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Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
பாரதிய ஜனதா பார்ட்டி, தமிழ்நாடு
PresidentK. Annamalai
General SecretaryIrama Srinivasan
TreasurerS. R. Sekhar
FounderAtal Bihari Vajpayee
L. K. Advani
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersKamalalayam,
19, Vaidyaraman Street,
T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 39
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 18
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
4 / 234
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
BJP Tamil Nadu

The Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu (or BJP Tamil Nadu) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the party is called Kamalalayam, which is located at Vaidyaraman Street, T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[1] On July 8 2021, K. Annamalai appointed as party president replacing L. Murugan.[2]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1998
3 / 39
  – Government
1999
4 / 39
 Increase 1
2004
0 / 39
 Decrease 4 Opposition
2009
0 / 39
  –
2014
1 / 39
 Increase 1 Government
2019
0 / 39
 Decrease 1

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1980 10
0 / 234
  – 0.07% New None
1984 15
0 / 234
  – 0.25% Increase 0.18 None
1989 30
0 / 234
  – 0.35% Increase 0.1 None
1991 99
0 / 234
  – 1.70% Increase 1.35 None
1996 143
1 / 234
 Increase 1 1.81% Increase 0.11 None
2001 21
4 / 234
 Increase 3 3.19% Increase 1.38 None
2006 225
0 / 234
 Decrease 4 2.02% Decrease 1.17 None
2011 204
0 / 234
  – 2.22% Increase 0.2 None
2016 188
0 / 234
  – 2.84% Increase 0.62 None
2021 20
4 / 234
 Increase 4 2.62% Decrease 0.22 None

Leadership

Prominent Members

Vice Presidents of the state unit

  • M. Chakravarthy
  • Nainar Nagendran, Former Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Former Minister (from AIADMK)
  • V. P. Duraisamy, Former Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Former Deputy Speaker (from DMK)
  • K. S. Narendiran
  • M. Muruganandam
  • M. N. Raja
  • A. R. Mahalakshmi
  • P. Kanagasabapathi
  • Puratchikavidhasan
  • K. Annamalai, Former I.P.S Officer

General Secretaries of the state unit

  • K. T. Raghavan
  • G. K. Selvakumar
  • R. Srinivasan
  • Karu. Nagarajan

List of presidents of the state unit

S.No Name Tenure Ref.
1 K. Narayan Rao 1980 – 1984 -
2 C. P. Radhakrishnan 1990 – 1995 and 2001 – 2006 -
3 K. N. Lakshmanan 1984 – 1989 and 1996 – 2000 [3]
4 La Ganesan 2006 – 2009 [4]
5 Pon Radhakrishnan 30 December 2009 – 27 May 2014 [5]
6 Tamilisai Soundararajan 16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019 [6]
7 L. Murugan 11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021 [1]
8 K. Annamalai 8 July 2021 – Incumbent [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "L Murugan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Times Of India. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ Correspondent, Special (8 July 2021). "Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ "K. N. Lakshmanan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ "La Ganesan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Pon Radhakrishnan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Tamilisai appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

External links

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