Bharatiya Janata Party,
Arunachal Pradesh
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderPema Khandu
(Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh)
PresidentBiyuram Wahge[1]
(MLA from Pakke-Kessang Assembly constituency)
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(43 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
HeadquartersState BJP Office Opp. Arunodaya School Vivek Vihar, Itanagar-791113, India [3]
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational level
National Democratic Alliance
NorthEast Region
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
2 / 2
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
48 / 60
(as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/arunachal-pradesh

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Arunachal Pradesh (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Arunachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the State BJP Office Opp. Arunodaya School Vivek Vihar, Itanagar-791113, India. The current president of BJP Arunachal Pradesh is Biyuram Wahge.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
2004
2 / 2
  – Opposition
2009
0 / 2
 Decrease2
2014
1 / 2
 Increase1 Government
2019
2 / 2
 Increase1
2024

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1984
1 / 60
 New 7.69% New Opposition
1990 Not contested
1995
0 / 60
 - 3.37% - None
1999
0 / 60
 Steady 0 10.83% Increase 7.46%
2004
9 / 60
 Increase 9 2.63% Decrease 8.2% Opposition
2009
3 / 60
 Decrease 6 5.21% Increase 2.58%
2014
11 / 60
 Increase 8 30.97% Increase 25.76% Opposition, later Government
2019
41 / 60
 Increase 30 50.9% Increase 20% Government
2024

Leadership

Chief ministers

No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
1 Gegong Apang Tuting–Yingkiong 2003 2004 6th
2 Pema Khandu Mukto 31 December 2016 29 May 2019 7 years, 72 days 9th
29 May 2019 Incumbent 10th

Lok Sabha members

No. Constituency Name Votes Winning margin %
1 Arunachal West Kiren Rijiju 2,25,796 48.80%
2 Arunachal East Tapir Gao 1,53,883 23.81%

Rajya Sabha members

No. Name Term start Term end Term
1. Nabam Rebia 24-Jun-2020 23-Jun-2026 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Arunachal: State BJP released list of it's [sic] new office bearers | Arunachal24". 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ Arunachal Pradesh State Office Archived 2022-12-28 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
  4. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  6. ^ "Hindus and Donyi-Polo new challenge to Christian conversion". Pepperdine. Archived from the original on 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  7. ^ "BJP Arunachal Pradesh unit Buddhist MLAs joins together at dinner". Eastern Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2022-12-28. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
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