Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar

Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar
भारतीय जनता पार्टी– बिहार
LeaderSamrat Choudhary
Vijay Kumar Sinha
PresidentSanjay Saraogi
General SecretaryBhikhubhai Dalsaniya
(Organisation)
Founder
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
Headquarters8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar
Colours  Saffron
Seats in Rajya Sabha
5 / 16
Seats in Lok Sabha
12 / 40
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council
24 / 75
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
89 / 243
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag

Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar (BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Sanjay Saraogi the current president of the BJP Bihar.[8][9] Ramdeo Mahto was founding leader of BJP in Bihar.

Electoral history

Lok Sabha election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1980
0 / 54
 Opposition
1984
0 / 54
 Opposition
1989
8 / 54
 8 Outside support to JD
1991
5 / 54
 3 Opposition
1996
18 / 54
 13 Government,
later Opposition
1998
19 / 54
 1 Government
1999
23 / 54
 4 Government
2004
5 / 40
 18 Opposition
2009
12 / 40
 7 Opposition
2014
22 / 40
 10 Government
2019
17 / 40
 5 Government
2024
12 / 40
 5 Government


Legislative Assembly election

Year Seats +/- Voteshare
(%) 		+/-
(%) 		Outcome
Won Contested
1980
21 / 324
 246 21 8.41% 8.41% Opposition
1985
16 / 324
 234 5 7.54% 0.87% Opposition
1990
39 / 324
 237 23 11.61% 4.07% Outside support to JD
1995
41 / 324
 315 2 12.96% 1.35% Opposition
2000
67 / 324
 168 26 14.64% 1.68% Opposition
2005
37 / 243
 103 30 10.97% 3.67%
2005
55 / 243
 102 18 15.65% 4.68% Government
2010
91 / 243
 102 36 16.49% 0.84% Government,
later Opposition
2015
53 / 243
 157 38 24.42% 7.93% Opposition,
later Government
2020
74 / 243
 110 21 19.46% 4.96% Government
2025
89 / 243
 101 15 20.08% 0.62% Government

Leadership

Deputy Chief Minister

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Sushil Kumar Modi MLC 24 November 2005 26 November 2010 10 years, 316 days 14th Nitish Kumar
26 November 2010 16 June 2013 15th
27 July 2017 16 November 2020 16th
2 Tarkishore Prasad Katihar 16 November 2020 9 August 2022 1 year, 266 days 17th
Renu Devi Bettiah
3 Samrat Choudhary Tarapur 28 January 2024 incumbent 2 years, 50 days
Vijay Kumar Sinha Lakhisarai

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Yashwant Sinha Ranchi 17 April 1995 24 January 1996 282 days 11th Lalu Prasad Yadav
2 Sushil Kumar Modi Patna Central 19 March 1996 1 March 2000 8 years, 9 days Rabri Devi
15 March 2000 28 March 2004 12th
3 Nand Kishore Yadav Patna Sahib 19 June 2013 4 December 2015 2 years, 168 days 15th Nitish Kumar
4 Prem Kumar Gaya Town 4 December 2015 28 July 2017 1 year, 236 days 16th
5 Vijay Sinha Lakhisarai 24 August 2022 28 January 2024 1 year, 157 days 17th

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Council

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Chief Minister
1 Ganga Prasad Chaurasia elected by MLA's 20 November 2000 5 March 2005 4 years, 105 days Rabri Devi
2 Sushil Kumar Modi elected by MLA's 19 June 2013 27 July 2017 4 years, 38 days Nitish Kumar
3 Samrat Choudhary elected by MLA's 24 August 2022 20 August 2023 361 days
4 Hari Sahni elected by MLA's 20 August 2023 28 January 2024 161 days

President

# Portrait Name[10] Term of office
1 Kailashpati Mishra 1980 1982 2 years
2 Jagadambi Prasad Yadav 1982 1984 2 years
(1) Kailashpati Mishra 1984 1988 4 years
3 Inder Singh Namdhari 1988 1990 2 years
4 Tarakant Jha 1990 1993 3 years
5 Ashwani Kumar 1994 1996 2 years
6 Yashwant Sinha 1997 1998 1 year
7 Nand Kishore Yadav 1998 2003 5 years
8[11] Gopal Narayan Singh 16-Oct-2003 31-May-2005 1 year, 227 days
9[12] Sushil Kumar Modi 31-May-2005 15-Oct-2006 1 year, 137 days
10[13] Radha Mohan Singh 15-Oct-2006 24-Apr-2010 3 years, 191 days
11[14] C. P. Thakur 24-Apr-2010 18-Jan-2013 2 years, 269 days
12[15] Mangal Pandey 18-Jan-2013 30-Nov-2016 3 years, 317 days
13[16] Nityanand Rai 30-Nov-2016 14-Sep-2019 2 years, 288 days
14[17] Sanjay Jaiswal 14-Sep-2019 24-Mar-2023 3 years, 191 days
15[18] Samrat Choudhary 24-Mar-2023 26-Jul-2024 1 year, 124 days
16[19] Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 26-Jul-2024 15-Dec-2025 1 year, 236 days
17[20] Sanjay Saraogi 15-Dec-2025 present 94 days

See also

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