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{{Short description|Indian political party}}
{{Short description|Indian political party}}


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{{Infobox Indian political party  
{{Infobox Indian political party  
| colorcode = {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| party_name = '''Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal'''
| 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
| party_logo = File:Logo of the West Bengal state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.svg
| flag      = BJP flag.svg
| flag      = BJP flag.svg
| president = [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| president = [[Sukanta Majumdar|Dr. Sukanta Majumder]]
| Vice President = [[Arjun Singh(politician) | Arjun Singh]]
| Vice President = [[Arjun Singh(politician)|Arjun Singh]]
| Vice-president = [[Arjun Singh (politician)|Arjun Singh]]
| Vice-president = [[Arjun Singh (politician)|Arjun Singh]]
|leader_title =            |leader =[[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br/>([[Leader of Opposition]])                        | ppchairman = [[Locket Chatterjee]]  
|leader_title =            |leader =[[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br/>([[Leader of Opposition]])                        |Secretary = [[Locket Chatterjee]]  
| Yuva morcha president =[[Sumitra Khan]]
| Yuva morcha president =[[Sumitra Khan]]
| headquarters = 6, Muralidhar Sen Lane, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Square]], [[Kolkata]]-700073, [[West Bengal]]
| headquarters = 6, Muralidhar Sen Lane, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Square]], [[Kolkata]]-700073, [[West Bengal]]
| alliance        = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| alliance        = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| ideology          = {{ublist|[[Hindutva]]<br/>[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]<ref name="mathewjoh"/><br/>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><br/>[[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}}<br />—{{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}}<br />—{{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 }}<br />—{{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><br/>[[Conservatism in India|Conservatism]]<ref name="mathewjoh">{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Matthew |last2=Garnett |first2= Mark | last3=Walker |first3= David M |date=2017
| ideology          = {{ublist|[[Hindutva]]<br/>[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]<ref name="mathewjoh"/><br/>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><br/>[[Economic liberalism]]<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}}<br />—{{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}}<br />—{{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 }}<br />—{{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><br/>[[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><br/>[[Social conservatism]]<ref name = "McComas">{{cite book|title=Seven Days of Nectar: Contemporary Oral Performance of the Bhagavatapurana  
|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><br/>[[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><br/>[[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}}<br />—{{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>}}
|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/04/05/bjp-hopes-to-beat-anti-incumbency-by-using-ultranationalism.html}}</ref><br/>[[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}}<br />—{{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>}}
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| women            = BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
| women            = BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
| publication = ''Kamal Barta''
| publication = ''Kamal Barta''
| colours = {{colour box|{{Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal/meta/color}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
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| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|17|42|hex=#FF9933}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|16|hex=#FF9933}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|00|16|hex=#FF9933}}
| state_seats_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|77|294|hex=#FF9933}}
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|69|294|hex=#FF9933}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Gorkhaland Territorial Administration]]
| state2_seats_name = [[Gorkhaland Territorial Administration]]
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| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|0|62|hex=#FF9933}}
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|eci=|Vidhan sabha leader=[[Suvendu Adhikari]] (Leader of Opposition)}}
|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]].
'''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>
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>
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{{bar percent|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|38.14}}
{{bar percent|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|38.14}}
{{bar percent|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|10.16}}
{{bar percent|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|10.16}}
{{bar percent|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|6.52}}
{{bar percent|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.52}}
{{bar percent|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|1.93}}
{{bar percent|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|1.93}}
{{bar percent|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|5.19}}
{{bar percent|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|5.19}}
{{bar percent|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|6.45}}
{{bar percent|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.45}}
{{bar percent|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|11.34}}
{{bar percent|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|11.34}}
{{bar percent|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|0.51}}
{{bar percent|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|0.51}}
{{bar percent|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|0.58}}
{{bar percent|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|0.58}}
}}
}}
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{{bar percent|2019|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|40.25}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|40.25}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|17.02}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|17.02}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|6.14}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.14}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|8.06}}
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{{bar percent|1999|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|11.13}}
{{bar percent|1999|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|11.13}}
{{bar percent|1998|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|10.2}}
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{{bar percent|1996|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|6.88}}
{{bar percent|1996|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.88}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|11.66}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|11.66}}
{{bar percent|1989|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color }}|1.67}}
{{bar percent|1989|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|1.67}}
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{{bar percent|1984|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|0.4}}
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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}}
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===
===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"/>
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"/>
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===Post 2020===
===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>
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==
==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]].
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 September 2021, the President of the West Bengal state branch of the party is [[Sukanta Majumdar|Dr. Sukanta Majumder]].


