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| | party_name = '''Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal'''
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| | party_logo = File:Logo of the West Bengal state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.svg
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| | flag = BJP flag.svg
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| | president = [[Sukanta Majumdar|Dr. Sukanta Majumder]]
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| | Vice President = [[Arjun Singh(politician)|Arjun Singh]]
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| | Vice-president = [[Arjun Singh (politician)|Arjun Singh]]
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| |leader_title = |leader =[[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br/>([[Leader of Opposition]]) |Secretary = [[Locket Chatterjee]]
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| | Yuva morcha president =[[Sumitra Khan]]
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| | headquarters = 6, Muralidhar Sen Lane, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Square]], [[Kolkata]]-700073, [[West Bengal]]
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| | alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
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| | 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
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| |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
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| |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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| | youth = Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, West Bengal
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| | women = BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
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| | publication = ''Kamal Barta''
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| | 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}}
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| | rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|00|16|hex=#FF9933}}
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| | state_seats_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
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| | state_seats = {{Composition bar|69|294|hex=#FF9933}}
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| | state2_seats_name = [[Gorkhaland Territorial Administration]]
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| | state2_seats = {{Composition bar|0|62|hex=#FF9933}}
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| | website = {{URL|bjpbengal.org}}
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| | symbol =[[File:BJP election symbol.png|130px]]
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| |eci=|Vidhan sabha leader=[[Suvendu Adhikari]] (Leader of Opposition)}}
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| '''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]].
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| 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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| ==History==
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| {{bar percent|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|38.14}}
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| {{bar percent|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|10.16}}
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| {{bar percent|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.52}}
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| {{bar percent|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|1.93}}
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| {{bar percent|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|5.19}}
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| {{bar percent|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.45}}
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| {{bar percent|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|11.34}}
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| {{bar percent|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|0.51}}
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| {{bar percent|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|0.58}}
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| {{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|40.25}}
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| {{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|17.02}}
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| {{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.14}}
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| {{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|8.06}}
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| {{bar percent|1999|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|11.13}}
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| {{bar percent|1998|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|10.2}}
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| {{bar percent|1996|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|6.88}}
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| {{bar percent|1991|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|11.66}}
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| {{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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| | 2006|| 13th Assembly (West Bengal) || {{Composition bar|0|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}}
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| | 2009|| [[2009 Indian general election|15th Lok Sabha]] || {{Composition bar|1|42|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}}
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| | 2011|| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|14th Assembly]] (West Bengal) || {{Composition bar|0|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}}
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| | 2014|| [[2014 Indian general election|16th Lok Sabha]] || {{Composition bar|2|42|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 1
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| | 2016|| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|15th Assembly (West Bengal)]] || {{Composition bar|3|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 3
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| | 2019|| [[2019 Indian general election|17th Lok Sabha]] || {{Composition bar|18|42|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 16
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| | 2021|| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|16th Assembly (West Bengal)]] || {{Composition bar|77|294|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 74
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| ===1980s===
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| The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] contested the West Bengal assembly election for the first time in [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]].<ref name="Swain2001">{{cite book|author=Pratap Chandra Swain|title=Bharatiya Janata Party: Profile and Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Gk1Wz4k_xUC&pg=PA194|year=2001|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-257-8|page=194}}</ref> The primary objective of the party was to create a nucleus for a future third force in West Bengal politics.<ref name="Swain2001"/> The party supported the call of the West Bengal government to hold the elections in March 1982.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Register of Indian Political Parties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKkkAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Michiko & Panjathan|page=108}}</ref> The party contested on 52 assembly constituencies and got around 129,994 votes in the state.
