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Indian political party Political party in India
Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar भारतीय जनता पार्टी, बिहार
PresidentDilip Kumar Jaiswal
General SecretaryBhikhubhai Dalsaniya
Headquarters8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha12 / 40
Seats in Rajya Sabha4 / 16
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly84 / 243
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council24 / 75

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal the current president of the BJP Bihar.

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
2024 12 / 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
3 Samrat Choudhary 28 January 2024 Incumbent 342 days
Vijay Kumar Sinha

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 28 January 2024 1 year, 157 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 28 January 2024 161 days

President

# Portrait Party leader 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 Gopal Narayan Singh 16-Oct-2003 31-May-2005 1 year, 227 days
9 Sushil Kumar Modi 31 May 2005 2006 1 year
10 Radha Mohan Singh 2006 24-Apr-2010 4 years
11 C. P. Thakur 24-Apr-2010 18-Jan-2013 2 years, 269 days
12 Mangal Pandey 18-Jan-2013 30-Nov-2016 3 years, 317 days
13 Nityanand Rai 30-Nov-2016 14-Sep-2019 2 years, 288 days
14 Sanjay Jaiswal 14-Sep-2019 23-Mar-2023 3 years, 190 days
15 Samrat Choudhary 24-Mar-2023 25-Jul-2024 1 year, 123 days
16 Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 26-Jul-2024 Present 162 days

See also

References

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