times.
  7. ^ The Hindu Bureau (11 July 2023). "Sunil Jakhar takes over as BJP Punjab chief, says BJP no longer younger brother in State". The Tribune. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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  10. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories". www.tribuneindia.com.
  11. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". www.tribuneindia.com.
  12. "RSS activist Kamal Sharma elected new Punjab BJP chief - Indian Express".
  13. "Modi's minister Vijay Sampla replaces Kamal as Punjab BJP chief". Hindustan Times. 8 April 2016.
  14. "Shwet Malik to take charge on April 8". The Times of India. 6 April 2018.
  15. "Ashwani Sharma files sole nomination for Punjab BJP president's election". The Times of India. 17 January 2020.
  16. "Sunil Jakhar named new Punjab BJP chief, replaces Ashwani Sharma". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 July 2023.


Works cited

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