Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh

Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP is an affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Chhattisgarh. Its head office is situated at the Kushabhau Thakre Parisar Boriyakala, Raipur. Narayan Chandel & Arun Sao were appointed as the Leader of Opposition & State President of the Chhattisgarh unit respectively on 9 August 2022.[1][2]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, छत्तीसगढ़
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderNarayan Chandel
(Leader of the Opposition)
PresidentArun Sao
General SecretaryPawan Sai
HeadquartersKushabhau Thakre Parisar Boriyakala, Raipur - 492 015 Chhattisgarh
Colours  Saffron
Seats in Lok Sabha
10 / 11
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 5
(as of 2022)
Seats in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
14 / 90
(as of 2022)
Website
www.bjpcg.com

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election
Year Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
2003
50 / 90
 Increase 50 39.26% Increase 39.26% Government
2008
50 / 90
 Steady 40.33% Increase 1.07%
2013
49 / 90
 Decrease 1 41.04% Increase 0.71%
2018
15 / 90
 Decrease 34 32.97% Decrease 8.07% Opposition

Lok Sabha election
Year Seats won +/- Outcome
2004
10 / 11
 Steady Opposition
2009
10 / 11
 Steady
2014
10 / 11
 Steady Government
2019
9 / 11
 Decrease 1

Leadership

Chief Minister
No Portarit Name Constituency Term Assembly
1 Raman Singh Dongargaon 7 December 2003 12 December 2008 15 years, 10 days 2nd
Rajnandgaon 12 December 2008 12 December 2013 3rd
12 December 2013 17 December 2018 4th

Leader of the Opposition
No Portarit Name Term Assembly
1 Nand Kumar Sai 14 December 2000 5 December 2003 2 years, 356 days 1st
2 Dharamlal Kaushik 4 January 2019 17 August 2022 3 years, 225 days 5th
3 Narayan Chandel 17 August 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 70 days

President
# Name Period
1 Raman Singh 2000 2003
2 Nand Kumar Sai 2003 2005
3 Shiv Pratap Singh 2005 2006
4[3] Vishnudeo Sai 31-Oct-2006 11-May-2010 3 years, 192 days
5[4] Ram Sewak Paikra 11-May-2010 21-Jan-2014 3 years, 255 days
6[5] Vishnudeo Sai 21-Jan-2014 16-Aug-2014 207 days
7[6] Dharamlal Kaushik 16-Aug-2014 8-Mar-2019 4 years, 204 days
8[7] Vikram Usendi 8-Mar-2019 2-Jun-2020 1 year, 86 days
(6)[8] Vishnudeo Sai 2-Jun-2020 9-Aug-2022 2 years, 68 days
9[2] Arun Sao 9-Aug-2022 Incumbent 1 year, 78 days

See also

References
  1. "Chhattisgarh: BJP appoints MLA Narayan Chandel as new legislative party leader". 18 August 2022.
  2. "Arun Sao is new BJP chief in Chhattisgarh". 9 August 2022.
  3. "Vishnu Sai elected BJP's Chhatisgarh President". oneindia.com. 31 October 2006.
  4. "Tribal leader Paikra is new Chhattisgarh BJP chief". The Indian Express. 11 May 2010.
  5. "Vishnudeo Sai is new Chhattisgarh BJP chief". The Hindu. 23 January 2014.
  6. "Chhattisgarh gets new BJP chief, relief to CM Raman Singh". The Indian Express. 16 August 2014.
  7. "Vikram Usendi named Chhattisgarh BJP chief". Business Standard India. 8 March 2019.
  8. "Vishnu Deo Sai is Chhattisgarh BJP chief, CM Bhupesh Baghel tweets wishes". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2020.
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