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Bharatiya Janata Party – Delhi

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{{Infobox Indian political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| native_name = भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली

| logo = 150px

| abbreviation = BJP

| president = Virendra Sachdevahttps://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/

| chairman = Rekha Gupta
(Chief Minister)

| general_secretary =

| headquarters = 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhihttps://www.bjp.org/stateoffice

| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} Saffron

| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|7|7|hex=#FF9933}}

| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|3|hex=#FF9933}}

| state_seats_name = Delhi Legislative Assembly

| state_seats = {{Composition bar|48|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| state2_seats_name = Municipal Corporation of Delhi

| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|118|250|hex=#FF9933}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.bjp.org/delhi}}

| symbol = Lotus
130px

| leader =

| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}

| flag = BJP flag.svg

| eci =

| alliance = *National Democratic Alliance

| founder= {{ublist | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Lal Krishna Advani{{cite news |title=What you need to know about India's BJP |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html |access-date=16 March 2020 |work=AlJazeera |date=23 May 2019}}}}

| predecessor =

| split = Janata Party

|labour = Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh{{cite news |title=Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ohkSVkDnWYnxvZyuzggTsL/Need-to-Know--BJPled-BMS-is-biggest-labour-union-in-India.html |access-date=17 March 2020 |work=live mint |date=15 January 2008 |author=Pragya Singh }}

|peasants=Bharatiya Kisan Sangh{{cite book|last=Gupta|first=Sejuta Das|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172|pages=172–173|title= Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India|isbn=978-1-108-41628-3|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019e}}

| international =

}}

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Delhi (or BJP Delhi)

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.https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/

Electoral Performance

=Lok Sabha Election=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome

colspan="4" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967

|{{Composition bar|6|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{dash}}

|Opposition

colspan="4" |Bharatiya Janata Party
1989

|{{Composition bar|4|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{dash}}

|Opposition

1991

|{{Composition bar|5|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|Opposition

1996

|{{Composition bar|5|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{dash}}

|Government, later Opposition

1998

|{{Composition bar|6|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|Government

1999

|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|Government

2004

|{{Composition bar|1|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{decrease}} 6

|Opposition

2009

|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{decrease}} 1

|Opposition

2014

|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{increase}} 7

|Government

2019

|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{dash}}

|Government

2024

|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

|{{dash}}

|Government

=Legislative Assembly Election=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats contested

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|+/-

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Votes

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Voteshare (%)

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|+/- (%)

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Outcome

colspan="8" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952

|31

| {{Composition bar|5|48|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{dash}}

|1,14,207

| 21.89%

| New

| {{No2|Opposition}}

colspan="8" |Bharatiya Janata Party
1993

|70

| {{Composition bar|49|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{dash}}

|15,20,675

| 47.82%

|New

| {{yes2|Government}}

1998

|67

| {{Composition bar|15|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{decrease}} 34

|13,90,689

| 34.02%

| {{decrease}} 13.8%

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2003

|70

| {{Composition bar|20|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{increase}} 5

|15,89,323

| 35.22%

| {{increase}} 1.2%

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2008

|69

| {{Composition bar|23|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{increase}} 3

|22,44,629

| 36.34%

| {{increase}} 1.12%

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2013

|68

| {{Composition bar|32|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{increase}} 9

|26,04,100

| 33.07%

| {{decrease}} 3.27%

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2015

|69

| {{Composition bar|3|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{decrease}} 29

|28,90,485

| 32.2%

| {{decrease}} 0.87%

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2020

|67

| {{Composition bar|8|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{increase}} 5

|35,75,529

| 38.51%

| {{increase}} 6.31%

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2025

| 68

| {{Composition bar|48|70|hex=#FF9933}}

| {{increase}} 40

|43,23,110

| 45.56%

| {{increase}} 7.05%

| {{Yes2|Government}}

Leadership

=Chief Minister=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Constituency

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly

1

|95px

|Madan Lal Khurana

|Moti Nagar

|2 December 1993

|26 February 1996

|{{age in years and days|1993|12|02|1996|02|26}}

| rowspan="3" |1st

2

|

95px

| scope="row" |Sahib Singh Verma

|Shalimar Bagh

|26 February 1996

|12 October 1998

|{{age in years and days|1996|02|26|1998|10|12}}

3

|95px

|Sushma Swaraj

|Not Contested

|12 October 1998

|3 December 1998

|{{age in years and days|1998|10|12|1998|12|03}}

4

|95px

| Rekha Gupta

|Shalimar Bagh

| 20 February 2025

|Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|2025|02|20}}

|8th

=Leaders of the Opposition=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Constituency

! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Chief Minister

1

|98x98px

|Madan Lal Khurana

|Moti Nagar

|1998

|2003

|5 years

|2nd

|rowspan="3" | Sheila Dikshit

2

|98x98px

|Jagdish Mukhi

|Janakpuri

|2003

|2008

|5 years

|3rd

3

|123x123px

| Vijay Kumar Malhotra

|Greater Kailash

| 2008

| 2013

|5 years

|4th

4

| 80px

| Harsh Vardhan

| Krishna Nagar

| 2 December 2013

| 16 May 2014

|{{Ayd|2 December 2013|16 May 2014}}

|5th

|rowspan="3" | Arvind Kejriwal

5

| 80px

| Ramvir Singh Bidhuri

| Badarpur

| 24 February 2020

| 4 June 2024

|{{Ayd|24 February 2020|4 June 2024}}

|rowspan="2" |7th

6

|

| Vijender Gupta

| Rohini

| 4 August 2024

| 8 February 2025

|{{Ayd|4 August 2024|8 February 2025}}

=State President List=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" colspan="3" |Tenure

