Bharatiya Janata Party – Himachal Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party –
Himachal Pradesh
Bharatiya Janata Party –; Himachal Pradesh
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Jai Ram Thakur; (Leader of the Opposition)
President	Rajeev Bindal
General Secretary	Pavan Rana
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani; Murli Manohar Joshi; Nanaji Deshmukh; K. R. Malkani; Sikandar Bakht; Vijay Kumar Malhotra; Vijaya Raje Scindia; Bhairon Singh Shekhawat; Shanta Kumar; Ram Jethmalani; Jagannathrao Joshi;
Founded	6 April 1980; (46 years ago)
Headquarters	Deep Kamal, Kamna Nagar, Shimla-5 Himachal Pradesh
ECI Status	National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha	4 / 4
Seats in Rajya Sabha	2 / 3
Seats in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly	28 / 68
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	hp.bjp.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Bharatiya Janata Party – Himachal Pradesh, or simply, BJP Himachal Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the Deep Kamal Chakkar, Shimla.

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

Legislative Assembly election[edit | edit source]

Year	Party leader	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	Shanta Kumar	7 / 60	7	13.87%	13.87	Opposition
1972	Shanta Kumar	5 / 68	2	7.75%	6.12%	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1982	Shanta Kumar	29 / 68	29	35.16%	35.16%	Opposition
1985		7 / 68	22	30.61%	4.55%	Opposition
1990		46 / 68	39	41.78%	11.17	Government
1993		8 / 68	38	36.14%	5.64%	Opposition
1998	Prem Kumar Dhumal	31 / 68	23	39.02%	2.88%	Government
2003		16 / 68	15	35.38%	3.64%	Opposition
2007		41 / 68	25	43.78%	8.4%	Government
2012		26 / 68	15	38.47%	5.31%	Opposition
2017	Jai Ram Thakur	44 / 68	18	48.79%	10.32%	Government
2022	Jai Ram Thakur	25 / 68	19	43%	5.79%	Opposition

Lok Sabha seats[edit | edit source]

Year	Legislature	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1984	8th Lok Sabha	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	0 / 4		Opposition
1989	9th Lok Sabha	Lal Krishna Advani	3 / 4	3	Outside support for NF
1991	10th Lok Sabha	Lal Krishna Advani	2 / 4	2	Opposition
1996	11th Lok Sabha	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	0 / 4	2	Government, later opposition
1998	12th Lok Sabha		3 / 4	3	Government
1999	13th Lok Sabha		3 / 4		Government
2004	14th Lok Sabha		1 / 4	2	Opposition
2009	15th Lok Sabha	Lal Krishna Advani	3 / 4	2	Opposition
2014	16th Lok Sabha	Narendra Modi	4 / 4	1	Government
2019	17th Lok Sabha		4 / 4		Government
2024	18th Lok Sabha		4 / 4		Government

List of Current Members[edit | edit source]

In Himachal Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

District	No.	Constituency	Name		Remarks
Chamba	1	Churah (SC)	Hans Raj	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2	Bharmour (ST)	Janak Raj	Bharatiya Janata Party
	4	Dalhousie	D S Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
Kangra	6	Nurpur	Ranveer Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Bikram Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
	14	Sullah	Vipin Singh Parmar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	16	Kangra	Pawan Kumar Kajal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	18	Dharamshala	Sudhir Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	Elected in 2024 by-election
Kullu	24	Banjar	Surender Shourie	Bharatiya Janata Party
Kullu	25	Anni (SC)	Lokendra Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
Mandi	26	Karsog (SC)	Deepraj Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
	27	Sundernagar	Rakesh Jamwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	28	Nachan (SC)	Vinod Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	29	Seraj	Jai Ram Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	Leader of Opposition
	30	Darang	Puranchand Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
	31	Jogindernagar	Prakash Rana	Bharatiya Janata Party
	33	Mandi	Anil Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
	34	Balh (SC)	Indra Singh Gandhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	35	Sarkaghat	Daleep Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
Hamirpur	38	Hamirpur	Ashish Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	Elected in 2024 by-election
Hamirpur	39	Barsar	Inder Dutt Lakhanpal	Bharatiya Janata Party	Elected in 2024 by-election
Una	44	Una	Satpal Singh Satti	Bharatiya Janata Party
Bilaspur	46	Jhanduta (SC)	Jeet Ram Katwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	48	Bilaspur	Trilok Jamwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	49	Sri Naina Deviji	Randhir Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
Sirmaur	55	Pachhad (SC)	Reena Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
Sirmaur	58	Paonta Sahib	Sukh Ram Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
Shimla	60	Chopal	Balbir Singh Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party

