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Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentVirendra Sachdeva[1]
ChairmanTBD
(Chief Minister of Delhi)
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi[3]
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Colours  Saffron
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
7 / 7
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 3
Seats in Delhi Legislative Assembly
48 / 70
Seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi
118 / 250
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi (or BJP Delhi) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi. Its head office is situated at 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi. The Current President of BJP Delhi is Virender Sachdeva.[6]

Electoral Performance

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Lok Sabha Election

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Year Seats won +/- Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967
6 / 7
  – Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989
4 / 7
  – Opposition
1991
5 / 7
 Increase 1 Opposition
1996
5 / 7
  – Government, later Opposition
1998
6 / 7
 Increase 1 Government
1999
7 / 7
 Increase 1 Government
2004
1 / 7
 Decrease 6 Opposition
2009
0 / 7
 Decrease 1 Opposition
2014
7 / 7
 Increase 7 Government
2019
7 / 7
  – Government
2024
7 / 7
  – Government

Legislative Assembly Election

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Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Votes Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 31
5 / 48
  – 1,14,207 21.89% New Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 70
49 / 70
  – 15,20,675 47.82% New Government
1998 67
15 / 70
 Decrease 34 13,90,689 34.02% Decrease 13.8% Opposition
2003 70
20 / 70
 Increase 5 15,89,323 35.22% Increase 1.2% Opposition
2008 69
23 / 70
 Increase 3 22,44,629 36.34% Increase 1.12% Opposition
2013 68
32 / 70
 Increase 9 26,04,100 33.07% Decrease 3.27% Opposition
2015 69
3 / 70
 Decrease 29 28,90,485 32.2% Decrease 0.87% Opposition
2020 67
8 / 70
 Increase 5 35,75,529 38.51% Increase 6.31% Opposition
2025 68
48 / 70
 Increase 40 43,23,110 45.56% Increase 7.05% Government

Leadership

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Chief Minister

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No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Tenure Assembly
1 Madan Lal Khurana Moti Nagar 2 December 1993 26 February 1996 2 years, 86 days 1st
(1993 election)
2

Sahib Singh Verma Shalimar Bagh 26 February 1996 12 October 1998 2 years, 228 days
3 Sushma Swaraj Not Contested 12 October 1998 3 December 1998 52 days

Leaders of the Opposition

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No Portrait Name Constituency Term Assembly Chief Minister
1 Harsh Vardhan Krishna Nagar 2 December 2013 16 May 2014 165 days 5th Arvind Kejriwal
2 Ramvir Singh Bidhuri Badarpur 24 February 2020 4 June 2024 4 years, 101 days 7th
3 Vijender Gupta Rohini 4 August 2024 8 February 2025 188 days

President

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# Portrait Name Tenure Ref
1 Vijay Kumar Malhotra 1980 1984 4 years
2 Kidar Nath Sahani 1984 1988 4 years
3 Madan Lal Khurana 1988 1991 3 years
4 Om Prakash Kohli 1991 1995 4 years
(2) Kidar Nath Sahani 30-Jun-1995 30-Jun-1998 3 years, 0 days
5 Mange Ram Garg 30-Jun-1998 12-Jul-2002 4 years, 12 days [7]
(3) Madan Lal Khurana 12-Jul-2002 19-Dec-2003 1 year, 160 days [8]
6 Harsh Vardhan 19-Dec-2003 7-Jan-2009 5 years, 19 days [9]
(4) Om Prakash Kohli 7-Jan-2009 15-May-2010 1 year, 128 days [10]
7 Vijender Gupta 15-May-2010 15-Feb-2013 2 years, 276 days [11]
8 Vijay Goel 15-Feb-2013 19-Feb-2014 1 year, 4 days [12]
(6) Harsh Vardhan 19-Feb-2014 8-Jul-2014 139 days [13]
9 Satish Upadhyay 8-Jul-2014 30-Nov-2016 2 years, 145 days [14]
10 Manoj Tiwari 30-Nov-2016 2-Jun-2020 3 years, 185 days [15]
11 Adesh Gupta 2-Jun-2020 23-Mar-2023 2 years, 294 days [16]
12 Virendra Sachdeva 23-Mar-2023 present 1 year, 323 days [17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice
  4. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3.
  6. ^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
  7. ^ "Mange Ram Garg elected New Delhi BJP chief". Rediff. 30 June 1998.
  8. ^ "Madan Lal Khurana appointed Delhi BJP chief". The Times of India. 12 July 2002.
  9. ^ "Om Prakash Kohli takes over as Delhi BJP chief". The New Indian Express. 8 January 2009.
  10. ^ "OP Kohli appointed Delhi BJP chief". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Vijender Gupta is Delhi BJP's new chief". The Times of India. 15 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Delhi BJP gets new chief in Vijay Goel". India Today. 16 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Harshvardhan is new Delhi BJP president". The Times of India. 19 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Satish Upadhyay appointment marks break in BJP tradition". India Today. 9 July 2014.
  15. ^ "Manoj Tiwari appointed chief of Delhi BJP". Hindustan Times. 30 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Adesh Kumar Gupta appointed Delhi BJP chief, takes over from Manoj Tiwari". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Virendra Sachdeva becomes full-time Delhi BJP chief". The Times of India. 23 March 2023.
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