Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh or simply BJP Andhra Pradesh is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party's headquarters is located in Vijayawada.[6][7] Daggubati Purandeswari is currently appointed as the president of BJP Andhra Pradesh.
Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| President | Daggubati Purandeswari[1] |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003 [3] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[5] |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 3 / 25
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 11
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| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 8 / 175
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| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council | 0 / 58
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| Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| andhra | |
The party currently holds no seat in the Rajya Sabha but 3 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state, while it does not have any seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Electoral performance
editLok Sabha Elections
edit| Year | Seats won | Voteshare (%) | Outcome | Floor leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janata Party | ||||
| 1977 | 1 / 42
|
32.33% | Government | Morarji Desai |
| 1980 | 1 / 42
|
15.24% | Others | Jagjivan Ram |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 1984 | 1 / 42
|
2.21% | Others | C.Janga Reddy |
| 1989 | 0 / 42
|
1.78% | Opposition | L. K. Advani |
| 1991 | 1 / 42
|
9.27% | Opposition | L. K. Advani Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 1996 | 0 / 42
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14.12% | Opposition | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 1998 | 4 / 42
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18.12% | Government | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 1999 | 7 / 42
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9.91% | Government | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 2004 | 0 / 42
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8.41% | Opposition | L. K. Advani |
| 2009 | 0 / 42
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2.84% | Opposition | Sushma Swaraj |
| 2014 | 2 / 25
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4.13% | Government | Narendra Modi |
| 2019 | 0 / 25
|
0.98% | Government | Narendra Modi |
| 2024 | 3 / 25
|
11.28% | Government | Narendra Modi |
Legislative Assembly Elections
edit| Year | Seats won | Voteshare (%) | Outcome | Floor Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||
| 1967 | 3 / 287
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2.11% | Opposition | C.Janga Reddy |
| 1972 | 0 / 287
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1.86% | Lost | |
| Janata Party | ||||
| 1978 | 60 / 294
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28.85% | Opposition | Gouthu Latchanna |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 1983 | 3 / 294
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2.76% | Others | M.Venkaiah Naidu |
| 1985 | 8 / 294
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1.32% | Others | C.Vidyasagar Rao |
| 1989 | 5 / 294
|
1.78% | Others | C.Vidyasagar Rao |
| 1994 | 3 / 294
|
3.89% | Others | C.Vidyasagar Rao |
| 1999 | 12 / 294
|
3.67% | Government | N. Indrasena Reddy K.Hari Babu |
| 2004 | 2 / 294
|
2.63% | Others | G. Kishan Reddy |
| 2009 | 2 / 294
|
2.84% | Others | G. Kishan Reddy |
| 2014 | 4 / 175
|
4.13% | Government | P.Vishnukumar Raju |
| 2019 | 0 / 175
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0.84% | Lost | |
| 2024 | 8 / 175
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2.83% | Government | P.Vishnukumar Raju |
Leadership
editPresident
edit| No | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. V. Chalapathi Rao | 1980 | 1986 | |
| 2 | Bangaru Laxman | 1986 | 1988 | |
| 3 | 
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Venkaiah Naidu | 1988 | 1993 |
| 4 | V. Rama Rao | 1993 | 1997 | |
| 5 | _International_Labour_Organization,_Ms._Deborah_Greenfield_meeting_the_Minister_of_State_for_Labour_and_Employment_(Independent_Charge),_Shri_Bandaru_Dattatreya,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg)
|
Bandaru Dattatreya | 1997 | 1998 |
| 6 | 
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C. Vidyasagar Rao | 1998 | 1999 |
| (4) | V. Rama Rao | 1999 | 2001 | |
| 7 | C.Ramachandra Reddy | 2001 | 2003 | |
| 8[8] | 
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N. Indrasena Reddy | 3-Aug-2003 | 2007 |
| (5) |
|
Bandaru Dattatreya | 2007 | 8-Mar-2010 |
| 9[9] | 
|
G. Kishan Reddy | 8-Mar-2010 | 2-Jun-2014 |
| 10 | 
|
Kambhampati Hari Babu | 2-Jun-2014 | 13-May-2018 |
| 11[10] | 
|
Kanna Lakshminarayana | 13-May-2018 | 28-Jul-2020 |
| 12[11] | 
|
Somu Veerraju | 28-Jul-2020 | 4-Jul-2023 |
| 13[12] | _D._Purandeswari_addressing_at_the_Golden_Jubilee_Celebrations_of_Indian_Institute_of_Foreign_Trade_(IIFT),_in_New_Delhi_on_May_02,_2013.jpg)
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Daggubati Purandeswari | 4-Jul-2023 | incumbent |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-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.
- ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan". 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Indrasena Reddy to be Andhra BJP president". The Times of India. 2003-08-02.
- ^ "Kishan Reddy elected as new AP BJP president". Haindava Keralam. 2010-03-08.
- ^ "BJP appoints Kanna Lakshminarayana as the new Andhra Pradesh president". The New Indian Express. 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Somu Veerraju appointed president of BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit". Hindustan Times. 2020-07-28.
- ^ "BJP appoints Daggubati Purandeswari as A.P. unit president". The Hindu. 2023-07-04.