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| In [[1984 Indian general election|1984 Lok Sabha election]], BJP contested on 9 seats and got 101165 (0.4%) votes in West Bengal.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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| In the [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]] the party contested on 57 constituencies and slightly increased its votes to 134,867.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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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}}
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| ===1990s===
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| 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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| In 1996, both [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Assembly election]] and [[1996 Indian general election|Lok Sabha election]] took place simultaneously, the party contested on 292 assembly constituencies and got 2,372,480 (6.45%) votes<ref name=s1996>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal]''</ref> and contested 42 [[Lok Sabha]] seats and got 2525864 (6.88%) votes across the state.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4123-general-election-1996-vol-i-ii/|title =General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II)|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in|access-date =25 April 2020}}</ref>
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| In [[1998 Indian general election|1998]], the BJP contested on 14 seats and won 1 [[Lok Sabha]] seat for the first time in [[Elections in West Bengal|West Bengal]] from [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]. It got 3724662 (10.2%) votes.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/|title =General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II)|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in}}</ref> [[Tapan Sikdar]], who was serving as the West Bengal State President of BJP, won the [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] constituency with 631,383 (50.7%) votes defeating nearest rival [[Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee]] of the [[CPI (M)]].<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
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| In [[1999 Indian general election|1999]], the BJP in an alliance with [[All India Trinamool Congress]] contested 13 seats and won 2 [[Lok Sabha]] seats and got 3,928,424 votes (11.13).<ref>{{cite web |url =https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=1517|title =General Elections 1999 – Overview of West Bengal : General Elections-2004 |publisher =Press Information Bureau|access-date =25 April 2020 }}</ref> The two elected [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] were [[Satyabrata Mookherjee]] from [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar]] with 43.82% votes and [[Tapan Sikdar]] from [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] with 51.59% votes.<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
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| ===2000s===
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| In [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001 Assembly election]], BJP contested on 266 constituencies and got 1901351 (5.19%) votes throughout the state and 5.68% in seats contested.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3193-west-bengal-2001/|title =West Bengal 2001|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in|access-date =25 April 2020}}</ref>
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| In the [[2004 Indian general election]], the [[National Democratic Alliance]] was completely decimated by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] and [[Indian National Congress|INC]] led [[United Progressive Alliance]]. The BJP didn't won a single seat and its ally [[All India Trinamool Congress]] was reduced to just 1 [[Lok Sabha]] seat.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://m.rediff.com/election/2004/may/14mamata.htm|title =Why did the NDA lose West Bengal?|publisher =rediff|date =May 14, 2004|access-date =24 April 2020}}</ref> The BJP however managed to get 2983950 (8.06%) votes.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4126-general-election-2004-vol-i-ii-iii/|title =General Election, 2004 (Vol I, II, III)|publisher =Election Commission of India|website =eci.gov.in|access-date =25 April 2020 }}</ref>
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| In the [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006 Assembly election]], BJP entered into an alliance with the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and contested on 29 constituencies. The BJP got 760236 (1.93%) votes throughout West Bengal and 19.89% on seats it contested.<ref name=eciparty>{{cite web
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| In [[2009 Indian general election in West Bengal|2009 Indian general election]], BJP candidate [[Jaswant Singh]], with support from [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]], won the [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat]] getting a total of 4,97,649 (51.50%) votes. Across the state BJP got only 6.14% votes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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| In [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011 Legislative Assembly election]] the BJP allied with GJM.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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| In [[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014 Indian general election]] the BJP won only 2 seats. BJP candidates for the first time, returned runner-up in 3 seats and got 17.2% vote share throughout the state. This performance was better than BJP's previous best of 11.66% in 1991 elections. However the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] dominated the election winning 34 seats.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-the-rise-of-bjp-in-west-bengal-1989376|title=The rise of BJP in West Bengal {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2014-05-17|newspaper=dna|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref>
