Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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The Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu (BJP Tamil Nadu) , also known as the Tamil Nadu BJP, is the affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party is based in Chennai and is led by chair Nainar Nagendran.
PresidentNainar Nagenthran
General SecretaryAshvathaman Allimuthu
Raama Sreenivasan
Vinoj P. Selvam
Raama Sreenivasan
Vinoj P. Selvam
SpokespersonNarayanan Thirupathy
TreasurerS. R. Sekhar
Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu | |
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| President | Nainar Nagenthran |
| General Secretary | Ashvathaman Allimuthu Raama Sreenivasan Vinoj P. Selvam |
| Spokesperson | Narayanan Thirupathy |
| Treasurer | S. R. Sekhar |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Headquarters | Kamalalayam, 19, Vaidyaraman Street, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Tamil Nadu |
| Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha, Tamil Nadu |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 18
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| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 39
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| Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | 1 / 234
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| Election symbol | |
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| BJP Tamil Nadu | |
History
In 1980, K. Narayan Rao became the first state president of BJP Tamil Nadu unit. As per political observers, the 1982 Mandaikadu incident was a turning point, after which Hindu Munnani and later the BJP expanded the base from Kanyakumari District. This led to early electoral gains, including K. V. Balachandran’s 1984 win as an independent with its backing and the BJP’s later victory on its own in Padmanabhapuram Constituency. In Kanyakumari district, the electorate is later divided between Hindus and Christians, with the BJP drawing support largely from Hindus and the Congress backed by many Christians, leaving limited space for the Dravidian majors DMK and AIADMK.[8]
Electoral performance
Lok Sabha Elections in Tamil Nadu
| Election Year | Leader | Alliance | Seats | Popular vote | Sitting side | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Votes | votes % | ±pp | ||||
| Lok Sabha Elections Performance in Tamil Nadu | |||||||||
| 1984 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | None | 1 | 0 / 39 |
 |
15,462 | 0.07% | |
Opposition |
| 1989 | Lal Krishna Advani | 3 | 0 / 39 |
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76,511 | 0.29% |  0.22% |
Opposition | |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 / 39 |
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4,06,869 | 1.65% | 1.36% |
Opposition | ||
| 1996 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 37 | 0 / 39 |
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7,95,797 | 2.93% | 1.28% |
Opposition | |
| 1998 | NDA | 5 | 3 / 39 |
3 |
17,57,645 | 6.86% | 3.93% |
Government | |
| 1999 | 6 | 4 / 39 |
1 |
17,57,645 | 7.14% | 0.28% |
Government | ||
| 2004 | Lal Krishna Advani | 6 | 0 / 39 |
 4 |
14,55,899 | 5.07% | 2.10% |
Opposition | |
| 2009 | None | 18 | 0 / 39 |
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17,57,645 | 2.30% | 2.77% |
Opposition | |
| 2014 | Narendra Modi | NDA | 9 | 1 / 39 |
1 |
22,23,566 | 5.56% | 3.21% |
Government |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 / 39 |
1 |
15,51,924 | 3.62% | 1.94% |
Government | ||
| 2024 | 23 | 0 / 39 |
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48,80,954 | 11.24% | 7.58% |
Government | ||
Elected Members to Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu
