Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh Explained

Party Name:	Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh
Party Logo:	File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
Abbreviation:	BJP
President:	Biyuram Wahge^[1]
Headquarters:	State BJP Office Opp. Arunodaya School Vivek Vihar, Itanagar-791113, India^[2]
Colours:	Saffron
Loksabha Seats:	(as of 2024)
Rajyasabha Seats:	(as of 2022)
State Seats Name:	Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
State Seats:	(as of 2024)
Symbol:	Lotus
Leader:	Pema Khandu
Flag:	BJP Flag.svg
Alliance:	National level National Democratic Alliance NorthEast Region North East Democratic Alliance
Women:	BJP Mahila Morcha
Predecessor:	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977) Janata Party (1977–1980)
Split:	Janata Party
Labour:	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh^[3]
Peasants:	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh^[4]

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Arunachal Pradesh (BJP; pronounced as /bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː/;), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Arunachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the State BJP Office Opp. Arunodaya School Vivek Vihar, Itanagar-791113, India. The current president of BJP Arunachal Pradesh is Biyuram Wahge.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year	+/-	Outcome
2004		Opposition
2009	2	Opposition
2014	1	Government
2019	1
2024

Legislative Assembly Election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
		New	7.69%	New	Opposition
	Not contested
		-	3.37%	-	None
		0	10.83%	7.46%	None
		9	2.63%	8.2%	Opposition
		6	5.21%	2.58%	Opposition
		8	30.97%	25.76%	Opposition, later Government
		30	50.9%	20%	Government
		6	54.37%	3.47%	Government

Leadership

No.	Name	Constituency	Term of office		Assembly
1	Gegong Apang	Tuting–Yingkiong	2003	2004	6th
2	Pema Khandu	Mukto	31 December 2016	29 May 2019	9th
2	Pema Khandu	Mukto	29 May 2019	Incumbent	10th

Lok Sabha members

No.	Constituency	Name	Votes	Winning margin %
1	Arunachal West	Kiren Rijiju	2,25,796	48.80%
2	Arunachal East	Tapir Gao	1,53,883	23.81%

Rajya Sabha members

Notes and References

Web site: Arunachal: State BJP released list of }} new office bearers Arunachal24 ]. 22 February 2020 . 28 December 2022 . 9 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231109193308/https://arunachal24.in/arunachal-state-bjp-released-list-of-its-office-bearers/ . live .
https://www.bjp.org/arunachal-pradesh-state-office Arunachal Pradesh State Office
News: Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India . 17 March 2020 . live mint . 15 January 2008 . Pragya Singh . 3 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131425/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ohkSVkDnWYnxvZyuzggTsL/Need-to-Know--BJPled-BMS-is-biggest-labour-union-in-India.html . live .
Book: Gupta, Sejuta Das. Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. 172–173. 978-1-108-41628-3. Cambridge University Press. 2019e. 2022-12-28. 2023-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20230414061257/https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172. live.