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| In [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assembly election]] the BJP in an alliance with GJM contested 291 seats and got 5,555,134 (10.16%) votes and created history by winning 3 assembly seats for the first time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/after-sweeping-polls-in-west-bengal-tmcs-legislative-party-to-meet-in-kolkata-today_1887311.html | title=It's 'Mamata wave' in West Bengal as voters reject Congress-Left alliance | publisher=[[Zee News]] | work=Ritesh K Srivastava | date=20 May 2016 | access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref>
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| There was a major political shift from the left to the right in the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019 Lok Sabha election in West Bengal]]. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], won 18 [[Lok Sabha]] seats out of the 42 constituencies with 23,028,343 (40.25%) votes. On 24 May 2019, [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] reported that BJP had made CPI-M a marginalised party and setting a strong challenge to the ruling Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kolkata/west-bengal-election-results-2019-left-veers-political-oblivion-1502758472.html | title = West Bengal election results 2019: left veers into political oblivion | publisher = The Statesman, 24 May 2019 | access-date = 30 May 2019}}</ref> The shift in the voting pattern was seen across the state.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/analysis-in-west-bengal-lefts-vote-drop-will-benefit-bjp-but-to-what-extent/article27214640.ece | title = Analysis: In West Bengal, Left’s vote-reduction will benefit BJP but to what extent? | publisher = The Hindu 23 May 2018 | access-date = 30 May 2019}}</ref>
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| After the election the Government of India passed the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]] (CAA) in the Parliament, allowing a quicker route to citizenship to non Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries. The party hoped to benefit from the votes of the Hindu immigrants from [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="Romita Datta">Romita Datta, [https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/why-no-one-will-douse-the-caa-fire-in-bengal-1635533-2020-01-10 Why no one will douse the CAA fire in Bengal], India Today, 10 January 2020</ref><ref name="Kaushik Deka">
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| Kaushik Deka, [https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20200120-who-is-not-a-citizen-1635189-2020-01-10 Who is (not) a citizen?], India Today, 10 January 2020</ref>
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| ===Post 2020===
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| 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>
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| ==Leadership==
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| 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]].
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| ===List of Past Presidents===
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| {{About|the chronological List of State Presidents of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for West Bengal|List of All India Presidents|List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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| |[[Vishnu Kant Shastri|Dr. Vishnukant Shastri]]
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| |(4)
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| |[[Tapan Sikdar]]
| |
| |1997-1999
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| |-
| |
| |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 (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| |
| |2015–2021
| |
| |-
| |
| |10
| |
| |[[Sukanta Majumdar|Dr. Sukanta Majumder]]
| |
| |2021-''Incumbent''
| |
| |-
| |
| |}
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|
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| ==Elected Members==
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| ===Incumbent Member(s) of Parliament===
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| {{see|List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha}}
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| {| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-family: verdana"
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| |-
| |
| ! style="background:blue; color:white;"|S.No
| |
| ! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Member of Parliament
| |
| ! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Constituency Name
| |
| ! style="background:blue; color:white;"|District(s)
| |
| ! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Term Start
| |
| |-
| |
| !1.
| |
| |[[Nisith Pramanik]]
| |
| |[[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]
| |
| |[[Cooch Behar]]
| |
| | rowspan ="17"| [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !2.
| |
| |[[John Barla]]
| |
| |[[Alipurduar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduar]]
| |
| |[[Alipurduar]], [[Cooch Behar]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !3.
| |
| |[[Jayanta Kumar Roy]]
| |
| |[[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]
| |
| |[[Jalpaiguri]], [[Cooch Behar]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !4.
| |
| |[[Raju Bista]]
| |
| |[[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| |
| |[[Darjeeling]], [[Kalimpong]], [[Uttar Dinajpur]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !5.
| |
| |[[Debasree Chaudhuri]]
| |
| |[[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
| |
| |[[Uttar Dinajpur]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !6.
| |
| |[[Sukanta Majumder]]
| |
| |[[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
| |
| |[[Dakshin Dinajpur]], [[Uttar Dinajpur]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !7.
| |
| |[[Khagen Murmu]]
| |
| |[[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maldaha Uttar]]
| |
| |[[Malda, West Bengal|Malda]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !8.
| |
| |[[Jagannath Sarkar (BJP politician)|Jagannath Sarkar]]
| |
| |[[Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat]]
| |
| |[[Nadia]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !9.
| |
| |[[Shantanu Thakur]]
| |
| |[[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]]
| |
| |[[North 24 Parganas]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !10.
| |
| |[[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1962)|Arjun Singh]]
| |
| |[[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
| |
| |[[North 24 Parganas]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !11.
