Bharatiya Janata Party, Mizoram

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Mizoram
Bharatiya Janata Party, Mizoram
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentVanlalhmuaka[1]
ChairpersonK. Beichhua
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
HeadquartersVenghlui, T/82, Aizawl-796 001, Mizoram, India [3]
NewspaperKamal Sandesh
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Level
National Democratic Alliance
Regional level
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in Mizoram Legislative Assembly
2 / 40
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/mizoram

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Mizoram (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit.'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Mizoram. Its head office is situated at the Venghlui, T/82, Aizawl-796 001, Mizoram, India.

In General Election[edit]

In General Elections
Year Party leader Photo Seats won Change in seats Result
2019 Nirupam Chakma 0 Steady 0 Government
2014 0 Steady 0 Government
2009 0 Steady 0 Opposition
2004 Supported to MNF Opposition
1999 0 Steady 0 Government
1998 P. L. Chhuma 0 Steady 0 Government
1996 Supported to MNF Government, later Opposition
1991 Supported to MNF Opposition
1989 Supported to MNF Opposition
1984 Supported to MNF Opposition

In State Election[edit]

Year Election Seats won Change of Seats Popular votes Vote% Change of Vote% Result
1993 3th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
new 10,004 3.11% new None
1998 4th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 8,448 2.50% Decrease 0.61% None
2003 5th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 7,823 1.87 Decrease 0.63% None
2008 6th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 Decrease None
2013 7th Assembly (Mizoram)
0 / 40
Steady 0 2,139 0.87 Decrease None
2018 8th Assembly (Mizoram)
1 / 40
Increase 1 51,087 8.09% Increase 7.6% Allied Government with MNF, later Alliance broken at state level.
2023 9th Assembly (Mizoram)
2 / 40
Increase 1 35,524 5.06% Decrease 3.03% None

In Local elections[edit]

Municipal corporation election results[edit]

Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing
Mizoram
2021 Aizwal 9
0 / 19
Steady 0
2015 Aizwal 15(along with ZNP)
0 / 19

Autonomous District Council election[edit]

Year Autonomous District Council Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Government
Kamalanagar
2018 Chakma Autonomous District Council 20
5 / 20
Opposition, later government again opposition
Lawngtlai
2020 Lai Autonomous District Council 17
1 / 25
Increase 1 Opposition.
2015 Lai Autonomous District Council
0 / 25
None.
Siaha
2022 Mara Autonomous District Council 24
12 / 25
Increase 12 Opposition, later government.
2017 Mara Autonomous District Council
0 / 25
None.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mizoram BJP unit gets new chief". Telegraph India.
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "BJP Mizoram unit address". BJP.
  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. ^ "Mizoram : BJP's Secular Model – Evident Along Country's Overall Progress; Asserts National Minority Secretary". 20 April 2022.
  7. ^ "BJP is with Christians and other Mizoram people:BJP sets up missionary ceel to shed hindutva tag". The Times of India. 25 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Mizoram:BJP is gaining popularity among minorities of Mizoram". 13 April 2015.
  9. ^ Karmakar, Rahul (12 November 2018). "Mizoram:BJP is getting support from minorities at Mizoram". The Hindu.