| S.No. | Portrait | Name | Election Years | Constituency | Popular Votes | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Votes | Vote % | Margin | Margin % | |||||
| 2014 Lok Sabha Members in Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 01. |  |
Pon Radhakrishnan (br. 1 March 1952) |
2014 | 39 | Kanniyakumari | 372,906 | 37.62% | 128,662 | 12.98% | Narendra Modi |
| 1999 Lok Sabha Members in Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 01. | Master Mathan (br. 19 September 1932 - di. 26 July 2024) |
1999 | 18 | Nilgiris | 369,828 | 50.73% | 23,959 | 3.29% | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 02. |  |
C. P. Radhakrishnan (br. 4 May 1957) |
20 | Coimbatore | 430,068 | 49.21% | 54,077 | 6.19% | ||
| 03. |  |
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (br. 12 May 1952 - di. 23 August 2000) |
27 | Tiruchirappalli | 377,450 | 54.61% | 89,197 | 12.90% | ||
| 04. | |
Pon Radhakrishnan (br. 1 March 1952) |
39 | Nagercoil | 307,319 | 50.21% | 145,643 | 23.80% | ||
| 1998 Lok Sabha Members in Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 01. | Master Mathan (br. 19 September 1932 - di. 26 July 2024) |
1998 | 18 | Nilgiris | 322,818 | 46.49% | 60,385 | 8.69% | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 02. | |
C. P. Radhakrishnan (br. 4 May 1957) |
20 | Coimbatore | 449,269 | 55.85% | 144,676 | 17.99% | ||
| 03. | |
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (br. 12 May 1952 - di. 23 August 2000) |
27 | Tiruchirappalli | 305,233 | 48.39% | 11,455 | 1.82% | ||
Legislative Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu
| Election Year | Leader | Alliance | Seats | Popular vote | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Votes | votes % | ±pp | ||||
| Legislative Assembly Elections Performance in Tamil Nadu | |||||||||
| 1980 | K. Narayana Rao | None | 10 | 0 / 234 |
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13,177 | 0.07% | |
Lost |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 / 234 |
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54,390 | 0.25% | 0.18% |
Lost | ||
| 1989 | K. N. Lakshmanan | 30 | 0 / 234 |
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88,777 | 0.35% | 0.10% |
Lost | |
| 1991 | 99 | 0 / 234 |
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4,19,229 | 1.70% | 1.35% |
Lost | ||
| 1996 | 143 | 1 / 234 |
1 |
4,90,453 | 1.81% | 0.11% |
Opposition | ||
| 2001 | S. P. Kripanidhi | DMK+ | 21 | 4 / 234 |
3 |
8,95,352 | 3.19% | 1.38% |
Opposition |
| 2006 | C. P. Radhakrishnan | None | 225 | 0 / 234 |
4 |
6,66,823 | 2.02% | 1.17% |
Lost |
| 2011 | Pon Radhakrishnan | NDA | 204 | 0 / 234 |
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8,19,577 | 2.22% | 0.20% |
Lost |
| 2016 | Tamilisai Soundararajan | 188 | 0 / 234 |
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12,28,692 | 2.84% | 0.62% |
Lost | |
| 2021 | L. Murugan | AIADMK+ | 20 | 4 / 234 |
4 |
12,13,670 | 2.62% | 0.22% |
Opposition |
| 2026 | Nainar Nagendran | 33 | 1 / 234 |
3 |
14,67,024 | 2.97% | 0.35% |
Opposition | |
Elected Members to Legislative Assembly election in Tamil Nadu
| S.No. | Portrait | Name | Election Years | Constituency | Popular Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | No. | Name | Votes | Vote % | Margin | Margin % | ||||
| 2026 Legislative Assembly Members in Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 01. | M. Bhojarajan | 2026 | Nilgiris | 108 | Udhagamandalam | 48,488 | 32.61% | 976 | 0.66% | |
| 2021 Legislative Assembly Members in Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 01. |  |
Dr. C.K. Saraswathi (br.1945) |
2021 | Erode | 100 | Modakkurichi | 78,125 | 42.96% | 281 | 0.15% |
| 02. | Vanathi Srinivasan (br.6 June 1970) |
Coimbatore | 120 | Coimbatore South | 53,209 | 34.38% | 1,728 | 1.12% | ||
