Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu

Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu
பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சி – தமிழ்நாடு
PresidentNainar Nagendran
General SecretaryRama Srinivasan
TreasurerS. R. Sekhar
Founder
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersKamalalayam,
19, Vaidyaraman Street,
T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 18
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 39
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
4 / 234
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
BJP Tamil Nadu

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu (BJP Tamil Nadu) (தமிழ்நாடு பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சி), also known as the Tamil Nadu BJP, is the affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party is based in Chennai and is led by chair Nainar Nagendran.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha election

Election Year Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won Overall votes (%) of votes (+/-) in seats Vote swing Outcome
Lok Sabha
1984 8th 1
0 / 39
 15,462 0.07% new Others
1989 9th 3
0 / 39
 76,511 0.29% 0.22 Government
1991 10th 15
0 / 39
 4,06,869 1.65% 1.36 Opposition
1996 11th 37
0 / 39
 7,95,797 2.93% 1.28 Opposition
1998 12th 5
3 / 39
 17,57,645 6.86% 3 3.93 Government
1999 13th 6
4 / 39
 17,57,645 7.14% 1 0.28 Government
2004 14th 6
0 / 39
 14,55,899 5.07% 4 2.10 Opposition
2009 15th 18
0 / 39
 17,57,645 2.30% 2.77 Opposition
2014 16th 9
1 / 39
 22,23,566 5.56% 1 3.21 Government
2019 17th 5
0 / 39
 15,51,924 3.62% 1 1.94 Government
2024 18th 23
0 / 39
 48,80,954 11.24% 7.58 Government

Legislative Assembly election

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Vote share/Seats contested Outcome
1980 10
0 / 234
  – 0.07% New 0.007 None
1984 15
0 / 234
  – 0.25% 0.18 0.016 None
1989 30
0 / 234
  – 0.35% 0.1 0.011 None
1991 99
0 / 234
  – 1.70% 1.35 0.017 None
1996 143
1 / 234
 1 1.81% 0.11 0.012 None
2001 21
4 / 234
 3 3.19% 1.38 0.151 None
2006 225
0 / 234
 4 2.02% 1.17 0.008 None
2011 204
0 / 234
  – 2.22% 0.2 0.010 None
2016 188
0 / 234
  – 2.84% 0.62 0.015 None
2021 20
4 / 234
 4 2.62% 0.22 0.131 None

Leadership

Elected members

Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly

S.No. Constituency Name Remarks Win Margin in 2021
# Name
Erode District
01. 100 Modakkurichi C. Saraswathi 281
Coimbatore District
02. 120 Coimbatore South Vanathi Srinivasan 1,728
Tirunelveli District
03. 224 Tirunelveli Nainar Nagendran 23,107
Kanyakumari District
04. 230 Nagercoil M. R. Gandhi 11,669

Prominent members

Vice presidents of the state unit

  • M. Chakravarthy
  • V. P. Duraisamy, Former Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly[8], Former Deputy Speaker (from DMK)
  • K. S. Narendiran
  • M. Muruganandam
  • M. N. Raja
  • A. R. Mahalakshmi
  • P. Kanagasabapathi
  • Puratchikavidhasan

General secretaries of the state unit

  • K. T. Raghavan
  • G. K. Selvakumar
  • R. Srinivasan
  • Karu. Nagarajan

List of presidents

S.No Name Tenure Elected year Ref.
1 K. Narayan Rao 1980 – 1983 1980 -
2 K. N. Lakshmanan 1984 – 1989 1984 [9]
3 V. Vijayaraghavalu 1990 – 1993 1990 -
4 N. S. Chandra Bose 1993 – 1995 1993 -
(2) K. N. Lakshmanan 1996 – 2000 1996 -
5 S. P. Kirubanidhi 6 May 2000 – 12 May 2003 2000 -
6 C. P. Radhakrishnan 12 May 2003 – 22 September 2006 2003 [10]
7 La Ganesan 22 September 2006 – 30 December 2009 2006 [11]
8 Pon Radhakrishnan 30 December 2009 – 27 May 2014 2009 [12]
2012
9 Tamilisai Soundararajan 16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019 2014 [13]
2016
10 L. Murugan 11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021 2020 [14]
11 K. Annamalai 8 July 2021 – 12 April 2025 2021 [15]
12 Nainar Nagendran 12 April 2025 – Incumbent 2025

See also

References

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