Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh

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Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party,
Arunachal Pradesh

Abbreviation| BJP
Leader| Pema Khandu
(Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh)
President| Biyuram Wahge[1]
(MLA from Pakke-Kessang Assembly constituency)
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| State BJP Office Opp. Arunodaya School Vivek Vihar, Itanagar-791113, India [3]
Youth wing| Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wing| BJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wing| Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wing| Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Ideology|

* Integral humanism
* Social conservatism
* Economic nationalism
* Hindu nationalism
* Cultural nationalism
Faction
Donyi-Polo rights[6]
* Buddhism[7]

Colours|  Saffron
Alliance| National level
National Democratic Alliance
NorthEast Region
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha|

2 / 2

(as of 2024)
Seats in Rajya Sabha|

1 / 1

(as of 2022)
Seats in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|

46 / 60

(as of 2024)
Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/arunachal-pradesh

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Arunachal Pradesh (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Arunachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the State BJP Office Opp. Arunodaya School Vivek Vihar, Itanagar-791113, India. The current president of BJP Arunachal Pradesh is Biyuram Wahge.

## Electoral performance

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### Lok Sabha Election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

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|
|

2004 |

2 / 2

|  - | Opposition
2009 |

0 / 2

| 2
2014 |

1 / 2

| 1  | Government
2019 |

2 / 2

| 1
2024 |

2 / 2

|  -

### Legislative Assembly Election

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Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome

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|
|
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1984 |

1 / 60

| New | 7.69% | New | Opposition
1990 | Not contested
1995 |

0 / 60

| - | 3.37% | - | None
1999 |

0 / 60

|  0 | 10.83% |  7.46%
2004 |

9 / 60

|  9 | 2.63% |  8.2% | Opposition
2009 |

3 / 60

|  6 | 5.21% |  2.58%
2014 |

11 / 60

|  8 | 30.97% |  25.76% | Opposition, later Government
2019 |

41 / 60

|  30 | 50.9% |  20% | Government
2024 |

46 / 60

|  5 | 54.37% |  3.47%

## Leadership

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### State Presidents

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No.  | Name  | Remarks  | Term  | Term

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|
|
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1. |  |  |  |
2. | Tapir Gao | 2 timesMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Arunachal East.  |  |
3. | Biyuram Wahge | Cabinet Minister in Fifth Pema Khandu ministry.3 times Member of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pakke-Kessang | 17 January 2020 – 18 January 2025  |
4. | Kaling Moyong[8] | 2 time Member of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pasighat East | 18 January-Incumbent  |

### Chief ministers

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No.  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of office  | Assembly

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|
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1  |  | Gegong Apang | Tuting–Yingkiong | 2003  | 2004  |  | 6th
2  |  | Pema Khandu | Mukto | 31 December 2016  | 29 May 2019  | 8 years, 57 days  | 9th
29 May 2019  | Incumbent | 10th

### Lok Sabha members

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No.  | Constituency  | Name  | Chief Minister  | State President

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|
|
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2024 | Arunachal West | Kiren Rijiju | Pema Khandu | Biyuram Wahge
Arunachal East | Tapir Gao
2019 | Arunachal West | Kiren Rijiju | Tapir Gao
Arunachal East | Tapir Gao
2014 | Arunachal West | Kiren Rijiju | Nabam Tuki |
2004 | Arunachal West | Kiren Rijiju | Gegong Apang |
Arunachal East | Tapir Gao |

### Rajya Sabha members

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No.  | Name | Term start | Term end | Term

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|
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1. | Nabam Rebia | 24-Jun-2020 | 23-Jun-2026 | 3

## See also

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* Bharatiya Janata Party
* National Democratic Alliance
* North East Democratic Alliance
* National People's Party

## References

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3. ^ Arunachal Pradesh State Office Archived 2022-12-28 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
4. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2022.172-173&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-1-108-41628-3&rft.aulast=Gupta&rft.aufirst=Sejuta+Das&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg;=PA172&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bharatiya+Janata+Party,+Arunachal+Pradesh" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "Hindus and Donyi-Polo new challenge to Christian conversion". Pepperdine. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
7. ^ "BJP Arunachal Pradesh unit Buddhist MLAs joins together at dinner". Eastern Sentinel. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
8. ^ author (19 January 2025). "Kaling Moyong elected state BJP president | The Arunachal Times". Retrieved 19 January 2025. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)

*[lit.]: literal translation