| |
| |[[Locket Chatterjee]]
| |
| |[[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| |
| |[[Hugli-Chuchura|Hooghly]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !12.
| |
| |[[Kunar Hembram]]
| |
| |[[Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhargram]]
| |
| |[[Jhargram]], [[Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purulia]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !13.
| |
| |[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| |
| |[[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]
| |
| |[[Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purba Medinipur]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !14.
| |
| |[[Jyotirmay Singh Mahato|Jyotirmoy Mahato]]
| |
| |[[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| |
| |[[Purulia]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !15.
| |
| |[[Subhash Sarkar]]
| |
| |[[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]
| |
| |[[Bankura]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !16.
| |
| |[[Saumitra Khan]]
| |
| |[[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
| |
| |[[Bankura]], [[Purba Bardhaman]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !17.
| |
| |[[S. S. Ahluwalia]]
| |
| |[[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]
| |
| |[[Purba Bardhaman]], [[Paschim Bardhaman]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !18.
| |
| |[[Babul Supriyo]]
| |
| |[[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]
| |
| |[[Paschim Bardhaman]]
| |
| |ROWSPAN=2|[[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !19.
| |
| | style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sunil Kumar Mondal]]
| |
| | style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman Purba]]
| |
| |[[Purba Bardhaman]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !20.
| |
| | style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Sisir Adhikari]]
| |
| | style="background:Cornsilk; color:black;"|[[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
| |
| | [[Purba Medinipur]]
| |
| |2009
| |
| |-
| |
| |}
| |
| *{{colour box|Cornsilk}} {{small|Members who won on from different parties but later joined Bharatiya Janata Party.}}
| |
|
| |
| ===Incumbent Member(s) of Legislative Assembly===
| |
| {| class="wikitable sortable"
| |
| !Rowspan=2|S.NO
| |
| !Colspan=2|Constituency
| |
| !Rowspan=2|MLA
| |
| !Rowspan=2 colspan="2" |Present Party
| |
| !Rowspan=2| Remarks
| |
| |-
| |
| !#
| |
| !Name
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Cooch Behar district|<span style="color:white;">'''Cooch Behar District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !01.
| |
| | 2
| |
| | [[Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mathabhanga]]
| |
| |[[Sushil Barman]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !02.
| |
| | 3
| |
| | [[Cooch Behar Uttar]]
| |
| |[[Sukumar Roy]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !03.
| |
| | 4
| |
| | [[Cooch Behar Dakshin]]
| |
| |[[Nikhil Ranjan Dey]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !04.
| |
| | 5
| |
| | [[Sitalkuchi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitalkuchi]]
| |
| |[[Baren Chandra Barman]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !05.
| |
| | 8
| |
| | [[Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Natabari]]
| |
| |[[Mihir Goswami]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !06.
| |
| | 9
| |
| | [[Tufanganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tufanganj]]
| |
| |[[Malati Rava Roy]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Alipurduar district|<span style="color:white;">'''Alipurduar District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !07.
| |
| | 10
| |
| | [[Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumargram]]
| |
| |[[Manoj Kumar Oraon]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !08.
| |
| |11
| |
| |[[Kalchini (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalchini]]
| |
| |[[Bishal Lama]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !09.
| |
| | 12
| |
| | [[Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipurduars]]
| |
| |[[Suman Kanjilal]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !10.
| |
| | 13
| |
| | [[Falakata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Falakata]]
| |
| |[[Dipak Barman]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !11.
| |
| | 14
| |
| | [[Madarihat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Madarihat]]
| |
| |[[Manoj Tigga]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Jalpaiguri district|<span style="color:white;">'''Jalpaiguri District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !12.
| |
| | 15
| |
| | [[Dhupguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhupguri]]
| |
| |Bishnu Pada Ray
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !13.
| |
| | 16
| |
| | [[Maynaguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maynaguri]]
| |
| |[[Kaushik Roy]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !14.
| |
| | 19
| |
| | [[Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dabgram-Phulbari]]
| |
| |[[Sikha Chatterjee]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !15.
