Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh

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
3 / 25
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 11
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
8 / 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 1 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

Lok Sabha Elections

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
 14.12% Opposition Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1998
4 / 42
 18.12% Government Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1999
7 / 42
 9.91% Government Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2004
0 / 42
 8.41% Opposition L. K. Advani
2009
0 / 42
 2.84% Opposition Sushma Swaraj
2014
2 / 25
 4.13% Government Narendra Modi
2019
0 / 25
 0.98% Government Narendra Modi
2024
3 / 25
 11.28% Government Narendra Modi

Legislative Assembly Elections

Year Seats won Voteshare (%) Outcome Floor Leader
Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh
1967
3 / 287
 2.11% Opposition C.Janga Reddy
1972
0 / 287
 1.86% Lost
Janata Party
1978
60 / 294
 28.85% Opposition Gouthu Latchanna
Bharatiya Janata Party
1983
3 / 294
 2.76% Others M.Venkaiah Naidu
1985
8 / 294
 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
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. Vishnu Kumar Raju
2019
0 / 175
 0.84% Lost
2024
8 / 175
 2.83% Government P. Vishnu Kumar Raju

Leadership

President

No Portrait Name Term of Office
1 P. V. Chalapathi Rao 1980 1986
2 Bangaru Laxman 1986 1988
3 Venkaiah Naidu 1988 1993
4 V. Rama Rao 1993 1997
5 Bandaru Dattatreya 1997 1998
6 C. Vidyasagar Rao 1998 1999
(4) V. Rama Rao 1999 2001
7 C.Ramachandra Reddy 2001 2003
8[8] 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] Daggubati Purandeswari 4-Jul-2023 incumbent

See also

References

  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". 15 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Indrasena Reddy to be Andhra BJP president". The Times of India. 2 August 2003.
  9. ^ "Kishan Reddy elected as new AP BJP president". Haindava Keralam. 8 March 2010.
  10. ^ "BJP appoints Kanna Lakshminarayana as the new Andhra Pradesh president". The New Indian Express. 13 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Somu Veerraju appointed president of BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit". Hindustan Times. 28 July 2020.
  12. ^ "BJP appoints Daggubati Purandeswari as A.P. unit president". The Hindu. 4 July 2023.