Bharatiya Janata Party, Manipur

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Manipur
ꯚꯥꯔꯇꯤꯌ ꯖꯅꯇꯥ ꯄꯥꯔꯇꯤ, ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderN. Biren Singh
(Chief Minister of Manipur)
PresidentAdhikarimayum Sharda Devi[1]
General SecretaryShri Abhay kumar Giri[2]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
HeadquartersNitaipai Chuthak, Keishamthong, Imphal, Manipur, 795004 [1]
NewspaperKamal Sandesh
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 Democratic Alliance
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 2
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in Manipur Legislative Assembly
37 / 60
(as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/manipur

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Manipur (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit.'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Manipur. Its head office is situated at Nitaipai Chuthak, Keishamthong, Imphal, Manipur, 795004, India. The current president of BJP Manipur is Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi.

Electoral performance[edit]

Lok Sabha Election[edit]

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1999
1 / 2
 – Government
2004
0 / 2
Decrease1 Opposition
2009
0 / 2
 –
2014
0 / 2
 – Opposition
2019
1 / 2
Increase1

Legislative Assembly Election[edit]

Year Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1984
0 / 60
New 0.71% New None
1995
1 / 60
Increase 1 3.28% Increase 2.57% Opposition
2000
6 / 60
Increase 5 11.28% Increase 8%
2002
4 / 60
Decrease 2 9.55% Decrease 1.73%
2007
0 / 60
Decrease 4 0.85% Decrease 8.7% None
2012
0 / 60
Steady 0 2.1% Increase 1.25%
2017
21 / 60
Increase 21 36.3% Increase 34.2% Government
2022
32 / 60
Increase 11 37.83% Increase 2.73%

Leadership[edit]

Chief ministers[edit]

No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
1 N. Biren Singh Heignang 15 March 2017 21 March 2022 7 years, 51 days 12th
21 March 2022 Incumbent 13th

Lok Sabha members[edit]

No Name Constituency Votes
1 Rajkumar Ranjan Singh Inner Manipur 2,63,632

Rajya Sabha members[edit]

No Name Constituency From To
1 Leishemba Sanajaoba Manipur 22/06/2020 21/06/2026

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Manipur Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
  2. ^ Manipur Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
  3. ^ "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.
  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 2022-12-26.
  6. ^ "Candidates who know local language will have edge for govt. jobs in Manipur". 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.