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{{short description|Jharkhand Pradesh affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 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]]
}}| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = [[Aditya Sahu]]
| general_secretary = Karmveer Singh
| headquarters = Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerji Bhawan M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, [[Ranchi]] - 834 002 [[Jharkhand]]
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[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
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|8|14|hex=#FF9900}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|3|6|hex=#FF9900}}
| state_seats_name = [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|21|81|hex=#FF9933}}
| website = {{URL|http://bjpjharkhand.org/}}
| chairman = [[Babulal Marandi]] (Leader of the Opposition)
| eci = National Party
}}
'''Bharatiya Janata Party – Jharkhand''', or simply '''BJP Jharkhand''', is the affiliate of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for the state of Jharkhand. Its head office is situated at the M-7, Harmu Housing Colony, [[Ranchi]]. [[Aditya Sahu]] was appointed as the State President of the Jharkhand unit on 14 January 2026.

== History ==
At the time of its formation in 1980, the Bharatiya Janata Party had limited success in what would become Jharkhand. In the [[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985 Bihar legislative assembly election]], the BJP won 16 seats of which 14 were in regions that would become part of Jharkhand. In 1989, the BJP won five seats in the region. The BJP had long supported the creation of a state out of the southern part of Bihar they called 'Vananchal', in keeping with their naming of the Adivasis as 'Vanvasis'.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/666573628 |title=The politics of belonging in India: becoming Adivasi |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-60082-8 |editor-last=Rycroft |editor-first=Daniel J. |series=Routledge contemporary South Asia series |location=London; New York |chapter=Politics, development and identity: Jharkhand, 1991–2009 |oclc=666573628 |editor-last2=Dasgupta |editor-first2=Sangeeta}}</ref> The BJP's rhetoric at this time with regards to the Jharkhand movement largely claimed that the mainstream leaders, which they saw as westernized 'elites', were using the Jharkhand movement to enrich themselves. The BJP sought to persuade non-Christian tribals by claiming they were part of the 'Hindu nation', while demonizing Christian tribals as westernised. Much of this groundwork was prepared by sister organisations like the [[Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram]], which sought to prevent Christian conversions among Adivasis and Hinduize them.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hocking |first=Russell |date=1994 |title=The potential for BJP expansion: Ideology, politics, and regional appeal — the lessons of Jharkhand |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856409408723222 |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |language=en |volume=17 |issue=sup001 |pages=157–168 |doi=10.1080/00856409408723222 |issn=0085-6401|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In 1989, due to their promise for Vananchal, they obtained 5 out of the 14 seats in the Lok Sabha, with a 30% vote share. In 1990, the BJP gained 20 seats with a vote share of at least 20% in the Jharkhand region, which stayed with the party throughout the 1990s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Electoral dynamics in the states of India |date=2022 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-15997-1 |editor-last=Shastri |editor-first=Sandeep |location=London New York |chapter=Jharkhand: The ascendance of the BJP as a dominant party |editor-last2=Kumar |editor-first2=Ashutosh |editor-last3=Sisodia |editor-first3=Yatindra Singh}}</ref> In 1991, the BJP officially added a promise to set up a commission to study the division of larger states, including Bihar, into smaller states and gained five seats.<ref name=":1" /> The electorate in Jharkhand were favouring national parties who could form a government at the Centre and grant them statehood, and the BJP was the most influential party advocating strongly for statehood. In 1996 and 1998, the BJP obtained 12 seats in the Jharkhand region, and 11 in 1999, squeezing out other regional parties like JMM and AJSU who were also advocating for statehood. The BJP combined its small states agenda with a patronization of tribal institutions and nomination of tribal candidates for the elections.<ref name=":2" /> In the [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000 Bihar assembly elections]], the BJP gained the most seats in the Jharkhand region, with 39.5% of the vote, and when the BJP at the centre formed the three new states, the BJP formed the first government. [[Babulal Marandi]] was chosen as the first Chief Minister.<ref name=":2" />

The BJP was not alone in this government and had to share power with both the Janata Dal (United), Vananchal Congress and AJSU. There was constant infighting in this coalition up to and including blackmail of ministers.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Kumar |first=Sanjay |last2=Dayal |first2=Harishwar |date=2004 |title=Reversal of Past Trends |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4415945 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=39 |issue=51 |pages=5513–5516 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref> This all was compounded by the controversial domicile bill he attempted to pass to restrict eligibility for residency in Jharkhand to those whose ancestors appeared in a 1932 land survey, which caused major controversy among the significant population of more recent migrants to the state.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 April 2014 |title=Domicile debacle still haunts Babulal Marandi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Domicile-debacle-still-haunts-Babulal-Marandi/articleshow/34071998.cms |access-date=7 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> At last a major political crisis erupted in March 2003 when seven ministers from the coalition resigned and a bill was defeated. Marandi was forced to resign, and [[Arjun Munda]] was selected to be the next Chief Minister of Jharkhand.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 March 2003 |title=Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi resigns |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jharkhand-Chief-Minister-Babulal-Marandi-resigns/articleshow/40541577.cms |access-date=7 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

