Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh

Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh

భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్

Abbreviation| BJP
President| Daggubati Purandeswari[1]
Founder|

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Lal Krishna Advani[2]

Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from| Janata Party
Preceded by|

* Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
* Janata Party (1977–1980)

Headquarters| Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh \- 522003 [3]
Labour wing| Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wing| Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Colours|  Saffron
Alliance|

* National Democratic Alliance

Seats in Lok Sabha|

3 / 25

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

0 / 11

Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|

8 / 175

Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|

0 / 58

Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
andhra.bjp.org

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh or simply BJP Andhra Pradesh is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party's headquarters is located in Vijayawada.[6][7] Daggubati Purandeswari is currently appointed as the president of BJP Andhra Pradesh.

The party currently holds no seat in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha from the state, while it does not have any seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and 2 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

## Electoral performance[edit]

### Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

Year  | Seats won  | Voteshare (%)  | Outcome

|
|
|

Janata Party
1977 |

1 / 42

| 32.33%  | Government
1980 |

1 / 42

| 15.24%  | Others
Bharatiya Janata Party
1984 |

1 / 42

| 2.21%  | Others
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

### Legislative Assembly Elections[edit]

Year  | Seats won  | Voteshare (%)  | Outcome

|
|
|

Bharatiya Jana Sangh \- United Andhra Pradesh
1967 |

3 / 287

| 2.11%  | Opposition
1972 |

0 / 287

| 1.86%  | Lost
Janata Party
1978 |

60 / 294

| 28.85%  | Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1983 |

3 / 294

| 2.76%  | Others
1985 |

8 / 294

| 1.32%  | Others
1989 |

5 / 294

| 1.78%  | Others
1994 |

3 / 294

| 3.89%  | Others
1999 |

12 / 294

| 3.67%  | Government
2004 |

2 / 294

| 2.63%  | Others
2009 |

2 / 294

| 2.84%  | Others
2014 |

4 / 175

| 4.13%  | Government
2019 |

0 / 175

| 0.84%  | Lost
2024 |

8 / 175

| 2.83%  | Government

## Leadership[edit]

### President[edit]

No  | Portrait  | Name  | Term of Office

|
|
|

1  |  | P. V. Chalapathi Rao  | 1980  | 1986  | 6 years
2  |  | Bangaru Laxman | 1986  | 1988  | 2 years
3  |  | Venkaiah Naidu | 1988  | 1993  | 5 years
4  |  | V. Rama Rao | 1993  | 1997  | 4 years
5  |  | Bandaru Dattatreya | 1997  | 1998  | 1 year
6  |  | C. Vidyasagar Rao | 1998  | 1999  | 1 year
(4)  |  | V. Rama Rao | 1999  | 2001  | 2 years
7  |  | Chilakam Ramachandra Reddy  | 2001  | 2003  | 2 years
8[8] |  | N. Indrasena Reddy | 3-Aug-2003  | 2007  | 4 years
(5)  |  | Bandaru Dattatreya | 2007  | 8-Mar-2010  | 3 years
9[9] |  | G. Kishan Reddy | 8-Mar-2010  | 2-Jun-2014  | 4 years, 86 days
10  |  | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 2-Jun-2014  | 13-May-2018  | 3 years, 345 days
11[10] |  | Kanna Lakshminarayana | 13-May-2018  | 28-Jul-2020  | 2 years, 76 days
12[11] |  | Somu Veerraju | 28-Jul-2020  | 4-Jul-2023  | 2 years, 341 days
13[12] |  | Daggubati Purandeswari | 4-Jul-2023  | incumbent | 339 days

## See also[edit]

* Bharatiya Janata Party
* National Democratic Alliance
* State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party

## References[edit]

1. ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/[permanent dead link]
2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-state-office
4. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/[permanent dead link]
7. ^ "Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan". 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
8. ^ "Indrasena Reddy to be Andhra BJP president". The Times of India. 2003-08-02.
9. ^ "Kishan Reddy elected as new AP BJP president". Haindava Keralam. 2010-03-08.
10. ^ "BJP appoints Kanna Lakshminarayana as the new Andhra Pradesh president". The New Indian Express. 2018-05-13.
11. ^ "Somu Veerraju appointed president of BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit". Hindustan Times. 2020-07-28.
12. ^ "BJP appoints Daggubati Purandeswari as A.P. unit president". The Hindu. 2023-07-04.