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{{Infobox Indian political party 
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| party_name = Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand
| native_name =
| party_logo =
| president = [[Madan Kaushik]]
| general_secretary = Ajaey Kumar
| ppchairman = [[Pushkar Singh Dhami]]
| headquarters = 39/29/3 Balbir Road, [[Dehradun]]-248201, [[Uttarakhand]]
| alliance         = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| ideology         = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Economic Liberalism]]|[[Cultural nationalism]]|[[Hindu nationalism]]}}
| youth            = Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Uttarakhand
| women            = BJP Mahila Morcha, Uttarakhand
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|5|5|hex=#FF9900}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#FF9900}}
| state_seats_name = [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|56|70|hex=#FF9933}}
| website = {{URL|http://uttarakhand.bjp.org}}
| symbol =
}}
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'''Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand''' (or '''BJP Uttarakhand''') is a [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party|state unit]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in [[Uttarakhand]].

[[Madan Kaushik]] is the current president of the BJP Uttarakhand.

==Leadership==
{{see also|List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|- style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"
! No.
! Portrait
! Name
! colspan=2| Term
! Ref.
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 1
 | 
 | [[Puran Chand Sharma]]
 | 9 November 2000
 | 14 September 2002
 | <ref>{{cite news|title=Sharma rules out change in leadership|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/sharma-rules-out-change-of-leadership_56034.html|publisher=Zee News|date=29 August 2002|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 2
 | 
 | [[Manohar Kant Dhyani]]
 | 15 September 2002
 | 2004
 | <ref>{{cite news|title=Manohar Dhyani appointed Uttaranchal BJP chief|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/manohar-dhyani-appointed-uttaranchal-bjp-chief_58483.html|publisher=Zee News|date=15 September 2002|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 3
 |[[File:Bhagatsinghkoshyari.jpg|100px]]
 | [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
 | 2004
 | 2007
 |
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 4
 | 
 | [[Bachi Singh Rawat]]
 | 2007
 | 2009
 | <ref>{{cite news|title=BJP revokes suspension of 21 dissident leaders|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india/bjp-revokes-suspension-of-21-dissident-leaders/story-UfyvAlZ52CYzd2xa7oiBWP.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=12 July 2009|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 5
 | 
 | [[Bishan Singh Chuphal]]
 | 2009
 | 8 February 2013
 | <ref>{{cite news|title=Uttarakhand: Cong edges out BJP in a photo finish|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/uttarakhand-polls-cong-453182.html|publisher=News18|date=6 March 2012|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 6
 | 
 | [[Tirath Singh Rawat]]
 | 9 February 2013
 | 31 December 2015
 | <ref>{{cite news|title=Tirath Singh Rawat was nominated as Uttarakhand BJP chief|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Tirath-Singh-Rawat-was-nominated-as-Uttarakhand-BJP-chief/articleshow/18439627.cms|author=Kunwar, D. S.|publisher=Times of India|date=11 February 2013|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 7
 | 
 | [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]
 | 1 January 2016
 | 15 January 2020
 |<ref>{{cite news|title=Ajay Bhatt Elected Unopposed As New Uttarakhand BJP Chief|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ajay-bhatt-elected-unopposed-as-new-uttarakhand-bjp-chief-1261044|publisher=NDTV|date=31 December 2015|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 8
 | 
 | [[Banshidhar Bhagat]]
 | 16 January 2020 
 | 12 March 2021
 | <ref>{{Cite news|title=Bansidhar Bhagat elected as Uttarakhand BJP chief|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/bansidhar-bhagat-elected-as-uttarakhand-bjp-chief-795165.html|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=16 January 2020|accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 9
 | 
 | [[Madan Kaushik]]
 | 12 March 2021 
 | ''Incumbent''
 | <ref>{{Cite news|title=Madan Kaushik Appointed Uttarakhand BJP President|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/madan-kaushik-appointed-uttarakhand-bjp-president-2389252|publisher=NDTV|date=12 March 2021|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref>
 |}