In the 2004 elections, the rival Congress-led UPA won 13 out of 14 seats in Jharkhand. The dissolution of the alliance with the JD(U) and AJSU led them to act as vote spoilers for the BJP in several constituencies, while widespread dissatisfaction over unemployment and unpopularity of certain candidates among locals and party workers alike led to lacklustre support. In addition the BJP lost support among Adivasis and other OBCs, remaining strong only in its core upper caste vote base.<ref name=":3" /> In 2005 however, the BJP was able to make a comeback by winning 30 out of 81 seats, while its coalition partners won 6 seats. After [[Shibu Soren]] tried and failed to form a government, Arjun Munda became Chief Minister again with a very unstable majority.

However the government was only supported by a set of independents, so in 2006 Arjun Munda was forced to resign and was replaced by Madhu Koda, who was supported by the UPA. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the party performed well, winning 8 out of 14 seats. In the subsequent assembly elections, the party won 18 seats and formed a coalition government with Shibu Soren as Chief Minister. However when Soren lost a byelection to be eligible to be Chief Minister and due to his alienation of the BJP, the party withdrew support from his coalition in May 2010 and forced the imposition of President's Rule for several months. In September 2010, Arjun Munda was invited to be Chief Minister again as the head of a BJP-JMM coalition with Shibu Soren as deputy CM. After three years, the JMM withdrew support for his government in January 2013.<ref name=":4">{{Citation |last=Khan |first=Meena |title=Territories |date=30 January 2024 |work=The Territories and States of India 2024 |pages=348–354 |url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003476900-36 |access-date=7 September 2025 |place=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-47690-0}}</ref>

In 2014, Jharkhand was caught up in the 'Modi wave' like the rest of the country, and the BJP won 12 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats from Jharkhand. In the assembly elections also, the BJP performed very well and secured 37 seats. The BJP gave the seat to [[Raghubar Das]], an OBC non-tribal from Chhattisgarh who had his base in Jamshedpur. However his decisions to amend the domicile policy to grant residency status to anyone who had lived in the state for 30 years and his plans for changing land tenancy to allow non-agricultural use of tribal land alienated Adivasi voters. The BJP ended up losing six out of seven byelections held before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. In 2019 however, the BJP again dominated the Lok Sabha elections winning 11 out of 14 seats. The BJP campaign focused on nationalism, putting emphasis on the Balakot strikes as a response to the Pulwama attack allowing them to capture votes of OBCs and tribals in addition to their upper caste votebank.<ref name=":3" /> However in the subsequent assembly elections, anti-incumbency against Raghubar Das' government led to a defeat of the BJP where they won only 25 seats with Das himself losing his seat. The BJP thus became the opposition party and attempted to bring the demise of Chief Minister [[Hemant Soren]]'s government by bringing votes of no confidence, most notably on 5 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tewary |first=Amarnath |date=5 September 2022 |title=Hemant Soren wins confidence motion in Jharkhand Assembly, BJP walks out |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/hemant-soren-jharkhand-assembly-confidence-motion-monday-september-5-2022/article65852752.ece |access-date=7 September 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The party's nomination of Draupadi Murmu as president was partially to appeal to the tribal votebank in states like Jharkhand.<ref name=":4" />

In 2024, the BJP won fewer Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand (8 out of 14) and suffered votebank erosion especially in tribal-majority areas. The INDIA opposition especially talked about the arrest of Hemant Soren in a criminal case as an example of BJP 'prejudice' towards tribals and significantly eroded BJP support among tribals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP gets severe jolt in Jharkhand; loses all 5 tribal seats |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/lok-sabha-elections-2024-bjp-gets-severe-jolt-in-jharkhand-loses-all-5-tribal-seats-3052823 |access-date=7 September 2025 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> After the release of Hemant Soren and his retaking of the CM chair, the former CM [[Champai Soren]] joined the BJP. In the leadup to the 2024 assembly elections, the BJP emphasized alleged "infiltration" of Muslims from [[Bangladesh]] to the state, especially in [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Parganas]], to win support from local voters concerned about 'outsiders' and to split the tribal-Muslim coalition which supported the INDIA alliance. However in the elections, the BJP won only 21 seats, and continues to be in opposition to the current INDIA government. The election cemented the alienation of the BJP from their former tribal votebank.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Srivastava |first=Amitabh |date=24 November 2024 |title=Behind BJP’s Jharkhand loss, tribal trust that divisive tactics couldn’t regain |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/behind-bjps-jharkhand-loss-tribal-trust-that-divisive-tactics-couldnt-regain-2024-jharkhand-assembly-election-results-2639344-2024-11-24 |access-date=7 September 2025 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==

