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#REDIRECT [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode ={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| native_name = '''ഭാരതീയ ജനതാ പാർട്ടി, കേരളം'''
| party_logo = File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
| abbreviation =[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = [[K. Surendran (politician)|K.Surendran]]<ref>https://www.bjp.org/state-president-kerala</ref>
| general_secretary =
| headquarters = Maraji Smruthi Mandiram, K.G. Marar Road, Thycaud. P.O. [[Trivandrum]] - 695014, [[Kerala]], [[India]]
<ref>https://www.bjp.org/kerala-state-office</ref>
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|20|hex=#FF9900}} (as of 2022)
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|9|hex=#FF9900}}(as of [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Kerala|2022]])
| state_seats_name = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}}(as of 2022)
| state2_seats_name =
| state2_seats =
| website = {{URL|https://www.keralabjp.org/}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]]<br/>[[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| leader =
| foundation = {{start_date and years ago|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}
| flag = BJP Flag.svg
| eci =
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]<br/>[[National Democratic Alliance (Kerala)|NDA, Kerala]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Economic nationalism]]|[[Hindu nationalism]]|[[Cultural nationalism]]}}
| youth =[[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]]
| women =[[BJP Mahila Morcha]]
| publication = '''[[Kamal Sandesh]]'''
| founder= {{ublist | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] | [[Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref name=":3001">{{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}}</ref>}}
| predecessor =
* [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (1951–1977)
* [[Janata Party]] (1977–1980)
| split = [[Janata Party]]
|labour = [[Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|peasants=[[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| international =
*[[International Democrat Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/indias-bharatiya-janata-party-joins-union-of-international-conservative-parties|title=India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat|first=Akhilesh|last=Pillalamarri|work=The Diplomat|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228053454/https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/indias-bharatiya-janata-party-joins-union-of-international-conservative-parties/|archive-date=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Members|url = https://www.idu.org/members/|publisher = [[International Democrat Union]]|access-date = 25 September 2019|website = idu.org}}</ref><br />
*[[Asia Pacific Democrat Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idu.org/asia-pacific-democrat-union-apdu/|title=International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)|work=International Democrat Union|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616235358/http://idu.org/asia-pacific-democrat-union-apdu/|archive-date=16 June 2017|access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>
}}
The '''Bharatiya Janata Party''', or simply, '''BJP Kerala''' ('''BJP'''; {{IPA-hns|bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː||Hindi-Bharatiya Janata Party.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{lit|Indian People's Party}}),
is the state unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] of the Kerala. Its head office is situated at the Maraji Smruthi Mandiram, K.G. Marar Road, Thycaud. P.O. [[Trivandrum]] - 695014, [[Kerala]], [[India]]
<ref>https://www.bjp.org/kerala-state-office</ref>. The current president of BJP Kerala is [[K. Surendran (politician)|K.Surendran]].
==In General Election==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+[[Lok Sabha|In General Elections]]
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Party leader
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Change in seats
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Result
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]]
| 0
| {{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Opposition
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Opposition
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Government, later Opposition
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|
| 0
| new
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|}
==In State Election==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Election || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Change of Seats || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Popular votes || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Vote% || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Change of Vote% ||style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Result
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1987|| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly (Kerala)]] || {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}} || new || -- || -- || new ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1991|| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|9th Assembly (Kerala)]] || {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 6,74,443 || -- || -- ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996|| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|10th Assembly (Kerala)]] || {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 7,81,090 || 5.48% || -- ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2001|| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|11th Assembly (Kerala)]] || {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 7,89,762 || 5.02% || {{decrease}} 0.46% ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006|| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly (Kerala)]] || {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 7,38,244 || 4.75% || {{decrease}} 0.27% ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2011|| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|13th Assembly (Kerala)]] || {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 10,53,654 || 6.03% || {{increase}} 1.33% ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2016|| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|14th Assembly (Kerala)]]|| {{Composition bar|1|140|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 1 || 21,29,726 || 10.6% || {{increase}} 4.57% ||style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Other
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2021|| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|15th Assembly (Kerala)]] || {{Composition bar|0|140|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 1 || 23,54,468 || 11.30% || {{increase}} 0.77% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|}
==See also==
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[National Democratic Alliance]]
*[[National Democratic Alliance (Kerala)]]
*[[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena]]
*[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
*[[Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha]]
*[[Kerala Congress (Nationalist)]]
*[[Kerala Kamaraj Congress]]
*[[Socialist Janata Dal]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory]]
[[Category:Political parties in Delhi]]
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