Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली

Abbreviation| BJP
President| Virendra Sachdeva[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| 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi[3]
Labour wing| Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wing| Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Colours|  Saffron
Alliance|

* National Democratic Alliance

Seats in Lok Sabha|

7 / 7

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

0 / 3

Seats in Delhi Legislative Assembly|

48 / 70

Seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi|

118 / 250

Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/delhi

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi (or BJP Delhi) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi. Its head office is situated at 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi. The Current President of BJP Delhi is Virender Sachdeva.[6]

## Electoral Performance

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### Lok Sabha Election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

|
|
|

Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967 |

6 / 7

|  - | Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989 |

4 / 7

|  - | Opposition
1991 |

5 / 7

|  1  | Opposition
1996 |

5 / 7

|  - | Government, later Opposition
1998 |

6 / 7

|  1  | Government
1999 |

7 / 7

|  1  | Government
2004 |

1 / 7

|  6  | Opposition
2009 |

0 / 7

|  1  | Opposition
2014 |

7 / 7

|  7  | Government
2019 |

7 / 7

|  - | Government
2024 |

7 / 7

|  - | Government

### Legislative Assembly Election

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

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|
|
|
|
|
|

Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 | 31  |

5 / 48

|  - | 1,14,207  | 21.89%  | New  | Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 | 70  |

49 / 70

|  - | 15,20,675  | 47.82%  | New  | Government
1998 | 67  |

15 / 70

|  34  | 13,90,689  | 34.02%  |  13.8%  | Opposition
2003 | 70  |

20 / 70

|  5  | 15,89,323  | 35.22%  |  1.2%  | Opposition
2008 | 69  |

23 / 70

|  3  | 22,44,629  | 36.34%  |  1.12%  | Opposition
2013 | 68  |

32 / 70

|  9  | 26,04,100  | 33.07%  |  3.27%  | Opposition
2015 | 69  |

3 / 70

|  29  | 28,90,485  | 32.2%  |  0.87%  | Opposition
2020 | 67  |

8 / 70

|  5  | 35,75,529  | 38.51%  |  6.31%  | Opposition
2025 | 68  |

48 / 70

|  40  | 43,23,110  | 45.56%  |  7.05%  | Government

## Leadership

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### Chief Minister

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of Office  | Tenure  | Assembly

|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  | Madan Lal Khurana | Moti Nagar | 2 December 1993  | 26 February 1996  | 2 years, 86 days  | 1st
2  |

| Sahib Singh Verma | Shalimar Bagh | 26 February 1996  | 12 October 1998  | 2 years, 228 days
3  |  | Sushma Swaraj | Not Contested | 12 October 1998  | 3 December 1998  | 52 days
4  |  | Rekha Gupta | Shalimar Bagh | 20 February 2025  | Incumbent | 0 days  | 8th

### Deputy chief minister

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term  | Assembly  | Chief Minister

|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  | Parvesh Verma | New Delhi | 20 February 2025  | Incumbent | 0 days  | 8th | Rekha Gupta

### Leaders of the Opposition

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term  | Assembly  | Chief Minister

|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  | Madan Lal Khurana | Moti Nagar | 1998  | 2003  | 5 years  | 2nd | Sheila Dikshit
2  |  | Jagdish Mukhi | Janakpuri | 2003  | 2008  | 5 years  | 3rd
3  |  | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | Greater Kailash | 2008  | 2013  | 5 years  | 4th
4  |  | Harsh Vardhan | Krishna Nagar | 2 December 2013  | 16 May 2014  | 165 days  | 5th | Arvind Kejriwal
5  |  | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | Badarpur | 24 February 2020  | 4 June 2024  | 4 years, 101 days  | 7th
6  |  | Vijender Gupta | Rohini | 4 August 2024  | 8 February 2025  | 188 days

### State President List

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#  | Portrait  | Name  | Tenure  | Ref

|
|
|
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1  |  | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | 1980  | 1984  | 4 years  |
2  |  | Kidar Nath Sahani | 1984  | 1988  | 4 years  |
3  |  | Madan Lal Khurana | 1988  | 1991  | 3 years  |
4  |  | Om Prakash Kohli | 1991  | 1995  | 4 years  |
(2)  |  | Kidar Nath Sahani | 30-Jun-1995  | 30-Jun-1998  | 3 years, 0 days  |
5  |  | Mange Ram Garg | 30-Jun-1998  | 12-Jul-2002  | 4 years, 12 days  | [7]
(3)  |  | Madan Lal Khurana | 12-Jul-2002  | 19-Dec-2003  | 1 year, 160 days  | [8]
6  |  | Harsh Vardhan | 19-Dec-2003  | 7-Jan-2009  | 5 years, 19 days  | [9]
(4)  |  | Om Prakash Kohli | 7-Jan-2009  | 15-May-2010  | 1 year, 128 days  | [10]
7  |  | Vijender Gupta | 15-May-2010  | 15-Feb-2013  | 2 years, 276 days  | [11]
8  |  | Vijay Goel | 15-Feb-2013  | 19-Feb-2014  | 1 year, 4 days  | [12]
(6)  |  | Harsh Vardhan | 19-Feb-2014  | 8-Jul-2014  | 139 days  | [13]
9  |  | Satish Upadhyay | 8-Jul-2014  | 30-Nov-2016  | 2 years, 145 days  | [14]
10  |  | Manoj Tiwari | 30-Nov-2016  | 2-Jun-2020  | 3 years, 185 days  | [15]
11  |  | Adesh Gupta | 2-Jun-2020  | 23-Mar-2023  | 2 years, 294 days  | [16]
12  |  | Virendra Sachdeva  | 23-Mar-2023  | Incumbent | 1 year, 334 days  | [17]

## See also

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* Bharatiya Janata Party
* National Democratic Alliance
* Delhi Legislative Assembly
* Municipal Corporation of Delhi

## References

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1. ^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice
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 978-1-108-41628-3.172-173&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,+Delhi" class="Z3988">
6. ^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
7. ^ "Mange Ram Garg elected New Delhi BJP chief". Rediff. 30 June 1998.
8. ^ "Madan Lal Khurana appointed Delhi BJP chief". The Times of India. 12 July 2002.
9. ^ "Om Prakash Kohli takes over as Delhi BJP chief". The New Indian Express. 8 January 2009.
10. ^ "OP Kohli appointed Delhi BJP chief". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2009.
11. ^ "Vijender Gupta is Delhi BJP's new chief". The Times of India. 15 May 2010.
12. ^ "Delhi BJP gets new chief in Vijay Goel". India Today. 16 February 2013.
13. ^ "Harshvardhan is new Delhi BJP president". The Times of India. 19 February 2014.
14. ^ "Satish Upadhyay appointment marks break in BJP tradition". India Today. 9 July 2014.
15. ^ "Manoj Tiwari appointed chief of Delhi BJP". Hindustan Times. 30 November 2016.
16. ^ "Adesh Kumar Gupta appointed Delhi BJP chief, takes over from Manoj Tiwari". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2020.
17. ^ "Virendra Sachdeva becomes full-time Delhi BJP chief". The Times of India. 23 March 2023.

*[lit.]: literal translation