===List of Past Presidents===
===List of Past Presidents===
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|-
|1  
|1  
|[[soumyajit dutta]]
|[[Haripada Bharati|Prof. Haripada Bharati]]
|1980-1982
|1980-1982
|-
|-
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|-
|3
|3
|[[Sukumar Banerjee]]
|Sukumar Banerjee
|1986-1991
|1986-1991
|-
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|-
|5
|5
|[[Ashim Ghosh]]
|[[Asim Ghosh]]
|1999-2002
|1999-2002
|-
|-
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|-
|(3)
|(3)
|[[Sukumar Banerjee]]
|Sukumar Banerjee  
|2006-2008
|2006-2008
|-
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|-
|8
|8
|[[Rahul Sinha]]
|Rahul Sinha
|2009-2015
|2009-2015
|-
|-
|9
|9
|[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]  
|[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]  
|2015–incumbent
|2015–2021
|-
|10
|[[Sukanta Majumdar|Dr. Sukanta Majumder]]
|2021-''Incumbent''
|-
|-
|}
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|[[Nisith Pramanik]]  
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]  
|[[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]  
|[[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]  
|[[Cooch Behar district]]
|[[Cooch Behar]]
| rowspan ="17"| [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019]]
| rowspan ="17"| [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019]]
|-
|-
!2.
!2.
|[[John Barla]]  
|[[John Barla]]  
|[[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduars]]  
|[[Alipurduar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduar]]  
|[[Alipurduar district]] - [[Cooch Behar district]]
|[[Alipurduar]], [[Cooch Behar]]
|-
|-
!3.
!3.
|[[Jayanta Kumar Roy]]  
|[[Jayanta Kumar Roy]]  
|[[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]  
|[[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]  
|[[Jalpaiguri district]] - [[Cooch Behar district]]
|[[Jalpaiguri]], [[Cooch Behar]]
|-
|-
!4.
!4.
|[[Raju Bista]]  
|[[Raju Bista]]  
|[[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]  
|[[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]  
|[[Darjeeling district]] - [[Kalimpong district]] - [[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|[[Darjeeling]], [[Kalimpong]], [[Uttar Dinajpur]]
|-
|-
!5.
!5.
|[[Debasree Chaudhuri]]  
|[[Debasree Chaudhuri]]  
|[[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]  
|[[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]  
|[[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|[[Uttar Dinajpur]]
|-
|-
!6.
!6.
|[[Sukanta Majumder]]  
|[[Sukanta Majumder]]  
|[[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]  
|[[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]  
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] - [[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur]], [[Uttar Dinajpur]]
|-
|-
!7.
!7.
|[[Khagen Murmu]]  
|[[Khagen Murmu]]  
|[[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]  
|[[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]  
|[[Malda district]]
|[[Malda, West Bengal|Malda]]
|-
|-
!8.
!8.
|[[Jagannath Sarkar (BJP politician)|Jagannath Sarkar]]  
|[[Jagannath Sarkar (BJP politician)|Jagannath Sarkar]]  
|[[Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat]]  
|[[Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat]]  
|[[Nadia district]]
|[[Nadia]]
|-
|-
!9.
!9.
|[[Shantanu Thakur]]  
|[[Shantanu Thakur]]  
|[[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]]
|[[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]]
|[[North 24 Parganas district]]
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|-
|-
!10.
!10.
|[[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1962)|Arjun Singh]]  
|[[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1962)|Arjun Singh]]  
|[[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
|[[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
|[[North 24 Parganas district]]
|[[North 24 Parganas]]
|-
|-
!11.
!11.
|[[Locket Chatterjee]]  
|[[Locket Chatterjee]]  
|[[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]  
|[[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]  
|[[Hooghly district]]
|[[Hugli-Chuchura|Hooghly]]
|-
|-
!12.
!12.
|[[Kunar Hembram]]  
|[[Kunar Hembram]]  
|[[Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhargram]]  
|[[Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhargram]]  
|[[Jhargram district]] - [[Paschim Medinipur district]] - [[Purulia district]]
|[[Jhargram]], [[Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purulia]]
|-
|-
!13.
!13.
|[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]  
|[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]  
|[[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]
|[[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]
|[[Paschim Medinipur district]] - [[Purba Medinipur district]]
|[[Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|-
!14.
!14.
|[[Jyotirmay Singh Mahato|Jyotirmoy Mahato]]  
|[[Jyotirmay Singh Mahato|Jyotirmoy Mahato]]  
|[[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]  
|[[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]  
|[[Purulia district]]
|[[Purulia]]
|-
|-
!15.
!15.
|[[Subhash Sarkar]]  
|[[Subhash Sarkar]]  
|[[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]  
|[[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]  
|[[Bankura district]]
|[[Bankura]]
|-
|-
!16.
!16.
|[[Saumitra Khan]]  
|[[Saumitra Khan]]  
|[[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]  
|[[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]  
|[[Bankura district]] - [[Purba Bardhaman district]]
|[[Bankura]], [[Purba Bardhaman]]
|-
|-
!17.
!17.
|[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]  
|[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]  
|[[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]
|[[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]
|[[Purba Bardhaman district]] - [[Paschim Bardhaman district]]
|[[Purba Bardhaman]], [[Paschim Bardhaman]]
|-
|-
!18.
!18.
|[[Babul Supriyo]]  
|[[Babul Supriyo]]  
|[[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]  
|[[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]  
|[[Paschim Bardhaman district]]  
|[[Paschim Bardhaman]]  
|ROWSPAN=2|[[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014]]
|ROWSPAN=2|[[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014]]
|-
|-
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| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sunil Kumar Mondal]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sunil Kumar Mondal]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman Purba]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman Purba]]
|[[Purba Bardhaman district]]
|[[Purba Bardhaman]]
|-
|-
!20.
!20.
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sisir Adhikari]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sisir Adhikari]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
