Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh

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Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party,
Himachal Pradesh

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, हिमाचल प्रदेश

Abbreviation| BJP
Leader| Jai Ram Thakur
(Leader of the Opposition)
President| Rajeev Bindal
General Secretary| Pavan Rana
Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Headquarters| Deep Kamal, Kamna Nagar, Shimla-5 Himachal Pradesh
ECI Status| National 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

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Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967 | Shanta Kumar |

7 / 60

|  7  | 13.87%  |  13.87  | Opposition
1972 |

5 / 68

|  2  | 7.75%  |  6.12%  | Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1982 | Shanta Kumar |

29 / 68

|  29  | 35.16%  |  35.16%  | Opposition
1985 |

7 / 68

|  22  | 30.61%  |  4.55%  | Opposition
1990 |

46 / 68

|  39  | 41.78%  |  11.17  | Government
1993 |

8 / 68

|  38  | 36.14%  |  5.64%  | Opposition
1998 | Prem Kumar Dhumal |

31 / 68

|  23  | 39.02%  |  2.88%  | Government
2003 |

16 / 68

|  15  | 35.38%  |  3.64%  | Opposition
2007 |

41 / 68

|  25  | 43.78%  |  8.4%  | Government
2012 |

26 / 68

|  15  | 38.47%  |  5.31%  | Opposition
2017 | Jai Ram Thakur |

44 / 68

|  18  | 48.79%  |  10.32%  | Government
2022 |

25 / 68

|  19  | 43%  |  5.79%  | Opposition

### Lok Sabha seats

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Year  | Legislature  | Party leader  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Outcome

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1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |

0 / 4

|  | Opposition
1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani |

3 / 4

|  3  | Outside support for NF
1991 | 10th Lok Sabha |

2 / 4

|  2  | Opposition
1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |

0 / 4

|  2  | Government, later opposition
1998 | 12th Lok Sabha |

3 / 4

|  3  | Government
1999 | 13th Lok Sabha |

3 / 4

|  | Government
2004 | 14th Lok Sabha |

1 / 4

|  2  | Opposition
2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani |

3 / 4

|  2  | Opposition
2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | Narendra Modi |

4 / 4

|  1  | Government
2019 | 17th Lok Sabha |

4 / 4

|  | Government
2024 | 18th Lok Sabha |

4 / 4

|  | Government

## List of Current Members

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### In Himachal Legislative Assembly

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District  | No.  | Constituency  | Name  | Party  | Remarks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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