Bharatiya Janata Party – Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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The Bharatiya Janata Party – Andhra Pradesh (BJP - Andhra Pradesh) is the affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party is based in Vijayawada and is led by chair Daggubati Purandeswari.[1][17] P. V. N. Madhav is currently appointed as the president of BJP Andhra Pradesh.
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentP. V. N. Madhav[1]
Bharatiya Janata Party – Andhra Pradesh | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| President | P. V. N. Madhav[1] |
| Chairman | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 522003[10] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[11] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[12] |
| Ideology | Conservatism[13] Nationalism[14] Hindutva[15] |
| Political position | Right-wing[16] |
| Colours | Saffron |
| ECI status | National party |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 2 / 11
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| Seats in Lok Sabha | 3 / 25
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| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council | 2 / 58
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| Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 8 / 175
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| Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| andhra | |
Electoral Performance
Lok Sabha Elections in Andhra Pradesh
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of India, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president of India on the advice of the union council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha chamber of the Parliament House in New Delhi.
| Election Year | Leader | Alliance | Seats | Popular vote | Sitting side | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Votes | votes % | ±pp | ||||
| Lok Sabha Elections Performance in Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||
| 1984 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | TDP+ | 2 | 1 / 42 |
 |
5,01,597 | 2.21% | |
Opposition |
| 1989 | Lal Krishna Advani | 2 | 0 / 42 |
 1 |
5,67,124 | 1.97% | 0.25% |
Opposition | |
| 1991 | None | 41 | 1 / 42 |
 1 |
24,54,665 | 9.27% | 7.66% |
Opposition | |
| 1996 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 39 | 0 / 42 |
1 |
17,20,850 | 5.65% | 3.89% |
Opposition | |
| 1998 | NDA | 38 | 4 / 42 |
4 |
58,36,394 | 18.12% | 12.65% |
Government | |
| 1999 | 8 | 7 / 42 |
3 |
33,03,772 | 9.91% | 8.40 |
Government | ||
| 2004 | Lal Krishna Advani | 9 | 0 / 42 |
7 |
30,06,018 | 8.41% | 1.49% |
Opposition | |
| 2009 | 41 | 0 / 42 |
- | 15,77,512 | 3.75% | 4.66% |
Opposition | ||
| 2014 | Narendra Modi | 12 | 2 / 25 |
2 |
2,077,079 | 7.22% | 4.71% |
Government | |
| 2019 | 25 | 0 / 25 |
2 |
3,03,985 | 0.96% | 6.26% |
Government | ||
| 2024 | 6 | 3 / 25 |
3 |
37,50,687 | 11.28% | 10.30% |
Government | ||
Elected Members to Lok Sabha election in Andhra Pradesh
| S.No. | Portrait | Name | Election Years | Constituency | Popular Votes | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Votes | Vote % | Margin | Margin % | |||||
| 2024 Lok Sabha Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | C. M. Ramesh | 2024 | 5 | Anakapalle | 7,62,069 | 57.50% | 2,96,530 | 22.37% | Narendra Modi | |
| 02. |  |
Daggubati Purandeswari (br.22 April 1959) |
8 | Rajahmundry | 7,26,515 | 54.82% | 2,39,139 | 18.05% | ||
| 03. |  |
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma (br.22 April 1959) |
9 | Narasapuram | 7,07,343 | 57.46% | 2,76,802 | 22.48% | ||
| 2014 Lok Sabha Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. |  |
Kambhampati Hari Babu (br.15 June 1953) |
2014 | 4 | Visakhapatnam | 566,832 | 48.71% | 90,488 | 7.78% | Narendra Modi |
| 02. | Gokaraju Ganga Raju (br.14 June 1948) |