| style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
| [[Purba Medinipur district]]
| [[Purba Medinipur]]
|2009
|2009
|-
|-
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|-
|-
!21.
!21.
| 34
| [[Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliaganj]]
|[[Soumen Roy]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!22.
| 35
| 35
| [[Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
| [[Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Dakshin Dinajpur District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Dakshin Dinajpur District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!23.
!22.
| 39
| 39
| [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
| [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!24.
!23.
| 40
| 40
| [[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]]
| [[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!25.
!24.
| 41
| 41
| [[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]]
| [[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Malda district|<span style="color:white;">'''Malda District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Malda district|<span style="color:white;">'''Malda District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!26.
!25.
| 43
| 43
| [[Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habibpur]]
| [[Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habibpur]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!27.
!26.
| 44
| 44
| [[Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gazole]]
| [[Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gazole]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!28.
!27.
| 50
| 50
| [[Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maldaha]]
| [[Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maldaha]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!29.
!28.
| 51
| 51
| [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]]  
| [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]]  
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Murshidabad district|<span style="color:white;">'''Murshidabad District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Murshidabad district|<span style="color:white;">'''Murshidabad District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!30.
!29.
| 64
| 64
| [[Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad]]
| [[Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad]]
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|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
!31.
!30.
| 72
| 72
| [[Baharampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baharampur]]
| [[Baharampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baharampur]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Nadia district|<span style="color:white;">'''Nadia District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Nadia district|<span style="color:white;">'''Nadia District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!32.
!31.
| 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
| 87
| [[Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Paschim]]  
| [[Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Paschim]]  
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|
|
|-
|-
!34.
!32.
| 88
| 88
| [[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]]
| [[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!35.
!33.
| 89
| 89
| [[Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Purba]]  
| [[Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Purba]]  
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|
|
|-
|-
!36.
!34.
| 90
| 90
| [[Ranaghat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Dakshin]]  
| [[Ranaghat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Dakshin]]  
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|
|
|-
|-
!37.
!35.
| 91
| 91
| [[Chakdaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chakdaha]]
| [[Chakdaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chakdaha]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!38.
!36.
| 92
| 92
| [[Kalyani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalyani]]
| [[Kalyani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalyani]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!39.
!37.
| 93
| 93
| [[Haringhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haringhata]]
| [[Haringhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haringhata]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[North 24 Parganas district|<span style="color:white;">'''North 24 Parganas District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[North 24 Parganas district|<span style="color:white;">'''North 24 Parganas District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!40.
!38.
| 94
| [[Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagdah]]
|[[Biswajit Das (politician)|Biswajit Das]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
!41.
| 95
| 95
| [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Uttar]]  
| [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Uttar]]  
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|
|
|-
|-
!42.
!39.
| 96
| 96
| [[Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Dakshin]]  
| [[Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Dakshin]]  
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|
|
|-
|-
!43.
!40.
| 97
| 97
| [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]]
| [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!44.
!41.
| 105
| 105
| [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara]]
| [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Hooghly district|<span style="color:white;">'''Hooghly District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Hooghly district|<span style="color:white;">'''Hooghly District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!45.
!42.
| 199
| 199
| [[Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pursurah]]
| [[Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pursurah]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!46.
!43.
| 200
| 200
| [[Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]
| [[Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!47.
!44.
| 201
| 201
| [[Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goghat]]
| [[Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goghat]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!48.
!45.
| 202
| 202
| [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]]
| [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Purba Medinipur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Purba Medinipur District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Purba Medinipur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Purba Medinipur District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!49.
!46.
| 206
| 206
