Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Tripura (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] (listen); lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road, (In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India. The current president of BJP Tripura is Rajiv Bhattacharjee .

Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura
ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টি, ত্রিপুরা
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderManik Saha
(Chief Minister of Tripura)
PresidentRajiv Bhattacharjee[1]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road,(In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India [3]
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational level
National Democratic Alliance
NorthEast Region
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
2 / 2
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly
32 / 60
(as of 2022)
Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
9 / 30
(as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/tripura

Lok Sabha Members
No Name Constituency Votes
1 Pratima Bhowmik Tripura West 3,05,669
2 Rebati Tripura Tripura East 2,04,290

Rajya Sabha Members
No Name Constituency From To
1 Biplab Kumar Deb Tripura 22/10/2022 __/__/2027

In General Election
In General Elections
Year Party leader Photo Seats won Change in seats Result
2019 Narendra Modi 2 Increase 2 Government
2014 0 Steady 0 Government
2009 0 Steady 0 Opposition
2004 0 Steady 0 Opposition
1999 0 Steady 0 Government
1998 0 Steady 0 Government
1996 0 Steady 0 Government, later Opposition
1991 0 Steady 0 Opposition
1989 0 Steady 0 Opposition
1984 0 new Opposition

In State Election
YearElectionSeats wonChange of SeatsPopular votesVote%Change of Vote%Result
19835th Assembly (Tripura)
0 / 60
new5780.06%newNone
19886th Assembly (Tripura)
0 / 60
Steady1,7570.15%Increase 0.09%None
19937th Assembly (Tripura)
0 / 60
Steady27,0782.02%Increase 1.87%None
19988th Assembly (Tripura)
0 / 60
Steady80,2725.87%Increase 3.85%None
20039th Assembly (Tripura)
0 / 60
Steady20,0321.32%Decrease 4.55%None
200810th Assembly (Tripura)
0 / 60
Steady28,1021.49%Increase 0.17%None
201311th Assembly (Tripura)
0 / 60
Steady33,8081.54%Increase 0.05%None
201812th Assembly (Tripura)
36 / 60
Increase 361,025,67343.59%Increase 41.5%Government
202313th Assembly (Tripura)
32 / 60
Decrease 49,85,79738.97%Decrease 4.62%Government

In Local Elections

Municipal corporation election results
Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing
Tripura
2021 Agartala 51
51 / 51
 Increase51[8] 57.39%
2015 Agartala 51
0 / 51
 Steady

Autonomous District Council election
Year Autonomous District Council Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Government
Khumulwng
2021 TTAADC 26
9 / 30
 Increase 9 Opposition
1982 From 1982 election is been held at Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council but BJP to win any seats was on 2021 election.

2021 Tripura local elections

In 2021 local election BJP won 329 seats of 334 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation, with vote percentage of 59.01%.[9]

2015 Tripura local elections

In 2015 local election BJP won 2 seats of 310 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation.[10]

Legislative leaders

Chief ministers
No Portrait Name Constituency Term[11] Assembly

(election)

 Party[lower-alpha 1]
10 Biplab Kumar Deb Banamalipur 9 March 2018 15 May 2022 4 years, 67 days 12th
(2018 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Manik Saha Town Bordowali 15 May 2022 Incumbent 360 days
13th

(2023 election)

Deputy chief minister
Sr. No. Name
(constituency)		 Portrait Term of office Political Party Chief Minister Ref.
2 Jishnu Dev Varma
(Charilam)		 9 March 2018 2 March 2023 4 years, 358 days Bharatiya Janata Party [12]

See also

Notes
  1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

References
  1. "New President of BJP Tripura state unit". Economic Times.
  2. "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. https://www.bjp.org/tripura-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. "Only BJP has worked for Indigenous people of Tripura". Indian Express.
  7. "BJP Tripura and its ally IPFT seeks NRC for whole nation". Economic Times.
  8. "2021 Tripura municipal election result". Hindustan Times.
  9. "2021 Tripura local election result". Hindustan Times.
  10. "2015 Tripura local election result". The Hindu.
  11. Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
  12. Deb, Priyanka (2018-03-06). "BJP picks Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma to be his deputy". Hindustan Times.
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