Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली

Abbreviation	BJP
President	Virender Sachdeva^[1]
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lal Krishna Advani^[2]
Founded	6 April 1980 (43 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from	Janata Party
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977) Janata Party (1977–1980)
Headquarters	14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi^[3]
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh^[4]
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh^[5]
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	7 / 7
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 3
Seats in Delhi Legislative Assembly	8 / 70
Seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi	104 / 250
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag

Website
www.bjp.org/delhi
Politics of India Political parties Elections

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

Lok Sabha Election

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

Legislative Assembly Election

Year	Legislature	Leader	Seats contested	Seats won	+/-	Votes	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 (Interim)	Interim Assembly	-	31	5 / 48	–	1,14,207	21.89%	New	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	1st Assembly	Madan Lal Khurana	70	49 / 70	–	15,20,675	47.82%	New	Government
1998	2nd Assembly	Sushma Swaraj	67	15 / 70	34	13,90,689	34.02%	13.8%	Opposition
2003	3rd Assembly	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	70	20 / 70	5	15,89,323	35.22%	1.2%	Opposition
2008	4th Assembly	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	69	23 / 70	3	22,44,629	36.34%	1.12%	Opposition
2013	5th Assembly	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	68	32 / 70	9	26,04,100	33.07%	3.27%	Opposition
2015	6th Assembly	Kiran Bedi	69	3 / 70	29	28,90,485	32.2%	0.87%	Opposition
2020	7th Assembly	Manoj Tiwari	67	8 / 70	5	35,75,529	38.51%	6.31%	Opposition

Leadership

Chief Minister

No	Name	Constituency	Term of Office	Tenure	Assembly
1	Madan Lal Khurana	Moti Nagar	2 December 1993	26 February 1996^[RES]	2 years, 86 days	1st (1993 election)
2	Sahib Singh Verma	Shalimar Bagh	26 February 1996	12 October 1998^[RES]	2 years, 228 days
3	Sushma Swaraj	Not Contested	12 October 1998	3 December 1998	52 days

Portrait

Name

Constituency

Term of Office

Tenure

Assembly

Madan Lal Khurana

Moti Nagar

2 December 1993

26 February 1996^[RES]

2 years, 86 days

1st
(1993 election)

Sahib Singh Verma

Shalimar Bagh

26 February 1996

12 October 1998^[RES]

2 years, 228 days

Sushma Swaraj

Not Contested

12 October 1998

3 December 1998

52 days

Leaders of the Opposition

No	Portarit	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	Incumbent	4 years, 32 days	7th	Arvind Kejriwal

References

^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice
^ 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.
^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/

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