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Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, उत्तर प्रदेश
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderYogi Adityanath
(Chief Minister)
PresidentBhupendra Chaudhary
General SecretaryDharam Pal Singh
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersBJP Bhawan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in Lok Sabha
33 / 80
Seats in Rajya Sabha
25 / 31
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
251 / 403
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
79 / 100
Website
up.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh, or simply, BJP Uttar Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the BJP Bhavan, 7, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.

Electoral history

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Legislative Assembly election

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Year Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952
2 / 430
 Increase 2 6.45% – Opposition
1957
17 / 430
 Increase 15 9.84% Increase 3.39%
1962
49 / 430
 Increase 32 16.64% Increase 6.80%
1967
98 / 425
 Increase 49 21.67% Increase 5.03% Opposition,
later Government
1969
49 / 425
 Decrease 49 17.93% Decrease 3.74%
1974
61 / 425
 Increase 12 17.12% Decrease 0.81% Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
11 / 425
 Increase 11 10.76% – Opposition
1985
16 / 425
 Increase 5 9.83% Decrease 0.93%
1989
57 / 425
 Increase 41 11.61% Increase 1.78% Outside support to Janata Dal
1991
221 / 425
 Increase 164 31.45% Increase 19.84% Government
1993
177 / 425
 Decrease 44 33.30% Increase 1.85% Opposition
1996
174 / 425
 Decrease 3 32.52% Decrease 0.48% Government
2002
88 / 403
 Decrease 86 20.08% Decrease 12.44% Government,
later Opposition
2007
51 / 403
 Decrease 37 16.97% Decrease 3.11% Opposition
2012
47 / 403
 Decrease 4 15% Decrease 1.97%
2017
312 / 403
 Increase 265 39.67% Increase 24.67% Government
2022
255 / 403
 Decrease 57 41.3% Increase 1.63%


Lok Sabha election

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Year Seats won +/- Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952
0 / 86
 – Opposition
1957
1 / 86
 Increase 1
1962
7 / 86
 Increase 6
1967
12 / 85
 Increase 5
1971
4 / 85
 Decrease 8
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
0 / 85
 – Opposition
1984
0 / 85
 –
1989
8 / 85
 Increase 8 Outside support to National Front
1991
51 / 85
 Increase 43 Opposition
1996
52 / 85
 Increase 1 Government, later Opposition
1998
59 / 85
 Increase 7 Government
1999
29 / 85
 Decrease 30
2004
10 / 80
 Decrease 19 Opposition
2009
10 / 80
 –
2014
71 / 80
 Increase 61 Government
2019
62 / 80
 Decrease 9
2024
33 / 80
 Decrease 29

Leadership

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Chief Minister

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No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Tenure Assembly
1 Kalyan Singh Atrauli 24 June 1991 6 December 1992 3 years, 217 days 11th
21 September 1997 12 November 1999 13th
2 Ram Prakash Gupta MLC 12 November 1999 28 October 2000 351 days
3 Rajnath Singh Haidergarh 28 October 2000 8 March 2002 1 year, 131 days
4 Yogi Adityanath MLC 19 March 2017 25 March 2022 7 years, 232 days 17th
Gorakhpur Urban 25 March 2022 Incumbent 18th

Deputy Chief Minister

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No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Tenure Assembly Chief Minister
1 Dinesh Sharma MLC 19 March 2017 25 March 2022 5 years, 6 days 17th Yogi Adityanath
Keshav Prasad Maurya MLC 19 March 2017 25 March 2022 7 years, 232 days
25 March 2022 Incumbent 18th
2 Brajesh Pathak Lucknow Cantonment 25 March 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 226 days

Leaders of the Opposition

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No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Kalyan Singh Atrauli 4 July 1993 12 June 1995 1 year, 343 days 12th Mulayam Singh Yadav
2 Lalji Tandon Lucknow West 7 September 2003 13 May 2007 3 years, 248 days 14th

President

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No Portrait Name Term of Office
1 Madhav Prasad Tripathi 1980 1984 4 years
2 Kalyan Singh 1984 1990 6 years
3 Kalraj Mishra 1991 1997 6 years
4 Rajnath Singh 25-Mar-1997 03-Jan-2000 2 years, 284 days
5[1] Om Prakash Singh 03-Jan-2000 17-Aug-2000 227 days
(3)[2] Kalraj Mishra 17-Aug-2000 24-Jun-2002 1 year, 311 days
6[3] Vinay Katiyar 24-Jun-2002 18-Jul-2004 2 years, 24 days
7[4] Keshari Nath Tripathi 18-Jul-2004 03-Sep-2007 3 years, 47 days
8[5] Ramapati Ram Tripathi 03-Sep-2007 12-May-2010 2 years, 251 days
9[6] Surya Pratap Shahi 12-May-2010 13-Apr-2012 1 year, 337 days
10[7] Laxmikant Bajpai 13-Apr-2012 08-Apr-2016 3 years, 361 days
11[8] Keshav Prasad Maurya 08-Apr-2016 31-Aug-2017 1 year, 145 days
12[9] Mahendra Nath Pandey 31-Aug-2017 16-Jul-2019 1 year, 319 days
13[10] Swatantra Dev Singh 16-Jul-2019 25-Aug-2022 3 years, 40 days
14[11] Bhupendra Singh Bhupendra Chaudhary 25-Aug-2022 present 2 years, 73 days

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "I would not hesitate in taking on anyone: Om Prakash Singh". India Today. 3 January 2000.
  2. ^ "Kalraj Mishra is UP BJP chief". www.tribuneindia.com. 17 August 2000.
  3. ^ "Vinay Katiyar appointed UP BJP chief". www.rediff.com. 24 June 2002.
  4. ^ "BJP takes UP away from Katiyar". The Times of India. 19 July 2004.
  5. ^ "Rajnath's close aide is party chief in UP". Hindustan Times. 2 September 2007.
  6. ^ "BJP elects new president from east UP again". Hindustan Times. 12 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Laxmikant Bajpai replaces Shahi as state BJP chief". The Indian Express. 14 April 2012.
  8. ^ "BS Yeddyurappa to head BJP in Karnataka, Keshav Prasad Maurya in Uttar Pradesh". The Economic Times. 8 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP chief". The New Indian Express. 1 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Swatantra Dev Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president". Zee News. 16 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president". NDTV News. 25 August 2022.
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