=== Lok Sabha election ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! 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
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|9|14|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Increase}}8
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|12|14|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Increase}}3
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|11|14|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}1
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|8|14|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}3
|{{Yes|Government}}
|}

=== Legislative Assembly election ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! 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" |Voteshare (%)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/- (%)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|-
|[[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|{{Composition bar|30|81|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}30
|23.57%
|{{increase}}23.57
|{{Partial|Government, later Opposition}}
|-
|[[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|18|81|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}12
|20.18%
|{{decrease}}3.39%
|{{Partial|Government, later Opposition}}
|-
|[[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|37|81|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Increase}}19
|31.26%
|{{Increase}}11.08%
|{{Yes|Government}}
|-
|[[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|25|81|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}12
|33.37%
|{{Increase}}2.11%
|{{No|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|21|81|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}4
|33.18%
|{{Decrease}}0.19%
|{{No|Opposition}}
|}

== List of chief ministers ==
{| 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 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
| [[File:Babulal Marandi.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|[[Ramgarh, Jharkhand Assembly constituency|Ramgarh]]
|{{dts|15 November 2000}}
|{{dts|18 March 2003}}
|{{Age in years and days|2000|11|15|2003|3|18}}
| rowspan="2" |[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1st]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3" |2
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG|113x113px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Arjun Munda]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Kharsawan Assembly constituency|Kharsawan]]
|{{dts|18 March 2003}}
|{{dts|2 March 2005}}
|{{Age in years and days|2003|3|18|2005|3|2}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
|{{dts|12 March 2005}}
|{{dts|19 September 2006}}
|{{Age in years and days|2005|3|12|2006|9|19}}
|[[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2nd]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|{{dts|11 September 2010}}
|{{dts|18 January 2013}}
|{{Age in years and days|2010|9|11|2013|1|18}}
|[[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|3rd]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|3
|[[File:Raghubar Das with Jual Oram (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
|[[Raghubar Das]]
|[[Jamshedpur East Assembly constituency|Jamshedpur East]]
|{{dts|28 December 2014}}
|{{dts|29 December 2019}}
|{{Age in years and days|2014|12|28|2019|12|29}}
|[[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|4th]]
|}

== List of deputy chief ministers ==
{| 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 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[Chief Minister of Jharkhand|Chief Minister]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
|[[File:Raghubar Das with Jual Oram (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
|[[Raghubar Das]]
|[[Jamshedpur East Assembly constituency|Jamshedpur East]]
|{{dts|30 December 2009}}
|{{dts|31 May 2010}}
|{{Age in years and days|2009|12|30|2010|5|31}}
|[[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|3rd]]
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|}

== List of leaders of the opposition ==
{| 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 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG|113x113px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Arjun Munda]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kharsawan Assembly constituency|Kharsawan]]
|{{dts|4 December 2006}}
|{{dts|29 May 2009}}
|{{Ayd|4 December 2006|29 May 2009}}
|[[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2nd]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|{{dts|19 July 2013}}
|{{dts|23 December 2014}}
|{{Ayd|19 July 2013|23 December 2014}}
|[[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|3rd]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
|
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|[[Dhanwar Assembly constituency|Dhanwar]]
|{{dts|24 February 2020}}
|{{dts|16 October 2023}}
|{{Age in years and days|2020|02|24|2023|10|16}}
| rowspan="2" |[[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|5th]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[File:Amar Kumar Bauri meeting the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi (cropped)2.jpg|111x111px]]
|[[Amar Kumar Bauri]]
|[[Chandankiyari Assembly constituency|Chandankiyari]]
|{{dts|16 October 2023}}
|{{dts|23 November 2024}}
|{{Ayd|16 October 2023|23 November 2024}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| (2)
|
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|[[Dhanwar Assembly constituency|Dhanwar]]
|{{dts|6 March 2025}}
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2025|3|6}}
|[[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|6th]]
|}

