Bharatiya Janata Party – Andhra Pradesh
Bharatiya Janata Party – Andhra Pradesh రతీయ జనతా పార్టీ – ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్భా | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | BJP |
| President | P. V. N. Madhav[1] |
| Chairman | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003 [10] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[11] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[12] |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 2 / 11
|
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 3 / 25
|
| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council | 1 / 58
|
| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 8 / 175
|
| Election symbol | |
| Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| andhra | |
The Bharatiya Janata Party – Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ), also known as the BJP Andhra Pradesh, is the affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party is based in Vijayawada and is led by chair Daggubati Purandeswari.[1][13] P. V. N. Madhav is currently appointed as the president of BJP Andhra Pradesh.
The party currently holds 2 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 3 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state, while it holds 1 seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Electoral performance
Lok Sabha Elections
| Year | Seats won | Voteshare (%) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 / 42
|
2.21% | Opposition |
| 1989 | 0 / 42
|
1.78% | Opposition |
| 1991 | 1 / 42
|
9.27% | Opposition |
| 1996 | 0 / 42
|
14.12% | Opposition |
| 1998 | 4 / 42
|
18.12% | Government |
| 1999 | 7 / 42
|
9.91% | Government |
| 2004 | 0 / 42
|
8.41% | Opposition |
| 2009 | 0 / 42
|
2.84% | Opposition |
| 2014 | 2 / 25
|
4.13% | Government |
| 2019 | 0 / 25
|
0.98% | Government |
| 2024 | 3 / 25
|
11.28% | Government |
Vidhan Sabha Elections
| Year | Seats won | Voteshare (%) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||
| 1967 | 3 / 287
|
2.11% | Opposition |
| 1972 | 0 / 287
|
1.86% | Lost |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 1983 | 3 / 294
|
2.76% | Opposition |
| 1985 | 8 / 294
|
1.32% | Opposition |
| 1989 | 5 / 294
|
1.78% | Opposition |
| 1994 | 3 / 294
|
3.89% | Opposition |
| 1999 | 12 / 294
|
3.67% | Opposition |
| 2004 | 2 / 294
|
2.63% | Opposition |
| 2009 | 2 / 294
|
2.84% | Opposition |
| 2014 | 4 / 175
|
4.13% | Government |
| 2019 | 0 / 175
|
0.84% | Lost |
| 2024 | 8 / 175
|
2.83% | Government |
Leadership
President
| No | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D.Suryaprakash Reddy | 1980 | 1982 | |
| 2 | P. V. Chalapathi Rao | 1982 | 1986 | |
| 3 | Bangaru Laxman | 1986 | 1988 | |
| 4 | Venkaiah Naidu | 1988 | 1993 | |
| 5 | V. Rama Rao | 1993 | 1997 | |
| 6 | Bandaru Dattatreya | 1997 | 1998 | |
| 7 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | 1998 | 1999 | |
| (5) | V. Rama Rao | 1999 | 2001 | |
| 8 | Chilakam Ramachandra Reddy | 2001 | 2003 | |
| 9[14] | N. Indrasena Reddy | 3-Aug-2003 | 2006 | |
| (6) | Bandaru Dattatreya | 2006 | 8-Mar-2010 | |
| 10[15] | G. Kishan Reddy | 8-Mar-2010 | 2-Jun-2014 | |
| 11 | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 2-Jun-2014 | 13-May-2018 | |
| 12[16] | Kanna Lakshminarayana | 13-May-2018 | 28-Jul-2020 | |
| 13[17] | Somu Veerraju | 28-Jul-2020 | 4-Jul-2023 | |
| 14[18] | Daggubati Purandeswari | 4-Jul-2023 | 30-Jun-2025 | |
| 15 | P. V. N. Madhav | 1-Jul-2025 | Incumbent | |
See also
References
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- ^ https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-state-office
- ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan". 15 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Indrasena Reddy to be Andhra BJP president". The Times of India. 2 August 2003.
- ^ "Kishan Reddy elected as new AP BJP president". Haindava Keralam. 8 March 2010.
- ^ "BJP appoints Kanna Lakshminarayana as the new Andhra Pradesh president". The New Indian Express. 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Somu Veerraju appointed president of BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit". Hindustan Times. 28 July 2020.
- ^ "BJP appoints Daggubati Purandeswari as A.P. unit president". The Hindu. 4 July 2023.