| |
| | 21
| |
| | [[Nagrakata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nagrakata]]
| |
| |[[Puna Bhengra]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Darjeeling district|<span style="color:white;">'''Darjeeling District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !16.
| |
| | 23
| |
| | [[Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| |
| |[[Neeraj Zimba]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !17.
| |
| | 24
| |
| | [[Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurseong]]
| |
| |[[Bishnu Prasad Sharma]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !18.
| |
| | 25
| |
| | [[Matigara-Naxalbari]]
| |
| |[[Anandamoy Barman]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !19.
| |
| | 26
| |
| | [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Siliguri]]
| |
| |[[Sankar Ghosh]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !20.
| |
| | 27
| |
| |[[Phansidewa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Phansidewa]]
| |
| |[[Durga Murmu]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Uttar Dinajpur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Uttar Dinajpur District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !21.
| |
| | 35
| |
| | [[Raiganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
| |
| |[[Krishna Kalyani]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Dakshin Dinajpur District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !22.
| |
| | 39
| |
| | [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
| |
| |[[Ashok Lahiri]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !23.
| |
| | 40
| |
| | [[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]]
| |
| |[[Budhrai Tudu]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !24.
| |
| | 41
| |
| | [[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]]
| |
| | [[Satyendra Nath Ray]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Malda district|<span style="color:white;">'''Malda District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !25.
| |
| | 43
| |
| | [[Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habibpur]]
| |
| |[[Joyel Murmu]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !26.
| |
| | 44
| |
| | [[Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gazole]]
| |
| |[[Chinmoy Deb Barman]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !27.
| |
| | 50
| |
| | [[Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maldaha]]
| |
| |[[Gopal Chandra Saha]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !28.
| |
| | 51
| |
| | [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|English Bazar]]
| |
| |[[Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Murshidabad district|<span style="color:white;">'''Murshidabad District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !29.
| |
| | 64
| |
| | [[Murshidabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad]]
| |
| |[[Gouri Shankar Ghosh]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !30.
| |
| | 72
| |
| | [[Baharampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baharampur]]
| |
| |Subrata Maitra
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Nadia district|<span style="color:white;">'''Nadia District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !31.
| |
| | 87
| |
| | [[Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Paschim]]
| |
| |[[Parthasarathi Chatterjee]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !32.
| |
| | 88
| |
| | [[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]]
| |
| |[[Ashis Kumar Biswas]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !33.
| |
| | 89
| |
| | [[Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Purba]]
| |
| |[[Ashim Biswas (politician)|Ashim Biswas]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !34.
| |
| | 90
| |
| | [[Ranaghat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Dakshin]]
| |
| |[[Mukut Mani Adhikari]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !35.
| |
| | 91
| |
| | [[Chakdaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chakdaha]]
| |
| |[[Bankim Chandra Ghosh]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !36.
| |
| | 92
| |
| | [[Kalyani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalyani]]
| |
| |[[Ambika Roy]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !37.
| |
| | 93
| |
| | [[Haringhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haringhata]]
| |
| |[[Asim Kumar Sarkar]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[North 24 Parganas district|<span style="color:white;">'''North 24 Parganas District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !38.
| |
| | 95
| |
| | [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Uttar]]
| |
| |[[Ashok Kirtania]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !39.
| |
| | 96
| |
| | [[Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Dakshin]]
| |
| |[[Swapan Majumder]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !40.
| |
| | 97
| |
| | [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]]
| |
| |[[Subrata Thakur]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !41.
| |
| | 105
| |
| | [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara]]
| |
| |[[Pawan Singh (politician)|Pawan Singh]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Hooghly district|<span style="color:white;">'''Hooghly District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !42.
| |
| | 199
| |
| | [[Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pursurah]]
| |
| |[[Bimal Ghosh (politician)|Biman Ghosh]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !43.
| |
| | 200
| |
| | [[Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]
| |
| |[[Madhusudan Bag]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !44.
| |
| | 201
| |
| | [[Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goghat]]
| |
| |[[Biswanath Karak]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !45.