| [[Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moyna]]
| [[Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moyna]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!50.
!47.
| 209
| 209
| [[Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haldia]]
| [[Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haldia]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!51.
!48.
| 210
| 210
| [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]]
| [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!52.
!49.
| 213
| 213
| [[Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Uttar]]  
| [[Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Uttar]]  
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|
|
|-
|-
!53.
!50.
| 214
| 214
| [[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]]
| [[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!54.
!51.
| 215
| 215
| [[Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khejuri]]
| [[Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khejuri]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!55.
!52.
| 216
| 216
| [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]  
| [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]  
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Paschim Medinipur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Paschim Medinipur District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Paschim Medinipur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Paschim Medinipur District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!56.
!53.
| 224
| 224
| [[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur Sadar]]  
| [[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur Sadar]]  
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|
|
|-
|-
!57.
!54.
| 231
| 231
| [[Ghatal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
| [[Ghatal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Purulia district|<span style="color:white;">'''Purulia District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Purulia district|<span style="color:white;">'''Purulia District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!58.
!55.
| 239
| 239
| [[Balarampur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balarampur]]
| [[Balarampur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balarampur]]
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|
|
|-
|-
!59.
!56.
| 241
| 241
| [[Joypur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Joypur]]   
| [[Joypur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Joypur]]   
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|
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|-
|-
!60.
!57.
| 242
| 242
| [[Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| [[Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
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|
|-
|-
!61.
!58.
| 244
| 244
| [[Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kashipur]]
| [[Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kashipur]]
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|-
|-
!62.
!59.
| 245
| 245
| [[Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Para]]
| [[Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Para]]
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|-
|-
!63.
!60.
| 246
| 246
| [[Raghunathpur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghunathpur]]
| [[Raghunathpur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghunathpur]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Bankura district|<span style="color:white;">'''Bankura District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Bankura district|<span style="color:white;">'''Bankura District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!64.
!61.
| 247
| 247
| [[Saltora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Saltora]]
| [[Saltora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Saltora]]
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|-
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!62.
| 248
| 248
| [[Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chhatna]]
| [[Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chhatna]]
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|-
!66.
!63.
| 252
| 252
| [[Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]
| [[Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]
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!67.
!64.
| 254
| 254
| [[Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Onda]]
| [[Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Onda]]
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!68.
!65.
| 255
| 255
| [[Bishnupur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
| [[Bishnupur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
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|-
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| 256
| 256
| [[Katulpur]]
| [[Katulpur]]
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|-
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!67.
| 257
| 257
| [[Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indas]]
| [[Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indas]]
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!68.
| 258
| 258
| [[Sonamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonamukhi]]
| [[Sonamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonamukhi]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Paschim Bardhaman district|<span style="color:white;">'''Paschim Bardhaman District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Paschim Bardhaman district|<span style="color:white;">'''Paschim Bardhaman District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!72.
!69.
| 277
| 277
| [[Durgapur Paschim]]
| [[Durgapur Paschim]]
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!70.
| 280
| 280
| [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Dakshin]]  
| [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Dakshin]]  
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| 282
| 282
| [[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]]
| [[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]]
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| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Birbhum district|<span style="color:white;">'''Birbhum District'''</span>]]
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|  [[Birbhum district|<span style="color:white;">'''Birbhum District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!75.
!72.
| 284
| 284
| [[Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dubrajpur]]
| [[Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dubrajpur]]
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| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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Latest revision as of 15:52, 12 December 2021



Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
LeaderSuvendu Adhikari
(Leader of Opposition)
PresidentDr. Sukanta Majumder
Headquarters6, Muralidhar Sen Lane, College Square, Kolkata-700073, West Bengal
NewspaperKamal Barta
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, West Bengal
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
17 / 42
Seats in Rajya Sabha
00 / 16
Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
69 / 294
Seats in Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
0 / 62
Election symbol
BJP election symbol.png
Party flag
BJP flag.svg
Website
bjpbengal.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal (or BJP West Bengal) is a 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 was appointed by the party leadership as the president of the BJP West Bengal.[6][7]

History[edit]

Vote share in consecutive assembly elections
2021
 
 38.14%
2016
 
 10.16%
2011
 
 6.52%
2006
 
 1.93%
2001
 
 5.19%
1996
 
 6.45%
1991
 
 11.34%
1987
 
 0.51%
1982
 
 0.58%
Vote share in consecutive Lok Sabha elections
2019
 
 40.25%
2014
 
 17.02%
2009
 
 6.14%
2004
 
 8.06%
1999
 
 11.13%
1998
 
 10.2%
1996
 
 6.88%
1991
 
 11.66%
1989
 
 1.67%
1984
 
 0.4%
Year Election Seats won Change of Seats
2006 13th Assembly (West Bengal)
0 / 294
  –
2009 15th Lok Sabha
1 / 42
  –
2011 14th Assembly (West Bengal)
0 / 294
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2014 16th Lok Sabha
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2016 15th Assembly (West Bengal)
3 / 294
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2019 17th Lok Sabha
18 / 42
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2021 16th Assembly (West Bengal)
77 / 294
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1980s[edit]

The Bharatiya Janata Party contested the West Bengal assembly election for the first time in 1982.[8] The primary objective of the party was to create a nucleus for a future third force in West Bengal politics.[8] The party supported the call of the West Bengal government to hold the elections in March 1982.[9] The party contested on 52 assembly constituencies and got around 129,994 votes in the state.

In 1984 Lok Sabha election, BJP contested on 9 seats and got 101165 (0.4%) votes in West Bengal.[citation needed]

In the 1987 the party contested on 57 constituencies and slightly increased its votes to 134,867.[citation needed]

In 1989 Lok Sabha election, BJP contested on 19 seats and got 529618 (1.67%) votes in West Bengal.[citation needed]

1990s[edit]

The Bharatiya Janata Party fielded 291 candidates across the state in 1991 Vidhan Sabha election, and managed to increase its share of votes from 0.51% in 1987 to 11.34% (3,513,121 votes).[10][8] This was the first time BJP fielded such a large number of candidates in West Bengal assembly elections.[8] The party also fielded 42 candidates for the 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.[11] The campaign sought to invoke Bengali memories of Partition.[11] Whilst support for BJP increased amongst Bengali communities, its main stronghold in the state remained non-Bengali populations in Calcutta (Marwaris and Gujaratis).[11]

