Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh (or BJP Andhra Pradesh) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] (listen); 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]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentSomu Veerraju[1]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980 (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

Leadership

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

List of Farmore National Presidents from Andhra Pradesh
S.No Name Location
1. Bangaru Laxman Hyderabad, Rangareddy district.
2. Venkaiah Naidu Udayagiri, Nellore district.

United Andhra Pradesh
No. Name Tenure
1 P.V.Chalapathi Rao 1980-1986
2 Bangaru Laxman 1986-1988
3 Venkaiah Naidu 1988-1993
4 V. Rama Rao 1993-1997
5 Bandaru Dattatreya 1997-1998
6 C. Vidyasagar Rao 1998-1999
7 V. Rama Rao 1999-2001
8 C.Ramachandra Reddy 2001-2003
9 N.Indrasena Reddy 2003-2007
10 Bandaru Dattatreya 2007-2010
11 G. Kishan Reddy 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 1026

Union Ministers
Year Name Designation
Janata Party - United Andhra Pradesh
1977 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Lok Sabha 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

State Office Barrers [8]

State Office Bearers-   Up Dated on 13-09-2020

S.NO Name Disg
1 Shri SOMU VEERRAJU STATE PRESIDENT RAJAMHUNDRY
2 Smt RELANGI SRIDEVI Vice President RAJAMHUNDRY
3 Smt KAKU VIJAYA LAKSHMI Vice President NELLORE
4 Smt MALATHI RANI Vice President ELURU
5 Shri NIMMAKA JAYARAJU Vice President PARVATHIPURAM
6 Shri PYDI VENUGOPAL Vice President SRIKAKULAM
7 Shri VISHNU KUMAR RAJU Vice President VISAKHAPATNAM
8 Shri ADINARAYANA REDDY Vice President KADAPA
9 Shri RAVELA KISHORE BABU Vice President GUNTUR
10 Shri P SURENDAR REDDY Vice President NELLORE
11 Shri CHANDRA MOULI Vice President KURNOOL
12 Shri PVN MADHAV General Secretary VISAKHAPATNAM
13 Shri VISHNU VARDDAN REDDY General Secretary HINDUPURAM
14 Shri LOKULA GANDHI General Secretary ARUKU
15 Shri SURYANARAYANA RAJU General Secretary KAKINADA
16 Shri N MADHUKAR General Secretary (Org) VIJAYAWADA
17 Smt S UMA MAHESHWARI Secretary SRIKAKULAM
18 Smt KANDRIKA UMA Secretary TIRUIPATHI
19 Smt MATTAM SANTHI KUMARI Secretary ARUKU
20 Smt A KAMALA Secretary NELLORE
21 Shri K CHIRANJEEVI REDDY Secretary ANANTAPURAM
22 Shri PATHURI NAGABHUSHANAM Secretary VIJAYAWADA
23 Shri K NEELAKANTA Secretary KURNOOL
24 Shri B SRINIVAS VARMA Secretary NARSAPURAM
25 Shri N RAMESH NAIDU Secretary RAJAMPETA
26 Shri M SUDHAKAR YADAV Secretary GUNTUR
27 Shri SATHYA MUTHY Treasurer & Headquarters In-Charge VIJAYAWADA
28 Shri P SRINIVAS RAO Office Secretary VIJAYAWADA

Departmental Cell

No Name Department Position
1 Saurabh Khamar IT Cell Head
2 Kesav Kanth IT Cell Convener
3 Valluri Gangadhar IT Cell Co-Convener

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.
  8. "State Office Bearers – Bharatiya Janata Party". Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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