Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana

Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana or simply BJP Telangana is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Telangana. The party's headquarters is located in Hyderabad, the capital of the state. G. Kishan Reddy is currently appointed as the president of BJP Telangana.

Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, తెలంగాణ
PresidentG. Kishan Reddy
ChairpersonEtela Rajender
General SecretaryM. Srinivalusu
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersNampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Telangana
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha, Telangana
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
4 / 17
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly
4 / 119
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council
1 / 40
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
bjptelangana.org

The party currently holds 0 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 4 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state. Furthermore, the party has 1 seat in the Telangana Legislative Council and 3 seats in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

History

After the formation of Telangana, BJP in alliance with Telugu Desam Party fought the 2014 Legislative Assembly election.[1] BJP won 5 seats in the newly formed Telangana Legislative Assembly. BJP also won a Lok Sabha seat from Secunderabad constituency in the simultaneously held 2014 Lok Sabha election.[2]

In 2018, the state assembly was dissolved earlier than its term, and elections were held same year. BJP in this election could only secure 1 seat.[3] However, in the 2019 Lok Sabha BJP won 4 out of the 17 seats.[4] The BJP got 19.45% of the total votes.[5]

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha elections
Year Seats won +/- Outcome Ref.
2014
1 / 17
 Steady Government
2019
4 / 17
 Increase 3 Government [6]


Leadership

Legislative Assembly elections
Year Floor Leader Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome Ref.
2014 G. Kishan Reddy
5 / 119
 Steady 4.13% Steady Opposition [7]
2018 T. Raja Singh
1 / 119
 Decrease 4 7.1% Steady Others [8]


Legislative Council Floor Leader
Year Floor leader
2015-2021 N. Ramchander Rao
2023-2029 A. Venkata Narayana Reddy

Union Ministers
Year Name Ministry
2014 Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of State for Labour and Employment
2019 G. Kishan Reddy Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India.

Incumbent Member(s) of Parliament
Further information: List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha
S.No. Constituency MP
# Name
1 1 Adilabad Soyam Bapu Rao
2 3 Karimnagar Bandi Sanjay Kumar
3 4 Nizamabad Dharmapuri Arvind
4 8 Secunderabad G. Kishan Reddy

Incumbent Member(s) of Legislative Assembly
S.No. Constituency MLA
# Name
1 31 Huzurabad Etela Rajendar
2 41 Dubbak Raghunandan Rao

President
S.No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Tenure Ref.
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 G. Kishan Reddy


(1960–)

 2 June 2014 8 April 2016 677 [9]
2 K. Laxman


(1960–)

 8 April 2016 11 March 2020 1434
3 Bandi Sanjay Kumar


(1971–)

 11 March 2020 4 July 2023 1322 [10]
4 G. Kishan Reddy


(1960–)

 4 July 2023 Incumbent 1 [11]

See also

References
  1. Mallikarjun, Y. (7 April 2014). "TDP-BJP deal after days of uncertainty". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. IANS (9 November 2014). "Bandaru Dattatreya - a simple leader from backward class (Profile)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "BJP decimated in Telangana, wins only one MLA seat in Hyderabad". The News Minute. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. Geetanath, V. (23 May 2019). "Double delight for BJP in Telangana". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. "BJP takes Telangana by storm, gets 19.45% vote share - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. The Hindu Net Desk (23 May 2019). "As it happened | Telangana Lok Sabha results 2019: highlights". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  7. "Telangana Election Result: Telangana Assembly Election Result | Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  8. "Telangana Election Results 2018: TRS wins 88 seats, KCR set to return for a second term". Financialexpress.
  9. "BJP appoints K Laxman as Telangana party president". The News Minute. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. "Bandi Sanjay is new Telangana BJP president". The Hindu. 12 March 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. "BJP appoints K Laxman as Telangana party president". The News Minute. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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