Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ, ਪੰਜਾਬ | |
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Abbreviation | BJP |
President | Sunil Jakhar |
Founder | |
Founded | 6 April 1980 |
Split from | Janata Party |
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Headquarters | Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh,-160036, India [2] |
Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh [3] |
Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh [4] |
Ideology | |
Colours | Saffron |
Alliance | |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 13 (as of 2024)
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Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 7 (as of
2022)
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Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly | 2 / 117 (as of 2022)
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Election symbol | |
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Party flag | |
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Website | |
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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. [7] Its head office is situated at the Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh, Punjab-160036, India. [8] The current president of BJP Punjab is Sunil Kumar Jakhar. [7]
Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
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1998 | 3 / 13
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– | Government |
1999 | 1 / 13
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Government |
2004 | 3 / 13
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Opposition |
2009 | 1 / 13
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Opposition |
2014 | 2 / 13
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Government |
2019 | 2 / 13
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– | Government |
2024 | 0 / 13
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Government |
Year | Seats contested | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
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1980 | 41 | 1 / 117 |
New | 6.48% | New | Opposition |
1985 | 26 | 6 / 117 |
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4.99% | ![]() | |
1992 | 66 | 6 / 117 |
– | 16.48% | ![]() | |
1997 | 22 | 18 / 117 |
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8.33% | ![]() |
Government |
2002 | 23 | 3 / 117 |
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5.67% | ![]() |
Opposition |
2007 | 23 | 19 / 117 |
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8.28% | ![]() |
Government |
2012 | 23 | 12 / 117 |
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7.18% | ![]() | |
2017 | 23 | 3 / 117 |
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5.4% | ![]() |
Opposition |
2022 | 73 | 2 / 117 |
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6.6% | ![]() |
S.No | Member of Parliament | Constituency Name | District(s) | Term Start |
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1. | Sunny Deol | Gurdaspur | Gurdaspur | 2019 |
2. | Som Prakash | Hoshiarpur | Hoshiarpur |
S.No | Constituency | MLA | Present Party | Remarks | ||
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# | Name | |||||
Pathankot District | ||||||
01. | 3 | Pathankot | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Hoshiarpur District | ||||||
02. | 39 | Mukerian | Jangi Lal Mahajan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
No. | Name | Term of Office | ||
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1. | Balram Das Tandon | 1995 | 1997 | 2 years |
2. | Brij Lal Rinwa | 1997 | 27-Sep-2003 | 6 years |
3. [9] | Avinash Rai Khanna | 27-Sep-2003 | 21-Apr-2007 | 3 years, 206 days |
4. [10] | Rajinder Bhandari | 21-Apr-2007 | 4-Feb-2010 | 2 years, 289 days |
5. [11] | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 4-Feb-2010 | 15-Jan-2013 | 2 years, 346 days |
6. [12] | Kamal Sharma | 15-Jan-2013 | 8-Apr-2016 | 3 years, 84 days |
7. [13] | Vijay Sampla | 8-Apr-2016 | 6-Apr-2018 | 1 year, 363 days |
8. [14] | Shwait Malik | 6-Apr-2018 | 17-Jan-2020 | 1 year, 286 days |
9. [15] | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | 17-Jan-2020 | 4-Jul-2023 | 3 years, 168 days |
10. [16] | Sunil Jakhar | 5-Jul-2023 | present | 359 days |