The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Nagaland (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Nagaland. Its state head office[6] is located at H.No. 235, Upper Agri, Kohima, Nagaland, India. The current president of BJP Nagaland is Benjamin Yepthomi.[7]
Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | Yanthungo Patton (Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland) |
| President | Benjamin Yepthomi |
| General Secretary | Khevishe Sema and Er Cheong |
| Treasurer | Mahesh Kotecha |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | 1st Floor, Aiko Building, Opp. Town Hall, Bank Colony, Dimapur, 797112, Nagaland, India [2] |
| Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
| Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
| Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4] |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | National level National Democratic Alliance NorthEast Region North East Democratic Alliance Nagaland United Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 1 (as of 2022)
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 1 (as of 2022)
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| Seats in Nagaland Legislative Assembly Seats in Nagaland Urban Local Bodies | 12 / 60 (as of 2022)
25 / 278
(as of 2024) |
| Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www | |
History
editThere are no Lok Sabha Members from BJP at Nagaland
Rajya Sabha members
edit| Name | Photo | Date of appointment |
Date of retirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Phangnon Konyak | 03/04/2022 | 02/04/2028 |
In General Election
edit| Year | Party leader | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Not contested but supported to NDPP | Government | |||
| 2019 | Not contested but supported to NDPP | Government | |||
| 2014 | Not contested but supported to NPF | Government | |||
| 2009 | Not contested but supported to NPF | Opposition | |||
| 2004 | Not contested but supported to NPF | Opposition | |||
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |  0
|
Government | |
| 1998 | Not contested | Government | |||
| 1996 | Not contested | Government, later Opposition | |||
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0
|
Opposition | |
| 1989 | Not contested | Opposition | |||
| 1984 | Not contested | Opposition | |||
In State Election
edit| Year | Election | Seats won | Change of Seats | Popular votes | Vote% | Change of Vote% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8th Assembly (Nagaland) | 0 / 60 |
new | 3,755 | 0.51% | new | None |
| 1998 | 9th Assembly (Nagaland) | Not contested | |||||
| 2003 | 10th Assembly (Nagaland) | 7 / 60 |
 7 |
96,658 | 11.98% | - | Allied Government with NPF |
| 2008 | 11th Assembly (Nagaland) | 2 / 60 |
 5 |
96,658 | 8.27% | 2.61% |
Allied Government with NPF |
| 2013 | 12th Assembly (Nagaland) | 1 / 60 |
1 |
19,121 | 1.8% | 3.6% |
Allied Government with NPF |
| 2018 | 13th Assembly (Nagaland) | 12 / 60 |
11 |
153,864 | 15.3% | 13.5% |
Allied Government with NDPP and NPF |
| 2023 | 14th Assembly (Nagaland) | 12 / 60 |
|
215,336 | 18.81% | 3.51% |
Allied Government with NDPP |
List of Deputy Chief Ministers
edit| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly | Chief minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg)
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Yanthungo Patton[8] | Tyüi | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 6 years, 259 days | Neiphiu Rio | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ https://www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office
- ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. 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.
- ^ "Congress a 'sickular' Party, not secular: BJP Nagaland".
- ^ "JP Nadda inaugurates Nagaland BJP office in Kohima". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ PTI. "Benjamin Yepthomi new president of BJP Nagaland unit". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Nagaland Lokayukta orders probe against Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton". The Hindu. 2020-02-21.