Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand, or simply BJP Jharkhand, is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Jharkhand. Its head office is situated at the M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi. Babulal Marandi was appointed as the State President of the Jharkhand unit on 4 July 2024.
History
At the time of its formation in 1980, the Bharatiya Janata Party had limited success in what would become Jharkhand. In the 1985 Bihar legislative assembly election, the BJP won 16 seats of which 14 were in regions that would become part of Jharkhand. In 1989, the BJP won five seats in the region. The BJP had long supported the creation of a state out of the southern part of Bihar they called 'Vananchal', in keeping with their naming of the Adivasis as 'Vanvasis'.[1] The BJP's rhetoric at this time with regards to the Jharkhand movement largely claimed that the mainstream leaders, which they saw as westernized 'elites', were using the Jharkhand movement to enrich themselves. The BJP sought to persuade non-Christian tribals by claiming they were part of the 'Hindu nation', while demonizing Christian tribals as westernised. Much of this groundwork was prepared by sister organisations like the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, which sought to prevent Christian conversions among Adivasis and Hinduize them.[2]
In 1989, due to their promise for Vananchal, they obtained 5 out of the 14 seats in the Lok Sabha, with a 30% voteshare. In 1990, the BJP gained 20 seats with a voteshare of at least 20% in the Jharkhand region, which stayed with the party throughout the 1990s.[3] In 1991, the BJP officially added a promise to set up a commission to study the division of larger states, including Bihar, into smaller states and gained five seats.[1] The electorate in Jharkhand were favouring national parties who could form a government at the Centre and grant them statehood, and the BJP was the most influential party advocating strongly for statehood. In 1996 and 1998, the BJP obtained 12 seats in the Jharkhand region, and 11 in 1999, squeezing out other regional parties like JMM and AJSU who were also advocating for statehood. The BJP combined its small states agenda with a patronization of tribal institutions and nomination of tribal candidates for the elections.[3] In 2000, the BJP gained the most seats in the Jharkhand region during Bihar assembly elections with 39.5% of the vote, and when the BJP at the centre formed the three new states, the BJP formed the first government. Babulal Marandi was chosen as the first Chief Minister.[3]
Electoral history
Legislative Assembly election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 30 / 81
|
 30
|
23.57% | 23.57
|
Coalition Government |
| 2009 | 18 / 81
|
 12
|
20.18% | 3.39%
|
Coalition Government |
| 2014 | 37 / 81
|
19
|
31.26% | 11.08%
|
Government |
| 2019 | 25 / 81
|
12
|
33.37% | 2.11%
|
Opposition |
| 2024 | 21 / 81
|
4
|
33.18% | 0.19%
|
Opposition |
Lok Sabha election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 / 14
|
New
|
Opposition |
| 2009 | 9 / 14
|
8
|
Opposition |
| 2014 | 12 / 14
|
3
|
Government |
| 2019 | 11 / 14
|
1
|
Government |
| 2024 | 8 / 14
|
3
|
Government |
List of chief ministers
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babulal Marandi (born 1958) |
Ramgarh | 15 November 2000 | 18 March 2003 | 2 years, 123 days | 1st | |
| 2 | 
|
Arjun Munda (born 1968) |
Kharsawan | 18 March 2003 | 2 March 2005 | 1 year, 349 days | |
| 12 March 2005 | 19 September 2006 | 1 year, 191 days | 2nd | ||||
| 11 September 2010 | 18 January 2013 | 2 years, 129 days | 3rd | ||||
| 3 | 
|
Raghubar Das (born 1955) |
Jamshedpur East | 28 December 2014 | 29 December 2019 | 5 years, 1 day | 4th |
List of union ministers
Cabinet ministers
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Term in Office | Constituency (House) |
Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed Office | Left Office | Time in Office | ||||||
| 1 | 
|
Arjun Munda (born 1968) |
Minister of Tribal Affairs | 31 May 2019 |
9 June 2024 |
5 years, 9 days | Khunti (Lok Sabha) |
Narendra Modi |
| Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | 7 December 2023 |
9 June 2024 |
185 days | |||||
| 2 | 
|
Annpurna Devi (born 1970) |
Minister of Women and Child Development | 9 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 276 days | Kodarma (Lok Sabha) | |
Ministers of State
List of deputy chief ministers
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Raghubar Das (born 1955) |
