Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal

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{{Short description|Indian political party}}

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{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}
| party_name = '''Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal'''
| native_name = '''ভারতীয়া জনতা পার্টি, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ'''
| party_logo = File:Logo of the West Bengal state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.svg
| flag = BJP flag.svg
| president = [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| Vice President = [[Arjun Singh(politician) | Arjun Singh]]
| Vice-president = [[Arjun Singh (politician)|Arjun Singh]]
|leader_title = |leader =[[Suvendu Adhikari]] ([[Leader of Opposition]]) | ppchairman = [[Locket Chatterjee]]
| Yuva morcha president =[[Sumitra Khan]]
| headquarters = 6, Muralidhar Sen Lane, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Square]], [[Kolkata]]-700073, [[West Bengal]]
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| ideology = {{ublist|[[Hindutva]] [[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]<ref name="mathewjoh"/> National Integrity<ref name="Angana.p">{{cite book |last1=Chatterji |first1=Angana P. |last2=Hansen |first2=Thomas Blom |last3= Jaffrelot|first3=Christophe |date=2019 |title=Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism Is Changing India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcObDwAAQBAJ&q=BJP%27s+Hindutva+ideology |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |pages=100–130 |isbn=978-0-190-07817-1 |author-link1=Angana P. Chatterji |author-link2=Thomas Blom Hansen |author-link3=Christophe Jaffrelot }}</ref> [[Neoliberalism]]<ref name ="Surajit 2017">—{{Cite book|last=Mazumdar|first=Surajit|title=Neo-Liberalism and the Rise of Right-Wing Conservatism in India|publisher=University Library of Munich|year=2017|location=Germany}} —{{cite journal |last1=Gopalakrishnan |first1=Shankar |title=Defining, Constructing and Policing a 'New India': Relationship between Neoliberalism and Hindutva |journal=Economic & Political Weekly |date=July 7, 2006 |volume=41 |issue=26 |pages=2803–2813 |jstor=4418408 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4418408 |access-date=26 September 2020}} —{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Kalpana |last2=Ung Loh |first2=Jennifer |last3=Purewal |first3=Navtej |title=Gender, Violence and the Neoliberal State in India |journal=Feminist Review |date=July 2018 |volume=119 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1057/s41305-018-0109-8|s2cid=149814002 |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/25540/1/wilson-ung-loh-purewal-introduction-gender-violence-and-the-neoliberal-state-in-India.doc.pdf }} —{{cite journal |last1=Mathur |first1=Navdeep |title=The low politics of higher education: saffron branded neoliberalism and the assault on Indian universities |journal=Critical Policy Studies |date=2018 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=121–125 |doi=10.1080/19460171.2017.1403343|s2cid=148842457 }}</ref> [[Conservatism in India|Conservatism]]<ref name="mathewjoh">{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Matthew |last2=Garnett |first2= Mark | last3=Walker |first3= David M |date=2017
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smxQDwAAQBAJ&q=BJP+a+conservatism |title=Conservatism and Ideology |publisher=[[Routledge]] |pages=45–50 |isbn=978-1-317-52900-2 }}</ref> [[Social conservatism]]<ref name = "McComas">{{cite book|title=Seven Days of Nectar: Contemporary Oral Performance of the Bhagavatapurana
|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/04/05/bjp-hopes-to-beat-anti-incumbency-by-using-ultranationalism.html}}</ref> [[Right-wing populism]]<ref>—{{cite journal|volume=26|issue=3|journal=Democratization|first1=Duncan|last1=McDonnell|year=2019|first2=Luis|last2=Cabrera|title=The right-wing populism of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (and why comparativists should care)|pages=484–501|doi=10.1080/13510347.2018.1551885|s2cid=149464986}} —{{cite book|publisher=Koç University|title=Right-wing Populist Governments Rhetorical Framing of Economic Inequality : the Cases of BJP in India and AKP in Turkey|year=2019|first=Ezgi|last=Özçelik}}</ref>}}
| youth = Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, West Bengal
| women = BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
| publication = ''Kamal Barta''
| colours = {{colour box|{{Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal/meta/color}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|20|42|hex=#FF9933}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|16|hex=#FF9933}}
| state_seats_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|77|294|hex=#FF9933}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Gorkhaland Territorial Administration]]
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|0|62|hex=#FF9933}}
| website = {{URL|bjpbengal.org}}
| symbol =[[File:BJP election symbol.png|130px]]
|eci=|Vidhan sabha leader=[[Suvendu Adhikari]] (Leader of Opposition)}}
'''Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal''' (or '''BJP West Bengal''') is a [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party|state unit]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The headquarters is located in [[Kolkata]].

