The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Kerala (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; 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 [9]. The current president of BJP Kerala is K.Surendran.
Bharathiya Janata Party, Kerala ഭാരതീയ ജനതാ പാർട്ടി, കേരളം | |
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Abbreviation | BJP |
President | K.Surendran[1] |
Founder | |
Founded | 6 April 1980 |
Split from | Janata Party |
Preceded by |
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Headquarters | Maraji Smruthi Mandiram, K.G. Marar Road, Thycaud. P.O. Trivandrum - 695014, Kerala, 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 | |
International affiliation | |
Colours | Saffron |
Alliance | National Democratic Alliance |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 20 (as of 2022)
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Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 9 (as of 2022)
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Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly | 0 / 140 (as of 2022)
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Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
www | |
In General Election
Year | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Result |
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2019 | Kummanam Rajasekharan | 0 | 0 | Government |
2014 | 0 | 0 | Government | |
2009 | 0 | 0 | Opposition | |
2004 | 0 | 0 | Opposition | |
1999 | 0 | 0 | Government | |
1998 | 0 | 0 | Government | |
1996 | 0 | 0 | Government, later Opposition | |
1991 | 0 | 0 | Opposition | |
1989 | 0 | 0 | Opposition | |
1984 | 0 | new | Opposition |
In State Election
Year | Election | Seats won | Change of Seats | Popular votes | Vote% | Change of Vote% | Result |
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1987 | 8th Assembly (Kerala) | 0 / 140 |
new | -- | -- | new | None |
1991 | 9th Assembly (Kerala) | 0 / 140 |
6,74,443 | -- | -- | None | |
1996 | 10th Assembly (Kerala) | 0 / 140 |
7,81,090 | 5.48% | -- | None | |
2001 | 11th Assembly (Kerala) | 0 / 140 |
7,89,762 | 5.02% | 0.46% | None | |
2006 | 12th Assembly (Kerala) | 0 / 140 |
7,38,244 | 4.75% | 0.27% | None | |
2011 | 13th Assembly (Kerala) | 0 / 140 |
10,53,654 | 6.03% | 1.33% | None | |
2016 | 14th Assembly (Kerala) | 1 / 140 |
1 | 21,29,726 | 10.6% | 4.57% | Other |
2021 | 15th Assembly (Kerala) | 0 / 140 |
1 | 23,54,468 | 11.30% | 0.77% | None |
See also
References
- ^ https://www.bjp.org/state-president-kerala
- ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ https://www.bjp.org/kerala-state-office
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Members". idu.org. International Democrat Union. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)". International Democrat Union. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ https://www.bjp.org/kerala-state-office