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The '''Bharatiya Janata Party''', also commonly called the BJP (abbreviation for Bharatiya Janata Party), is one of the two major contemporary [[political parties in India]], the other being the [[Indian National Congress]]. Founded by [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[Lal Krishna Advani]] in 1980, it dominates politics nationally for most of the period from 2014 onwards.<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|year=2001|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-257-8|pages=194, 199, 207}}</ref> There have been 2 [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Ministers]] from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first being [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], serving as Prime Minister for 3 terms, and the second being the current Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]].<br />
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==Role of state units==<br />
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According to the Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party,<ref name=Constitution>{{cite web |title=Bharatiya Janata Party Constitution |url=https://www.bjp.org/en/constitution|website=BJP official website |publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party |access-date=15 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118173055/http://www.bjp.org/images/pdf_2012_h/constitution_eng_jan_10_2013.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2017 }}</ref> the state units of the party conform to the [[States and union territories of India|states]] and [[Union territory|union territories]] mentioned in the [[Constitution of India]].<br />
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==Structure of state units==<br />
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The state units of the Bharatiya Janata Party are composed of two entities, the {{underline|State Council}} and the {{underline|State Executive}} respectively.<br />
; State Council : The state councils of each state unit consist of members elected by the [[List of districts in India|district units]], 10% of legislators in [[State legislative assemblies of India|state legislative assembly]] and [[State legislative councils of India|state legislative council]], 10% of [[Parliament of India|parliament]] members from the state, all members of national council from the state, all former state presidents, all members of the state executive, all office-bearers of a regional committee, presidents and general secretaries of the district committees, Leaders of the party in state Legislative assembly and state legislative council, chairmen of [[Municipal Corporation (India)|municipal corporations]], [[Municipal Council (India)|municipal councils]], [[Nagar panchayat|municipalities]], [[District Councils of India|district councils]] and [[Panchayat samiti|block development councils]], nominated members by the state president and state presidents of allied morchas and cells.<br />
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==List of state units==<br />
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This is a list of the official state and territorial party units of the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.jstor.org/journal/econpoliweek?refreqid=excelsior%3Aed7a8f21d6cf84ba7a9d5c5a9b3c477f|title =How Autonomous Are the Branches? A Study of Narendra Modi's BJP|publisher =[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|date =2 March 2013|website =jstor.org|author =Sylvie Guichard|access-date =26 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
!State/UT<br />
!Unit<br />
![[List of state presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|President]] <br />
!Seats in {{nowrap|[[Lok Sabha]]}} <br />
!Seats in {{nowrap|[[Rajya Sabha]]}} <br />
!Seats in {{nowrap|[[State legislative assemblies of India|<br>State<br>Legislative<br>Assemblies]]}} <br />
!Seats in {{nowrap|[[State legislative councils of India|<br>State<br>Legislative<br>Councils]]}} <br />
!class="unsortable" |Website<br />
|-<br />
|{{nowrap|[[India|All India]]}} <br />
!{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]}} <br />
| '''[[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|301|543|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| [[List of current members of the Rajya Sabha|Elected]]{{Composition bar|86|233|hex=#FF9933}}[[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|Nominated]]{{Composition bar|9|12|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|1435|4036|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|116|426|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|bjp.org/}}<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="8" align="center" style="background:{{Color:#FF9933}}; color:white;" |State Units of the Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[Andhra Pradesh]] <br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh|BJP Andhra Pradesh]] <br />
| '''[[Somu Veerraju]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|25|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|4|11|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|0|175|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|Elected]]{{Composition bar|2|50|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]{{Composition bar|0|8|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|apbjp.org}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] <br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh|BJP Arunachal Pradesh]] <br />
| '''[[Biyuram Wahge]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|48|60|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| rowspan="2"|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| [[Assam]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam|BJP Assam]]<br />
| '''[[Bhabesh Kalita]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|9|14|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|2|7|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|60|126|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|assam.bjp.org}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bihar]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar|BJP Bihar]] <br />
| '''[[Sanjay Jaiswal]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|17|40|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|4|16|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|74|243|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|Elected]]{{Composition bar|20|63|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]<br />
{{Composition bar|6|12|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|Bihar.bjp.org/}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh|BJP Chhattisgarh]]<br />
|'''[[Vishnudeo Sai]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|9|11|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|2|5|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|14|90|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| rowspan="6"|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Goa]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa|BJP Goa]]<br />
|'''[[Sadanand Tanavade]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|2|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|27|40|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Gujarat]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat|BJP Gujarat]]<br />
|'''[[C. R. Patil]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|26|26|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|8|11|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|112|182|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|bjpgujarat.org/}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Haryana]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana|BJP Haryana]]<br />
|'''[[O. P. Dhankar]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|10|10|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|3|5|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|40|90|hex=#FF9933}} <br />
| {{URL|bjpharyana.org/}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh|BJP Himachal Pradesh]] <br />
|'''[[Suresh Kumar Kashyap]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|3|4|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|43|68|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Jharkhand]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand|BJP Jharkhand]] <br />
|'''[[Deepak Prakash (politician)|Deepak Prakash]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|11|14|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|4|6|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|26|81|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Karnataka]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka|BJP Karnataka]] <br />
