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{{short description|Delhi affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| native_name = भारतीय जनता पार्टी – दिल्ली
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
|name=| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = Virendra Sachdeva<ref name="auto">https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
| chairman = [[Rekha Gupta]]<br>([[Chief Minister of Delhi|Chief Minister]])
| general_secretary =
| headquarters = 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi<ref>https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice</ref>
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|7|7|hex=#FF9933}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|3|hex=#FF9933}}
| state_seats_name = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|48|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]]
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|122|250|hex=#FF9933}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.bjp.org/delhi}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]]<br/>[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| leader =
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}
| flag = BJP flag.svg{{!}}border
| eci =
| alliance = *[[National Democratic Alliance]]
| founder={{ubl
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[L. K. Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref name=":3001">{{Cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=What you need to know about India's BJP|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513075856/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|archive-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}} {{cslist
| title = Other founders<ref name="founders" />
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Praveen |date=7 January 2024 |title=Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart |url=https://theprint.in/in-pictures/murli-manohar-joshi-turns-90-well-wishers-flock-to-raisina-road-to-celebrate-life-of-bjp-stalwart/1913267/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Nanaji Deshmukh]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika |url=http://www.bihartimes.in/newsbihar/2019/jan/newsbihar25jan12.html |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Bihar Times}}</ref>
| [[K. R. Malkani]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sir |first=Sp |date=29 April 2021 |title=K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries |url=https://thesindhuworld.com/k-r-malkani/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=The Sindhu World |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Sikandar Bakht]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2024 |script-title=hi:कौन थे बीजेपी के इकलौते मुस्लिम फाउंडर सिकंदर बख्त? जानिए कैसे थामा पार्टी का साथ |url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/bjp-foundation-day-who-was-bjp-muslim-founder-sikandar-bakht-political-career-profile-in-hindi-2658177 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website= |language=hi}}</ref>
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jain |first=Devaki |work=The Citizen (India) |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/7/20759/The-Maharani-who-Founded-the-BJP |title=The Maharani who founded the BJP |date=14 August 2021 }}</ref>
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2023 |title=Rajput votes at stake in Rajasthan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat legacy a new front in BJP, Cong battle |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajput-rajasthan-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-bjp-congress-8623357/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[Jagannathrao Joshi]]
}}
| predecessor =
* [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (1951–1977)
* [[Janata Party]] (1977–1980)
| split = [[Janata Party]]
| labour = [[Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ohkSVkDnWYnxvZyuzggTsL/Need-to-Know--BJPled-BMS-is-biggest-labour-union-in-India.html |access-date=17 March 2020 |work=live mint |date=15 January 2008 |author=Pragya Singh }}</ref>
| peasants = [[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Gupta|first=Sejuta Das|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172|pages=172–173|title= Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India|isbn=978-1-108-41628-3|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2019e}}</ref>
| international =
}}

The '''Bharatiya Janata Party – Delhi''' (or '''BJP Delhi''')
is the state unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Delhi]]. Its head office is situated at 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi. The Current President of BJP Delhi is Virender Sachdeva.<ref name="auto"/>

==Electoral Performance==
===Lok Sabha Election===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|{{Composition bar|6|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{dash}}
|Opposition
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|4|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{dash}}
|Government, later Opposition
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|5|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|Opposition
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|5|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{dash}}
|Government, later Opposition
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|6|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|Government
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|Government
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|1|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6
|Opposition
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|Opposition
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 7
|Government
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{dash}}
|Government
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{dash}}
|Government
|}

===Legislative Assembly Election===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats contested
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|+/-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Votes
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Voteshare (%)
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|+/- (%)
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Outcome
|-
! colspan="8" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
| [[1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|31
| {{Composition bar|5|48|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{dash}}
|1,14,207
| 21.89%
| New
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
! colspan="8" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|70
| {{Composition bar|49|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{dash}}
|15,20,675
| 47.82%
|New
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
| [[1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|67
| {{Composition bar|15|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{decrease}} 34
|13,90,689
| 34.02%
| {{decrease}} 13.8%
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|70
| {{Composition bar|20|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{increase}} 5
|15,89,323
| 35.22%
| {{increase}} 1.2%
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|69
| {{Composition bar|23|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{increase}} 3
|22,44,629
| 36.34%
| {{increase}} 1.12%
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|68
| {{Composition bar|32|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{increase}} 9
|26,04,100
| 33.07%
| {{decrease}} 3.27%
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|69
| {{Composition bar|3|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{decrease}} 29
|28,90,485
| 32.2%
| {{decrease}} 0.87%
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|67
| {{Composition bar|8|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{increase}} 5
|35,75,529
| 38.51%
| {{increase}} 6.31%
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| 68
| {{Composition bar|48|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| {{increase}} 40
|43,23,110
| 45.56%
| {{increase}} 7.05%
| {{Yes2|Government}}
|}

