Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली
Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi भारतीय जनता पार्टी, दिल्ली
Abbreviation	BJP
President	Virendra Sachdeva
Chairman	Vijender Gupta; (Leader of Opposition)
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani;
Founded	6 April 1980; (44 years ago)
Split from	Janata Party
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977); Janata Party (1977–1980);
Headquarters	14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance;
Seats in Lok Sabha	7 / 7
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 3
Seats in Delhi Legislative Assembly	7 / 70
Seats in Municipal Corporation of Delhi	118 / 250
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	www.bjp.org/delhi
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi (or BJP Delhi) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ^ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), 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.^[6]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	6 / 7	–	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1989	4 / 7	–	Opposition
1991	5 / 7	1	Opposition
1996	5 / 7	–	Government, later Opposition
1998	6 / 7	1	Government
1999	7 / 7	1	Government
2004	1 / 7	6	Opposition
2009	0 / 7	1	Opposition
2014	7 / 7	7	Government
2019	7 / 7	–	Government
2024	7 / 7	–	Government

Legislative Assembly Election

Year	Legislature	Leader	Seats contested	Seats won	+/-	Votes	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952 (Interim)	Interim Assembly	-	31	5 / 48	–	1,14,207	21.89%	New	Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	1st Assembly	Madan Lal Khurana	70	49 / 70	–	15,20,675	47.82%	New	Government
1998	2nd Assembly	Sushma Swaraj	67	15 / 70	34	13,90,689	34.02%	13.8%	Opposition
2003	3rd Assembly	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	70	20 / 70	5	15,89,323	35.22%	1.2%	Opposition
2008	4th Assembly	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	69	23 / 70	3	22,44,629	36.34%	1.12%	Opposition
2013	5th Assembly	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	68	32 / 70	9	26,04,100	33.07%	3.27%	Opposition
2015	6th Assembly	Kiran Bedi	69	3 / 70	29	28,90,485	32.2%	0.87%	Opposition
2020	7th Assembly	Manoj Tiwari	67	8 / 70	5	35,75,529	38.51%	6.31%	Opposition
2025	8th Assembly

Leadership

Chief Minister

No	Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Tenure	Assembly
1	Madan Lal Khurana	Moti Nagar	2 December 1993	26 February 1996^[RES]	2 years, 86 days	1st (1993 election)
2	Sahib Singh Verma	Shalimar Bagh	26 February 1996	12 October 1998^[RES]	2 years, 228 days
3	Sushma Swaraj	Not Contested	12 October 1998	3 December 1998	52 days

Leaders of the Opposition

No	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1	Harsh Vardhan	Krishna Nagar	2 December 2013	16 May 2014	165 days	5th	Arvind Kejriwal
2	Ramvir Singh Bidhuri	Badarpur	24 February 2020	4 June 2024	4 years, 101 days	7th
3	Vijender Gupta	Rohini	4 August 2024	Incumbent	183 days	7th

President

No	Name	Term
1	Vijay Goel	2007	2010	3 years
2	Vijender Gupta	2010	2013	3 years
(1)	Vijay Goel	2013	2014	1 year
3	Dr.Harshavardhan	2014	2014
4	Satish Upadhyaya	2014	2016	2 years
5	Manoj Tiwari	2016	2020	4 years
6	Adesh Gupta	2020	2022	2 years
7	Virendra Sachdeva	2022	incumbent	2 years

References

^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice
^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ 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.
^ https://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/

[1] ttps://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/

[:3001-2] "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[3] ttps://www.bjp.org/stateoffice

[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] ttps://delhi.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/

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