The BJP came into being after a split from the Janata party. The prominent members of BJP had been the part of the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] founded by [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]]. Jana Sangh was the political arm of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and was dissolved in 1977. In 2015, [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]] was appointed by the party leadership as the president of the BJP West Bengal.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |title=Dilip Ghosh appointed West Bengal BJP chief. |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dilip-ghosh-appointed-west-bengal-bjp-chief/article7976954.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 December 2015|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dilip-ghosh-re-elected-west-bengal-bjp-chief/article30578888.ece |title = Dilip Ghosh re-elected West Bengal BJP chief|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 16 January 2020}}</ref>

==History==

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{{bar percent|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|11.34}}
{{bar percent|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|0.51}}
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{{bar percent|2009|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|6.14}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|8.06}}
{{bar percent|1999|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|11.13}}
{{bar percent|1998|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|10.2}}
{{bar percent|1996|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|6.88}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|11.66}}
{{bar percent|1989|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|1.67}}
{{bar percent|1984|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|0.4}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year || Election || Seats won || Change of Seats
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006|| 13th Assembly (West Bengal) || {{Composition bar|0|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009|| [[2009 Indian general election|15th Lok Sabha]] || {{Composition bar|1|42|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2011|| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|14th Assembly]] (West Bengal) || {{Composition bar|0|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2014|| [[2014 Indian general election|16th Lok Sabha]] || {{Composition bar|2|42|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2016|| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|15th Assembly (West Bengal)]] || {{Composition bar|3|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 3
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2019|| [[2019 Indian general election|17th Lok Sabha]] || {{Composition bar|18|42|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 16
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2021|| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|16th Assembly (West Bengal)]] || {{Composition bar|77|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 74
|}

===1980s===
The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] contested the West Bengal assembly election for the first time in [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]].<ref name="Swain2001">{{cite book|author=Pratap Chandra Swain|title=Bharatiya Janata Party: Profile and Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Gk1Wz4k_xUC&pg=PA194|year=2001|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-257-8|page=194}}</ref> The primary objective of the party was to create a nucleus for a future third force in West Bengal politics.<ref name="Swain2001"/> The party supported the call of the West Bengal government to hold the elections in March 1982.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Register of Indian Political Parties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKkkAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Michiko & Panjathan|page=108}}</ref> The party contested on 52 assembly constituencies and got around 129,994 votes in the state.

In [[1984 Indian general election|1984 Lok Sabha election]], BJP contested on 9 seats and got 101165 (0.4%) votes in West Bengal.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

In the [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]] the party contested on 57 constituencies and slightly increased its votes to 134,867.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