9 | Narasapuram | 540,306 | 49.61% | 85,351 | 7.84% | |||
| 1999 Lok Sabha Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | Satyanarayana Rao (br.23 September 1921 - di.21 January 2011) |
1999 | 8 | Rajahmundry | 411,956 | 51.73% | 60,031 | 7.53% | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 02. |  |
Krishnam Raju (br.20 January 1940) |
10 | Narasapuram | 421,099 | 59.78% | 165,948 | 23.56% | ||
| 03. | N. Venkataswamy (br.5 June 1931 - Di. 2012 ) |
20 | Tirupathi (SC) | 386,478 | 48.89% | 12,497 | 1.58% | |||
| 04. | A. P. Jithender Reddy (br.26 June 1954 ) |
29 | Mahabubnagar | 391,588 | 49.46% | 50,895 | 6.43% | |||
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Bandaru Dattatreya (br.12 June 1947) |
31 | Secunderabad | 506,626 | 52.19% | 97,626 | 10.06% | ||
| 06. |  |
Ale Narendra (br.21 August 1946 - di.9 April 2014) |
33 | Medak | 400,244 | 48.20% | 22,083 | 2.66% | ||
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C. Vidyasagar Rao (br.12 February 1941 ) |
37 | Karimnagar | 398,437 | 49.73% | 19,370 | 2.42% | ||
| 1998 Lok Sabha Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | Krishnamraju U.V | 1998 | 7 | Kakinada | 330,381 | 41.06% | 67,799 | 8.43 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 02. | Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu | 8 | Rajahmundry | 285,741 | 36.57% | 9,912 | 1.27 | |||
| 03. | |
Bandaru Dattatreya (br.12 June 1947) |
31 | Secunderabad | 438,586 | 49.02% | 185,910 | 20.78% | ||
| 04. | |
C. Vidyasagar Rao (br.12 February 1941 ) |
37 | Karimnagar | 329,030 | 42.83% | 95,997 | 12.50% | ||
| 1991 Lok Sabha Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | |
Bandaru Dattatreya (br.12 June 1947) |
1991 | 31 | Secunderabad | 253,924 | 48.19% | 85,063 | 16.14% | Opposition |
| 1984 Lok Sabha Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | C. M. Ramesh | 1984 | 38 | Hanamkonda | 263,762 | 52.40% | 54,198 | 10.77% | Opposition | |
Legislative Assembly Elections in Andhra Pradesh
| Election Year | Leader | Alliance | Seats | Popular vote | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Votes | votes % | ±pp | ||||
| Legislative Assembly Elections Performance in Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||||||
| 1967 | Jagannathrao Joshi | None | 10 | 3 / 287 |
|
291,783 | 2.11% | |
Opposition |
| 1972 | V. Rama Rao | 70 | 0 / 287 |
3 |
266,192 | 1.86% | 0.25% |
Lost | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| 1983 | P. V. Chalapathi Rao | None | 80 | 3 / 294 |
|
582,464 | 2.76% | |
Opposition |
| 1985 | TDP+ | 10 | 8 / 294 |
5 |
372,978 | 1.32% | 1.44% |
Government (Alliance with TDP) | |
| 1989 | Venkaiah Naidu | National Front | 12 | 5 / 294 |
3 |
512,305 | 1.78% | 0.46% |
Opposition |
| 1994 | V. Rama Rao | None | 280 | 3 / 294 |
2 |
1,210,878 | 3.89% | 2.11% |
Opposition |
| 1999 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | NDA | 24 | 12 / 294 |
9 |
1,223,481 | 3.67% | 0.22% |
Government (Alliance with TDP) |
| 2004 | N. Indrasena Reddy | 27 | 2 / 294 |
10 |
942,008 | 2.63% | 1.04% |
Opposition | |
| 2009 | Bandaru Dattatreya | None | 271 | 2 / 294 |
– | 1,192,814 | 2.84% | 0.2% |
Opposition |
| 2014 | Kambhamhati Hari Babu | NDA | 45 | 4 / 175 |
2 |
632,599 | 4.13% | 1.29% |
Government (Alliance with TDP) |
| 2019 | Kanna Lakshminarayana | None | 173 | 0 / 175 |
4 |
263,849 | 0.84% | 3.29% |
Lost |
| 2024 | Daggubati Purandeswari | Kutami | 10 | 8 / 175 |
8 |
953,977 | 2.83% | 1.99% |
Government (Alliance with TDP) |
Elected Members to Legislative Assembly election in Andhra Pradesh
| S.No. | Portrait | Name | Election Years | Constituency | Popular Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | No. | Name | Votes | Vote % | Margin | Margin % | ||||
| 2024 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao (br.7 July) |
2024 | Srikakulam | 7 | Etcherla | 112,770 | 54.59% | 29,089 | 14.08% | |