Jamshedpur East | 30 December 2009 | 31 May 2010 | 152 days | 3rd | Hemant Soren |
List of leaders of the opposition
| No | Portrait | Name | Term | Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Arjun Munda (born 1968) |
4 December 2006 | 29 May 2009 | 2 years, 176 days | 2nd |
| 19 July 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 1 year, 157 days | 3rd | |||
| 2 | Babulal Marandi (born 1958) |
24 February 2020 | 16 October 2023 | 3 years, 234 days | 5th | |
| 3 | 
|
Amar Kumar Bauri (born 1978) |
16 October 2023 | 23 November 2024 | 1 year, 38 days | |
List of presidents
| # | Name | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [4] | Abhay Kant Prasad | 2 Sep 2001 | 18 Jul 2004 | 2 years, 320 days |
| [5] | Raghubar Das | 18 Jul 2004 | 13 May 2005 | 299 days |
| [6] | Yadunath Pandey | 13 May 2005 | ||
| 7[7] | Dineshanand Goswami | 25 Sep 2010 | 10 Mar 2013 | 2 years, 166 days |
| 8[8] | Ravindra Kumar Ray | 10 Mar 2013 | 17 May 2016 | 3 years, 68 days |
| 9[9] | Tala Marandi | 17 May 2016 | 24 Aug 2016 | 99 days |
| 10[10] | Laxman Giluwa | 24 Aug 2016 | 25 Feb 2020 | 3 years, 185 days |
| 11[11] | Deepak Prakash | 25 Feb 2020 | 4 Jul 2023 | 3 years, 129 days |
| 12 | Babulal Marandi | 4 Jul 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 251 days |
List of MPs
Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| S.No | MPs | Constituency | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pradeep Yadav | Godda | 2002–2004 |
| 2. | Babulal Marandi | Kodarma | 2004–2006 |
| 3. | Arjun Munda | Jamshedpur | 2009–2011 |
| Khunti | 2019–2024 | ||
| 4. | Devidhan Besra | Rajmahal | 2009–2014 |
| 5. | Yashwant Sinha | Hazaribagh | 2009–2014 |
| 6. | Ravindra Kumar Pandey | Giridih | 2009–2014 |
| 2014–2019 | |||
| 7. | Kariya Munda | Khunti | 2009–2014 |
| 2014–2019 | |||
| 8. | Pashupati Nath Singh | Dhanbad | 2009–2014 |
| 2014–2019 | |||
| 2019–2024 | |||
| 9. | Sudarshan Bhagat | Lohardaga | 2009–2014 |
| 2014–2019 | |||
| 2019–2024 | |||
| 10. | Nishikant Dubey | Godda | 2009–2014 |
| 2014–2019 | |||
| 2019–2024 | |||
| 2024–Incumbent | |||
| 11. | Ravindra Kumar Ray | Kodarma | 2014–2019 |
| 12. | Ram Tahal Choudhary | Ranchi | 2014–2019 |
| 13. | Laxman Giluwa | Singhbhum | 2014–2019 |
| 14. | Jayant Sinha | Hazaribagh | 2014–2019 |
| 2019–2024 | |||
| 15. | Sunil Kumar Singh | Chatra | 2014–2019 |
| 2019–2024 | |||
| 16. | Bidyut Baran Mahato | Jamshedpur | 2014–2019 |
| 2019–2024 | |||
| 2024–Incumbent | |||
| 17. | Vishnu Dayal Ram | Palamu | 2014–2019 |
| 2019–2024 | |||
| 2024–Incumbent | |||
| 18. | Sunil Soren | Dumka | 2019–2024 |
| 19. | Annpurna Devi | Kodarma | 2019–2024 |
| 2024–Incumbent | |||
| 20. | Sanjay Seth | Ranchi | 2019–2024 |
| 2024–Incumbent | |||
| 21. | Kalicharan Singh | Chatra | 2024–Incumbent |
| 22. | Dulu Mahato | Dhanbad | 2024–Incumbent |
| 23. | Manish Jaiswal | Hazaribagh | 2024–Incumbent |
Members of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
| S.No | Members of Parliament | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term Start | Term End | ||
| 1 | Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla | 08 July 1998 | 07 July 2004 |
| 2 | Abhay Kant Prasad | 05 June 2002 | 07 July 2004 |
| 3 | Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia | 03 April 2000 | 02 April 2006 |
| 03 April 2006 | 02 April 2012 | ||
| 4 | Ajay Maroo | 10 April 2002 | 09 April 2008 |
| 5 | Devdas Apte | 02 July 2002 | 09 April 2008 |
| 6 | Yashwant Sinha | 08 July 2004 | 16 May 2009 |
| 7 | Jai Prakash Narayan Singh | 10 April 2008 | 09 April 2014 |
| 8 | Mobasher Jawed Akbar | 03 July 2015 | 29 June 2016 |
| 9 | Mahesh Poddar | 08 July 2016 | 07 July 2022 |
| 10 | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | 08 July 2016 | 07 July 2022 |
| 11 | Sameer Oraon | 04 May 2018 | 03 May 2024 |
| 12 | Deepak Prakash | 22 June 2020 | 21 June 2026 |
| 13 | Aditya Sahu | 08 July 2022 | 07 July 2028 |
| 14 | Pradip Kumar Varma | 04 May 2024 | 03 May 2030 |
See also
- Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
- Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
- Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
- State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party
References
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- ^ a b c Shastri, Sandeep; Kumar, Ashutosh; Sisodia, Yatindra Singh, eds. (2022). "Jharkhand: The ascendance of the BJP as a dominant party". Electoral dynamics in the states of India. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-15997-1.
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