Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab

Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab

ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ - ਪੰਜਾਬ
Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ - ਪੰਜਾਬ
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Ashwani Kumar Sharma
President	Kewal Singh Dhillon
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	Amar Shaheed Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh,-160036, India
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; Conservatism; Neoliberalism; Hindu nationalism; Liberal Conservatism; Faction; Sikhism;
Political position	center-right to right wing
Colours	Saffron
ECI status	National Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance;
Seats in Rajya Sabha	6 / 7 (as of 2026)
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 13 (as of 2024)
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly	2 / 117 (as of 2022)
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	www.bjp.org/punjab
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab (BJP Punjab) is the affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Punjab.^[14] Its head office is situated at the Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh, Punjab-160036, India.^[15] The current president of BJP Punjab is Kewal Singh Dhillon .^[14]

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Elections in Punjab


Election Year	Leader	Alliance	Seats			Popular vote			Sitting side
Election Year	Leader	Alliance	seats contested	seats won	+/- in seats	Votes	votes %	±pp	Sitting side
Lok Sabha Elections Performance in Punjab
1985	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	None	3	0 / 13		3,45,316	4.77%		Opposition
1989	Lal Krishna Advani	National Front	3	0 / 13		1,61,236	4.23%	0.54%	Opposition
1992	Lal Krishna Advani	None	9	0 / 13		4,97,999	16.51%	12.28%	Opposition
1996	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	NDA	6	0 / 13		5,71,920	6.48%	10.03%	Opposition
1998			3	3 / 13	3	10,63,751	11.67%	5.19%	Government
1999			3	1 / 13	2	8,01,806	9.16%	2.51%	Government
2004	Lal Krishna Advani		3	3 / 13	2	10,71,650	10.48%	1.32%	Opposition
2009	Lal Krishna Advani		3	1 / 13	2	11,90,144	10.06%	0.42%	Opposition
2014	Narendra Modi		3	2 / 13	1	12,09,004	8.73%	1.33%	Government
2019			3	2 / 13		13,25,445	9.63%	0.90%	Government
2024		None	13	0 / 13	2	25,00,877	18.56%	8.93%	Government

Elected Members to Lok Sabha election in Punjab


S.No.	Portrait	Name	Election Years	Constituency		Popular Votes				Prime Minister
S.No.	Portrait	Name	Election Years	No.	Name	Votes	Vote %	Margin	Margin %	Prime Minister
2019 Lok Sabha Members in Punjab
01.		Sunny Deol (br.19 October 1957)	2019	1	Gurdaspur	5,58,719	50.58%	82,459	7.46%	Narendra Modi
02.		Som Parkash (br.3 April 1949)	2019	5	Hoshiarpur	4,21,320	42.49%	48,530	4.90%	Narendra Modi
2014 Lok Sabha Members in Punjab
01.		Vinod Khanna (br.6 October 1946 - di.27 April 2017)	2014	1	Gurdaspur	4,82,255	46.25%	1,36,065	13.05%	Narendra Modi
02.		Vijay Sampla (br.6 July 1961)	2014	5	Hoshiarpur	3,46,643	36.05%	13,582	1.41%	Narendra Modi
2009 Lok Sabha Members in Punjab
01.		Navjot Singh Sidhu (br.20 October 1963)	2009	2	Amritsar	3,92,046	48.13%	6,858	0.84%	Opposition
2004 Lok Sabha Members in Punjab
01.		Vinod Khanna (br.6 October 1946 - di.27 April 2017)	2004	1	Gurdaspur	3,87,612	49.32%	24,983	3.18%	Opposition
02.		Navjot Singh Sidhu (br.20 October 1963)		2	Amritsar	3,94,223	55.38%	1,09,532	15.39%
03.		Avinash Rai Khanna (br.30 December 1960)		6	Hoshiarpur	2,89,815	44.20%	1,04,371	15.92%
1999 Lok Sabha Members in Punjab
01.		Vinod Khanna (br.6 October 1946 - di.27 April 2017)	1999	1	Gurdaspur	3,15,267	47.01%	1,399	0.21%	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1998 Lok Sabha Members in Punjab
01.		Vinod Khanna (br.6 October 1946 - di.27 April 2017)	1998	1	Gurdaspur	3,98,527	56.6%	1,06,833	15.2%	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
02.		Daya Singh Sodhi (br.1 February 1925 - di.15 July 2011)		2	Amritsar	3,61,133	56.1%	91,140	14.1%
03.		Kamal Chaudhry (br.3 July 1947 - di.25 June 2024)		6	Hoshiarpur	3,04,091	51.5%	65,332	11.1%