| 02. | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | Visakhapatnam | 23 | Visakhapatnam North | 108,801 | 57.81% | 47,534 | 25.26% | ||
| 03. | Nallamilli Ramakrishna Reddy | East Godavari | 40 | Anaparthy | 105,720 | 53.73% | 20,850 | 10.59% | ||
| 04. | Kamineni Srinivas | Eluru | 73 | Kaikalur | 109,280 | 60.38% | 45,273 | 25.02% | ||
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Sujana Chowdary (br.2 June 1961) |
NTR | 79 | Vijayawada West | 105,669 | 61.49% | 47,032 | 27.37% | |
| 06. | C. Adinarayana Reddy (br.4 June 1958) |
Kadapa | 131 | Jammalamadugu | 109,640 | 51.43% | 17,191 | 8.06% | ||
| 07. |  |
P. V. Parthasarathi | Kurnool | 146 | Adoni | 89,929 | 51.06% | 18,164 | 10.32% | |
| 08. |  |
Y. Satya Kumar Yadav (br.16 September 1971) |
Sri Sathya Sai | 160 | Dharmavaram | 106,544 | 48.46% | 3,734 | 1.7% | |
| 2014 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | 2014 | Visakhapatnam | 142 | Visakhapatnam North | 82,079 | 51.34% | 18,240 | 11.9% | |
| 02. | Akula Satyanarayana | East Godavari | 169 | Rajahmundry City | 79,531 | 50.24% | 26,377 | 16.67% | ||
| 03. | Pydikondala Manikyala Rao (br.1 November 1961 - di.1 August 2020) |
West Godavari | 181 | Tadepalligudem | 73,339 | 46.74% | 14,073 | 8.97% | ||
| 04. | Kamineni Srinivas | Krishna | 192 | Kaikalur | 88,092 | 53.80% | 21,571 | 13.17% | ||
| 2009 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. |  |
Endela Lakshminarayana (br.1 March 1963) |
2009 | Nizamabad | 17 | Nizamabad Urban | 40,475 | 42.52% | 11,015 | 11.57% |
| 02. |  |
G. Kishan Reddy (br.15 June 1960) |
Hyderabad | 59 | Amberpet | 59,134 | 49.36% | 27,243 | 22.74% | |
| 2004 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | Dorababu Pendem (br.12 January 1959) |
2004 | East Godavari | 46 | Pithapuram | 46,527 | 50.47% | 17,899 | 19.41% | |
| 02. | |
G. Kishan Reddy (br.15 June 1960) |
Hyderabad | 207 | Himayatnagar | 55,338 | 49.83% | 31,761 | 28.60% | |
| 1999 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | |
Kambhampati Hari Babu (br.15 June 1953) |
1999 | Visakhapatnam | 24 | Visakhapatnam-I | 34,696 | 46.10% | 8,411 | 11.18% |
| 02. | Manepalli Ayyaji Vema | East Godavari | 57 | Nagaram (SC) | 42,113 | 48.16% | 16,592 | 18.96% | ||
| 03. |  |
Kota Srinivasa Rao (br.10 July 1942 - di.13 July 2025) |
Krishna | 78 | Vijayawada East | 57,047 | 49.44% | 6,076 | 5.15% | |
| 04. | M. S. Parthasarathi (br.6 August 1961) |
Anantapur | 161 | Kadiri | 56,686 | 52.07% | 9,770 | 8.97% | ||
| 05. | Ravula Ravindranath Reddy | Mahabubnagar | 196 | Alampur | 53,588 | 53.56% | 30,254 | 30.24% | ||
| 06. |  |
K. Laxman (br. 3 July 1960) |
Hyderabad | 206 | Musheerabad | 71,413 | 55.30% | 18,567 | 14.38% | |
| 07. |  |
N. Indrasena Reddy (br. 1 January 1953) |
212 | Malakpet | 118,937 | 53.24% | 49,320 | 22.10% | ||
| 08. |  |
Prem Singh Rathore | 214 | Maharajgunj | 33,969 | 50.73% | 3,416 | 5.10% | ||
| 09. | K. Satyanarayana | Medak | 224 | Sangareddy | 70,522 | 42.10% | 17,444 | 10.41% | ||
| 10. | Gujjula Ramakishna Reddy | Karimnagar | 249 | Peddapalle | 56,099 | 45.49% | 10,113 | 8.20% | ||
| 11. | Thummala Venkata Ramana Reddy | 258 | Metpalli | 56,160 | 54.59% | 11,523 | 20.52% | |||
| 12. | Marthineni Dharma Rao | Warangal | 270 | Hanamkonda | 52,572 | 37.33% | 14,084 | 10.00% | ||
| 1994 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | P. Ramaswamy | 1994 | Hyderabad | 214 | Maharajgunj | 14,206 | 26.71% | 197 | 0.37% | |
| 02. |  |
Baddam Bal Reddy | 215 | Karwan | 60,958 | 42.14% | 13,293 | 9.19% | ||
| 03. | |
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (br.12 February 1941) |
Karimnagar | 258 | Metpalli | 47,211 | 47.79% | 16,725 | 16.93% | |
| 1989 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. |  |
Ravula Ravindranath Reddy | 1989 | Mahbubnagar | 196 | Alampur | 48,167 | 54.95% | 10,372 | 11.83% |
| 02. | |