In [[1989 Indian general election|1989 Lok Sabha election]], BJP contested on 19 seats and got 529618 (1.67%) votes in West Bengal.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
===1990s===
The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] fielded 291 candidates across the state in [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991 Vidhan Sabha election]], and managed to increase its share of votes from 0.51% in 1987 to 11.34% (3,513,121 votes).<ref name=s1991>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal]''</ref><ref name="Swain2001"/> This was the first time BJP fielded such a large number of candidates in West Bengal assembly elections.<ref name="Swain2001"/> The party also fielded 42 candidates for the [[1991 Indian general election|1991 Lok Sabha election]] which took place simultaneously with the Vidhan Sabha election. The BJP got 3624974 (11.66%) votes in this election. Rather than focusing primarily on the [[Ayodhya]] issue, which was highlighted in the BJP campaigns across the country, the West Bengal BJP campaign concentrated on agitations against immigration from [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="Jaffrelot1999">{{cite book|author=Christophe Jaffrelot|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsfVOTUnYEC&pg=PA441|year=1999|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-024602-5|page=441}}</ref> The campaign sought to invoke Bengali memories of [[Partition of India|Partition]].<ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/> Whilst support for BJP increased amongst Bengali communities, its main stronghold in the state remained non-Bengali populations in [[Calcutta]] ([[Marwari people|Marwaris]] and [[Gujarati people|Gujaratis]]).<ref name="Jaffrelot1999"/>

In 1996, both [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Assembly election]] and [[1996 Indian general election|Lok Sabha election]] took place simultaneously, the party contested on 292 assembly constituencies and got 2,372,480 (6.45%) votes<ref name=s1996>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal]''</ref> and contested 42 [[Lok Sabha]] seats and got 2525864 (6.88%) votes across the state.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4123-general-election-1996-vol-i-ii/|title =General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II)|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in|access-date =25 April 2020}}</ref>

In [[1998 Indian general election|1998]], the BJP contested on 14 seats and won 1 [[Lok Sabha]] seat for the first time in [[Elections in West Bengal|West Bengal]] from [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]. It got 3724662 (10.2%) votes.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/|title =General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II)|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in}}</ref> [[Tapan Sikdar]], who was serving as the West Bengal State President of BJP, won the [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] constituency with 631,383 (50.7%) votes defeating nearest rival [[Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee]] of the [[CPI (M)]].<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>

In [[1999 Indian general election|1999]], the BJP in an alliance with [[All India Trinamool Congress]] contested 13 seats and won 2 [[Lok Sabha]] seats and got 3,928,424 votes (11.13).<ref>{{cite web |url =https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=1517|title =General Elections 1999 – Overview of West Bengal : General Elections-2004 |publisher =Press Information Bureau|access-date =25 April 2020 }}</ref> The two elected [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] were [[Satyabrata Mookherjee]] from [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar]] with 43.82% votes and [[Tapan Sikdar]] from [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] with 51.59% votes.<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>

===2000s===
In [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001 Assembly election]], BJP contested on 266 constituencies and got 1901351 (5.19%) votes throughout the state and 5.68% in seats contested.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3193-west-bengal-2001/|title =West Bengal 2001|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in|access-date =25 April 2020}}</ref>

In the [[2004 Indian general election]], the [[National Democratic Alliance]] was completely decimated by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] and [[Indian National Congress|INC]] led [[United Progressive Alliance]]. The BJP didn't won a single seat and its ally [[All India Trinamool Congress]] was reduced to just 1 [[Lok Sabha]] seat.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://m.rediff.com/election/2004/may/14mamata.htm|title =Why did the NDA lose West Bengal?|publisher =rediff|date =May 14, 2004|access-date =24 April 2020}}</ref> The BJP however managed to get 2983950 (8.06%) votes.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4126-general-election-2004-vol-i-ii-iii/|title =General Election, 2004 (Vol I, II, III)|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in|access-date =25 April 2020 }}</ref>

In the [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006 Assembly election]], BJP entered into an alliance with the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and contested on 29 constituencies. The BJP got 760236 (1.93%) votes throughout West Bengal and 19.89% on seats it contested.<ref name=eciparty>{{cite web
|url = http://www.eci.gov.in/May2006/index_st.htm
|title = Election Commission of India - State Elections 2006: Partywise position in West Bengal
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|access-date = 2006-05-23
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060523060020/http://www.eci.gov.in/May2006/index_st.htm
|archive-date = 2006-05-23
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

In [[2009 Indian general election in West Bengal|2009 Indian general election]], BJP candidate [[Jaswant Singh]], with support from [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]], won the [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat]] getting a total of 4,97,649 (51.50%) votes. Across the state BJP got only 6.14% votes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

