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    Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh

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    Bharatiya Janata Party,
    Himachal Pradesh
    भारतीय जनता पार्टी, हिमाचल प्रदेश
    AbbreviationBJP
    LeaderJai Ram Thakur
    (Leader of the Opposition)
    PresidentRajeev Bindal
    General SecretaryPavan Rana
    Founded6 April 1980
    (44 years ago)     (1980-04-06)
    HeadquartersDeep Kamal, Kamna Nagar, Shimla-5 Himachal Pradesh
    ECI StatusNational Party
    Seats in Lok Sabha
    4 / 4
    (as of 2024)
    Seats in Rajya Sabha
    3 / 3
    (as of 2024)
    Seats in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
    28 / 68
    (as of 2024)
    Website
    hp.bjp.org
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    Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh, or simply, BJP HP is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the Deep Kamal Chakkar, Shimla.

    Electoral history

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    Legislative Assembly election

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    Year Party leader Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
    Bharatiya Jana Sangh
    1967 Shanta Kumar
    7 / 60
    		 Increase 7 13.87% Increase 13.87 Opposition
    1972
    5 / 68
    		 Decrease 2 7.75% Decrease 6.12% Opposition
    Bharatiya Janata Party
    1982 Shanta Kumar
    29 / 68
    		 Increase 29 35.16% Increase 35.16% Opposition
    1985
    7 / 68
    		 Decrease 22 30.61% Decrease 4.55% Opposition
    1990
    46 / 68
    		 Increase 39 41.78% Increase 11.17 Government
    1993
    8 / 68
    		 Decrease 38 36.14% Decrease 5.64% Opposition
    1998 Prem Kumar Dhumal
    31 / 68
    		 Increase 23 39.02% Increase 2.88% Government
    2003
    16 / 68
    		 Decrease 15 35.38% Decrease 3.64% Opposition
    2007
    41 / 68
    		 Increase 25 43.78% Increase 8.4% Government
    2012
    26 / 68
    		 Decrease 15 38.47% Decrease 5.31% Opposition
    2017 Jai Ram Thakur
    44 / 68
    		 Increase 18 48.79% Increase 10.32% Government
    2022
    25 / 68
    		 Decrease 19 43% Decrease 5.79% Opposition

    Lok Sabha seats

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    Year Legislature Party leader Seats won Change in seats Outcome
    1984 8th Lok Sabha Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    0 / 4
    		 Steady Opposition
    1989 9th Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani
    3 / 4
    		 Increase 3 Outside support for NF
    1991 10th Lok Sabha
    2 / 4
    		 Decrease 2 Opposition
    1996 11th Lok Sabha Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    0 / 4
    		 Decrease 2 Government, later opposition
    1998 12th Lok Sabha
    3 / 4
    		 Increase 3 Government
    1999 13th Lok Sabha
    3 / 4
    		 Steady Government
    2004 14th Lok Sabha
    1 / 4
    		 Decrease 2 Opposition
    2009 15th Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani
    3 / 4
    		 Increase 2 Opposition
    2014 16th Lok Sabha Narendra Modi
    4 / 4
    		 Increase 1 Government
    2019 17th Lok Sabha
    4 / 4
    		 Steady Government
    2024 18th Lok Sabha
    4 / 4
    		 Steady Government

    List of Current Members

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    In Himachal Legislative Assembly

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    District No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
    Chamba 1 Churah (SC) Hans Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
    2 Bharmour (ST) Janak Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
    4 Dalhousie D S Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
    Kangra 6 Nurpur Ranveer Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
    11 Jaswan-Pragpur Bikram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
    14 Sullah Vipin Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party
    16 Kangra Pawan Kumar Kajal Bharatiya Janata Party
    18 Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party Elected in 2024 by-election
    Kullu 24 Banjar Surender Shourie Bharatiya Janata Party
    25 Anni (SC) Lokendra Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
    Mandi 26 Karsog (SC) Deepraj Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party
    27 Sundernagar Rakesh Jamwal Bharatiya Janata Party
    28 Nachan (SC) Vinod Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
    29 Seraj Jai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party Leader of Opposition
    30 Darang Puranchand Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
    31 Jogindernagar Prakash Rana Bharatiya Janata Party
    33 Mandi Anil Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
    34 Balh (SC) Indra Singh Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party
    35 Sarkaghat Daleep Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
    Hamirpur 39 Barsar Inder Dutt Lakhanpal Bharatiya Janata Party Elected in 2024 by-election
    Una 44 Una Satpal Singh Satti Bharatiya Janata Party
    Bilaspur 46 Jhanduta (SC) Jeet Ram Katwal Bharatiya Janata Party
    48 Bilaspur Trilok Jamwal Bharatiya Janata Party
    49 Sri Naina Deviji Randhir Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
    Sirmaur 55 Pachhad (SC) Reena Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
    58 Paonta Sahib Sukh Ram Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
    Shimla 60 Chopal Balbir Singh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party

    In Lok Sabha

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    No Constituency Name Party
    1 Kangra Rajeev Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party
    2 Mandi Kangana Ranaut Bharatiya Janata Party
    3 Hamirpur Anurag Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
    4 Shimla (SC) Suresh Kumar Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party

    In Rajya Sabha

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    No Name[1] Party Date of Appointment Date of Retirement
    1 Harsh Mahajan BJP 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030
    2 Indu Goswami BJP 10-Apr-2020 09-Apr-2026
    3 Sikander Kumar BJP 03-Apr-2022 02-Apr-2028

    Leadership

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    Chief Minister

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    No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Tenure Assembly
    1 Shanta Kumar Palampur 5 March 1990 15 December 1992 2 years, 285 days 7th
    2 Prem Kumar Dhumal Bamsan 24 March 1998 5 March 2003 9 years, 342 days 9th
    30 December 2007 25 December 2012 11th
    3 Jai Ram Thakur Seraj 27 December 2017 11 December 2022 4 years, 349 days 13th

    President

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    No Portrait Name Tenure
    1 Gangaram Thakur 1980 1984 4 years
    2 Nageen Chand Pal 1984 1986 2 years
    3 Shanta Kumar 1986 1990 4 years
    4 Maheshwar Singh 1990 1993 3 years
    5 Prem Kumar Dhumal 1993 1998 5 years
    6 Suresh Chandel 1998 2000 2 years
    7 Jai Krishan Sharma 2000 2003 3 years
    8 Suresh Bhardwaj 2003 2007 4 years
    9 Jai Ram Thakur 2007 2009 2 years
    10 Khimi Ram 2009 2010 1 year
    11 Satpal Singh Satti 2010 2020 10 years
    12[2] Rajeev Bindal 18-Jan-2020 22-Jul-2020 186 days
    13[3] Suresh Kumar Kashyap 22-Jul-2020 23-Apr-2023 2 years, 275 days
    (12)[4] Rajeev Bindal 23-Apr-2023 Present 1 year, 323 days

    See also

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    • Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
    • Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
    • Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
    • State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party

    References

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    1. ^ "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
    2. ^ "Rajiv Bindal unanimously elected Himachal BJP president". Tribuneindia News Service. 18 January 2020.
    3. ^ "Lok Sabha MP Suresh Kumar Kashyap elected as Himachal Pradesh BJP president". ThePrint. 22 July 2020.
    4. ^ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-appoints-rajeev-bindal-as-partys-himachal-pradesh-chief-3973608


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