== List of presidents ==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term in Office
|-
|1
|Prof. [[Dukha Bhagat]]
|{{dts|1998}}
|{{dts|Sep-2001}}
|3 years
|-
|2<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2003 |title=Send-off for BJP chief |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/send-off-for-bjp-chief/cid/807191 |work=Telegraph India}}</ref>
|Abhay Kant Prasad
|{{dts|2 September 2001}}
|{{dts|18 July 2004}}
|{{Ayd|2 September 2001|18 July 2004}}
|-
|3<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 2004 |title=Boss salve on BJP fire |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/boss-salve-on-bjp-fire/cid/731093 |work=Telegraph India}}</ref>
|[[Raghubar Das]]
|{{dts|18 July 2004}}
|{{dts|13 May 2005}}
|{{Ayd|18 July 2004|13 May 2005}}
|-
|4<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reins shift in reign of chaos |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/reins-shift-in-reign-of-chaos/cid/878784 |access-date= |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=}}</ref>
|[[Yadunath Pandey]]
|{{dts|13 May 2005}}
|{{dts|Oct-2007}}
|2 years
|-
|5
|[[Pashupati Nath Singh]]
|{{dts|Oct-2007}}
|{{dts|Jan-2009}}
|1 year
|-
|6
|[[Raghubar Das]]
|{{dts|Jan-2009}}
|{{dts|25 September 2010}}
|1 year
|-
|7<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goswami is state BJP chief |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/goswami-is-state-bjp-chief/cid/482926 |access-date= |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=}}</ref>
|Dineshanand Goswami
|{{dts|25 September 2010}}
|{{dts|10 March 2013}}
|{{Ayd|25 September 2010|10 March 2013}}
|-
|8<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Ravindra Rai, K V Singh Deo to head BJP in Jharkhand, Odisha |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ravindra-rai-k-v-singh-deo-to-head-bjp-in-jharkhand-odisha-113031000229_1.html |access-date=}}</ref>
|[[Ravindra Kumar Ray]]
|{{dts|10 March 2013}}
|{{dts|17 May 2016}}
|{{Ayd|10 March 2013|17 May 2016}}
|-
|9<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=17 May 2016|title=BJP appoints Tala Marandi its Jharkhand unit president|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bjp-appoints-tala-marandi-its-jharkhand-unit-president-116051701549_1.html|access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref>
|[[Tala Marandi]]
|{{dts|17 May 2016}}
|{{dts|24 August 2016}}
|{{Ayd|17 May 2016|24 August 2016}}
|-
|10<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 August 2016|title=Jharkhand: New BJP chief Laxman Gilua takes over from Tala Marandi, promises to work on tribal issues|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jharkhand-bjp-chief-laxman-gilua-tribal-tenancy-act-domicile-policy-2997662/|access-date=23 January 2022|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Laxman Giluwa]]
|{{dts|24 August 2016}}
|{{dts|25 February 2020}}
|{{Ayd|24 August 2016|25 February 2020}}
|-
|11<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Deepak Prakash appointed BJP Jharkhand chief |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/25/deepak-prakash-appointed-bjp-jharkhand-chief-2108244.html |access-date=23 January 2022 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|[[Deepak Prakash (politician)|Deepak Prakash]]
|{{dts|25 February 2020}}
|{{dts|4 July 2023}}
|{{Ayd|25 February 2020|4 July 2023}}
|-
|12<ref name="BJP reshuffle: Kishan Reddy is new Telangana BJP chief, Babulal Marandi in Jharkhand">{{cite news |title=BJP reshuffle: Kishan Reddy is new Telangana BJP chief, Babulal Marandi in Jharkhand |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-announces-new-state-presidents-g-kishan-reddy-d-purandeshwari-babulal-marandi-and-sunil-jakhar-take-charge-101688465032667.html |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704102122/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-announces-new-state-presidents-g-kishan-reddy-d-purandeshwari-babulal-marandi-and-sunil-jakhar-take-charge-101688465032667.html |archive-date=4 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|{{dts|4 July 2023}}
|{{dts|14 January 2026}}
|{{Ayd|4 July 2023|14 January 2026}}
|-
|13<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jharkhand/aditya-sahu-elected-new-president-of-jharkhand-bjp-seeks-to-protect-tribal-rights/article70509831.ece</ref>
|'''[[Aditya Sahu]]'''
|'''{{dts|14 January 2026}}'''
|'''Incumbent'''
|{{Ayd|14 January 2026
|}}
|}

