Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh or simply BJP Andhra Pradesh is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party's headquarters is located in Vijayawada.[6][7] Daggubati Purandeswari is currently appointed as the president of BJP Andhra Pradesh.
Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| President | Daggubati Purandeswari[1] |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003 [3] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[5] |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 25
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 11
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| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 0 / 175
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| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council | 0 / 58
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Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| andhra | |
The party currently holds 1 seat in the Rajya Sabha and 0 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state, while it does not have any seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council or the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Leadership
National Presidents from AP
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||||
| 1 | Bangaru Laxman | 2000 | 2001 | |||
| 2 |  |
Venkaiah Naidu | 2002 | 2004 | ||
State Presidents
| No. | Portrait | Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh | ||||||
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Daggubati Purandeswari | 04 July 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| 2 |  |
Somu Veerraju | 27 July 2020 | 04 July 2023 | ||
| 3 |  |
Kanna Lakshminarayana | 13 May 2018 | 26 July 2020 | ||
| 4 |  |
Kambhampati Hari Babu | 2 June 2014 | 12 May 2018 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||||
| 5 |  |
G. Kishan Reddy | 2010 | 2014 | ||
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Bandaru Dattatreya | 2007 | 2010 | ||
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Indrasena Reddy | 2003 | 2007 | ||
| 8 | C.Ramachandra Reddy | 2001 | 2003 | |||
| 9 | V. Rama Rao | 1999 | 2001 | |||
| 10 |  |
C. Vidyasagar Rao | 1998 | 1999 | ||
| 11 | |
Bandaru Dattatreya | 1997 | 1998 | ||
| 12 | V. Rama Rao | 1993 | 1997 | |||
| 13 | |
M.Venkaiah Naidu | 1988 | 1993 | ||
| 14 | Bangaru Laxman | 1986 | 1988 | |||
| 15 | P. V. Chalapathi Rao | 1980 | 1986 | |||
Electoral performance
Lok Sabha elections
| Year | Floor Leader | Seats won | Percentage of votes |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||
| 1977 | Morarji Desai | 1 / 42 |
32.33% | Government |
| 1980 | Jaipal Reddy | 0 / 42 |
15.24% | Opposition |
| Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||
| 1984 | Chandupatla Janga Reddy | 1 / 42 |
2.21% | Others |
| 1989 | L. K. Advani | 0 / 42 |
1.78% | Opposition |
| 1991 | L. K. Advani, Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1 / 42 |
9.27% | Opposition |
| 1996 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 0 / 42 |
14.12% | Opposition |
| 1998 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 4 / 42 |
18.12% | Government |
| 1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 7 / 42 |
9.91% | Government |
| 2004 | L. K. Advani | 0 / 42 |
8.41% | Opposition |
| 2009 | Sushma Swaraj | 0 / 42 |
2.84% | Opposition |
| Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh | ||||
| 2014 | Narendra Modi | 2 / 25 |
4.13% | Government |
| 2019 | Narendra Modi | 0 / 25 |
0.98% | Others |
Legislative Assembly elections
| Year | Floor Leader | Seats won | Percentage of votes |
Outcome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| 1967 | Chandupatla Janga Reddy | 3 / 287 |
2.11% | Opposition | ||||
| 1972 | 0 / 287 |
1.86% | Lost | |||||
| Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| 1978 | Gouthu Latchanna | 60 / 294 |
28.85% | Opposition | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| 1983 | Venkaiah Naidu | 3 / 294 |
2.76% | Others | ||||
| 1985 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | 8 / 294 |
1.32% | Others | ||||
| 1989 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | 5 / 294 |
1.78% | Others | ||||
| 1994 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | 3 / 294 |
3.89% | Others | ||||
| 1999 | Indrasena Reddy, Kambhampati Hari Babu | 12 / 294 |
3.67% | Government | ||||
| 2004 | G. Kishan Reddy | 2 / 294 |
2.63% | Others | ||||
| 2009 | G. Kishan Reddy | 2 / 294 |
2.84% | Others | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| 2014 | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | 4 / 175 |
4.13% | Government | ||||
| 2019 | 0 / 175 |
0.84% | Lost | |||||
Union Ministers
| Year | Name | Designation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| 1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Lok Sabha Speaker & 6th President of India | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| 1998 | Bandaru Dattatreya | Minister of State for Urban Development | ||||||
| 1999 | Venkaiah Naidu | Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development | ||||||
| 1999 | Bangaru Laxman | Minister of State for Railways | ||||||
| 1999 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | Minister of State for Home Affairs & Commerce & Industry | ||||||
| 1999 | Bandaru Dattatreya | Minister of State for Urban Development & Minister of Railways | ||||||
| 1999 | Krishnam Raju | Minister of State for External Affairs, Defence, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution | ||||||
| 1999 | S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao | Minister of state for Agriculture | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| 2014 | Venkaiah Naidu | Union Cabinet Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development, Information and Broadcasting & 13th Vice President of India | ||||||
| 2014 | Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Commerce and Industry | ||||||
Legislative Council Floor Leader
| Year | Floor leader |
|---|---|
| 1984-1985 | V. Rama Rao |
| 2015-2021 | Somu Veerraju |
| 2021-2023 | P. V. N. Madhav |
References
- https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/%5B%5D
- "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-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.
- https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/%5B%5D
- "Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan". 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
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