Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura

Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura

ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টি, ত্রিপুরা

Abbreviation| BJP
Leader| Manik Saha
(Chief Minister of Tripura)
President| Rajib Bhattacharjee[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| 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road,(In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India [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
Faction
Tripuri Rights[6]
Pro-NRC[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 2024)
Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly|

33 / 60

(as of 2023)
Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council|

9 / 30

(as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/tripura

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Tripura (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road, (In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India. The current president of BJP Tripura is Rajiv Bhattacharjee .

## Electoral performance

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### Lok Sabha Election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

|
|
|

2019 |

2 / 2

|  2  | Government
2024 |

2 / 2

### Legislative Assembly Election

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

|
|
|
|
|

1983 |

0 / 60

| New | 0.06% | New | None
1988 |

0 / 60

|  | 0.15% |  0.09%
1993 |

0 / 60

|  | 2.02% |  1.87%
1998 |

0 / 60

|  | 5.87% |  3.85%
2003 |

0 / 60

|  | 1.32% |  4.55%
2008 |

0 / 60

|  | 1.49% |  0.17%
2013 |

0 / 60

|  | 1.54% |  0.05%
2018 |

36 / 60

|  36 | 43.59% |  41.5% | Government
2023 |

32 / 60

|  4 | 38.97% |  4.62%

### In Local Elections

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#### Municipal corporation election results

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Year  | Municipal Corporation  | Seats contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

|
|
|
|
|
|

Tripura
2015  | Agartala | 51  |

0 / 51

|  |  |
2021  | Agartala | 51  |

51 / 51

| 51[8] | 57.39%  |

#### Autonomous District Council election

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Year  | Autonomous District Council  | Seats contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing  | Government

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Khumulwng
1982  | From 1982 election has been held at Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council but BJP to win any seats was on 2021 election.[clarification needed]
2021  | TTAADC | 26  |

9 / 30

|  9  |  |  | Opposition

#### 2015 Tripura local elections

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In 2015 local election BJP won 2 seats of 310 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation.[9]

#### 2021 Tripura local elections

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In 2021 local election BJP won 329 seats of 334 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation, with vote percentage of 59.01%.[10]

## Leadership

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### Chief ministers

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No.  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of office[11] | Assembly

|
|
|
|
|

1  |  | Biplab Kumar Deb | Banamalipur | 9 March 2018  | 15 May 2022  | 4 years, 67 days  | 12th
2  |  | Manik Saha | Town Bordowali | 15 May 2022  | 12 March 2023  | 301 days
13 March 2023  | Incumbent | 2 years, 244 days  | 13th

### Deputy chief ministers

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of Office  | Assembly  | Chief Minister | Ref.

|
|
|
|
|
|
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1  |  | Jishnu Dev Varma | Charilam | 9 March 2018  | 2 March 2023  | 4 years, 358 days  | 12th | Biplab Kumar Deb
Manik Saha | [12]

### Lok Sabha Members

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Win Margin in 2024

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|
|
|

1  |  | Biplab Kumar Deb | Tripura West | 6,11,578
2  |  | Kriti Devi Debbarman | Tripura East | 4,86,819

### Rajya Sabha Members

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No  | Name  | Constituency  | From  | To

|
|
|
|

1  | Rajib Bhattacharjee | Tripura | 03/09/2024  | 02/04/2028

### Former State President List

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* Sudheendradas Gupta : 1980 - 2016
* Biplab Kumar Deb : 2016 - 2018
* Manik Saha : 2018 - 2022

## See also

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* Biplab Kumar Deb
* Manik Saha
* Bharatiya Janata Party
* National Democratic Alliance
* North East Democratic Alliance
* Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
* Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ "New President of BJP Tripura state unit". Economic Times.
2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/tripura-state-office [bare URL]
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. ^ "Only BJP has worked for Indigenous people of Tripura". Indian Express.
7. ^ "BJP Tripura and its ally IPFT seeks NRC for whole nation". Economic Times.
8. ^ "2021 Tripura municipal election result". Hindustan Times.
9. ^ "2015 Tripura local election result". The Hindu.
10. ^ "2021 Tripura local election result". Hindustan Times.
11. ^ Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
12. ^ Deb, Priyanka (2018-03-06). "BJP picks Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma to be his deputy". Hindustan Times.

*[lit.]: literal translation