Legislative Assembly Elections in Punjab


Election Year	Leader	Alliance	Seats			Popular vote			Result
Election Year	Leader	Alliance	seats contested	seats won	+/- in seats	Votes	votes %	±pp	Result
Legislative Assembly Elections Performance in Punjab
1980	None	None	41	1 / 117		4,05,106	6.48%		Opposition
1985	Krishan Lal Sharma		26	6 / 117	5	3,45,560	4.99%	1.49%	Opposition
1992	Madan Mohan Mittal		66	6 / 117		4,95,161	16.48%	11.49%	Opposition
1997	Balram Das Tandon	NDA	22	18 / 117	12	8,57,219	8.33%	8.15%	Government (Alliance with SAD)
2002	Brij Lal Rinwa		23	3 / 117	15	5,83,214	5.67%	2.66%	Opposition
2007	Avinash Rai Khanna		23	19 / 117	16	10,46,451	8.28%	2.61%	Government (Alliance with SAD)
2012	Ashwani Kumar Sharma		23	12 / 117	7	9,98,098	7.18%	1.10%	Government (Alliance with SAD)
2017	Vijay Sampla		23	3 / 117	9	8,33,092	5.40%	1.78%	Opposition
2022	Ashwani Kumar Sharma		73	2 / 117	1	1,027,143	6.60%	1.20%	Opposition

Elected Members to Legislative Assembly election in Punjab


S.No.	Portrait	Name	Election Years	Constituency			Popular Votes
S.No.	Portrait	Name	Election Years	District	No.	Name	Votes	Vote %	Margin	Margin %
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
01.		Ashwani Kumar Sharma (br.23 January 1964)	2022	Pathankot	3	Pathankot	43,132	38.01%	7,759	6.84%
02.		Jangi Lal Mahajan	2022	Hoshiarpur	39	Mukerian	41,044	28.64%	2,691	1.88%
2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
01.		Dinesh Singh (br.17 June 1962)	2017	Gurdaspur	1	Sujanpur	48,910	39.33%	18,701	15.04%
02.		Som Parkash (br.3 April 1949)		Kapurthala	29	Phagwara (SC)	45,479	35.32%	2,009	1.56%
03.		Arun Narang		Fazilka	81	Abohar	55,091	44.46%	3,279	2.65%
2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly Members
01.		Dinesh Singh (br.17 June 1962)	2012	Gurdaspur	1	Sujanpur	50,408	45.42%	23,096	20.81%
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Local elections

Municipal Corporation

Year	Municipal Corporation	Seats Won	Change in Seats	Status
Amritsar district
2012	Amritsar Municipal Corporation	24 / 65	4	Government (in alliance with SAD)
2017		5 / 85	19	Opposition
2024		9 / 85	4	Opposition
Barnala district
2026	Barnala Municipal Corporation	7 / 50		Opposition
Bathinda district
2015	Bathinda Municipal Corporation	8 / 50		Government (in alliance with SAD)
2021		0 / 50	8	Others
2026		1 / 50	1	Opposition
Fazilka district
2015	Abohar Municipal Corporation	11 / 33		Government (in alliance with SAD)
2021		0 / 50	11	Others
2026		28 / 50	28	Government
Gurdaspur district
2021	Batala Municipal Corporation	4 / 50		Opposition
2026	Batala Municipal Corporation	2 / 50	2	Opposition
Hoshiarpur district
2015	Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation	17 / 33		Government (in alliance with SAD)
2021	Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation	4 / 50	13	Opposition
Jalandhar district
2017	Jalandhar Municipal Corporation	8 / 85		Opposition
2024	Jalandhar Municipal Corporation	20 / 85	12	Opposition
Kapurthala district
2021	Kapurthala Municipal Corporation	0 / 50		Others
2026	Kapurthala Municipal Corporation	3 / 50	3	Opposition
Ludhiana district
2012	Ludhiana Municipal Corporation	12 / 75		Government (in alliance with SAD)
2017		10 / 95	2	Opposition
2024		19 / 95	9	Opposition
Moga district
2015	Moga Municipal Corporation	8 / 50		Government (in alliance with SAD)
2021		1 / 50	7	Opposition
2026		3 / 50	2	Opposition
Pathankot district
2015	Pathankot Municipal Corporation	29 / 50		Government
2021		11 / 50	18	Opposition
2026		22 / 50	11	Government
Patiala district
2002	Patiala Municipal Corporation	0 / 50		Others
2007		9 / 50	9	Government (in alliance with SAD)
2012		1 / 50	8	Government (in alliance with SAD)
2017		0 / 60	1	Others
2024		4 / 60	4	Opposition
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district
2015	Mohali Municipal Corporation	6 / 50		Government (in alliance with SAD)
2021		0 / 50	6	Others
2026		3 / 50	3	Opposition