==List of MPs==
===Members of Parliament, Rajya Sabha===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" Rowspan=2 | S.No
! Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" Rowspan=2 | Members of Parliament
! Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" Colspan=2 | Term
|-
!Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Term Start
!Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Term End
|-
!1.
|[[Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla]]
|8 July 1998
|7 July 2004
|-
!Rowspan=2|2.
|Rowspan=2|[[S. S. Ahluwalia|Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia]]
|3 April 2000
|2 April 2006
|-
|3 April 2006
|2 April 2012
|-
!3.
|[[Ajay Maroo]]
|10 April 2002
|9 April 2008
|-
!4.
|Abhay Kant Prasad
|5 June 2002
|7 July 2004
|-
!5.
|[[Devdas Apte]]
|2 July 2002
|9 April 2008
|-
!6.
|[[Yashwant Sinha]]
|8 July 2004
|16 May 2009
|-
!7.
|[[Jai Prakash Narayan Singh]]
|10 April 2008
|9 April 2014
|-
!8.
|[[M. J. Akbar|Mobasher Jawed Akbar]]
|3 July 2015
|29 June 2016
|-
!9.
|[[Mahesh Poddar]]
|8 July 2016
|7 July 2022
|-
!10.
|[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
|8 July 2016
|7 July 2022
|-
!11.
|[[Sameer Oraon]]
|4 May 2018
|3 May 2024
|-
!12.
|'''[[Deepak Prakash (politician)|Deepak Prakash]]'''
|'''22 June 2020'''
|'''21 June 2026'''
|-
!13.
|'''[[Aditya Sahu]]'''
|'''8 July 2022'''
|'''7 July 2028'''
|-
!14.
|'''[[Pradip Kumar Varma]]'''
|'''4 May 2024'''
|'''3 May 2030'''
|-
|}

===Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | S.No
! Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | MPs
! Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Constituency
! Style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Term
|-
!1.
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|2004-2006
|-
!2.
|[[Devidhan Besra]]
|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal]] (ST)
|2009-2014
|-
!Rowspan=4|3.
|Rowspan=4|'''[[Nishikant Dubey]]'''
|Rowspan=4|'''[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]'''
|2009-2014
|-
|2014-2019
|-
|2019-2024
|-
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
!Rowspan=2|4.
|Rowspan=2|[[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
|Rowspan=2|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|2009-2014
|-
|2014-2019
|-
!Rowspan=3|5.
|Rowspan=3|[[Pashupati Nath Singh]]
|Rowspan=3|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|2009-2014
|-
|2014-2019
|-
|2019-2024
|-
!Rowspan=2|6.
|Rowspan=2|[[Arjun Munda]]
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|2009-2011
|-
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti]] (ST)
|2019-2024
|-
!Rowspan=2|7.
|Rowspan=2|[[Kariya Munda]]
|Rowspan=2|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti]] (ST)
|2009-2014
|-
|2014-2019
|-
!Rowspan=3|8.
|Rowspan=3|[[Sudarshan Bhagat]]
|Rowspan=3|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]] (ST)
|2009-2014
|-
|2014-2019
|-
|2019-2024
|-
!9.
|[[Yashwant Sinha]]
|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|2009-2014
|-
!Rowspan=2|10.
|Rowspan=2|[[Sunil Kumar Singh (Jharkhand politician)|Sunil Kumar Singh]]
|Rowspan=2|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|2014-2019
|-
|2019-2024
|-
!11.
|[[Ravindra Kumar Ray]]
|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|2014-2019
|-
!12.
|[[Ram Tahal Choudhary]]
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|2014-2019
|-
!Rowspan=3|13.
|Rowspan=3|'''[[Bidyut Baran Mahato]]'''
|Rowspan=3|'''[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]'''
|2014-2019
|-
|2019-2024
|-
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
!15.
|[[Laxman Giluwa]]
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum]] (ST)
|2014-2019
|-
!Rowspan=3|16.
|Rowspan=3|'''[[Vishnu Dayal Ram]]'''
|Rowspan=3|'''[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamu]] (SC)'''
|2014-2019
|-
|2019-2024
|-
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
!Rowspan=2|17.
|Rowspan=2|[[Jayant Sinha]]
|Rowspan=2|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|2014-2019
|-
|2019-2024
|-
!18.
|[[Sunil Soren]]
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka]]
|2019-2024
|-
!Rowspan=2|19.
|Rowspan=2|'''[[Annpurna Devi]]'''
|Rowspan=2|'''[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]'''
|2019-2024
|-
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
!Rowspan=2|20.
|Rowspan=2|'''[[Sanjay Seth (Jharkhand politician)|Sanjay Seth]]'''
|Rowspan=2|'''[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]'''
|2019-2024
|-
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
!21.
|'''[[Kalicharan Singh]]'''
|'''[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]'''
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
!22.
|'''[[Dulu Mahato]]'''
|'''[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]'''
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
!23.
|'''[[Manish Jaiswal]]'''
|'''[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]'''
|'''2024-2029'''
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Politics of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory|Jharkhand]]

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