==Leadership==
===Chief Minister===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Delhi Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|-
|1
|[[File:Madan_Lal_Khurana.jpg|95px]]
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|[[Moti Nagar Assembly constituency|Moti Nagar]]
|2 December 1993
|26 February 1996
|{{age in years and days|1993|12|02|1996|02|26}}
| rowspan="3" |[[1st Delhi Assembly|1st]]
|-
|2
|
[[File:The_Union_Labour_Minister_Dr._Sahib_Singh_chairing_the_165th_Meeting_of_the_CBT,_Employees_Provident_Fund_in_New_Delhi_on_December_3,_2003_(Wednesday)_(cropped).jpg|95px]]
| scope="row" |[[Sahib Singh Verma]]
|[[Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency|Shalimar Bagh]]
|26 February 1996
|12 October 1998
|{{age in years and days|1996|02|26|1998|10|12}}
|-
|3
|[[File: Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg|95px]]
|[[Sushma Swaraj]]
|''Not Contested''
|12 October 1998
|3 December 1998
|{{age in years and days|1998|10|12|1998|12|03}}
|-
|4
|[[File:Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Rekha Gupta.jpg|95px]]
| [[Rekha Gupta]]
|[[Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency|Shalimar Bagh]]
| 20 February 2025
|''Incumbent''
|{{age in years and days|2025|02|20}}
|[[8th Delhi Assembly|8th]]
|}

===Leaders of the Opposition===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Delhi Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of Chief Ministers of Delhi|Chief Minister]]
|-
|1
|[[File:Madan Lal Khurana.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|[[Moti Nagar Assembly constituency|Moti Nagar]]
|1998
|2003
|5 years
|[[2nd Delhi Assembly|2nd]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Sheila Dikshit]]

|-
|2
|[[File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG|98x98px]]
|[[Jagdish Mukhi]]
|[[Janakpuri Assembly constituency|Janakpuri]]
|2003
|2008
|5 years
|[[3rd Delhi Assembly|3rd]]
|-
|3
|[[File:Vijay Kumar Malhotra.jpeg|123x123px]]
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|[[Greater Kailash Assembly constituency|Greater Kailash]]
| 2008
| 2013
|5 years
|[[4th Delhi Assembly|4th]]
|-
|4
| [[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|80px]]
| [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| [[Krishna Nagar Assembly constituency|Krishna Nagar]]
| 2 December 2013
| 16 May 2014
|{{Ayd|2 December 2013|16 May 2014}}
|[[5th Delhi Assembly|5th]]
|rowspan="4" | [[Arvind Kejriwal]]
|-
|5
| [[File:Shri Vijender Gupta, Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly.jpg|80px]]
| [[Vijender Gupta]]
| [[Rohini Assembly constituency|Rohini]]
| 16 April 2015
| 11 February 2020
|{{Ayd|16 April 2015|11 February 2020}}
|[[6th Delhi Assembly|6th]]
|-
|6
| [[File:Ramvir Singh Bidhuri.jpg|80px]]
| [[Ramvir Singh Bidhuri]]
| [[Badarpur, Delhi Assembly constituency|Badarpur]]
| 24 February 2020
| 4 June 2024
|{{Ayd|24 February 2020|4 June 2024}}
|rowspan="2" |[[7th Delhi Assembly|7th]]
|-
|(5)
| [[File:Shri Vijender Gupta, Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly.jpg|80px]]
| [[Vijender Gupta]]
| [[Rohini Assembly constituency|Rohini]]
| 4 August 2024
| 8 February 2025
|{{Ayd|4 August 2024|8 February 2025}}
|}