===2010s===
In [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011 Legislative Assembly election]] the BJP allied with GJM.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

In [[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014 Indian general election]] the BJP won only 2 seats. BJP candidates for the first time, returned runner-up in 3 seats and got 17.2% vote share throughout the state. This performance was better than BJP's previous best of 11.66% in 1991 elections. However the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] dominated the election winning 34 seats.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-the-rise-of-bjp-in-west-bengal-1989376|title=The rise of BJP in West Bengal {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2014-05-17|newspaper=dna|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref>

In [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assembly election]] the BJP in an alliance with GJM contested 291 seats and got 5,555,134 (10.16%) votes and created history by winning 3 assembly seats for the first time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/after-sweeping-polls-in-west-bengal-tmcs-legislative-party-to-meet-in-kolkata-today_1887311.html | title=It's 'Mamata wave' in West Bengal as voters reject Congress-Left alliance | publisher=[[Zee News]] | work=Ritesh K Srivastava | date=20 May 2016 | access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref>

There was a major political shift from the left to the right in the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019 Lok Sabha election in West Bengal]]. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], won 18 [[Lok Sabha]] seats out of the 42 constituencies with 23,028,343 (40.25%) votes. On 24 May 2019, [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] reported that BJP had made CPI-M a marginalised party and setting a strong challenge to the ruling Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kolkata/west-bengal-election-results-2019-left-veers-political-oblivion-1502758472.html | title = West Bengal election results 2019: left veers into political oblivion | publisher = The Statesman, 24 May 2019 | access-date = 30 May 2019}}</ref> The shift in the voting pattern was seen across the state.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/analysis-in-west-bengal-lefts-vote-drop-will-benefit-bjp-but-to-what-extent/article27214640.ece | title = Analysis: In West Bengal, Left’s vote-reduction will benefit BJP but to what extent? | publisher = The Hindu 23 May 2018 | access-date = 30 May 2019}}</ref>

After the election the Government of India passed the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]] (CAA) in the Parliament, allowing a quicker route to citizenship to non Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries. The party hoped to benefit from the votes of the Hindu immigrants from [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="Romita Datta">Romita Datta, [https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/why-no-one-will-douse-the-caa-fire-in-bengal-1635533-2020-01-10 Why no one will douse the CAA fire in Bengal], India Today, 10 January 2020</ref><ref name="Kaushik Deka">
Kaushik Deka, [https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20200120-who-is-not-a-citizen-1635189-2020-01-10 Who is (not) a citizen?], India Today, 10 January 2020</ref>

===Post 2020===
The BJP's Bengali booklet released in January 2020 claimed that the [[National Register of Citizens]] will be implemented to identify any undocumented migrants including Hindus, Sikhs, muslims and non-Muslims by the Citizenship Amendment Act.<ref>[https://scroll.in/latest/949007/nationwide-nrc-in-pipeline-says-bjps-bengali-booklet-on-citizenship-law Amended citizenship law will shield Hindus when NRC will be rolled out, says BJP’s Bengali booklet], Scroll, 7 January 2020</ref><ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nrc-next-says-bjps-bengali-booklet-on-caa/ NRC next, says BJP’s Bengali booklet on CAA], The Indian Express, 7 January 2020</ref>

==Leadership==
The West Bengal BJP has one president, twelve vice presidents and five general secretaries.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://zeenews.india.com/india/major-reshuffle-in-west-bengal-bjp-unit-chandra-bose-shunted-out-2287362.html|title =Major reshuffle in West Bengal BJP unit, Chandra Bose shunted out|publisher =[[Zee News]]|location =Kolkata|date =June 1, 2020|website =zeenews.india.com|author =Pooja Mehta|access-date =2 June 2020}}</ref> As of 2020 December the President of the West Bengal state branch of the party is [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]].