In 1996, both Assembly election and Lok Sabha election took place simultaneously, the party contested on 292 assembly constituencies and got 2,372,480 (6.45%) votes[12] and contested 42 Lok Sabha seats and got 2525864 (6.88%) votes across the state.[13]

In 1998, the BJP contested on 14 seats and won 1 Lok Sabha seat for the first time in West Bengal from Dum Dum. It got 3724662 (10.2%) votes.[14] Tapan Sikdar, who was serving as the West Bengal State President of BJP, won the Dum Dum constituency with 631,383 (50.7%) votes defeating nearest rival Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee of the CPI (M).[15]

In 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).[16] The two elected Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha were Satyabrata Mookherjee from Krishnanagar with 43.82% votes and Tapan Sikdar from Dum Dum with 51.59% votes.[17]

2000s[edit]

In 2001 Assembly election, BJP contested on 266 constituencies and got 1901351 (5.19%) votes throughout the state and 5.68% in seats contested.[18]

In the 2004 Indian general election, the National Democratic Alliance was completely decimated by CPI (M) led Left Front and 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.[19] The BJP however managed to get 2983950 (8.06%) votes.[20]

In the 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.[21]

In 2009 Indian general election, BJP candidate Jaswant Singh, with support from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, won the 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]

2010s[edit]

In 2011 Legislative Assembly election the BJP allied with GJM.[citation needed]

In 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.[22]

In 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.[23]

There was a major political shift from the left to the right in the 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 reported that BJP had made CPI-M a marginalised party and setting a strong challenge to the ruling Trinamool Congress.[24] The shift in the voting pattern was seen across the state.[25]

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.[26][27]

Post 2020[edit]

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.[28][29]

Leadership[edit]

The West Bengal BJP has one president, twelve vice presidents and five general secretaries.[30] As of September 2021, the President of the West Bengal state branch of the party is Dr. Sukanta Majumder.

List of Past Presidents[edit]

This article is about the chronological List of State Presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party for West Bengal. For List of All India Presidents, see List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
No. Name Term in office
1 Prof. Haripada Bharati 1980-1982
2 Dr. Vishnukant Shastri 1982-1986
3 Sukumar Banerjee 1986-1991
4 Tapan Sikdar 1991-1995
(2) Dr. Vishnukant Shastri 1995-1997
(4) Tapan Sikdar 1997-1999
5 Asim 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 2015–2021
10 Dr. Sukanta Majumder 2021-Incumbent

Elected Members[edit]

Incumbent Member(s) of Parliament[edit]

Further information: List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha
S.No Member of Parliament Constituency Name District(s) Term Start
1. Nisith Pramanik Cooch Behar Cooch Behar 2019
2. John Barla Alipurduar Alipurduar, Cooch Behar
3. Jayanta Kumar Roy Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar
4. Raju Bista Darjeeling Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Uttar Dinajpur
5. Debasree Chaudhuri Raiganj Uttar Dinajpur
6. Sukanta Majumder Balurghat Dakshin Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur
7. Khagen Murmu Maldaha Uttar Malda
8. Jagannath Sarkar Ranaghat Nadia
9. Shantanu Thakur Bangaon North 24 Parganas
10. Arjun Singh Barrackpore North 24 Parganas
11. Locket Chatterjee Hooghly Hooghly
12. Kunar Hembram Jhargram Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purulia
13. Dilip Ghosh Medinipur Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur
14. Jyotirmoy Mahato Purulia Purulia
15. Subhash Sarkar Bankura Bankura
16. Saumitra Khan Bishnupur Bankura, Purba Bardhaman
17. S. S. Ahluwalia Bardhaman–Durgapur Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman
18. Babul Supriyo Asansol Paschim Bardhaman 2014
19. Sunil Kumar Mondal Bardhaman Purba Purba Bardhaman
20. Sisir Adhikari Kanthi Purba Medinipur 2009
  •   Members who won on from different parties but later joined Bharatiya Janata Party.

Incumbent Member(s) of Legislative Assembly[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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