===State President List===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" colspan="3" |Tenure
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Ref
|-
|1
|[[File:Vijay Kumar Malhotra.jpeg|123x123px]]
|[[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|1980
|1984
|4 years
|
|-
|2
|
|[[Kidar Nath Sahani]]
|1984
|1988
|4 years
|
|-
|3
|[[File:Madan Lal Khurana.jpg|92x92px]]
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|1988
|1991
|3 years
|
|-
|4
|[[File:Om Prakash Kohli on 22 October 2016.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Om Prakash Kohli]]
|1991
|1995
|4 years
|
|-
|(2)
|
|[[Kidar Nath Sahani]]
|30-Jun-1995
|30-Jun-1998
|{{Age in years and days|30 June 1995|30 June 1998}}
|
|-
|5
|
|[[Mange Ram Garg]]
|30-Jun-1998
|12-Jul-2002
|{{Age in years and days|30 June 1998|12 July 2002}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-06-30 |title=Mange Ram Garg elected New Delhi BJP chief |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1998/jun/30bjp.htm |access-date= |website=Rediff}}</ref>
|-
|(3)
|[[File:Madan Lal Khurana.jpg|92x92px]]
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|12-Jul-2002
|19-Dec-2003
|{{Age in years and days|12 July 2002|19 December 2003}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-07-12 |title=Madan Lal Khurana appointed Delhi BJP chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/madan-lal-khurana-appointed-delhi-bjp-chief/articleshow/15764516.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}</ref>
|-
|6
|[[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|88x88px]]
|[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
|19-Dec-2003
|7-Jan-2009
|{{Age in years and days|19 December 2003|7 January 2009}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-01-08 |title=Om Prakash Kohli takes over as Delhi BJP chief |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2009/Jan/08/om-prakash-kohli-takes-over-as-delhi-bjp-chief-16541.html |access-date= |website=The New Indian Express |language=}}</ref>
|-
|(4)
|[[File:Om Prakash Kohli on 22 October 2016.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Om Prakash Kohli]]
|7-Jan-2009
|15-May-2010
|{{Age in years and days|7 January 2009|15 May 2010}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-01-07 |title=OP Kohli appointed Delhi BJP chief |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/op-kohli-appointed-delhi-bjp-chief/story-6cn7coEZgiW0UfEifboQcP.html |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|-
|7
| [[File:Shri Vijender Gupta, Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly.jpg|80px]]
|[[Vijender Gupta]]
|15-May-2010
|15-Feb-2013
|{{Age in years and days|15 May 2010|15 February 2013}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-05-15 |title=Vijender Gupta is Delhi BJP's new chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/vijender-gupta-is-delhi-bjps-new-chief/articleshow/5932566.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}</ref>
|-
|8
|[[File:Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg|95x95px]]
|[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]
|15-Feb-2013
|19-Feb-2014
|{{Age in years and days|15 February 2013|19 February 2014}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-16 |title=Delhi BJP gets new chief in Vijay Goel |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/vijay-goel-delhi-bjp-chief-former-lok-sabha-member-154170-2013-02-15 |access-date= |website=India Today |language=}}</ref>
|-
|(6)
|[[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|88x88px]]
|[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
|19-Feb-2014
|8-Jul-2014
|{{Age in years and days|19 February 2014|8 July 2014}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-02-19 |title=Harshvardhan is new Delhi BJP president |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/harshvardhan-is-new-delhi-bjp-president/articleshow/30687698.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}</ref>
|-
|9
|[[File:Satish Upadhyay.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Satish Upadhyay]]
|8-Jul-2014
|30-Nov-2016
|{{Age in years and days|8 July 2014|30 November 2016}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-09 |title=Satish Upadhyay appointment marks break in BJP tradition |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/satish-upadhyay-appointment-marks-break-in-bjp-tradition-199838-2014-07-09 |access-date= |website=India Today |language=}}</ref>
|-
|10
|[[File:Manoj tiwari ji(cropped).jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Manoj Tiwari (Delhi politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
|30-Nov-2016
|2-Jun-2020
|{{Age in years and days|30 November 2016|2 June 2020}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-30 |title=Manoj Tiwari appointed chief of Delhi BJP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/manoj-tiwari-appointed-chief-of-delhi-bjp/story-vXMACEyiNhMfMCAcQTyQvI.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
|11
|[[File:Adesh Kumar Gupta.jpg|112x112px]]
|[[Adesh Gupta]]
|2-Jun-2020
|23-Mar-2023
|{{Age in years and days|2 June 2020|23 March 2023}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-02 |title=Adesh Kumar Gupta appointed Delhi BJP chief, takes over from Manoj Tiwari |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/adesh-kumar-gupta-appointed-delhi-bjp-chief-takes-over-from-manoj-tiwari/story-5p56SVaXGIsO9mjUMoxKRL.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
|12
|[[File:Virendra Sachdeva press address.png|75x75px]]
|Virendra Sachdeva
|23-Mar-2023
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|23 March 2023|}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-23 |title=Virendra Sachdeva becomes full-time Delhi BJP chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/virendra-sachdeva-becomes-full-time-delhi-bjp-chief/articleshow/98947879.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[National Democratic Alliance]]
* [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bharatiya Janata Party - Delhi}}
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory|Delhi]]
[[Category:Political parties in Delhi]]

Bharatiya Janata Party – Delhi - Revision history

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