Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu and Kashmir

Indian political party

Political party in India

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, जम्मू कश्मीर

Abbreviation| BJP
President| Ravinder Raina[1]
Founder|

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Lal Krishna Advani[2]

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

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

Headquarters| Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Bhawan, Sector - 3 Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu \- 180 012, Jammu and Kashmir[3]
Newspaper| Kamal Sandesh
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

International affiliation|

* International Democrat Union[6][7]

* Asia Pacific Democrat Union[8]

Colours|  Saffron
Alliance|

* National Democratic Alliance

Seats in Lok Sabha|

2 / 5

(as of 2024)
Seats in Rajya Sabha|

0 / 4

(as of 2024)
Seats in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|

0 / 90

(as of 2024)
Seats in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council|

0 / 36

(as of 2024)
Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
jkbjp.in

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Jammu and Kashmir (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir . Its head office is situated at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Bhawan, Sector - 3 Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu \- 180 012, Jammu and Kashmir [9]. The current president of BJP Jammu and Kashmir is Ravinder Raina[10]

## History[edit]

## Lok Sabha Election history[edit]

Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

|
|
|

1984 |

0 / 6

| new  | Opposition
1989 |

0 / 6

|  | Opposition
1991 | Election not held because of insurgency until 1996  | Opposition
1996 |

1 / 6

| 1  | Government, later Opposition
1998 |

2 / 6

| 1  | Government
1999 |

2 / 6

2004 |

0 / 6

| 2  | Opposition
2009 |

0 / 6

2014 |

3 / 6

| 3  | Government
2019 |

3 / 6

After Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
2024 |  |  |

## Rajya Sabha history[edit]

Name | Photo | Date of
appointment | Date of
retirement

|
|
|

Shamsheer Singh Manhas |  | 11/2/2015  | 10/2/2021

## Legislative Assembly Election history[edit]

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

|
|
|
|
|

1983 |

0 / 76

| New | 3.19% | New | Opposition
1987 |

2 / 76

|  2 | 5.10% |  1.91%
1996 |

8 / 87

|  6 | 12.13% | 7.03%
2002 |

1 / 87

|  7 | 8.57% |  3.56%
2008 |

11 / 87

|  10 | 12.45% |  3.88%
2014 |

25 / 87

|  14 | 23.0% |  10.55% | Coalition Government with PDP
After Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
2024 |  |  |  |  |

## Legislative Assembly Council history[edit]

## Jammu and Kashmir District Development Council[edit]

Jammu and Kashmir District Development Council

75 / 278

## Municipal corporation[edit]

### Jammu Division[edit]

Jammu Municipal Corporation

43 / 75

### Kashmir Division[edit]

Srinagar Municipal Corporation

4 / 74

## Reference[edit]

1. ^ "BJP J&K president". BJP Website.
2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. ^ "BJP J&K unit address".
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. ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.
7. ^ "Members". idu.org. International Democrat Union. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
8. ^ "International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)". International Democrat Union. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
9. ^ "BJP J&K unit address".
10. ^ "BJP J&K president". BJP Website.

*[lit.]: literal translation