Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh
Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Yogi Adityanath; (Chief Minister);
President	Pankaj Chaudhary
General Secretary	Dharam Pal Singh
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	BJP Bhawan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh
Colours	Saffron
ECI Status	National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha	33 / 80
Seats in Rajya Sabha	25 / 31
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council	79 / 100
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly	258 / 403
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	up.bjp.org
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Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh, or , (BJP Uttar Pradesh) is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the BJP Bhavan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha election[edit | edit source]

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952	0 / 86	–	Opposition
1957	1 / 86	1	Opposition
1962	7 / 86	6	Opposition
1967	12 / 85	5	Opposition
1971	4 / 85	8	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980	0 / 85	–	Opposition
1984	0 / 85	–	Opposition
1989	8 / 85	8	Outside support to JD
1991	51 / 85	43	Opposition
1996	52 / 85	1	Government, later Opposition
1998	59 / 85	7	Government
1999	29 / 85	30	Government
2004	10 / 80	19	Opposition
2009	10 / 80	–	Opposition
2014	71 / 80	61	Government
2019	62 / 80	9	Government
2024	33 / 80	29	Government

Vidhan Sabha election[edit | edit source]

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952	2 / 430	2	6.45%	–	Opposition
1957	17 / 430	15	9.84%	3.39%	Opposition
1962	49 / 430	32	16.64%	6.80%	Opposition
1967	98 / 425	49	21.67%	5.03%	Opposition, later Government
1969	49 / 425	49	17.93%	3.74%	Opposition, later Government
1974	61 / 425	12	17.12%	0.81%	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980	11 / 425	11	10.76%	–	Opposition
1985	16 / 425	5	9.83%	0.93%	Opposition
1989	57 / 425	41	11.61%	1.78%	Outside support to JD
1991	221 / 425	164	31.45%	19.84%	Government
1993	177 / 425	44	33.30%	1.85%	Opposition
1996	174 / 425	3	32.52%	0.48%	Government
2002	88 / 403	86	20.08%	12.44%	Government, later Opposition
2007	51 / 403	37	16.97%	3.11%	Opposition
2012	47 / 403	4	15%	1.97%	Opposition
2017	312 / 403	265	39.67%	24.67%	Government
2022	255 / 403	57	41.3%	1.63%	Government

Leadership[edit | edit source]

Chief Minister[edit | edit source]

No	Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Tenure	Assembly
1	Kalyan Singh	Atrauli	24 June 1991	6 December 1992	3 years, 217 days	11th
1	Kalyan Singh	Atrauli	21 September 1997	12 November 1999	3 years, 217 days	13th
2	Ram Prakash Gupta	MLC	12 November 1999	28 October 2000	351 days
3	Rajnath Singh	Haidergarh	28 October 2000	8 March 2002	1 year, 131 days
4	Yogi Adityanath	MLC	19 March 2017	25 March 2022	9 years, 134 days	17th
4	Yogi Adityanath	Gorakhpur Urban	25 March 2022	Incumbent	9 years, 134 days	18th

Deputy Chief Minister[edit | edit source]

No	Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Tenure	Assembly	Chief Minister
1	Dinesh Sharma	MLC	19 March 2017	25 March 2022	5 years, 6 days	17th	Yogi Adityanath
	Keshav Prasad Maurya	MLC	19 March 2017	25 March 2022	9 years, 134 days	17th
	Keshav Prasad Maurya	MLC	25 March 2022	Incumbent	9 years, 134 days	18th
2	Brajesh Pathak	Lucknow Cantonment	25 March 2022	Incumbent	4 years, 128 days	18th

Leaders of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of Office			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Kalyan Singh	Atrauli	4 July 1993	12 June 1995	1 year, 343 days	12th	Mulayam Singh Yadav
2		Lalji Tandon	Lucknow West	7 September 2003	13 May 2007	3 years, 248 days	14th	Mulayam Singh Yadav

President[edit | edit source]

#	Name	Term of Office
1	Madhav Prasad Tripathi	1980	1984	4 years
2	Kalyan Singh	1984	1990	6 years
3	Rajendra Kumar Gupta	1990	1991	1 year
4	Kalraj Mishra	1991	1997	6 years
5	Rajnath Singh	25 March 1997	3 January 2000	2 years, 284 days
6^[8]	Om Prakash Singh	3 January 2000	17 August 2000	227 days
(4)^[9]	Kalraj Mishra	17 August 2000	24 June 2002	1 year, 311 days
7^[10]	Vinay Katiyar	24 June 2002	18 July 2004	2 years, 24 days
8^[11]	Keshari Nath Tripathi	18 July 2004	3 September 2007	3 years, 47 days
9^[12]	Ramapati Ram Tripathi	3 September 2007	12 May 2010	2 years, 251 days
10^[13]	Surya Pratap Shahi	12 May 2010	13 April 2012	1 year, 337 days
11^[14]	Laxmikant Bajpai	13 April 2012	8 April 2016	3 years, 361 days
12^[15]	Keshav Prasad Maurya	8 April 2016	31 August 2017	1 year, 145 days
13^[16]	Mahendra Nath Pandey	31 August 2017	16 July 2019	1 year, 319 days
14^[17]	Swatantra Dev Singh	16 July 2019	25 August 2022	3 years, 40 days
15^[18]	Bhupendra Chaudhary	25 August 2022	14 December 2025	3 years, 111 days
16	Pankaj Chaudhary	14 December 2025	incumbent	229 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.
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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.

[8] "I would not hesitate in taking on anyone: Om Prakash Singh". India Today. 3 January 2000.

[9] "Kalraj Mishra is UP BJP chief". www.tribuneindia.com. 17 August 2000.

[10] "Vinay Katiyar appointed UP BJP chief". www.rediff.com. 24 June 2002.

[11] "BJP takes UP away from Katiyar". The Times of India. 19 July 2004.

[12] "Rajnath's close aide is party chief in UP". Hindustan Times. 2 September 2007.

[13] "BJP elects new president from east UP again". Hindustan Times. 12 May 2010.

[14] "Laxmikant Bajpai replaces Shahi as state BJP chief". The Indian Express. 14 April 2012.

[15] "BS Yeddyurappa to head BJP in Karnataka, Keshav Prasad Maurya in Uttar Pradesh". The Economic Times. 8 April 2016.

[16] "Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP chief". The New Indian Express. 1 September 2017.

[17] "Swatantra Dev Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president". Zee News. 16 July 2019.

[18] "Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president". NDTV News. 25 August 2022.

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