===List of Past Presidents===
{{About|the chronological List of State Presidents of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for West Bengal|List of All India Presidents|List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|No.
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Name
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Term in office
|-
|1
|[[soumyajit dutta]]
|1980-1982
|-
|2
|[[Vishnu Kant Shastri|Dr. Vishnukant Shastri]]
|1982-1986
|-
|3
|[[Sukumar Banerjee]]
|1986-1991
|-
|4
|[[Tapan Sikdar]]
|1991-1995
|-
|(2)
|[[Vishnu Kant Shastri|Dr. Vishnukant Shastri]]
|1995-1997
|-
|(4)
|[[Tapan Sikdar]]
|1997-1999
|-
|5
|[[Ashim Ghosh]]
|1999-2002
|-
|6
|[[Tathagata Roy]]
|2002-2006
|-
|(3)
|[[Sukumar Banerjee]]
|2006-2008
|-
|7
|[[Satyabrata Mookherjee]]
|2008-2009
|-
|8
|[[Rahul Sinha]]
|2009-2015
|-
|9
|[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
|2015–incumbent
|-
|}

==Elected Members==
===Incumbent Member(s) of Parliament===
{{see|List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha}}
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! style="background:blue; color:white;"|S.No
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Member of Parliament
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Constituency Name
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|District(s)
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Term Start
|-
!1.
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
|[[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]
|[[Cooch Behar district]]
| rowspan ="17"| [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019]]
|-
!2.
|[[John Barla]]
|[[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduars]]
|[[Alipurduar district]] - [[Cooch Behar district]]
|-
!3.
|[[Jayanta Kumar Roy]]
|[[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]
|[[Jalpaiguri district]] - [[Cooch Behar district]]
|-
!4.
|[[Raju Bista]]
|[[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
|[[Darjeeling district]] - [[Kalimpong district]] - [[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|-
!5.
|[[Debasree Chaudhuri]]
|[[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
|[[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|-
!6.
|[[Sukanta Majumder]]
|[[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] - [[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|-
!7.
|[[Khagen Murmu]]
|[[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]
|[[Malda district]]
|-
!8.
|[[Jagannath Sarkar (BJP politician)|Jagannath Sarkar]]
|[[Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat]]
|[[Nadia district]]
|-
!9.
|[[Shantanu Thakur]]
|[[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]]
|[[North 24 Parganas district]]
|-
!10.
|[[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1962)|Arjun Singh]]
|[[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
|[[North 24 Parganas district]]
|-
!11.
|[[Locket Chatterjee]]
|[[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
|[[Hooghly district]]
|-
!12.
|[[Kunar Hembram]]
|[[Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhargram]]
|[[Jhargram district]] - [[Paschim Medinipur district]] - [[Purulia district]]
|-
!13.
|[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
|[[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]
|[[Paschim Medinipur district]] - [[Purba Medinipur district]]
|-
!14.
|[[Jyotirmay Singh Mahato|Jyotirmoy Mahato]]
|[[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
|[[Purulia district]]
|-
!15.
|[[Subhash Sarkar]]
|[[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]
|[[Bankura district]]
|-
!16.
|[[Saumitra Khan]]
|[[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
|[[Bankura district]] - [[Purba Bardhaman district]]
|-
!17.
|[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]
|[[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]
|[[Purba Bardhaman district]] - [[Paschim Bardhaman district]]
|-
!18.
|[[Babul Supriyo]]
|[[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district]]
|ROWSPAN=2|[[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014]]
|-
!19.
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sunil Kumar Mondal]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman Purba]]
|[[Purba Bardhaman district]]
|-
!20.
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sisir Adhikari]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
| [[Purba Medinipur district]]
|2009
|-
|}
*{{colour box|Cornsilk}} {{small|Members who won on from different parties but later joined Bharatiya Janata Party.}}