Baddam Bal Reddy | Hyderabad | 215 | Karwan | 72,558 | 45.25% | 3,036 | 1.89% | |
| 03. | |
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (br.12 February 1941) |
Karimnagar | 258 | Metpalli | 41,221 | 49.52% | 5,654 | 6.79% | |
| 04. | Takkallapalli Rajeshwar Rao | Warangal | 266 | Wardhannapet | 39,118 | 43.71% | 10,066 | 11.25% | ||
| 05. | Vonteru Jayapal | 271 | Parkal (SC) | 21,734 | 24.30% | 12,109 | 13.54% | |||
| 1985 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. | |
Ravula Ravindranath Reddy | 1985 | Mahabubnagar | 196 | Alampur | 37,910 | 50.79% | 12,201 | 16.35% |
| 02. | |
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (br.21 August 1946 - di.9 April 2014) |
Hyderabad | 207 | Himayatnagar | 38,941 | 19.27% | 20,353 | 0.57% | |
| 03. | |
N. Indrasena Reddy (br.1 Janurary 1953) |
212 | Malakpet | 57,581 | 53.38% | 17,791 | 16.23% | ||
| 04. | |
Baddam Bal Reddy | 215 | Karwan | 46,597 | 50.79% | 9,777 | 10.66% | ||
| 05. | Ramannagari Srinivasareddy | Medak | 228 | Ramayampet | 38,126 | 48.24% | 1,726 | 2.18% | ||
| 06. | |
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (br.12 February 1941) |
Karimnagar | 258 | Metpalli | 14,986 | 22.88% | 372 | 0.57% | |
| 07. | Vannala Sreeramulu | Warangal | 267 | Waradhanapet | 39,097 | 60.46% | 13,526 | 20.92% | ||
| 08. | V Jaypal | 272 | Parkal (SC) | 34,926 | 58.70% | 17,132 | 29.88% | |||
| 1983 Legislative Assembly Members in Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 01. |  |
Venkaiah Naidu (br.1 July 1949) |
1983 | Nellore | 124 | Udayagiri | 42,694 | 59.53% | 20,500 | 30.95% |
| 02. | |
N. Indrasena Reddy (br.1 Janurary 1953) |
Hyderabad | 212 | Malakpet | 21,937 | 27.00% | 2,597 | 23.80% | |
| 03. |  |
Chandupatla Janga Reddy (br.18 November 1935 - di.5 February 2022) |
Warangal | 271 | Shyampet | 30,605 | 48.07% | 4,664 | 40.74% | |
Leadership
List of State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
| S.No. | Portrait | Name (born /death) |
Term in office | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||
| 1 | D.Suryaprakash Reddy | 1980 | 1982 | 2 years, 0 days | |||||
| 2 | P. V. Chalapathi Rao | 1982 | 1986 | 4 years, 0 days | |||||
| 3 | Bangaru Laxman (br. 17 March 1939 - di. 1 March 2014 ) |
1986 | 1988 | 2 years, 0 days | |||||
| 4 | |
Venkaiah Naidu (br. 1 July 1949) |
1988 | 1993 | 5 years, 0 days | ||||
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V. Rama Rao (br. 12 December 1935 - di. 17 January 2016) |
1993 | 1997 | 4 years, 0 days | ||||
| 1999 | 2001 | 2 years, 0 days | |||||||
| 6 | |
Bandaru Dattatreya (br. 12 June 1947) |
1997 | 1998 | 1 year, 0 days | ||||
| 2006 | 2010 | 4 years, 0 days | |||||||
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C. Vidyasagar Rao (br. 12 February 1941) |
1998 | 1999 | 1 year, 0 days | ||||
| 8 | Chilakam Ramachandra Reddy | 2001 | 2003 | 2 years, 0 days | |||||
| 9[18] | |
N. Indrasena Reddy (br. 1 January 1953) |
2003 | 2006 | 3 years, 0 days | ||||
| 10[19] |  |
G. Kishan Reddy (br. 15 June 1960) |
8 March 2010 | 2 June 2014 | 4 years, 86 days | ||||
| 11 |  |
Kambhampati Hari Babu (br. 15 June 1953) |
2 June 2014 | 13 May 2018 | 3 years, 345 days | ||||
| 12[20] |  |
Kanna Lakshminarayana (br. 13 August 1954) |
13 May 2018 | 28 July 2020 | 2 years, 76 days | ||||
| 13[21] | Somu Veerraju (br. 15 October 1957) |
28 July 2020 | 4 July 2023 | 2 years, 341 days | |||||
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Daggubati Purandeswari (br. 22 April 1959) |
4 July 2023 | 30 June 2025 | 1 year, 361 days | ||||
| 15 | P. V. N. Madhav (br. 10 August 1973) |
1 July 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 33 days | |||||
The party currently holds 2 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 3 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state, while it holds 1 seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.