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Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand
PresidentMadan Kaushik
General SecretaryAjaey Kumar
Parliamentary ChairpersonPushkar Singh Dhami
Headquarters39/29/3 Balbir Road, Dehradun-248201, Uttarakhand
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Uttarakhand
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha, Uttarakhand
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
5 / 5
Seats in Rajya Sabha
2 / 3
Seats in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
56 / 70
Website
uttarakhand.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand (or BJP Uttarakhand) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand.

Madan Kaushik is the current president of the BJP Uttarakhand.

Leadership[edit | edit source]

No. Portrait Name Term Ref.
1 Puran Chand Sharma 9 November 2000 14 September 2002 [1]
2 Manohar Kant Dhyani 15 September 2002 2004 [2]
3 Bhagat Singh Koshyari 2004 2007
4 Bachi Singh Rawat 2007 2009 [3]
5 Bishan Singh Chuphal 2009 8 February 2013 [4]
6 Tirath Singh Rawat 9 February 2013 31 December 2015 [5]
7 Ajay Bhatt 1 January 2016 15 January 2020 [6]
8 Banshidhar Bhagat 16 January 2020 12 March 2021 [7]
9 Madan Kaushik 12 March 2021 Incumbent [8]

List of Chief Ministers[edit | edit source]

No. Portrait Name Constituency Term[9] Assembly

(Election)

Ministry
Start End Tenure
1 Nityanand Swami MLC for Garhwal–Kumaon Graduates 9 November 2000 29 October 2001 354 days Interim Assembly Swami
2 Bhagat Singh Koshyari MLC 30 October 2001 1 March 2002 122 days Koshyari
3 Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Dhumakot 7 March 2007 26 June 2009 2 years, 111 days 2nd Assembly

(2007)

Khanduri I
11 September 2011 13 March 2012 184 days

(total 2 years and 295 days)

Khanduri II
4 Ramesh Pokhriyal Thalisain 27 June 2009 10 September 2011 2 years, 105 days Pokhriyal
5 Trivendra Singh Rawat Doiwala 18 March 2017 10 March 2021 3 years, 357 days 4th Assembly

(2017)

Trivendra
6 Tirath Singh Rawat Did not contest 10 March 2021 4 July 2021 116 days Tirath
7 Pushkar Singh Dhami Khatima 4 July 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 89 days Dhami

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

Year Legislature Party leader Votes polled Seats won Change in seats Outcome
2002 1st Vidhan Sabha Bhagat Singh Koshyari 728,134
19 / 70
Increase 19 Opposition
2004 14th Lok Sabha –
3 / 5
Increase 3
2007 2nd Vidhan Sabha Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri –
35 / 70
Increase 16 Government with UKD and Independents
2009 15th Lok Sabha Bishan Singh Chuphal –
0 / 5
Decrease 3 Opposition
2012 3rd Vidhan Sabha Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri –
31 / 70
Decrease 4
2014 16th Lok Sabha Tirath Singh Rawat 2,429,698
5 / 5
Increase 5 Government
2017 4th Vidhan Sabha Trivendra Singh Rawat 2,312,912
57 / 70
Increase 26
2019 17th Lok Sabha Ajay Bhatt 2,954,833
5 / 5
Steady
2022 5th Vidhan Sabha Madan Kaushik TBD TBD TBD TBD
2024 18th Lok Sabha

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sharma rules out change in leadership". Zee News. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Manohar Dhyani appointed Uttaranchal BJP chief". Zee News. 15 September 2002. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "BJP revokes suspension of 21 dissident leaders". Hindustan Times. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Uttarakhand: Cong edges out BJP in a photo finish". News18. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Kunwar, D. S. (11 February 2013). "Tirath Singh Rawat was nominated as Uttarakhand BJP chief". Times of India. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ajay Bhatt Elected Unopposed As New Uttarakhand BJP Chief". NDTV. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bansidhar Bhagat elected as Uttarakhand BJP chief". Deccan Herald. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Madan Kaushik Appointed Uttarakhand BJP President". NDTV. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Former Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand. Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

External links[edit | edit source]