In Rajya Sabha[edit | edit source]

No	Name^[8]		Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
1	Harsh Mahajan	BJP	3 April 2024	2 April 2030
2	Indu Goswami	BJP	10 April 2020	9 April 2026
3	Sikander Kumar	BJP	3 April 2022	2 April 2028

In Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

No	Constituency	Name
1	Kangra	Rajeev Bhardwaj	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Mandi	Kangana Ranaut	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Hamirpur	Anurag Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Shimla (SC)	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party

Leadership[edit | edit source]

Chief Minister[edit | edit source]

No	Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Tenure	Assembly
1	Shanta Kumar	Palampur	5 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 285 days	7th
2	Prem Kumar Dhumal	Bamsan	24 March 1998	5 March 2003	9 years, 342 days	9th
2	Prem Kumar Dhumal	Bamsan	30 December 2007	25 December 2012	9 years, 342 days	11th
3	Jai Ram Thakur	Seraj	27 December 2017	11 December 2022	4 years, 349 days	13th

President[edit | edit source]

No	Name	Tenure
1	Gangaram Thakur	1980	1984	4 years
2	Nageen Chand Pal	1984	1986	2 years
3	Shanta Kumar	1986	1990	4 years
4	Maheshwar Singh	1990	1993	3 years
5	Prem Kumar Dhumal	1993	1998	5 years
6	Suresh Chandel	1998	2000	2 years
7	Jai Krishan Sharma	2000	2003	3 years
8	Suresh Bhardwaj	2003	2007	4 years
9	Jai Ram Thakur	2007	2009	2 years
10	Khimi Ram	2009	2010	1 year
11	Satpal Singh Satti	2010	2020	10 years
12^[9]	Rajeev Bindal	18 January 2020	22 July 2020	186 days
13^[10]	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	22 July 2020	23 April 2023	2 years, 275 days
(12)^[11]	Rajeev Bindal	23 April 2023	Present	3 years, 106 days

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "What you need to know about India's BJP". Al Jazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ Jain, Praveen (7 January 2024). "Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart". ThePrint. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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↑ Jain, Devaki (14 August 2021). "The Maharani who founded the BJP". The Citizen (India).
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↑ "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
↑ "Rajiv Bindal unanimously elected Himachal BJP president". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022.
↑ "Lok Sabha MP Suresh Kumar Kashyap elected as Himachal Pradesh BJP president". ThePrint. 22 July 2020.
↑ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-appoints-rajeev-bindal-as-partys-himachal-pradesh-chief-3973608

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[:3001-1] "What you need to know about India's BJP". Al Jazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] Jain, Praveen (7 January 2024). "Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart". ThePrint. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[3] "Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika". Bihar Times. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[4] Sir, Sp (29 April 2021). "K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries". The Sindhu World. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[5] कौन थे बीजेपी के इकलौते मुस्लिम फाउंडर सिकंदर बख्त? जानिए कैसे थामा पार्टी का साथ (in हिन्दी). 6 April 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[6] Jain, Devaki (14 August 2021). "The Maharani who founded the BJP". The Citizen (India).

[7] "Rajput votes at stake in Rajasthan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat legacy a new front in BJP, Cong battle". The Indian Express. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[members2-8] "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[9] "Rajiv Bindal unanimously elected Himachal BJP president". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022.

[10] "Lok Sabha MP Suresh Kumar Kashyap elected as Himachal Pradesh BJP president". ThePrint. 22 July 2020.

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