===Incumbent Member(s) of Legislative Assembly===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rowspan=2|S.NO
!Colspan=2|Constituency
!Rowspan=2|MLA
!Rowspan=2 colspan="2" |Present Party
!Rowspan=2| Remarks
|-
!#
!Name
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Cooch Behar district|'''Cooch Behar District''']]
|-
!01.
| 2
| [[Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mathabhanga]]
|[[Sushil Barman]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!02.
| 3
| [[Cooch Behar Uttar]]
|[[Sukumar Roy]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!03.
| 4
| [[Cooch Behar Dakshin]]
|[[Nikhil Ranjan Dey]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!04.
| 5
| [[Sitalkuchi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitalkuchi]]
|[[Baren Chandra Barman]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!05.
| 8
| [[Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Natabari]]
|[[Mihir Goswami]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!06.
| 9
| [[Tufanganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tufanganj]]
|[[Malati Rava Roy]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Alipurduar district|'''Alipurduar District''']]
|-
!07.
| 10
| [[Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumargram]]
|[[Manoj Kumar Oraon]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!08.
|11
|[[Kalchini (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalchini]]
|[[Bishal Lama]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!09.
| 12
| [[Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipurduars]]
|[[Suman Kanjilal]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!10.
| 13
| [[Falakata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Falakata]]
|[[Dipak Barman]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!11.
| 14
| [[Madarihat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Madarihat]]
|[[Manoj Tigga]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Jalpaiguri district|'''Jalpaiguri District''']]
|-
!12.
| 15
| [[Dhupguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhupguri]]
|Bishnu Pada Ray
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!13.
| 16
| [[Maynaguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maynaguri]]
|[[Kaushik Roy]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!14.
| 19
| [[Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dabgram-Phulbari]]
|[[Sikha Chatterjee]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!15.
| 21
| [[Nagrakata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nagrakata]]
|[[Puna Bhengra]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Darjeeling district|'''Darjeeling District''']]
|-
!16.
| 23
| [[Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
|[[Neeraj Zimba]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!17.
| 24
| [[Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurseong]]
|[[Bishnu Prasad Sharma]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!18.
| 25
| [[Matigara-Naxalbari]]
|[[Anandamoy Barman]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!19.
| 26
| [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Siliguri]]
|[[Sankar Ghosh]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!20.
| 27
|[[Phansidewa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Phansidewa]]
|[[Durga Murmu]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Uttar Dinajpur district|'''Uttar Dinajpur District''']]
|-
!21.
| 34
| [[Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliaganj]]
|[[Soumen Roy]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!22.
| 35
| [[Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
|[[Krishna Kalyani]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|'''Dakshin Dinajpur District''']]
|-
!23.
| 39
| [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
|[[Ashok Lahiri]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!24.
| 40
| [[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]]
|[[Budhrai Tudu]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!25.
| 41
| [[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]]
| [[Satyendra Nath Ray]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Malda district|'''Malda District''']]
|-
!26.
| 43
| [[Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habibpur]]
|[[Joyel Murmu]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!27.
| 44
| [[Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gazole]]
|[[Chinmoy Deb Barman]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!28.
| 50
| [[Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maldaha]]
|[[Gopal Chandra Saha]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!29.
| 51
| [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]]
|[[Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Murshidabad district|'''Murshidabad District''']]
|-
!30.
| 64
| [[Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad]]
|[[Gouri Shankar Ghosh]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
!31.
| 72
| [[Baharampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baharampur]]
|Subrata Maitra
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Nadia district|'''Nadia District''']]
|-
!32.
| 83
| [[Krishnanagar Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar Uttar]]
|[[Mukul Roy]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Bgcolor= {{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}|[[Defected to All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
!33.
| 87
| [[Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Paschim]]
|[[Parthasarathi Chatterjee]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!34.
| 88
| [[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]]
|[[Ashis Kumar Biswas]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!35.
| 89
| [[Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Purba]]
|[[Ashim Biswas (politician)|Ashim Biswas]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!36.
| 90
| [[Ranaghat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Dakshin]]
|[[Mukut Mani Adhikari]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!37.
| 91
| [[Chakdaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chakdaha]]
|[[Bankim Chandra Ghosh]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!38.
