Jump to content

Bharatiya Janata Party, Meghalaya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bharatiya Janata Party, Meghalaya
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderSanbor Shullai[1]
PresidentRikman Momin[2]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters3rd Floor, Opp.Passport Seva Kendra Lower Lachumiere, Shillong-793 001, Meghalaya [4]
NewspaperKamal Sandesh
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[5]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[6]
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational level
National Democratic Alliance
Regional level
North East Democratic Alliance
State level
Meghalaya Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 2
(as of 2023)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 1
(as of 2023)
Seats in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
2 / 60
(as of 2023)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/meghalaya

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Meghalaya (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit.'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Meghalaya. Its head office is situated at the 3rd Floor, Opp.Passport Seva Kendra Lower Lachumiere, Shillong-793 001, Meghalaya India. The current president of BJP Meghalaya is Rikman Momin.

In General Election

[edit]
In General Elections
Year Party leader Photo Seats won Change in seats Result
2024 0 Steady 0 Government
2019 Sanbor Shullai 0 Steady 0 Government
2014 Shibun Lyngdoh 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

[edit]
Year Election Seats won Change of Seats Popular votes Vote% Change of Vote% Result
1993 4th Assembly (Meghalaya)
0 / 60
new 29,948 3.68% new None
1998 5th Assembly (Meghalaya)
3 / 60
Increase 3 41,924 5.01% Increase 1.33% Opposition
2003 7th Assembly (Meghalaya)
2 / 60
Decrease 1 48,932 5.42% Increase 0.41% Opposition
2008 8th Assembly (Meghalaya)
1 / 60
Decrease 1 29,465 2.71% Decrease 2.71% Opposition
2013 9th Assembly (Meghalaya)
0 / 60
Decrease 1 16,752 1.27% Decrease 1.44% None
2018 10th Assembly (Meghalaya)
2 / 60
Increase 2 152,162 9.6% Increase 8.33% Allied Government MDA
2023 11th Assembly (Meghalaya)
2 / 60
Steady 173,042 9.30% Decrease 0.30% Allied Government MDA

In Local Elections

[edit]

Autonomous District Council election

[edit]
Year Autonomous District Council Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Government
Garo Hills
2021 Garo Hills 21
2 / 29
Increase 1[11] Allied government of MDA
2015 Garo Hills 6
1 / 29
Allied government of NEDA
Jaintia Hills
2021 Jaintia Hills
0 / 29
Steady 0 MDA Government of BJP Allies.
2015 Jaintia Hills
0 / 29
NEDA Government of BJP Allies.
Khasi Hills
2021 Kashi Hills
0 / 29
Steady 0 MDA Government of BJP Allies.
2015 Khasi Hills
0 / 29

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "BJP Meghalaya state president on Alliance with NPP after 2023 state election". Indian Express.
  2. ^ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-chief-jp-nadda-appoints-state-party-presidents-meghalaya-puducherry-nagaland-8958088/lite/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Meghalaya BJP state unit address". BJP website.
  5. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "BJPs campaign in Christian majority Meghalaya". Hindustan Times.
  8. ^ "BJP records impressive show in Christian majority Meghalaya". Hindustan Times.
  9. ^ "BJPs growth in North East states proves that it is more than a HINDI-HINDU party". Times of India.
  10. ^ "BJP to ensure safety of Non Christians in Meghalaya". Sentinel Assam.
  11. ^ "GHADC polls: Congress wins 12, NPP 11". 2021-04-15.