Leadership

List of Rajya Sabha members MPs from Punjab


S.No.	Portrait	Name^[16]	Constituency	Party		Term in office
S.No.	Portrait	Name^[16]	Constituency	Party		Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
List of current Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab 2022-2028
1.		Vikramjit Singh Sahney	Punjab		BJP	05-Jul-2022	04-Jul-2028	6 years, 0 days
2.		Ashok Mittal				10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
3.		Raghav Chadha				10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
4.		Sandeep Pathak				10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
5.		Harbhajan Singh				10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
6.		Rajinder Gupta				24-Oct-2025	09-Apr-2028	2 years, 255 days
List of Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab 2022-1998
1.		Shwait Malik	Punjab		BJP	10-Apr-2016	09-Apr-2022	5 years, 364 days
2.		Avinash Rai Khanna				10-Apr-2010	09-Apr-2016	5 years, 365 days
3.		Gurcharan Kaur				07-Jun-2001	04-Jul-2004	3 years, 27 days
4.		Lajpat Rai				10-Apr-1998	09-Apr-2004	5 years, 365 days

List of State President of Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab


S.No.	Portrait	Name (born /death)	Term in office
S.No.	Portrait	Name (born /death)	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
Prasident Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab
1.		Baldev Prakash (Born 3 February 1908 - di. 1992 )	6-April-1980	1988	8 years
2.		Babu Hitabhilashi Ji	August 1988	19 September 1988	1.5 month
3.		Madan Mohan Mittal (Born 17 March 1939)	1988	1995	7 years
4.		Balram Das Tandon (1 November 1927 – 14 August 2018)^[17]	1995	1997	2 years
5.		Manoranjan Kalia (Born 9 December 1958)	Feb 1997	Oct 1997	9 months
6.		Daya Singh Sodhi (1 February 1925 – 15 July 2011))	Oct 1997	2001	4 years
7.		Brij Lal Rinwa	2001	27-Sep-2003	2 years
8.		Avinash Rai Khanna (Born 30 December 1960)	27-Sep-2003	21-Apr-2007	3 years, 206 days
9.		Rajinder Bhandari	21-Apr-2007	4-Feb-2010	2 years, 289 days
10.		Ashwani Kumar Sharma (Born 23 January 1964)	4-Feb-2010	15-Jan-2013	2 years, 346 days
10.		Ashwani Kumar Sharma (Born 23 January 1964)	17-Jan-2020	4-Jul-2023	3 years, 168 days
11.		Kamal Sharma (17 March 1970 – 27 October 2019)^[18]	15-Jan-2013	8-Apr-2016	3 years, 84 days
12.		Vijay Sampla (Born 6 July 1961 )	8-Apr-2016	6-Apr-2018	1 year, 363 days
13.		Shwait Malik (Born 29 April 1963)	6-Apr-2018	17-Jan-2020	1 year, 286 days
14.		Sunil Kumar Jakhar (br. 9 February 1954 )	5-Jul-2023	27-May-2026	2 years, 326 days
15.		Kewal Singh Dhillon (br. 16 May 1950)	28-May-2026	Present	95 days

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

[7] "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.

[8] "Bharatiya Janata Party".

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

[10] 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.

[11] "New team new vote base, BJP eying both Sikhs and Hindus at Punjab". India Today.

[12] "BJP's new Punjab team now has 45% Sikhs". Hindustan Times.

[FOOTNOTEElection_Commission2013-13] Election Commission 2013.

[:0-14] 1 2 The Hindu Bureau (11 July 2023). "Sunil Jakhar takes over as BJP Punjab chief, says BJP no longer younger brother in State". The Tribune. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[15] "Punjab State Office". Bharatiya Janata Party. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[members-16] "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[17] "CG : राज्यपाल बलराम दास टंडन का निधन, आज सुबह अस्पताल में किया था भर्ती". Nai Dunia. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

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