| 92
| [[Kalyani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalyani]]
|[[Ambika Roy]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!39.
| 93
| [[Haringhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haringhata]]
|[[Asim Kumar Sarkar]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[North 24 Parganas district|'''North 24 Parganas District''']]
|-
!40.
| 94
| [[Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagdah]]
|[[Biswajit Das (politician)|Biswajit Das]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!41.
| 95
| [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Uttar]]
|[[Ashok Kirtania]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!42.
| 96
| [[Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Dakshin]]
|[[Swapan Majumder]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!43.
| 97
| [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]]
|[[Subrata Thakur]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!44.
| 105
| [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara]]
|[[Pawan Singh (politician)|Pawan Singh]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Hooghly district|'''Hooghly District''']]
|-
!45.
| 199
| [[Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pursurah]]
|[[Bimal Ghosh (politician)|Biman Ghosh]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!46.
| 200
| [[Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]
|[[Madhusudan Bag]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!47.
| 201
| [[Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goghat]]
|[[Biswanath Karak]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!48.
| 202
| [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]]
|[[Bimal Ghosh (politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Purba Medinipur district|'''Purba Medinipur District''']]
|-
!49.
| 206
| [[Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moyna]]
|[[Ashoke Dinda]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!50.
| 209
| [[Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haldia]]
| [[Tapasi Mondal]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!51.
| 210
| [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]]
|[[Suvendu Adhikari]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!52.
| 213
| [[Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Uttar]]
|[[Sumita Sinha]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!53.
| 214
| [[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]]
|[[Rabindranath Maity]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!54.
| 215
| [[Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khejuri]]
|[[Santanu Pramanik]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!55.
| 216
| [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
|[[Arup Kumar Das]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Paschim Medinipur district|'''Paschim Medinipur District''']]
|-
!56.
| 224
| [[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur Sadar]]
|[[Hiran Chatterjee]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!57.
| 231
| [[Ghatal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
|[[Sital Kapat]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Purulia district|'''Purulia District''']]
|-
!58.
| 239
| [[Balarampur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balarampur]]
|[[Baneswar Mahato]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!59.
| 241
| [[Joypur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Joypur]]
|[[Narahari Mahato]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!60.
| 242
| [[Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| [[Sudip Kumar Mukherjee]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!61.
| 244
| [[Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kashipur]]
|[[Kamalakanta Hansda]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!62.
| 245
| [[Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Para]]
|[[Nadiar Chand Bouri]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!63.
| 246
| [[Raghunathpur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghunathpur]]
|[[Vivekananda Bauri]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Bankura district|'''Bankura District''']]
|-
!64.
| 247
| [[Saltora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Saltora]]
| [[Chandana Bauri]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!65.
| 248
| [[Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chhatna]]
|[[Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!66.
| 252
| [[Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]
|[[Niladri Sekhar Dana]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!67.
| 254
| [[Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Onda]]
|[[Amarnath Shakha]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!68.
| 255
| [[Bishnupur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
|[[Tanmay Ghosh]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!69.
| 256
| [[Katulpur]]
|[[Harakali Protiher]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!70.
| 257
| [[Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indas]]
|[[Nirmal Kumar Dhara]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!71.
| 258
| [[Sonamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonamukhi]]
|[[Dibakar Gharami]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Paschim Bardhaman district|'''Paschim Bardhaman District''']]
|-
!72.
| 277
| [[Durgapur Paschim]]
|[[Lakshman Chandra Ghorui]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!73.
| 280
| [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Dakshin]]
|[[Agnimitra Paul]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!74.
| 282
| [[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]]
|[[Ajay Kumar Poddar]]
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Birbhum district|'''Birbhum District''']]
|-
!75.
| 284
| [[Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dubrajpur]]
|Anup Kumar Saha
| Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|

|}

==See also==
* [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{URL|https://twitter.com/BJP4Bengal|Twitter}}
*{{URL|https://www.facebook.com/BJP4Bengal/|Facebook}}

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