Bharatiya Janata Party – Himachal Pradesh, or simply, BJP Himachal Pradesh is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the Deep Kamal Chakkar, Shimla.
Electoral history
Legislative Assembly election YearParty leaderSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)OutcomeBharatiya Jana Sangh1967Shanta Kumar 713.87% 13.871972 27.75% 6.12%Bharatiya Janata Party1982Shanta Kumar 2935.16% 35.16%1985 2230.61% 4.55%1990 3941.78% 11.171993 3836.14% 5.64%1998Prem Kumar Dhumal 2339.02% 2.88%2003 1535.38% 3.64%2007 2543.78% 8.4%2012 1538.47% 5.31%2017Jai Ram Thakur 1848.79% 10.32% 2022 1943% 5.79%
Lok Sabha seats Year LegislatureParty leader Seats won Change in seats Outcome 1984 8th Lok Sabha Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1989 9th Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani 3 1991 10th Lok Sabha 2 1996 11th Lok SabhaAtal Bihari Vajpayee 2 1998 12th Lok Sabha 3 1999 13th Lok Sabha 2004 14th Lok Sabha 2 2009 15th Lok SabhaLal Krishna Advani 2 2014 16th Lok SabhaNarendra Modi 1 2019 17th Lok Sabha 2024 18th Lok Sabha
List of Current Members
In Himachal Legislative Assembly DistrictNo.Constituency NamePartyRemarksChamba1Churah (SC)Hans Raj2Bharmour (ST)Janak Raj4DalhousieD S ThakurKangra6NurpurRanveer Singh11Jaswan-PragpurBikram Thakur14SullahVipin Singh Parmar16KangraPawan Kumar Kajal18DharamshalaSudhir SharmaElected in 2024 by-electionKullu24BanjarSurender Shourie25Anni (SC)Lokendra KumarMandi26Karsog (SC)Deepraj Kapoor27SundernagarRakesh Jamwal28Nachan (SC)Vinod Kumar29SerajJai Ram ThakurLeader of Opposition30DarangPuranchand Thakur31JogindernagarPrakash Rana33MandiAnil Sharma34Balh (SC)Indra Singh Gandhi35SarkaghatDaleep ThakurHamirpur38Hamirpur Ashish SharmaElected in 2024 by-election39BarsarInder Dutt LakhanpalElected in 2024 by-electionUna44UnaSatpal Singh SattiBilaspur46Jhanduta (SC)Jeet Ram Katwal48BilaspurTrilok Jamwal49Sri Naina DevijiRandhir SharmaSirmaur55Pachhad (SC)Reena Kashyap58Paonta SahibSukh Ram ChaudharyShimla60ChopalBalbir Singh Verma In Rajya Sabha NoNamePartyDate of AppointmentDate of Retirement1Harsh Mahajan3 April 20242 April 20302Indu Goswami10 April 20209 April 20263Sikander Kumar3 April 20222 April 2028 In Lok Sabha NoConstituencyNameParty1KangraRajeev Bhardwaj2MandiKangana Ranaut3HamirpurAnurag Thakur4Shimla (SC)Suresh Kumar Kashyap
Leadership
Chief Minister NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of OfficeTenureAssembly1Shanta KumarPalampur 5 March 199015 December 19927th2Prem Kumar DhumalBamsan 24 March 19985 March 20039 years, 342 days9th30 December 200725 December 201211th3Jai Ram ThakurSeraj27 December 201711 December 20224 years, 349 days13th
President NoPortraitNameTenure1Gangaram Thakur198019844 years2Nageen Chand Pal198419862 years3Shanta Kumar198619904 years4Maheshwar Singh 199019933 years5Prem Kumar Dhumal199319985 years6Suresh Chandel199820002 years7Jai Krishan Sharma200020033 years8Suresh Bhardwaj200320074 years9Jai Ram Thakur200720092 years10Khimi Ram200920101 year11Satpal Singh Satti2010202010 years12Rajeev Bindal18 January 202022 July 202013Suresh Kumar Kashyap22 July 202023 April 2023(12)https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-appoints-rajeev-bindal-as-partys-himachal-pradesh-chief-3973608Rajeev Bindal23 April 2023Present
See also Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party – Madhya Pradesh State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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