Bharatiya Janata Party – Puducherry

Bharatiya Janata Party – Puducherry

**பாரதிய ஜனதா பார்ட்டி, புதுச்சேரி**
Bharatiya Janata Party – Puducherry பாரதிய ஜனதா பார்ட்டி, புதுச்சேரி
President	V. P. Ramalingam
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; L. K. Advani
Founded	6 April 1980
Headquarters	Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Bhavan, Plot No. 45-46, 3rd Cross, Sithananda Nagar, Pondicherry-605005, Puducherry, India
Youth wing	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Puducherry
Women's wing	BJP Mahila Morcha, Puducherry
Ideology	Integral humanism; Social conservatism; Economic nationalism; Cultural nationalism; Hindu nationalism;
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 1
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 1
Seats in Puducherry Legislative Assembly	7 / 33
Election symbol
Party flag
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Puducherry (or BJP Puducherry) is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Puducherry. Its head office is situated at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Bhavan, Plot No 45,46, Sithananda Nagar, Puducherry-605005. The current president of BJP Puducherry is V. P. Ramalingam.^[1]^[2]

Electoral Performance

Rajya Sabha Members

No.	Name	Term start	Term end	Term
1.	S. Selvaganapathy	4-Oct-2021	Incubment	1

List of Speakers of Puducherry Legislative Assembly

No.	Name	Term start	Term end	Term
1.	Embalam R. Selvam	16-Jun-2021	Incubment	1

Lok Sabha Election

Year	Party leader	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Result
2024	A. Namassivayam	1	0	0	Government
2019	Not contested but supported to AINRC				Government
2014	Not contested but supported to AINRC				Government
2009	M. Visweswaran	1	0	0	Opposition
2004	Lalitha Kumaramangalam	1	0	0	Opposition
1999	Not contested but supported to PMK				Government
1998	Not contested				Government
1996	S. Thiyagarajan	1	0	0	Government, later Opposition
1991	J. R. Ramasami	1	0	0	Opposition

Legislative Assembly Election

Year	Assembly	Seats contested	Seats won	(+/-) in seats	% of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Alliance	Outcome
1985	7th	3	0 / 30		0.05%		158	None	Lost
1990	8th	8	0 / 30		0.51%	0.46	2,154	None	Lost
1991	9th	12	0 / 30		0.78%	0.27	3,045	None	Lost
1996	10th	14	0 / 30		1.13%	0.35	5,217	None	Lost
2001	11th	5	1 / 30	1	4.65%	3.52	22,164	DMK+	Opposition
2006	12th	27	0 / 30	1	3.07%	1.58	17,356	None	Lost
2011	13th	20	0 / 30		1.32%	1.75	9,183	None	Lost
2016	14th	30	0 / 30		2.41%	1.09	19,303	None	Lost
2021	15th	9	6 / 30	6	13.66%	11.25	1,14,298	AINRC+	Government
2026	16th	10	4 / 30	2	12.19%	1.47	1,05,583	AINRC+	Government