# Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh, or simply, BJP HP is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the Deep Kamal Chakkar, Shimla.

## Electoral history
### Legislative Assembly election

| Year | Party leader | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh |||||||
| 1967 | Shanta Kumar | 7 / 60 | 7 | 13.87% | 13.87 | Opposition |
| 1972 | Shanta Kumar | 5 / 68 | 2 | 7.75% | 6.12% | Opposition |
| Bharatiya Janata Party |||||||
| 1982 | Shanta Kumar | 29 / 68 | 29 | 35.16% | 35.16% | Opposition |
| 1985 | Shanta Kumar | 7 / 68 | 22 | 30.61% | 4.55% | Opposition |
| 1990 | Shanta Kumar | 46 / 68 | 39 | 41.78% | 11.17 | Government |
| 1993 | Shanta Kumar | 8 / 68 | 38 | 36.14% | 5.64% | Opposition |
| 1998 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | 31 / 68 | 23 | 39.02% | 2.88% | Government |
| 2003 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | 16 / 68 | 15 | 35.38% | 3.64% | Opposition |
| 2007 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | 41 / 68 | 25 | 43.78% | 8.4% | Government |
| 2012 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | 26 / 68 | 15 | 38.47% | 5.31% | Opposition |
| 2017 | Jai Ram Thakur | 44 / 68 | 18 | 48.79% | 10.32% | Government |
| 2022 | Jai Ram Thakur | 25 / 68 | 19 | 43% | 5.79% | Opposition |

### Lok Sabha seats

| Year | Legislature | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
| 1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 0 / 4 | | Opposition |
| 1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani | 3 / 4 | 3 | Outside support for NF |
| 1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani | 2 / 4 | 2 | Opposition |
| 1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 0 / 4 | 2 | Government, later opposition |
| 1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 3 / 4 | 3 | Government |
| 1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 3 / 4 | | Government |
| 2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1 / 4 | 2 | Opposition |
| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | Lal Krishna Advani | 3 / 4 | 2 | Opposition |
| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | Narendra Modi | 4 / 4 | 1 | Government |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Narendra Modi | 4 / 4 | | Government |
| 2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | Narendra Modi | 4 / 4 | | Government |

## List of Current Members
### In Himachal Legislative Assembly

| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks |
| Chamba | 1 | Churah (SC) | Hans Raj | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chamba | 2 | Bharmour (ST) | Janak Raj | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chamba | 4 | Dalhousie | D S Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kangra | 6 | Nurpur | Ranveer Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kangra | 11 | Jaswan-Pragpur | Bikram Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kangra | 14 | Sullah | Vipin Singh Parmar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kangra | 16 | Kangra | Pawan Kumar Kajal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kangra | 18 | Dharamshala | Sudhir Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | Elected in 2024 by-election |
| Kullu | 24 | Banjar | Surender Shourie | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kullu | 25 | Anni (SC) | Lokendra Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 26 | Karsog (SC) | Deepraj Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 27 | Sundernagar | Rakesh Jamwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 28 | Nachan (SC) | Vinod Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 29 | Seraj | Jai Ram Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | Leader of Opposition |
| Mandi | 30 | Darang | Puranchand Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 31 | Jogindernagar | Prakash Rana | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 33 | Mandi | Anil Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 34 | Balh (SC) | Indra Singh Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandi | 35 | Sarkaghat | Daleep Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Hamirpur | 39 | Barsar | Inder Dutt Lakhanpal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Elected in 2024 by-election |
| Una | 44 | Una | Satpal Singh Satti | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bilaspur | 46 | Jhanduta (SC) | Jeet Ram Katwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bilaspur | 48 | Bilaspur | Trilok Jamwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bilaspur | 49 | Sri Naina Deviji | Randhir Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sirmaur | 55 | Pachhad (SC) | Reena Kashyap | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sirmaur | 58 | Paonta Sahib | Sukh Ram Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Shimla | 60 | Chopal | Balbir Singh Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |

### In Lok Sabha

| No | Constituency | Name | Party |
| 1 | Kangra | Rajeev Bhardwaj | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2 | Mandi | Kangana Ranaut | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Hamirpur | Anurag Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4 | Shimla (SC) | Suresh Kumar Kashyap | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### In Rajya Sabha

| No | Name | Party | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement |
| 1 | Harsh Mahajan | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 |
| 2 | Indu Goswami | BJP | 10-Apr-2020 | 09-Apr-2026 |
| 3 | Sikander Kumar | BJP | 03-Apr-2022 | 02-Apr-2028 |

## Leadership
### Chief Minister

| No | Name | Constituency | Term of Office | Term of Office | Tenure | Assembly |
| 1 | Shanta Kumar | Palampur | 5 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 285 days | 7th |
| 2 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Bamsan | 24 March 1998 | 5 March 2003 | 9 years, 342 days | 9th |
| 2 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Bamsan | 30 December 2007 | 25 December 2012 | 9 years, 342 days | 11th |
| 3 | Jai Ram Thakur | Seraj | 27 December 2017 | 11 December 2022 | 4 years, 349 days | 13th |

### President

| No | Name | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure |
| 1 | Gangaram Thakur | 1980 | 1984 | 4 years |
| 2 | Nageen Chand Pal | 1984 | 1986 | 2 years |
| 3 | Shanta Kumar | 1986 | 1990 | 4 years |
| 4 | Maheshwar Singh | 1990 | 1993 | 3 years |
| 5 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | 1993 | 1998 | 5 years |
| 6 | Suresh Chandel | 1998 | 2000 | 2 years |
| 7 | Jai Krishan Sharma | 2000 | 2003 | 3 years |
| 8 | Suresh Bhardwaj | 2003 | 2007 | 4 years |
| 9 | Jai Ram Thakur | 2007 | 2009 | 2 years |
| 10 | Khimi Ram | 2009 | 2010 | 1 year |
| 11 | Satpal Singh Satti | 2010 | 2020 | 10 years |
| 12 | Rajeev Bindal | 18-Jan-2020 | 22-Jul-2020 | 186 days |
| 13 | Suresh Kumar Kashyap | 22-Jul-2020 | 23-Apr-2023 | 2 years, 275 days |
| (12) | Rajeev Bindal | 23-Apr-2023 | Present | 1 year, 324 days |