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Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentSomu Veerraju[1]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
HeadquartersVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003 [3]
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Colours  Saffron
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 25
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 11
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
0 / 175
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
0 / 58
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
andhra.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh (or BJP Andhra Pradesh) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Andhra Pradesh. The partys headquarters was located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.[6][7]

Leadership

President

National President

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Tenure
2 J P Nadda 2020-Present

United Andhra Pradesh

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Tenure
1 P.V.Chalapathi Rao


(1935–2023)

1980-1986
2 Bangaru Laxman


(1949–2014)

1986-1988
3 Venkaiah Naidu


(1949–)

1988-1993
4 V. Rama Rao


(1935–2016)

1993-1997
5 Bandaru Dattatreya


(1947–)

1997-1998
6 C. Vidyasagar Rao


(1941–)

1998-1999
7 V. Rama Rao


(1935–2016)

1999-2001
8 C.Ramachandra Reddy


(1936–2021)

2001-2003
9 N.Indrasena Reddy


(1953–)

2003-2007
10 Bandaru Dattatreya


(1947–)

2007-2010
11 G. Kishan Reddy


(1960–)

2010-2014

Bifurcated Andhra Pradesh

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Tenure
Assumed Office Left Office Time in Office
1 Kambhampati Hari Babu


(1953–)

2 June 2014 12 May 2018 1441
2 Kanna Lakshminarayana


(1954–)

13 May 2018 26 July 2020 806
3 Somu Veerraju


(1957–)

27 July 2020 Incumbent 1390

Union Ministers

Year Name Position
Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1977 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy LokSabha Speaker & 6th President of India
Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1998 Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of State for Urban Development
1999 Venkaiah Naidu Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development
1999 Bangaru Laxman Minister of State for Railways
1999 C. Vidyasagar Rao Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Commerce & Industry
1999 Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of State for Urban Development & Minister of Railways
1999 Krishnam Raju Minister of State for External Affairs, Defence, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
1999 S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao Minister of state in the Ministry of Agriculture
Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh
2014 Venkaiah Naidu Union Cabinet Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting & 13th Vice President of India
2014 Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Commerce and Industry
2019 Nirmala Sitharaman Union Minister of Defence, Minister of Corporate Affairs & Minister of Finance

Legislative Assembly Floor Leader

Year Floor leader
Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1978 Gouthu Latchanna
Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1983 Venkaiah Naidu
1985 C. Vidyasagar Rao
1989 C. Vidyasagar Rao
1994 C. Vidyasagar Rao
1999 N.Indrasena Reddy
2003 Kambhampati Hari Babu
2004 G. Kishan Reddy
2009 G. Kishan Reddy
Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh
2014 P.Vishnu Kumar Raju
2019

Legislative Council Floor Leader

Year Floor leader
1984-1985 V. Rama Rao
2015-2021 Somu Veerraju
2021-2023 P. V. N. Madhav

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha elections

Year Party leader Seats won Percentage
of votes 		Outcome
Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1977 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
1 / 42
 32.33% Government
1980 S. Jaipal Reddy
0 / 42
 15.24% Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1984 Chandupatla Janga Reddy
1 / 42
 3.12% Opposition
1989 Venkaiah Naidu
0 / 42
 2.32% Opposition
1991 Bandaru Dattatreya
1 / 42
 10.66% Opposition
1996 V. Rama Rao
0 / 42
 10.66% Opposition
1998 Bandaru Dattatreya
4 / 42
 18.2% Government
1999 Bandaru Dattatreya
7 / 42
 18.2% Government
2004 Nallu Indrasena Reddy
0 / 42
 8.41% Opposition
2009 G. Kishan Reddy
0 / 42
 2.84% Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh
2014 Kambhampati Hari Babu
2 / 25
 7.1% Government
2019 Kanna Lakshminarayana
0 / 25
 0.96% Government

Legislative Assembly elections

Year Party leader Seats won Percentage
of votes 		Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh - United Andhra Pradesh
1967 Chandupatla Janga Reddy
3 / 287
 2.11% Opposition
1972 Chandupatla Janga Reddy
0 / 287
 1.86% Lost
Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1978 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
60 / 294
 28.85% Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1983 P.V.Chalapathi Rao
3 / 294
 2.76% Others
1985 P.V.Chalapathi Rao
8 / 294
 1.32% Others
1989 Venkaiah Naidu
5 / 294
 1.78% Others
1994 V. Rama Rao
3 / 294
 3.89% Others
1999 C. Vidyasagar Rao
12 / 294
 3.67% Government
2004 Nallu Indrasena Reddy
2 / 294
 2.63% Others
2009 G. Kishan Reddy
2 / 294
 2.84% Others
Bharatiya Janata Party - Andhra Pradesh
2014 Kambhampati Hari Babu
4 / 175
 4.13% Government
2019 Kanna Lakshminarayana
0 / 175
 0.84% Lost

See also

References

  1. ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
  2. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.bjp.org/andhra-pradesh-state-office
  4. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. 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.
  6. ^ https://andhra.bjp.org/state-office-bearers/
  7. ^ "Leadership crisis a hurdle in BJP's Andhra Pradesh expansion plan". 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
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