Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar

Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar
भारतीय जनता पार्टी– बिहार
LeaderSamrat Choudhary
Vijay Sinha
PresidentSanjay Saraogi
General SecretaryBhikhubhai Dalsaniya
(Organisation)
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
Headquarters8, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar
Colours  Saffron
Seats in Rajya Sabha
5 / 16
Seats in Lok Sabha
12 / 40
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council
24 / 75
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
89 / 243
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag

Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar (BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Sanjay Saraogi the current president of the BJP Bihar.[1][2] Ramdeo Mahto was founding leader of BJP in Bihar.

Electoral history

Lok Sabha election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1980
0 / 54
 Opposition
1984
0 / 54
 Opposition
1989
8 / 54
 8 Outside support to JD
1991
5 / 54
 3 Opposition
1996
18 / 54
 13 Government,
later Opposition
1998
19 / 54
 1 Government
1999
23 / 54
 4 Government
2004
5 / 40
 18 Opposition
2009
12 / 40
 7 Opposition
2014
22 / 40
 10 Government
2019
17 / 40
 5 Government
2024
12 / 40
 5 Government


Legislative Assembly election

Year Seats +/- Voteshare
(%) 		+/-
(%) 		Outcome
Won Contested
1980
21 / 324
 246 21 8.41% 8.41% Opposition
1985
16 / 324
 234 5 7.54% 0.87% Opposition
1990
39 / 324
 237 23 11.61% 4.07% Outside support to JD
1995
41 / 324
 315 2 12.96% 1.35% Opposition
2000
67 / 324
 168 26 14.64% 1.68% Opposition
2005
37 / 243
 103 30 10.97% 3.67%
2005
55 / 243
 102 18 15.65% 4.68% Government
2010
91 / 243
 102 36 16.49% 0.84% Government,
later Opposition
2015
53 / 243
 157 38 24.42% 7.93% Opposition,
later Government
2020
74 / 243
 110 21 19.46% 4.96% Government
2025
89 / 243
 101 15 20.08% 0.62% Government

Leadership

Deputy Chief Minister

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Sushil Modi MLC 24 November 2005 26 November 2010 10 years, 316 days 14th Nitish Kumar
26 November 2010 16 June 2013 15th
27 July 2017 16 November 2020 16th
2 Tarkishore Prasad Katihar 16 November 2020 9 August 2022 1 year, 266 days 17th
Renu Devi Bettiah
3 Vijay Sinha Lakhisarai 28 January 2024 incumbent 1 year, 328 days
Samrat Choudhary Tarapur

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Yashwant Sinha Ranchi 17 April 1995 24 January 1996 282 days 11th Lalu Prasad Yadav
2 Sushil Modi Patna Central 19 March 1996 1 March 2000 8 years, 9 days Rabri Devi
15 March 2000 28 March 2004 12th
3 Nand Kishore Yadav Patna Sahib 19 June 2013 4 December 2015 2 years, 168 days 15th Nitish Kumar
4 Prem Kumar Gaya Town 4 December 2015 28 July 2017 1 year, 236 days 16th
5 Vijay Sinha Lakhisarai 24 August 2022 28 January 2024 1 year, 157 days 17th

Leader of the Opposition Legislative Council

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Chief Minister
1 Ganga Prasad Chaurasia elected by MLA's 20 November 2000 5 March 2005 4 years, 105 days Rabri Devi
2 Sushil Modi elected by MLA's 19 June 2013 27 July 2017 4 years, 38 days Nitish Kumar
3 Samrat Choudhary elected by MLA's 24 August 2022 20 August 2023 361 days
4 Hari Sahni elected by MLA's 20 August 2023 28 January 2024 161 days

President

# Portrait Name[3] Term of office
1 Kailashpati Mishra 1980 1981 1 year
2 Jagadambi Prasad Yadav 1981 1984 3 yeears
(1) Kailashpati Mishra 1984 1987 3 years
3 Inder Singh Namdhari 1988 1990 2 years
4 Tarakant Jha 1990 1993 3 years
5 Ashwani Kumar 1994 1996 2 years
6 Yashwant Sinha 1997 1998 1 year
7 Nand Kishore Yadav 1998 2003 5 years
8[4] Gopal Narayan Singh 16-Oct-2003 31-May-2005 1 year, 227 days
9[5] Sushil Modi 31-May-2005 15-Oct-2006 1 year, 137 days
10[6] Radha Mohan Singh 15-Oct-2006 24-Apr-2010 3 years, 191 days
11[7] C. P. Thakur 24-Apr-2010 18-Jan-2013 2 years, 269 days
12[8] Mangal Pandey 18-Jan-2013 30-Nov-2016 3 years, 317 days
13[9] Nityanand Rai 30-Nov-2016 14-Sep-2019 2 years, 288 days
14[10] Sanjay Jaiswal 14-Sep-2019 24-Mar-2023 3 years, 191 days
15[11] Samrat Choudhary 24-Mar-2023 26-Jul-2024 1 year, 124 days
16[12] Dilip Jaiswal 26-Jul-2024 15-Dec-2025 1 year, 149 days
17[13] Sanjay Saraogi 15-Dec-2025 present 7 days

See also

References

  1. ^ "BJP appoints Sanjay Jaiswal as Bihar chief, Satish Punia to look after Rajasthan". Hindustan Times. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ "सम्राट चौधरी बने बिहार के नए बीजेपी अध्यक्ष, संजय जायसवाल की छुट्टी, 2024 चुनाव से पहले बड़ा दांव". live hindustan. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ "सीढ़ी दर सीढ़ी सफलता के शिखर चढ़े डॉ. संजय जायसवाल". Hindustan (in Hindi).
  4. ^ "Gopal Narain Singh new Bihar BJP President". zeenews.india.com. 16 October 2003.
  5. ^ "Sushil Modi is new chief of Bihar BJP". The Times of India. 31 May 2005.
  6. ^ "Radha Mohan Singh re-elected BJP's Bihar unit president". Oneindia. 15 October 2006.
  7. ^ "C P Thakur new Bihar BJP president". The Indian Express. 24 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Mangal Pandey set to be new state BJP chief". The Times of India. 18 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Manoj Tiwari, Nityanand Rai appointed BJP's Delhi and Bihar unit presidents". Deccan Herald. 30 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Three-time Lok Sabha member Sanjay Jaiswal appointed Bihar BJP president". The Times of India. 14 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Samrat Choudhary is new chief of Bihar BJP". The Times of India. 24 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Dilip Jaiswal is new state BJP president". The Times of India. 27 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Sanjay Saraogi, six-term MLA from Darbhanga, appointed new Bihar BJP president". India TV. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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