| 03. | Nainar Nagendran (br.16 October 1960) |
Tirunelveli | 224 | Tirunelveli | 92,282 | 46.70% | 23,107 | 11.69% | ||
| 04. |  |
M. R. Gandhi (br.25 July 1945) |
Kanniyakumari | 230 | Nagercoil | 88,804 | 48.21% | 11,669 | 6.33% | |
| 2001 Legislative Assembly Members in Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 01. | K. N. Lakshmanan (br.20 October 1930 - di.1 June 2020) |
2001 | Chennai | 13 | Mylapore | 60,996 | 51.09% | 6,047 | 5.06% | |
| 02. | K. V. Muralidharan | Dharmapuri | 75 | Thalli | 36,738 | 38.33% | 6,217 | 6.49% | ||
| 03. |  |
Jega Veerapandian | Nagapattinam | 171 | Mayuram | 51,303 | 49.51% | 2,452 | 2.37% | |
| 04. |  |
H. Raja (br.29 September 1957) |
Sivaganga | 195 | Karaikudi | 54,093 | 48.40% | 1,651 | 1.47% | |
| 1996 Legislative Assembly Members in Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 01. | C. Velayudham | 1996 | Kanniyakumari | 231 | Padmanabhapuram | 27,443 | 31.76% | 4,540 | 5.25% | |
Leadership
Current Party Office bearers
| Member | Party Position | Past elected positions |
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Nainar Nagendran |
Party President[9] |
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.jpg) Khushbu Sundar |
Vice-Presidents[10] | |
.jpg) Sasikala Pushpa |
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 K. P. Ramalingam |
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| V. P. Duraisamy |
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| R. N. Jayaprakash | ||
| Dolphin Sritharan | ||
| R.C. Paul Kanagaraj | ||
| M. Chakravarthy | ||
| P. Kanagasabapathi | ||
| A. G. Sampath | ||
| Ma. Venkatesan | ||
| K. Gopalsamy | ||
| N. Sundar | ||
| S. R. Sekhar | Treasurer | |
| Dr. Veera Thirunavukkarasu | President, OBC Wing | |
| Pepsi G. Sivakumar | President, Arts and Culture Wing | |
| R. Arjunamurthy | President, NGO Wing |
Party Secretaries
| Member | Party Position |
|---|---|
 Ashvathaman Allimuthu |
State Secretaries |
 Prof. Raama Sreenivasan | |
 Vinoj P. Selvam | |
| A. P. Muruganandham | |
| Karate R. Thiagarajan | |
| S. Satishkumar | |
| P. Karthiyayini | |
| Dr. R. Ananda Priya | |
| Y.G. Madhuvanthi | Secretary - Intellectual Cell |
| Selva Kumar | Secretary - Professional Cell |
| Prasobha Kumar | Organization Secretary |
| K.T. Raghavan | Organization General Secretary |
Youth and Women wing
| Member | Party Position |
|---|---|
| S. G. Suryah | Youth Wing President |
| Kavitha Srikanth | Women Wing President |
| Vithya Ramesh | Women Wing Vice-president |
Spokesperson of state unit
- Narayanan Thirupathy
List of presidents
| S.No | Name | Tenure | Elected year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Narayan Rao (1929–2017) |
1980 – 1983 | 1980 | - |
| 2 | K. N. Lakshmanan (1930–2020) |
1984 – 1989 | 1984 | [12] |
| 3 | V. Vijayaraghavalu (unknown) |
1990 – 1993 | 1990 | - |
| 4 | N. S. Chandra Bose (1932–2010) |
1993 – 1995 | 1993 | - |
| (2) | K. N. Lakshmanan (1930–2020) |
1996 – 2000 | 1996 | - |
| 5 | S. P. Kirubanidhi (1927–2017) |
6 May 2000 – 12 May 2003 | 2000 | - |
| 6 | C. P. Radhakrishnan (b. 1957) |
12 May 2003 – 22 September 2006 | 2003 | [13] |
| 7 |  La Ganesan (1945–2025) |
22 September 2006 – 30 December 2009 | 2006 | [14] |
| 8 | Pon Radhakrishnan (b. 1952) |
30 December 2009 – 27 May 2014 | 2009 | [15] |
| 2012 | ||||
| 9 | ![](#/media/File:Tamilisai_Soundararajan_with_her_book_"Suvai_Migu_Theneer_Thuligal".jpg) Tamilisai Soundararajan (b. 1961) |
16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019 | 2014 | [16] |
| 2016 | ||||
| 10 | .jpg) L. Murugan (b. 1977) |
11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021 | 2020 | [17] |
| 11 |  K. Annamalai (b. 1984) |
8 July 2021 – 12 April 2025 | 2021 | [18] |
| 12 | Nainar Nagendran (b. 1960) |
12 April 2025 – Incumbent | 2025 |