Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Samrat Chaudhary is the current president of the BJP Bihar.[1][2]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, बिहार
LeaderVijay Kumar Sinha
(Assembly)
Hari Sahni
(Council)
PresidentSamrat Chaudhary
General SecretaryBhikhubhai Dalsaniya
Headquarters8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
17 / 40
Seats in Rajya Sabha
4 / 16
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
78 / 243
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council
24 / 75

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election
Year Seats won Seats contested +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
21 / 324
 246 Increase 21 8.41% Increase 8.41% Opposition
1985
16 / 324
 234 Decrease 5 7.54% Decrease 0.87% Opposition
1990
39 / 324
 237 Increase 23 11.61% Increase 4.07% Outside support to Janata Dal
1995
41 / 324
 315 Increase 2 12.96% Increase 1.35% Opposition
2000
67 / 324
 168 Increase 26 14.64% Increase 1.68% Opposition
2005
37 / 243
 103 Decrease 30 10.97% Decrease 3.67% steady
2005
55 / 243
 102 Increase 18 15.65% Increase 4.68% Government
2010
91 / 243
 102 Increase 36 16.49% Increase 0.84% Government, later Opposition
2015
53 / 243
 157 Decrease 38 24.42% Increase 7.93% Opposition, later Government
2020
74 / 243
 110 Increase 21 19.46% Decrease 4.96% Government, later Opposition

Lok Sabha election
Year Seats won +/- Outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980
0 / 54
 steady Opposition
1984
0 / 54
 steady Opposition
1989
8 / 54
 Increase 8 Outside support to National Front
1991
5 / 54
 Decrease 3 Opposition
1996
18 / 54
 Increase 13 Government, later Opposition
1998
19 / 54
 Increase 1 Government
1999
23 / 54
 Increase 4 Government
2004
5 / 40
 Decrease 18 Opposition
2009
12 / 40
 Increase 7 Opposition
2014
22 / 40
 Increase 15 Government
2019
17 / 40
 Decrease 5 Government

Leadership

Deputy Chief Minister
# Portrait Name Term of Office Tenure Assembly
1 Sushil Kumar Modi 24 November 2005 16 June 2013 10 years, 316 days 14th
15th
27 July 2017 16 November 2020 16th
2 Tarkishore Prasad 16 November 2020 9 August 2022 1 year, 266 days 17th
Renu Devi

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly
# Portrait Name Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Yashwant Sinha 17 April 1995 24 January 1996 282 days 11th Lalu Prasad Yadav
2 Sushil Kumar Modi 19 March 1996 1 March 2000 8 years, 9 days Rabri Devi
15 March 2000 28 March 2004 12th
3 Nand Kishore Yadav 19 June 2013 4 December 2015 2 years, 168 days 15th Nitish Kumar
4 Prem Kumar 4 December 2015 28 July 2017 1 year, 236 days 16th
5 Vijay Kumar Sinha 24 August 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 63 days 17th

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Council
# Portrait Name Term of Office Chief Minister
1 Sushil Kumar Modi 19 June 2013 27 July 2017 4 years, 38 days Nitish Kumar
2 Samrat Chaudhary 24 August 2022 20 August 2023 361 days
3 Hari Sahni 20 August 2023 Incumbent 67 days

President
# Portrait Party leader[3] Tenure
1 Kailashpati Mishra 1980 1981 1 year
2 Jagadambi Prasad Yadav 1981 1984 3 years
(1) Kailashpati Mishra 1984 1987 3 years
3 Inder Singh Namdhari 1988 1990 3 years
4 Tarakant Jha 1990 1993 3 years
5 Ashwani Kumar 1994 1996 2 years
6 Yashwant Sinha 1997 1998 1 year
7 Nand Kishore Yadav 1998 2003 5 years
8[4] Gopal Narayan Singh 16-Oct-2003 31-May-2005 1 year, 227 days
9[5] Sushil Kumar Modi 31 May 2005 2006 1 year
10 Radha Mohan Singh 2006 24-Apr-2010 4 years
11[6] C. P. Thakur 24-Apr-2010 18-Jan-2013 2 years, 269 days
12[7] Mangal Pandey 18-Jan-2013 30-Nov-2016 3 years, 317 days
13[8] Nityanand Rai 30-Nov-2016 14-Sep-2019 2 years, 288 days
14[9] Sanjay Jaiswal 14-Sep-2019 23-Mar-2023 3 years, 190 days
15 Samrat Chaudhary 24-Mar-2023 Present 216 days

See also

References
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  2. "सम्राट चौधरी बने बिहार के नए बीजेपी अध्यक्ष, संजय जायसवाल की छुट्टी, 2024 चुनाव से पहले बड़ा दांव". live hindustan. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. "सीढ़ी दर सीढ़ी सफलता के शिखर चढ़े डॉ. संजय जायसवाल". Hindustan (in Hindi).
  4. "Gopal Narain Singh new Bihar BJP President". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. Jha, Sachchidan (31 May 2005). "Sushil Modi is new chief of Bihar BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. "C P Thakur new Bihar BJP president". The Indian Express. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. Ahmad, Faizan (18 January 2013). "Mangal Pandey: Mangal Pandey set to be new state BJP chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  8. "Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai appointed BJP's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. Kumar, Madan (14 September 2019). "Sanjay Jaiswal: Three-time Lok Sabha member Sanjay Jaiswal appointed Bihar BJP president". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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