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{{short description|Goa affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = [[Damu G. Naik]]
| general_secretary = Satish Dhond
| headquarters = 3rd Floor, Navelkar Arcade, Dr. Atmaram Borkar Road, [[Panaji]] - 403 001 [[Goa]]
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|2|hex=#FF9900}} (as of 2022)
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9900}}(as of [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Goa|2022]])
| state_seats_name = [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|27|40|hex=#FF9933}}
| website = {{URL|https://goa.bjp.org/}}
| leader = [[Pramod Sawant]]<br/><small>([[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister]])</small>
| eci = National Party
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]]<br/>[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}
| flag = BJP Flag.svg{{!}}border | founder={{ubl
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[L. K. Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref name=":3001">{{Cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=What you need to know about India's BJP|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513075856/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|archive-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}} {{cslist
| title = Other founders<ref name="founders" />
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Praveen |date=7 January 2024 |title=Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart |url=https://theprint.in/in-pictures/murli-manohar-joshi-turns-90-well-wishers-flock-to-raisina-road-to-celebrate-life-of-bjp-stalwart/1913267/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Nanaji Deshmukh]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika |url=http://www.bihartimes.in/newsbihar/2019/jan/newsbihar25jan12.html |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Bihar Times}}</ref>
| [[K. R. Malkani]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sir |first=Sp |date=29 April 2021 |title=K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries |url=https://thesindhuworld.com/k-r-malkani/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=The Sindhu World |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Sikandar Bakht]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2024 |script-title=hi:कौन थे बीजेपी के इकलौते मुस्लिम फाउंडर सिकंदर बख्त? जानिए कैसे थामा पार्टी का साथ |url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/bjp-foundation-day-who-was-bjp-muslim-founder-sikandar-bakht-political-career-profile-in-hindi-2658177 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website= |language=hi}}</ref>
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jain |first=Devaki |work=The Citizen (India) |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/7/20759/The-Maharani-who-Founded-the-BJP |title=The Maharani who founded the BJP |date=14 August 2021 }}</ref>
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2023 |title=Rajput votes at stake in Rajasthan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat legacy a new front in BJP, Cong battle |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajput-rajasthan-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-bjp-congress-8623357/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[Jagannathrao Joshi]]
}}
}}

'''Bharatiya Janata Party – Goa''' ('''BJP Goa''') is the affiliate of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for the state of [[Goa]]. The party appointed [[Damu G. Naik]] as the president of BJP, Goa on 18 January 2025 who took over from [[Sadanand Tanavade]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/goa/damu-naik-elected-bjp-state-president-sets-eyes-on-2027/418254 |title=Damu Naik elected BJP State President; sets eyes on 2027 |date=18 January 2025 }}</ref> [[Pramod Sawant]] was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Goa]] on 19 March 2019, after the death of [[Manohar Parrikar]].

== Electoral history ==

=== Legislative Assembly election ===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats contested
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Voteshare (%)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/- (%)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome|-
! colspan="" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
! colspan="" |[[Janata Party]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|0|30|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|16
|{{Steady}}
|1.21%
|{{increase}} 1.21%
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|0|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|7
|{{Steady}}
|0.39%
|{{Decrease}} 0.82%
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election|1994]]
|{{Composition bar|4|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|12
|{{increase}} 4
|9.05%
|{{Increase}} 8.66%
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|10|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|39
|{{increase}} 6
|26.15%
|{{Increase}} 17.1%
|Opposition, later Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
|{{Composition bar|17|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|39
|{{increase}} 7
|35.57%
|{{Increase}} 9.42%
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|{{Composition bar|14|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|33
|{{decrease}} 3
|30.32%
|{{Decrease}} 5.25%
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|{{Composition bar|21|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|28
|{{increase}} 7
|34.68%
|{{Increase}} 4.36%
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|{{Composition bar|13|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|36
|{{decrease}} 8
|32.48%
|{{Decrease}} 2.2%
|Government
|-style="text-align:center;"
|[[2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|20|40|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|40
|{{increase}} 7
|33.31%
|{{Increase}} 0.83%
|Government
|}

=== Lok Sabha election ===
{| class="sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Outside support to [[National Front (India)|National Front]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Government, later Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|0|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|2|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|1|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|1|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|2|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|1|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|1|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|Government
|}

== Leadership ==

=== Chief Minister ===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="4" |1
| rowspan="4" |[[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|107x107px]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Manohar Parrikar]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Panaji (Goa Assembly constituency)|Panaji]]
|24 October 2000
|3 June 2002
| rowspan="4" |8 years, 348 days
|[[1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election|8th]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|3 June 2002<ref>{{cite news|date=3 June 2002|title=Parrikar sworn in|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2002/06/04/stories/2002060404590100.htm|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020807195329/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2002/06/04/stories/2002060404590100.htm|archive-date=7 August 2002}}</ref>
|2 February 2005
|[[2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election|9th]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|9 March 2012
|8 November 2014
|[[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|11th]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|14 March 2017
|17 March 2019
|[[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election|12th]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2
|[[File:Laxmikant Parsekar.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
|[[Mandrem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mandrem]]
|8 November 2014
|11 March 2017
|{{age in years and days|2014|11|8|2017|03|11}}
|[[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|11th]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|3
|[[File:The Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Pramod Sawant.jpg|96x96px]]
|[[Pramod Sawant]]
|[[Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanquelim]]
|19 March 2019
|''Incumbent''
|{{age in years and days|2019|03|19}}
|[[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election|12th]]
|}

===Deputy Chief Minister===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of chief ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
| [[File:Francis D'Souza at press conference on 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|83x83px]]
|[[Francis D'Souza]]
|[[Mapusa Assembly constituency|Mapusa]]
|9 March 2012
|14 March 2017
|{{Ayd|9 March 2012|14 March 2017}}
|[[Manohar Parrikar]] & [[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
|}

=== Leader of the Opposition ===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|107x107px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Manohar Parrikar]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Panaji (Goa Assembly constituency)|Panaji]]
|14 June 2005
|5 June 2007
|{{Ayd|14 june 2005|5 june 2007}}
|[[2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election|9th]]
|[[Pratapsingh Rane]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|19 June 2007
|6 March 2012
|{{Ayd|19 june 2007|6 march 2012}}
|[[2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election|10th]]
|[[Digambar Kamat]]
|}

=== President ===
{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Party leader
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Period
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
|Kashinath Parab
|1980
|1989
|9 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2
|Vishwanath Arlekar
|1989
|1991
|2 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|3
|[[Shripad Naik]]
|1991
|1995
|4 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|4
|[[Suresh Amonkar]]
|1995
|2000
|5 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|5
|[[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
|2000
|2003
|3 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|6
|[[Rajendra Arlekar]]
|2003
|2007
|4 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|(3)
|[[Shripad Naik]]
|2007
|2010
|3 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|(5)
|[[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
|2010
|2012
|2 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|7<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vinay is the new Goa BJP chief (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI)|url=http://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=2731|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Goa News}}</ref>
|[[Vinay Dinu Tendulkar]]
|2012
|2020
|8 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
|8<ref name=":0" />
|[[Sadanand Shet]]
|2020
|2025
|5 years
|}

==See also==
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]

== References ==

<references />

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bharatiya Janata Party - Goa}}
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory|Goa]]
[[Category:Political parties in Goa]]

Bharatiya Janata Party Goa - Revision history

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