Bharatiya Janata Party – Jammu and Kashmir

Bharatiya Janata Party – Jammu and Kashmir

**भारतीय जनता पार्टी, जम्मू कश्मीर**
Bharatiya Janata Party – Jammu and Kashmir भारतीय जनता पार्टी, जम्मू कश्मीर
Abbreviation	BJP
President	Sat Paul Sharma
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani; Murli Manohar Joshi; Nanaji Deshmukh; K. R. Malkani; Sikandar Bakht; Vijay Kumar Malhotra; Vijaya Raje Scindia; Bhairon Singh Shekhawat; Shanta Kumar; Ram Jethmalani; Jagannathrao Joshi;
Founded	6 April 1980
Split from	Janata Party
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977); Janata Party (1977–1980);
Headquarters	Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Bhawan, Sector - 3 Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu - 180 012 Jammu and Kashmir
Newspaper	Kamal Sandesh
Youth wing	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wing	BJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
Ideology	Integral humanism; Social conservatism; Economic nationalism; Hindu nationalism; Cultural nationalism;
International affiliation	International Democrat Union; Asia Pacific Democrat Union;
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance;
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 4
Seats in Lok Sabha	2 / 5
Seats in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly	29 / 90 (as of 2024)
Seats in District Development Council	75 / 280
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	jkbjp.in
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Jammu and Kashmir (pronounced [bʱaːɾ(ə)ˈtiːjə dʒən(ə)ˈtaː ˈpaːrʈiː] ^ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), or simply BJP Jammu and Kashmir (BJP), is the unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir. Its head office is situated at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Bhawan, Sector - 3 Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu - 180 012, Jammu and Kashmir.^[9] The current president of BJP, Jammu and Kashmir is Sat Paul Sharma^[1]

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
1984	0 / 6	new	Opposition
1989	0 / 6		Opposition
1991	Election not held because of insurgency until 1996		Opposition
1996	1 / 6	1	Government, later Opposition
1998	2 / 6	1	Government
1999	2 / 6		Government
2004	0 / 6	2	Opposition
2009	0 / 6		Opposition
2014	3 / 6	3	Government
2019	3 / 6		Government
After Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
2024	2 / 5		Government

Rajya Sabha Members

Name	Photo	Date of appointment	Date of retirement
Shamsheer Singh Manhas		11/2/2015	10/2/2021
Sat Paul Sharma		24/10/2025	Incubment

Legislative Assembly Election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
1983	0 / 76	New	3.19%	New	opposition
1987	2 / 76	2	5.10%	1.91%
1996	8 / 87	6	12.13%	7.03%
2002	1 / 87	7	8.57%	3.56%
2008	11 / 87	10	12.45%	3.88%
2014	25 / 87	14	23.0%	10.55%	Coalition Government with PDP
After Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
2024	29 / 90	4	25.64%	2.64%	opposition

District Development Council

75 / 278

Municipal corporation

Jammu Municipal Corporation

43 / 75

Srinagar Municipal Corporation

4 / 74

Leadership

Deputy Chief Ministers

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief minister
1		Nirmal Kumar Singh	Billawar	4 April 2016	29 April 2018	2 years, 25 days	12th	Mehbooba Mufti
2		Kavinder Gupta	Gandhinagar	30 April 2018	19 June 2018	50 days	12th	Mehbooba Mufti

List of opposition leaders

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Sunil Kumar Sharma	Padder–Nagseni	3 November 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 301 days	13th	Omar Abdullah

Elected members

Incumbent member(s) of Lok Sabha

S.No.	Constituency		Portrait	Name	Win Margin in 2024
S.No.	#	Name	Portrait	Name	Win Margin in 2024
01.	4	Udhampur		Jitendra Singh	1,24,373
02.	5	Jammu		Jugal Kishore Sharma	1,35,498

Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly

S.No.	Constituency		Name	Remarks	Win Margin in 2024
S.No.	#	Name	Name	Remarks	Win Margin in 2024
Kishtwar District
01.	49	Kishtwar	Shagun Parihar		521
02.	50	Padder–Nagseni	Sunil Kumar Sharma	Leader of Opposition	1,445
Doda District
03.	51	Bhaderwah	Daleep Singh Parihar		10,130
04.	53	Doda West	Shakti Raj Parihar		3,453
Reasi District
05.	57	Reasi	Kuldeep Raj Dubey		18,815
06.	58	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi	Baldev Raj Sharma		1,995
Udhampur District
07.	59	Udhampur West	Pawan Kumar Gupta	Deputy Leader of Opposition	20,752
08.	60	Udhampur East	Ranbir Singh Pathania		2,349
09.	61	Chenani	Balwant Singh Mankotia		15,611
10.	62	Ramnagar	Sunil Bhardwaj		9,306
Kathua District
11.	64	Billawar	Satish Kumar Sharma		21,368
12.	65	Basohli	Darshan Kumar		16,034
13.	66	Jasrota	Rajiv Jasrotia		12,420
14.	67	Kathua	Bharat Bhushan		12,117
15.	68	Hiranagar	Vijay Kumar		8,610
Samba District
16.	69	Ramgarh	Devinder Kumar Manyal		14,202
17.	70	Samba	Surjeet Singh Slathia	Deputy Leader of Opposition	30,309
18.	71	Vijaypur	Chander Prakash Ganga		19,040
Jammu District
19.	72	Bishnah	Rajeev Kumar Bhagat		15,627
20.	73	Suchetgarh	Gharu Ram Bhagat		11,141
21.	74	R. S. Pura–Jammu South	Narinder Singh Raina		1,966
22.	75	Bahu	Vikram Randhawa		11,251
23.	76	Jammu East	Yudhvir Sethi		18,114
24.	77	Nagrota	Devyani Singh Rana		24,647
25.	78	Jammu West	Arvind Gupta		22,127
26.	79	Jammu North	Sham Lal Sharma		27,363
27.	80	Marh	Surinder Kumar Bhagat		23,086
28.	81	Akhnoor	Mohan Lal Bhagat		25,248
Rajouri District
29.	83	Kalakote–Sunderbani	Thakur Randhir Singh		14,409

List of State Presidents

Sat Paul Sharma : 2024–incumbent
Ravinder Raina : 2018–2024
Sat Paul Sharma : 2015–2018
Jugal Kishore Sharma : 2012–2015
Shamsheer Singh Manhas : 2010–2012
Ashok Kumar Khajuria : 2006–2010
Dr Nirmal Singh : 2002–2006
Daya Krishnan Kotwal : 1996–2002
Vaid Vishnu Dutt : 1994–1996
Chaman Lal Gupta : 1989–1994
Thakur Baldev Singh : 1980–1989^[15]

References

1 2 "Sat Sharma appointed as Jammu and Kashmir BJP president". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
↑ "What you need to know about India's BJP". Al Jazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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↑ Sir, Sp (29 April 2021). "K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries". The Sindhu World. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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↑ Jain, Devaki (14 August 2021). "The Maharani who founded the BJP". The Citizen (India).
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↑ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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↑ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.
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[New_BJP_J&K_President_2024-1] 1 2 "Sat Sharma appointed as Jammu and Kashmir BJP president". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

[:3001-2] "What you need to know about India's BJP". Al Jazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[3] Jain, Praveen (7 January 2024). "Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart". ThePrint. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[4] "Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika". Bihar Times. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[5] Sir, Sp (29 April 2021). "K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries". The Sindhu World. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[6] कौन थे बीजेपी के इकलौते मुस्लिम फाउंडर सिकंदर बख्त? जानिए कैसे थामा पार्टी का साथ (in Hindi). 6 April 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[7] Jain, Devaki (14 August 2021). "The Maharani who founded the BJP". The Citizen (India).

[8] "Rajput votes at stake in Rajasthan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat legacy a new front in BJP, Cong battle". The Indian Express. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[BJP_J&K_unit_address-9] 1 2 "BJP J&K unit address".

[10] Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[11] 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.

[12] Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.

[13] "Members". idu.org. International Democrat Union. February 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

[14] "International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)". International Democrat Union. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

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