| |
| | 202
| |
| | [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]]
| |
| |[[Bimal Ghosh (politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Purba Medinipur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Purba Medinipur District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !46.
| |
| | 206
| |
| | [[Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moyna]]
| |
| |[[Ashoke Dinda]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !47.
| |
| | 209
| |
| | [[Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haldia]]
| |
| | [[Tapasi Mondal]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !48.
| |
| | 210
| |
| | [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]]
| |
| |[[Suvendu Adhikari]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !49.
| |
| | 213
| |
| | [[Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Uttar]]
| |
| |[[Sumita Sinha]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !50.
| |
| | 214
| |
| | [[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]]
| |
| |[[Rabindranath Maity]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !51.
| |
| | 215
| |
| | [[Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khejuri]]
| |
| |[[Santanu Pramanik]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !52.
| |
| | 216
| |
| | [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
| |
| |[[Arup Kumar Das]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Paschim Medinipur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Paschim Medinipur District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !53.
| |
| | 224
| |
| | [[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur Sadar]]
| |
| |[[Hiran Chatterjee]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !54.
| |
| | 231
| |
| | [[Ghatal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
| |
| |[[Sital Kapat]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Purulia district|<span style="color:white;">'''Purulia District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !55.
| |
| | 239
| |
| | [[Balarampur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balarampur]]
| |
| |[[Baneswar Mahato]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !56.
| |
| | 241
| |
| | [[Joypur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Joypur]]
| |
| |[[Narahari Mahato]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !57.
| |
| | 242
| |
| | [[Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| |
| | [[Sudip Kumar Mukherjee]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !58.
| |
| | 244
| |
| | [[Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kashipur]]
| |
| |[[Kamalakanta Hansda]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !59.
| |
| | 245
| |
| | [[Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Para]]
| |
| |[[Nadiar Chand Bouri]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !60.
| |
| | 246
| |
| | [[Raghunathpur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghunathpur]]
| |
| |[[Vivekananda Bauri]]
| |
| |Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Bankura district|<span style="color:white;">'''Bankura District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !61.
| |
| | 247
| |
| | [[Saltora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Saltora]]
| |
| | [[Chandana Bauri]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !62.
| |
| | 248
| |
| | [[Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chhatna]]
| |
| |[[Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !63.
| |
| | 252
| |
| | [[Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]
| |
| |[[Niladri Sekhar Dana]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !64.
| |
| | 254
| |
| | [[Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Onda]]
| |
| |[[Amarnath Shakha]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !65.
| |
| | 255
| |
| | [[Bishnupur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
| |
| |[[Tanmay Ghosh]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !66.
| |
| | 256
| |
| | [[Katulpur]]
| |
| |[[Harakali Protiher]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !67.
| |
| | 257
| |
| | [[Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indas]]
| |
| |[[Nirmal Kumar Dhara]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !68.
| |
| | 258
| |
| | [[Sonamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonamukhi]]
| |
| |[[Dibakar Gharami]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Paschim Bardhaman district|<span style="color:white;">'''Paschim Bardhaman District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !69.
| |
| | 277
| |
| | [[Durgapur Paschim]]
| |
| |[[Lakshman Chandra Ghorui]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !70.
| |
| | 280
| |
| | [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Dakshin]]
| |
| |[[Agnimitra Paul]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| !71.
| |
| | 282
| |
| | [[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]]
| |
| |[[Ajay Kumar Poddar]]
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
| |
| |-
| |
| | colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Birbhum district|<span style="color:white;">'''Birbhum District'''</span>]]
| |
| |-
| |
| !72.
| |
| | 284
| |
| | [[Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dubrajpur]]
| |
| |Anup Kumar Saha
| |
| | Bgcolor=#FF9933|
| |
| | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| |
| |
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| ==See also==
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| * [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| * [[West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee]]
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *{{URL|https://twitter.com/BJP4Bengal|Twitter}}
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| *{{URL|https://www.facebook.com/BJP4Bengal/|Facebook}}
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| [[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory|West Bengal]]
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