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Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar 
Summary
Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Samrat Chaudhary is the current president of the BJP Bihar.[1][2]
Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar भारतीय जनता पार्टी, बिहार | |
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| President | Samrat Chaudhary |
| General Secretary | Bhikhubhai Dalsaniya |
| Headquarters | 8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 17 / 40
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 4 / 16
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| Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly | 78 / 243
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| Seats in Bihar Legislative Council | 24 / 75
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Electoral history edit
Legislative Assembly election edit
| Year | Legislature | Leader | Seats contested | Seats won | +/- | Votes | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 8th Assembly | 246 | 21 / 324
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 21
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18,91,325 | 8.41% | 8.41%
|
Opposition | |
| 1985 | 9th Assembly | 234 | 16 / 324
|
 5
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18,33,275 | 7.54% | 0.87%
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Opposition | |
| 1990 | 10th Assembly | Inder Singh Namdhari | 237 | 39 / 324
|
23
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37,21,392 | 11.61% | 4.07%
|
Outside support to Janata Dal |
| 1995 | 11th Assembly | Yashwant Sinha | 315 | 41 / 324
|
2
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44,80,363 | 12.96% | 1.35%
|
Opposition |
| 2000 | 12th Assembly | Sushil Modi | 168 | 67 / 324
|
26
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54,24,687 | 14.64% | 1.68%
|
Opposition |
| 2005 | 13th Assembly | Gopal Narayan Singh | 103 | 37 / 243
|
30
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26,86,290 | 10.97% | 3.67%
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| 2005 | 14th Assembly | Sushil Modi | 102 | 55 / 243
|
18
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36,86,720 | 15.65% | 4.68%
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Government |
| 2010 | 15th Assembly | Sushil Modi | 102 | 91 / 243
|
36
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47,90,436 | 16.49% | 0.84%
|
Government, later Opposition |
| 2015 | 16th Assembly | Sushil Modi | 157 | 53 / 243
|
38
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93,08,015 | 24.42% | 7.93%
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Opposition, later Government |
| 2020 | 17th Assembly | Sanjay Jaiswal | 110 | 74 / 243
|
21
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82,02,067 | 19.46% | 4.96%
|
Government, later Opposition, later Government |
Lok Sabha election edit
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 1980 | 0 / 54
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Opposition |
| 1984 | 0 / 54
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Opposition |
| 1989 | 8 / 54
|
8
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Outside support to National Front |
| 1991 | 5 / 54
|
3
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Opposition |
| 1996 | 18 / 54
|
13
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Government, later Opposition |
| 1998 | 19 / 54
|
1
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Government |
| 1999 | 23 / 54
|
4
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Government |
| 2004 | 5 / 40
|
18
|
Opposition |
| 2009 | 12 / 40
|
7
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Opposition |
| 2014 | 22 / 40
|
15
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Government |
| 2019 | 17 / 40
|
5
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Government |
| 2024 | |||
Leadership edit
Deputy Chief Minister edit
| # | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Tenure | Assembly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Sushil Kumar Modi | 24 November 2005 | 16 June 2013 | 10 years, 316 days | 14th |
| 15th | ||||||
| 27 July 2017 | 16 November 2020 | 16th | ||||
| 2 | 
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Tarkishore Prasad | 16 November 2020 | 9 August 2022 | 1 year, 266 days | 17th |
|
Renu Devi | |||||
| 3 | 
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Samrat Choudhary | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | 84 days | |
|
Vijay Kumar Sinha | |||||
Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly edit
| # | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Yashwant Sinha | 17 April 1995 | 24 January 1996 | 282 days | 11th | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| 2 |
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Sushil Kumar Modi | 19 March 1996 | 1 March 2000 | 8 years, 9 days | Rabri Devi | |
| 15 March 2000 | 28 March 2004 | 12th | |||||
| 3 | 
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Nand Kishore Yadav | 19 June 2013 | 4 December 2015 | 2 years, 168 days | 15th | Nitish Kumar |
| 4 | Prem Kumar | 4 December 2015 | 28 July 2017 | 1 year, 236 days | 16th | ||
| 5 | 
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Vijay Kumar Sinha | 24 August 2022 | 28 January 2024 | 1 year, 157 days | 17th | |
Leader of the Opposition Legislative Council edit
| # | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Sushil Kumar Modi | 19 June 2013 | 27 July 2017 | 4 years, 38 days | Nitish Kumar |
| 2 | 
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Samrat Chaudhary | 24 August 2022 | 20 August 2023 | 361 days | |
| 3 | Hari Sahni | 20 August 2023 | 28 January 2024 | 161 days | ||
President edit
| # | Portrait | Party leader[3] | Tenure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Kailashpati Mishra | 1980 | 1981 | 1 year |
| 2 | Jagadambi Prasad Yadav | 1981 | 1984 | 3 years | |
| (1) |
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Kailashpati Mishra | 1984 | 1987 | 3 years |
| 3 | 
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Inder Singh Namdhari | 1988 | 1990 | 3 years |
| 4 | Tarakant Jha | 1990 | 1993 | 3 years | |
| 5 | Ashwani Kumar | 1994 | 1996 | 2 years | |
| 6 |
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Yashwant Sinha | 1997 | 1998 | 1 year |
| 7 |
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Nand Kishore Yadav | 1998 | 2003 | 5 years |
| 8[4] | Gopal Narayan Singh | 16-Oct-2003 | 31-May-2005 | 1 year, 227 days | |
| 9[5] |
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Sushil Kumar Modi | 31 May 2005 | 2006 | 1 year |
| 10 | 
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Radha Mohan Singh | 2006 | 24-Apr-2010 | 4 years |
| 11[6] | 
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C. P. Thakur | 24-Apr-2010 | 18-Jan-2013 | 2 years, 269 days |
| 12[7] | Mangal Pandey | 18-Jan-2013 | 30-Nov-2016 | 3 years, 317 days | |
| 13[8] | 
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Nityanand Rai | 30-Nov-2016 | 14-Sep-2019 | 2 years, 288 days |
| 14[9] | Sanjay Jaiswal | 14-Sep-2019 | 23-Mar-2023 | 3 years, 190 days | |
| 15 |
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Samrat Chaudhary | 24-Mar-2023 | Present | 1 year, 28 days |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "BJP appoints Sanjay Jaiswal as Bihar chief, Satish Punia to look after Rajasthan". Hindustan Times. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "सम्राट चौधरी बने बिहार के नए बीजेपी अध्यक्ष, संजय जायसवाल की छुट्टी, 2024 चुनाव से पहले बड़ा दांव". live hindustan. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "सीढ़ी दर सीढ़ी सफलता के शिखर चढ़े डॉ. संजय जायसवाल". Hindustan (in Hindi).
- ^ "Gopal Narain Singh new Bihar BJP President". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Jha, Sachchidan (31 May 2005). "Sushil Modi is new chief of Bihar BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "C P Thakur new Bihar BJP president". The Indian Express. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Ahmad, Faizan (18 January 2013). "Mangal Pandey: Mangal Pandey set to be new state BJP chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai appointed BJP's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Kumar, Madan (14 September 2019). "Sanjay Jaiswal: Three-time Lok Sabha member Sanjay Jaiswal appointed Bihar BJP president". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.