Bharatiya_Janata_Party,_Nagaland
The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Nagaland (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Nagaland. Its state head office[6] is located at H.No. 235, Upper Agri, Kohima, Nagaland, India. The current president of BJP Nagaland is Benjamin Yepthomi.[7]
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Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | Yanthungo Patton (Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland) |
| President | Benjamin Yepthomi |
| General Secretary | Khevishe Sema and Er Cheong |
| Treasurer | Mahesh Kotecha |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 (44 years ago) (1980-04-06) |
| Split from | Janata Party |
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| Headquarters | 1st Floor, Aiko Building, Opp. Town Hall, Bank Colony, Dimapur, 797112, Nagaland, 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 | |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | National level National Democratic Alliance NorthEast Region North East Democratic Alliance Nagaland United Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 1 (as of 2022)
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 1 (as of 2022)
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| Seats in Nagaland Legislative Assembly | 12 / 60 (as of 2022)
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| Election symbol | |
| Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| www | |
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Lok Sabha members
There are no Lok Sabha Members from BJP at Nagaland
Rajya Sabha members
More information Name, Photo ...
| Name | Photo | Date of appointment | Date of retirement |
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| S. Phangnon Konyak | 03/04/2022 | 02/04/2028 |
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More information Year, Party leader ...
| Year | Party leader | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not contested but supported to NDPP | Government | |||
| 2014 | Not contested but supported to NPF | Government | |||
| 2009 | Not contested but supported to NPF | Opposition | |||
| 2004 | Not contested but supported to NPF | Opposition | |||
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |  0 |
Government | |
| 1998 | Not contested | Government | |||
| 1996 | Not contested | Government, later Opposition | |||
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Opposition | |
| 1989 | Not contested | Opposition | |||
| 1984 | Not contested | Opposition | |||
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More information Year, Election ...
| Year | Election | Seats won | Change of Seats | Popular votes | Vote% | Change of Vote% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8th Assembly (Nagaland) | 0 / 60 | new | 3,755 | 0.51% | new | None |
| 1998 | 9th Assembly (Nagaland) | Not contested | |||||
| 2003 | 10th Assembly (Nagaland) | 7 / 60 |  7 | 96,658 | 11.98% | - | Allied Government with NPF |
| 2008 | 11th Assembly (Nagaland) | 2 / 60 |  5 | 96,658 | 8.27% | 2.61% | Allied Government with NPF |
| 2013 | 12th Assembly (Nagaland) | 1 / 60 | 1 | 19,121 | 1.8% | 3.6% | Allied Government with NPF |
| 2018 | 13th Assembly (Nagaland) | 12 / 60 | 11 | 153,864 | 15.3% | 13.5% | Allied Government with NDPP and NPF |
| 2023 | 14th Assembly (Nagaland) | 12 / 60 | | 215,336 | 18.81% | 3.51% | Allied Government with NDPP |
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More information No, Portrait ...
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly | Chief minister | ||
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| 1 | Yanthungo Patton[8] | Tyüi | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 6 years, 51 days | Neiphiu Rio | ||
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- Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- 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.
- "JP Nadda inaugurates Nagaland BJP office in Kohima". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- PTI. "Benjamin Yepthomi new president of BJP Nagaland unit". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- "Nagaland Lokayukta orders probe against Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton". The Hindu. 2020-02-21.