Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab (BJP Punjab) (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ, پنجابی بھارتی جنتا پارٹی), also known as the Punjab BJP, is the affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Punjab.^[7] Its head office is situated at the Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, Chandigarh, Punjab-160036, India.^[8] The current president of BJP Punjab is Sunil Kumar Jakhar.^[7]

Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ – ਪੰਜਾਬ
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Ashwani Kumar Sharma
President	Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lal Krishna Advani[1]
Founded	6 April 1980 (45 years ago) (1980-04-06)
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 [2]
Newspaper	Kamal Sandesh
Youth wing	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wing	BJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3]
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4]
Ideology	Integral humanism Social conservatism Economic nationalism Hindu nationalism Cultural nationalism Faction Sikhism[5][6]
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 13 (as of 2024)
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 7 (as of 2022)
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly	2 / 117 (as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/punjab
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Electoral performance

Lok Sabha elections

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
1998	3 / 13	–	Government
1999	1 / 13	2	Government
2004	3 / 13	2	Opposition
2009	1 / 13	2	Opposition
2014	2 / 13	1	Government
2019	2 / 13	–	Government
2024	0 / 13	2	Government

Legislative Assembly elections

Year	Seats contested	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
1980	41	1 / 117	New	6.48%	New	Opposition
1985	26	6 / 117	5	4.99%	1.49
1992	66	6 / 117	–	16.48%	11.49%
1997	22	18 / 117	12	8.33%	8.15%	Government
2002	23	3 / 117	15	5.67%	2.66%	Opposition
2007	23	19 / 117	16	8.28%	2.61%	Government
2012	23	12 / 117	7	7.18%	1.1%
2017	23	3 / 117	9	5.4%	1.8%	Opposition
2022	73	2 / 117	1	6.6%	1.2%

Leadership

Elected members

2019 member(s) of Parliament

Further information: List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha

S.No	Member of Parliament	Constituency Name	District(s)	Term Start
1.	Sunny Deol	Gurdaspur	Gurdaspur	2019
2.	Som Prakash	Hoshiarpur	Hoshiarpur

2022 member(s) of Legislative Assembly

S.No	Constituency		MLA	Present Party		Remarks
	#	Name
Pathankot District
01.	3	Pathankot	Ashwani Kumar Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hoshiarpur District
02.	39	Mukerian	Jangi Lal Mahajan		Bharatiya Janata Party

President

No.	Name	Term of Office
1.	Balram Das Tandon	1995	1997	2 years
2.	Brij Lal Rinwa	1997	27-Sep-2003	6 years
3.[9]	Avinash Rai Khanna	27-Sep-2003	21-Apr-2007	3 years, 206 days
4.[10]	Rajinder Bhandari	21-Apr-2007	4-Feb-2010	2 years, 289 days
5.[11]	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	4-Feb-2010	15-Jan-2013	2 years, 346 days
6.[12]	Kamal Sharma	15-Jan-2013	8-Apr-2016	3 years, 84 days
7.[13]	Vijay Sampla	8-Apr-2016	6-Apr-2018	1 year, 363 days
8.[14]	Shwait Malik	6-Apr-2018	17-Jan-2020	1 year, 286 days
9.[15]	Ashwani Kumar Sharma	17-Jan-2020	4-Jul-2023	3 years, 168 days
10.[16]	Sunil Kumar Jakhar	5-Jul-2023	present	2 years, 43 days

See also

• Bharatiya Janata Party
• National Democratic Alliance
• Rashtriya Sikh Sangat
• Shiromani Akali Dal