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.
Bharatiya Janata Party, Manipur ꯚꯥꯔꯇꯤꯌ ꯖꯅꯇꯥ ꯄꯥꯔꯇꯤ, ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | N. Biren Singh (Chief Minister of Manipur) |
| President | Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi[1] |
| General Secretary | Shri Abhay kumar Giri[2] |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | Nitaipai Chuthak, Keishamthong, Imphal, Manipur, 795004 [1] |
| Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
| Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
| Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[5] |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance North East Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 2
|
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 1
|
| Seats in Manipur Legislative Assembly | 37 / 60
|
| Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www | |
Electoral performance
editLok Sabha Election
edit| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 / 2
|
– | Government |
| 2004 | 0 / 2
|
 1
|
Opposition |
| 2009 | 0 / 2
|
– | |
| 2014 | 0 / 2
|
– | Government |
| 2019 | 1 / 2
|
 1
| |
| 2024 | 0 / 2
|
1
|
Legislative Assembly Election
edit| Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 0 / 60 |
New | 0.71% | New | None |
| 1995 | 1 / 60 |
1 |
3.28% | 2.57% |
Opposition |
| 2000 | 6 / 60 |
5 |
11.28% | 8%
| |
| 2002 | 4 / 60 |
2 |
9.55% | 1.73%
| |
| 2007 | 0 / 60 |
4 |
0.85% | 8.7% |
None |
| 2012 | 0 / 60 |
 0 |
2.1% | 1.25%
| |
| 2017 | 21 / 60 |
21 |
36.3% | 34.2% |
Government |
| 2022 | 32 / 60 |
11 |
37.83% | 2.73%
|
Leadership
edit| No. | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
N. Biren Singh | Heignang | 15 March 2017 | 21 March 2022 | 7 years, 276 days | 12th |
| 21 March 2022 | Incumbent | 13th | |||||
| No | Name | Constituency | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | Inner Manipur | 2,63,632 | |
| No | Name | Constituency | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leishemba Sanajaoba | Manipur | 22/06/2020 | 21/06/2026 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Manipur Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
- ^ Manipur Archived 2022-12-26 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.