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Ref

1

|123x123px

|Vijay Kumar Malhotra

|1980

|1984

|4 years

|

2

|

|Kidar Nath Sahani

|1984

|1988

|4 years

|

3

|92x92px

|Madan Lal Khurana

|1988

|1991

|3 years

|

4

|98x98px

|Om Prakash Kohli

|1991

|1995

|4 years

|

(2)

|

|Kidar Nath Sahani

|30-Jun-1995

|30-Jun-1998

|{{Age in years and days|30 June 1995|30 June 1998}}

|

5

|

|Mange Ram Garg

|30-Jun-1998

|12-Jul-2002

|{{Age in years and days|30 June 1998|12 July 2002}}

|{{Cite web |date=1998-06-30 |title=Mange Ram Garg elected New Delhi BJP chief |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1998/jun/30bjp.htm |access-date= |website=Rediff}}

(3)

|92x92px

|Madan Lal Khurana

|12-Jul-2002

|19-Dec-2003

|{{Age in years and days|12 July 2002|19 December 2003}}

|{{Cite news |date=2002-07-12 |title=Madan Lal Khurana appointed Delhi BJP chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/madan-lal-khurana-appointed-delhi-bjp-chief/articleshow/15764516.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}

6

|88x88px

|Harsh Vardhan

|19-Dec-2003

|7-Jan-2009

|{{Age in years and days|19 December 2003|7 January 2009}}

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-01-08 |title=Om Prakash Kohli takes over as Delhi BJP chief |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2009/Jan/08/om-prakash-kohli-takes-over-as-delhi-bjp-chief-16541.html |access-date= |website=The New Indian Express |language=}}

(4)

|98x98px

|Om Prakash Kohli

|7-Jan-2009

|15-May-2010

|{{Age in years and days|7 January 2009|15 May 2010}}

|{{Cite news |date=2009-01-07 |title=OP Kohli appointed Delhi BJP chief |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/op-kohli-appointed-delhi-bjp-chief/story-6cn7coEZgiW0UfEifboQcP.html |work=Hindustan Times}}

7

|

|Vijender Gupta

|15-May-2010

|15-Feb-2013

|{{Age in years and days|15 May 2010|15 February 2013}}

|{{Cite news |date=2010-05-15 |title=Vijender Gupta is Delhi BJP's new chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/vijender-gupta-is-delhi-bjps-new-chief/articleshow/5932566.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}

8

|95x95px

|Vijay Goel

|15-Feb-2013

|19-Feb-2014

|{{Age in years and days|15 February 2013|19 February 2014}}

|{{Cite web |date=2013-02-16 |title=Delhi BJP gets new chief in Vijay Goel |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/vijay-goel-delhi-bjp-chief-former-lok-sabha-member-154170-2013-02-15 |access-date= |website=India Today |language=}}

(6)

|88x88px

|Harsh Vardhan

|19-Feb-2014

|8-Jul-2014

|{{Age in years and days|19 February 2014|8 July 2014}}

|{{Cite news |date=2014-02-19 |title=Harshvardhan is new Delhi BJP president |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/harshvardhan-is-new-delhi-bjp-president/articleshow/30687698.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}

9

|113x113px

|Satish Upadhyay

|8-Jul-2014

|30-Nov-2016

|{{Age in years and days|8 July 2014|30 November 2016}}

|{{Cite web |date=2014-07-09 |title=Satish Upadhyay appointment marks break in BJP tradition |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/satish-upadhyay-appointment-marks-break-in-bjp-tradition-199838-2014-07-09 |access-date= |website=India Today |language=}}

10

|94x94px

|Manoj Tiwari

|30-Nov-2016

|2-Jun-2020

|{{Age in years and days|30 November 2016|2 June 2020}}

|{{Cite news |date=2016-11-30 |title=Manoj Tiwari appointed chief of Delhi BJP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/manoj-tiwari-appointed-chief-of-delhi-bjp/story-vXMACEyiNhMfMCAcQTyQvI.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}

11

|112x112px

|Adesh Gupta

|2-Jun-2020

|23-Mar-2023

|{{Age in years and days|2 June 2020|23 March 2023}}

|{{Cite news |date=2020-06-02 |title=Adesh Kumar Gupta appointed Delhi BJP chief, takes over from Manoj Tiwari |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/adesh-kumar-gupta-appointed-delhi-bjp-chief-takes-over-from-manoj-tiwari/story-5p56SVaXGIsO9mjUMoxKRL.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}

12

|75x75px

|Virendra Sachdeva

|23-Mar-2023

|Incumbent

|{{Age in years and days|23 March 2023

}

|{{Cite news |date=2023-03-23 |title=Virendra Sachdeva becomes full-time Delhi BJP chief |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/virendra-sachdeva-becomes-full-time-delhi-bjp-chief/articleshow/98947879.cms |access-date= |work=The Times of India |issn=}}

|}

See also

References

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