| Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টি, ত্রিপুরা | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | Manik Saha (Chief Minister of Tripura) |
| President | Rajib Bhattacharjee |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 (44 years ago) (1980-04-06) |
| Split from | Janata Party |
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| Headquarters | 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road,(In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India |
| Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
| Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
| Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | National level National Democratic Alliance NorthEast Region North East Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 2 / 2 (as of 2024) |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 1(as of 2024) |
| Seats in Tripura Legislative Assembly | 33 / 60(as of 2023) |
| Seats in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council | 9 / 30(as of 2022) |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura, or simply, BJP Tripura (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of 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 .
Electoral performance
Lok Sabha Election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
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| 2019 | 2 / 2 |  2
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Government |
| 2024 | 2 / 2 | 
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Legislative Assembly Election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
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| 1983 | 0 / 60 | New | 0.06% | New | None |
| 1988 | 0 / 60 | |
0.15% | 0.09%
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| 1993 | 0 / 60 | |
2.02% | 1.87%
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| 1998 | 0 / 60 | |
5.87% | 3.85%
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| 2003 | 0 / 60 | |
1.32% |  4.55%
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| 2008 | 0 / 60 | |
1.49% | 0.17%
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| 2013 | 0 / 60 | |
1.54% | 0.05%
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| 2018 | 36 / 60 | 36 |
43.59% | 41.5% |
Government |
| 2023 | 32 / 60 | 4 |
38.97% | 4.62%
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In Local Elections
Municipal corporation election results
| Year | Municipal Corporation | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Percentage of votes | Vote swing |
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| Tripura | ||||||
| 2015 | Agartala | 51 | 0 / 51 |
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| 2021 | Agartala | 51 | 51 / 51 | 51
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57.39% | |
Autonomous District Council election
| Year | Autonomous District Council | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Percentage of votes | Vote swing | Government |
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| Khumulwng | |||||||
| 1982 | From 1982 election has been held at Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council but BJP to win any seats was on 2021 election. | ||||||
| 2021 | TTAADC | 26 | 9 / 30 | 9
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2015 Tripura local elections
In 2015 local election BJP won 2 seats of 310 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation.
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%.
Leadership
Chief ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly | ||
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Biplab Kumar Deb | Banamalipur | 9 March 2018 | 15 May 2022 | 4 years, 67 days | 12th |
| 2 | 
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Manik Saha | Town Bordowali | 15 May 2022 | 12 March 2023 | 301 days | |
| 13 March 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 297 days | 13th | ||||
Deputy chief ministers
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Assembly | Chief Minister | Ref. | ||
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Jishnu Dev Varma | Charilam | 9 March 2018 | 2 March 2023 | 4 years, 358 days | 12th | Biplab Kumar Deb Manik Saha |
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Lok Sabha Members
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Win Margin in 2024 |
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Biplab Kumar Deb | Tripura West | 6,11,578 |
| 2 | 
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Kriti Devi Debbarman | Tripura East | 4,86,819 |
Rajya Sabha Members
| No | Name | Constituency | From | To |
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| 1 | Rajib Bhattacharjee | Tripura | 03/09/2024 | 02/04/2028 |
Former State President List
- Sudheendradas Gupta : 1980 - 2016
- Biplab Kumar Deb : 2016 - 2018
- Manik Saha : 2018 - 2022
See also
- Biplab Kumar Deb
- Manik Saha
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- National Democratic Alliance
- North East Democratic Alliance
- Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
- Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura
Notes
References
- "New President of BJP Tripura state unit". Economic Times.
- "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- https://www.bjp.org/tripura-state-office
- 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.
- "Only BJP has worked for Indigenous people of Tripura". Indian Express.
- "BJP Tripura and its ally IPFT seeks NRC for whole nation". Economic Times.
- "2021 Tripura municipal election result". Hindustan Times.
- "2015 Tripura local election result". The Hindu.
- "2021 Tripura local election result". Hindustan Times.
- Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
- Deb, Priyanka (2018-03-06). "BJP picks Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma to be his deputy". Hindustan Times.