Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentDaggubati Purandeswari[1]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
HeadquartersVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003 [3]
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Colours  Saffron
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 25
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 11
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2 / 175
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
0 / 58
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
andhra.bjp.org

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.

The party currently holds no seat in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha from the state, while it does not have any seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and 2 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Electoral performance[edit]

Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

Year Seats won Voteshare (%) Outcome
Janata Party
1977
1 / 42
32.33% Government
1980
1 / 42
15.24% Others
Bharatiya Janata Party
1984
1 / 42
2.21% Others
1989
0 / 42
1.78% Opposition
1991
1 / 42
9.27% Opposition
1996
0 / 42
14.12% Opposition
1998
4 / 42
18.12% Government
1999
7 / 42
9.91% Government
2004
0 / 42
8.41% Opposition
2009
0 / 42
2.84% Opposition
2014
2 / 25
4.13% Government
2019
0 / 25
0.98% Government
2024

Legislative Assembly Elections[edit]

Year Seats won Voteshare (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh
1967
3 / 287
2.11% Opposition
1972
0 / 287
1.86% Lost
Janata Party
1978
60 / 294
28.85% Others
Bharatiya Janata Party
1983
3 / 294
2.76% Others
1985
8 / 294
1.32% Others
1989
5 / 294
1.78% Others
1994
3 / 294
3.89% Others
1999
12 / 294
3.67% Government
2004
2 / 294
2.63% Others
2009
2 / 294
2.84% Others
2014
4 / 175
4.13% Government
2019
0 / 175
0.84% Lost
2024

Leadership[edit]

President[edit]

No Portrait Name Term of Office
1 P. V. Chalapathi Rao 1980 1986 6 years
2 Bangaru Laxman 1986 1988 2 years
3 Venkaiah Naidu 1988 1993 5 years
4 V. Rama Rao 1993 1997 4 years
5 Bandaru Dattatreya 1997 1998 1 year
6 C. Vidyasagar Rao 1998 1999 1 year
(4) V. Rama Rao 1999 2001 2 years
7 Chilakam Ramachandra Reddy 2001 2003 2 years
8[8] N. Indrasena Reddy 3-Aug-2003 2007 4 years
(5) Bandaru Dattatreya 2007 8-Mar-2010 3 years
9[9] G. Kishan Reddy 8-Mar-2010 2-Jun-2014 4 years, 86 days
10 Kambhampati Hari Babu 2-Jun-2014 13-May-2018 3 years, 345 days
11[10] Kanna Lakshminarayana 13-May-2018 28-Jul-2020 2 years, 76 days
12[11] Somu Veerraju 28-Jul-2020 4-Jul-2023 2 years, 341 days
13[12] Daggubati Purandeswari 4-Jul-2023 incumbent 301 days

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-state-office
  4. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. 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.
  6. ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan". 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  8. ^ "Indrasena Reddy to be Andhra BJP president". The Times of India. 2003-08-02.
  9. ^ "Kishan Reddy elected as new AP BJP president". Haindava Keralam. 2010-03-08.
  10. ^ "BJP appoints Kanna Lakshminarayana as the new Andhra Pradesh president". The New Indian Express. 2018-05-13.
  11. ^ "Somu Veerraju appointed president of BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit". Hindustan Times. 2020-07-28.
  12. ^ "BJP appoints Daggubati Purandeswari as A.P. unit president". The Hindu. 2023-07-04.