==List of Chief Ministers==
{{main|List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand}}
{{see also|List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|- style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"
! rowspan="2" | No.
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name
! rowspan="2" | Constituency
! colspan="3" | Term<ref>[http://cm.uk.gov.in/pages/display/1160-exchief-ministers Former Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand]. [[Government of Uttarakhand]]. Retrieved 21 August 2013.</ref>
! rowspan="2" | Assembly<br />{{small|(Election)}}
! rowspan="2" | Ministry
|- style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"
! Start
! End
! Tenure
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 1
 | 
 | [[Nityanand Swami (politician)|Nityanand Swami]]
 | [[List of members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[Garhwal–Kumaon (Graduates constituency)|Garhwal–Kumaon Graduates]]
 | 9 November 2000
 | 29 October 2001
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2000|11|09|2001|10|29}}
 | rowspan="2"| [[Interim Uttarakhand Assembly|Interim Assembly]]
 | [[Swami ministry|Swami]]
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 2
 | [[File:Bhagatsinghkoshyari.jpg|100px]]
 | [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
 | [[List of members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]]
 | 30 October 2001
 | 1 March 2002
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2001|10|30|2002|03|01}}
 | [[Koshyari ministry|Koshyari]]
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | rowspan="2" | 3
 | rowspan="2" | [[File:The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Major General (Retd.) B. C. Khanduri meeting with the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Murli Deora, in New Delhi on December 07, 2007.jpg|100px]]
 | rowspan="2" | [[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]]
 | rowspan="2" | [[Dhumakot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhumakot]]
 | 7 March 2007
 | 26 June 2009
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2007|03|07|2009|06|26}}
 | rowspan="3" | [[2nd Uttarakhand Assembly|2nd Assembly]]<br />{{small|([[2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2007]])}}
 | [[First Khanduri ministry|Khanduri I]]
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 11 September 2011
 | 13 March 2012
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2011|09|11|2012|03|13}}<br />{{small|''(total 2 years and 295 days)''}}
 | [[Second Khanduri ministry|Khanduri II]]
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 4
 | [[File:Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', 2020.jpg|100px]]
 | [[Ramesh Pokhriyal]]
 | [[Thalisain (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Thalisain]]
 | 27 June 2009
 | 10 September 2011
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2009|06|27|2011|10|10}}
 | [[Pokhriyal ministry|Pokhriyal]]
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 5
 | [[File:The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat.jpg|100px]]
 | [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]]
 | [[Doiwala (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Doiwala]]
 | 18 March 2017
 | 10 March 2021
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2017|03|18|2021|03|10}}
 | rowspan="3" | [[4th Uttarakhand Assembly|4th Assembly]]<br />{{small|([[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017]])}}
 | [[Trivendra Singh Rawat ministry|Trivendra]]
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
 | 6
 |[[File:The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Tirath Singh Rawat.jpg|100px]]
 | [[Tirath Singh Rawat]]
 | ''Did not contest''
 | 10 March 2021
 | 4 July 2021
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2021|03|10|2021|07|04}}
 | [[Tirath Singh Rawat ministry|Tirath]]
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| 7
 | 
 | [[Pushkar Singh Dhami]]
 | [[Khatima (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Khatima]]
 | 4 July 2021
 | ''Incumbent''
 | {{age in years and days|sortable=table|2021|07|04}}
 | [[Dhami ministry|Dhami]]
|}

== Electoral performance==
{{main|Elections in Uttarakhand}}
{{see also|Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|- style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"
! Year !! Legislature !! Party leader !! Votes polled !! Seats won !! Change in seats !! Outcome
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2002]] || [[1st Uttarakhand Assembly|1st Vidhan Sabha]] || rowspan="2"| [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] || {{formatnum:728134}} || {{Composition bar|19|70|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{increase}} 19 || rowspan="2"; {{no2|Opposition}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2004 Indian general election in Uttarakhand|2004]] || [[14th Lok Sabha]] || – || {{Composition bar|3|5|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{increase}} 3
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2007]] || [[2nd Uttarakhand Assembly|2nd Vidhan Sabha]] || [[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]] || – || {{Composition bar|35|70|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{increase}} 16 || {{yes2|Government with [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|UKD]] and [[Independent politician|Independents]]}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand|2009]] || [[15th Lok Sabha]] || [[Bishan Singh Chuphal]] || – || {{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{decrease}} 3 || rowspan="2"; {{no2|Opposition}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2012]] || [[3rd Uttarakhand Assembly|3rd Vidhan Sabha]] || [[Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri]] || – || {{Composition bar|31|70|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{decrease}} 4
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2014 Indian general election in Uttarakhand|2014]] || [[16th Lok Sabha]] || [[Tirath Singh Rawat]] || {{formatnum:2429698}} || {{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{increase}} 5 || rowspan="3"; {{yes2|Government}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017]] || [[4th Uttarakhand Assembly|4th Vidhan Sabha]] || [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]] || {{formatnum:2312912}} || {{Composition bar|57|70|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{increase}} 26
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2019 Indian general election in Uttarakhand|2019]] || [[17th Lok Sabha]] || [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]] ||{{formatnum:2954833}} || {{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} || {{nochange}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| ''[[2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2022]]''
|| ''[[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|5th Vidhan Sabha]]'' ||rowspan="2"| ''[[Madan Kaushik]]'' ||rowspan="2"| ''TBD'' ||rowspan="2"| ''TBD'' ||rowspan="2"| ''TBD'' ||rowspan="2"| ''TBD''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| ''[[Next Indian general election|2024]]''
|| ''[[Lok Sabha|18th Lok Sabha]]''
|}

==See also==
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://uttarakhand.bjp.org/ Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand official website]

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