| '''[[Nalin Kumar Kateel]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|25|28|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|5|13|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|119|224|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| [[Karnataka Legislative Council|Elected]]{{Composition bar|27|64|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]<br />
{{Composition bar|5|11|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|karnataka.bjp.org/}} <br />
|-<br />
|[[Kerala]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala|BJP Kerala]]<br />
|'''[[K. Surendran (politician)|K. Surendran]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|20|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|9|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| rowspan="2"|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh|BJP Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
|'''[[V. D. Sharma]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|27|29|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|8|11|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|125|230|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Maharashtra]]<br />
!BJP MAHARASHTRA<br />
|'''[[Chandrakant Bacchu Patil]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|23|48|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|8|19|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|106|288|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|[[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Elected]]{{Composition bar|24|66|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]<br />
{{Composition bar|0|12|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Manipur]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Manipur|BJP Manipur]]<br />
|'''A Sharda Devi'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|2|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|24|60|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| rowspan="9"|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Meghalaya]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Meghalaya|BJP Meghalaya]]<br />
|'''[[Ernest Mawrie]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|2|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|60|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mizoram]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Mizoram|BJP Mizoram]]<br />
|'''[[Vanlalhmuaka]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|40|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Nagaland]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland|BJP Nagaland]]<br />
|'''[[Temjen Imma Along]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|12|60|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Odisha]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha|BJP Odisha]]<br />
|'''[[Samir Mohanty]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|8|21|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|10|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|22|147|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab|BJP Punjab]]<br />
|'''[[Ashwani Kumar Sharma]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|13|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|7|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|117|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Rajasthan]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan|BJP Rajasthan]] <br />
| '''[[Satish Poonia]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|24|25|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|7|10|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|71|200|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|http://rajasthanbjp.org/}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sikkim]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim|BJP Sikkim]] <br />
|'''[[Dal Bahadur Chauhan]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|12|32|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu|BJP Tamil Nadu]] <br />
|'''L. Murugan'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|39|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|18|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|4|234|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{URL|http://tamilnadu.bjp.org/}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Telangana]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana|BJP Telangana]] <br />
|'''[[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|4|17|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|7|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|119|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|[[Telangana Legislative Council|Elected]]{{Composition bar|0|34|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]<br />
{{Composition bar|0|6|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tripura]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura|BJP Tripura]] <br />
|'''[[Manik Saha]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|2|2|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|36|60|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh|BJP Uttar Pradesh]] <br />
| '''[[Swatantra Dev Singh]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|62|80|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|22|31|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|306|403|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|Elected]]{{Composition bar|32|90|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]{{Composition bar|0|10|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand|BJP Uttarakhand]] <br />
| '''[[Madan Kaushik]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|5|5|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|56|70|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| rowspan="2"|<br />
| {{URL|uttarakhand.bjp.org}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[West Bengal]] <br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|BJP West Bengal]] <br />
| '''[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|18|42|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|0|16|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|74|294|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{URL|bjpbengal.org}}<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="8" align="center" style="background:{{Color:#FF9933}}; color:white;" |Union Territorial Units of the Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] <br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman and Nicobar|BJP Andaman and Nicobar]] <br />
| '''Ajoy Bairagi'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"|<br />
| rowspan="8"|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Chandigarh]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Chandigarh|BJP Chandigarh]]<br />
| '''[[Arun Sood]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|BJP Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]<br />
| '''[[Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|2|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Delhi]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi|BJP Delhi]]<br />
| '''[[Adesh Kumar Gupta]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|7|7|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|3|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|8|70|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{URL|delhi.bjp.org}} <br />
|-<br />
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu and Kashmir|BJP Jammu and Kashmir]] <br />
| '''[[Ravinder Raina]]'''<br />
| {{Composition bar|2|5|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| {{Composition bar|1|4|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Elected]]{{Composition bar|0|83|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]<br />
{{Composition bar|0|2|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Ladakh]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Ladakh|BJP Ladakh]]<br />
| '''[[Jamyang Tsering Namgyal]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lakshadweep]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Lakshadweep|BJP Lakshadweep]]<br />
| '''[[Abdul Khader Haji]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]<br />
![[Bharatiya Janata Party, Puducherry|BJP Puducherry]]<br />
| '''[[V. Saminathan]]'''<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|{{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|[[Puducherry Legislative Assembly|Elected]]{{Composition bar|6|30|hex=#FF9933}}[[Reserved political positions in India|Nominated]]<br />
{{Composition bar|3|3|hex=#FF9933}}<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
* [[National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />
* [[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />
* [[Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India]]<br />
* [[Pradesh Congress Committee]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
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