Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand

Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, झारखंड

Abbreviation| BJP
President| Babulal Marandi
Chairman| TBD
(Leader of the Opposition)
General Secretary| Karmveer Singh
Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Headquarters| Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerji Bhawan M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi \- 834 002 Jharkhand
Colours|  Saffron
ECI Status| National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha|

8 / 14

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

3 / 6

Seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|

21 / 81

Website
bjpjharkhand.org

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand, or simply BJP Jharkhand, is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Jharkhand. Its head office is situated at the M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi. Babulal Marandi was appointed as the State President of the Jharkhand unit on 4 July 2024.

## History

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At the time of its formation in 1980, the Bharatiya Janata Party had limited success in what would become Jharkhand. In the 1985 Bihar legislative assembly election, the BJP won 16 seats of which 14 were in regions that would become part of Jharkhand. In 1989, the BJP won five seats in the region. The BJP had long supported the creation of a state out of the southern part of Bihar they called 'Vananchal', in keeping with their naming of the Adivasis as 'Vanvasis'.[1] The BJP's rhetoric at this time with regards to the Jharkhand movement largely claimed that the mainstream leaders, which they saw as westernized 'elites', were using the Jharkhand movement to enrich themselves. The BJP sought to persuade non-Christian tribals by claiming they were part of the 'Hindu nation', while demonizing Christian tribals as westernised. Much of this groundwork was prepared by sister organisations like the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, which sought to prevent Christian conversions among Adivasis and Hinduize them.[2]

In 1989, due to their promise for Vananchal, they obtained 5 out of the 14 seats in the Lok Sabha, with a 30% voteshare. In 1990, the BJP gained 20 seats with a voteshare of at least 20% in the Jharkhand region, which stayed with the party throughout the 1990s.[3] In 1991, the BJP officially added a promise to set up a commission to study the division of larger states, including Bihar, into smaller states and gained five seats.[1] The electorate in Jharkhand were favouring national parties who could form a government at the Centre and grant them statehood, and the BJP was the most influential party advocating strongly for statehood. In 1996 and 1998, the BJP obtained 12 seats in the Jharkhand region, and 11 in 1999, squeezing out other regional parties like JMM and AJSU who were also advocating for statehood. The BJP combined its small states agenda with a patronization of tribal institutions and nomination of tribal candidates for the elections.[3] In 2000, the BJP gained the most seats in the Jharkhand region during Bihar assembly elections with 39.5% of the vote, and when the BJP at the centre formed the three new states, the BJP formed the first government. Babulal Marandi was chosen as the first Chief Minister.[3]

## Electoral history

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### Legislative Assembly election

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

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2005 |

30 / 81

|  30  | 23.57%  |  23.57  | Coalition Government
2009 |

18 / 81

|  12  | 20.18%  |  3.39%  | Coalition Government
2014 |

37 / 81

|  19  | 31.26%  |  11.08%  | Government
2019 |

25 / 81

|  12  | 33.37%  |  2.11%  | Opposition
2024 |

21 / 81

|  4  | 33.18%  |  0.19%  | Opposition

### Lok Sabha election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

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|
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2004 |

1 / 14

|  | Opposition
2009 |

9 / 14

|  8
2014 |

12 / 14

|  3  | Government
2019 |

11 / 14

|  1
2024 |

8 / 14

|  3

## Leadership

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### Chief Minister

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term  | Assembly

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1  |  | Babulal Marandi | Ramgarh | 15 November 2000  | 18 March 2003  | 2 years, 123 days  | 1st
2  |  | Arjun Munda | Kharsawan | 18 March 2003  | 2 March 2005  | 1 year, 349 days
12 March 2005  | 19 September 2006  | 1 year, 191 days  | 2nd
11 September 2010  | 18 January 2013  | 2 years, 129 days  | 3rd
3  |  | Raghubar Das | Jamshedpur East | 28 December 2014  | 29 December 2019  | 5 years, 1 day  | 4th

### Deputy Chief Minister

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

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1  |  | Raghubar Das | Jamshedpur East | 30 December 2009  | 31 May 2010  | 152 days  | 3rd | Hemant Soren

### Leader of the Opposition

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Term  | Assembly

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|
|
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1  |  | Arjun Munda | 4 December 2006  | 29 May 2009  | 2 years, 176 days  | 2nd
19 July 2013  | 23 December 2014  | 1 year, 157 days  | 3rd
2  |  | Babulal Marandi | 24 February 2020  | 16 October 2023  | 3 years, 234 days  | 5th
3  |  | Amar Kumar Bauri | 16 October 2023  | Incumbent  | 1 year, 85 days

### President

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#  | Name  | Term

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|  |  |  |
[4] | Abhay Kant Prasad  | 02-Sep-2001  | 18-Jul-2004  | 2 years, 320 days
[5] | Raghubar Das | 18-Jul-2004  | 13-May-2005  | 299 days
[6] | Yadunath Pandey | 13-May-2005  |  |
|  |  |  |
7[7] | Dineshanand Goswami  | 25-Sep-2010  | 10-Mar-2013  | 2 years, 166 days
8[8] | Ravindra Kumar Ray | 10-Mar-2013  | 17-May-2016  | 3 years, 68 days
9[9] | Tala Marandi | 17-May-2016  | 24-Aug-2016  | 99 days
10[10] | Laxman Giluwa | 24-Aug-2016  | 25-Feb-2020  | 3 years, 185 days
11[11] | Deepak Prakash | 25-Feb-2020  | 4-Jul-2023  | 3 years, 129 days
12  | Babulal Marandi | 4-Jul-2023  | present | 1 year, 189 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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3. ^ a b c Shastri, Sandeep; Kumar, Ashutosh; Sisodia, Yatindra Singh, eds. (2022). "Jharkhand: The ascendance of the BJP as a dominant party". Electoral dynamics in the states of India. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-15997-1.
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6. ^ "Reins shift in reign of chaos". www.telegraphindia.com.
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8. ^ "Ravindra Rai, K V Singh Deo to head BJP in Jharkhand, Odisha". Business Standard India.
9. ^ "BJP appoints Tala Marandi its Jharkhand unit president". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
10. ^ "Jharkhand: New BJP chief Laxman Gilua takes over from Tala Marandi, promises to work on tribal issues". The Indian Express. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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