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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}{{short description|Nagaland affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| party_name = Bharatiya Janata Party – Nagaland
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = Benjamin Yepthomi
| general_secretary = Khevishe Sema and Er Cheong
| headquarters = 1st Floor, Aiko Building, Opp. Town Hall, Bank Colony, [[Dimapur]], 797112, [[Nagaland]], India
<ref>https://www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office</ref>
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9900}} (as of 2022)
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9900}}(as of [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Nagaland|2022]])
| state_seats_name = [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]
Seats in Nagaland [[Urban Local Bodies]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|12|60|hex=#FF9933}}(as of 2022)
{{Composition bar|25|278|hex=#FF9933}}
(as of 2024)
| state2_seats_name =
| state2_seats =
| website = {{URL|https://www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| leader = [[Yanthungo Patton]] ({{small|[[List of deputy chief ministers of Nagaland|Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland]]}})
| treasurer = Mahesh Kotecha
| foundation = {{start_date and years ago|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}
| flag = BJP Flag.svg{{!}}border
| eci =
| alliance = '''National level''' [[National Democratic Alliance]] '''NorthEast Region''' [[North East Democratic Alliance]] '''Nagaland''' [[United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland)|United Democratic Alliance]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Secularism]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://morungexpress.com/congress-sickular-party-not-secular-bjp-nagaland| title=Congress a 'sickular' Party, not secular: BJP Nagaland}}</ref>|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Economic nationalism]] '''Majority'''|[[Cultural nationalism]]}}
| youth =[[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]]
| women =[[BJP Mahila Morcha]]
| publication = '''[[Kamal Sandesh]]'''
| 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]]
}}
| predecessor =
* [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (1951–1977)
* [[Janata Party]] (1977–1980)
| split = [[Janata Party]]
|labour = [[Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ohkSVkDnWYnxvZyuzggTsL/Need-to-Know--BJPled-BMS-is-biggest-labour-union-in-India.html |access-date=17 March 2020 |work=live mint |date=15 January 2008 |author=Pragya Singh }}</ref>
|peasants=[[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Gupta|first=Sejuta Das|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172|pages=172–173|title= Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India|isbn=978-1-108-41628-3|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2019e}}</ref>
| international =
}}

The '''Bharatiya Janata Party – Nagaland''', or simply, '''BJP Nagaland''' ('''BJP'''; {{IPA|hns|bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː||Hindi-Bharatiya Janata Party.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{lit|Indian People's Party}}), is the state unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] of [[Nagaland]]. Its state head office<ref>{{Cite web |title=JP Nadda inaugurates Nagaland BJP office in Kohima |url=https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?title=JP-Nadda-inaugurates-Nagaland-BJP-office-in-Kohima&id=450882 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=newsonair.gov.in}}</ref> is located at H.No. 235, Upper Agri, Kohima, [[Nagaland]], India. The current president of BJP Nagaland is Benjamin Yepthomi.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Benjamin Yepthomi new president of BJP Nagaland unit |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/nagaland/benjamin-yepthomi-new-president-of-bjp-nagaland-unit-2700430 |access-date=2023-10-31 |newspaper=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

==History==

==[[Rajya Sabha]] members==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Name!! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Photo !! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"| Date of appointment !! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"| Date of retirement
|-
|[[S. Phangnon Konyak]]
||
||03/04/2022 || 02/04/2028
|}

==In General Election==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+[[Lok Sabha|In General Elections]]
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Party leader
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats contested
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Change in seats
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Result
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| colspan=4|Not contested but supported to [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]]
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| colspan=4|Not contested but supported to [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]]
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| colspan=4|Not contested but supported to [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| colspan=4|Not contested but supported to [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Opposition
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| colspan=4|Not contested but supported to [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Opposition
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|
| 1
| 0
| {{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| colspan=4|Not contested
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| colspan=4|Not contested
| style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Government, later Opposition
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|
| 1
| 0
| {{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| colspan=4|Not contested
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| colspan=4|Not contested
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|}

==In State Election==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Election || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Change of Seats || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Popular votes || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Vote% || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Change of Vote% ||style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Result
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993|| [[1993 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly (Nagaland)]] || {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || new || 3,755 || 0.51% || new ||style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1998|| [[1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|9th Assembly (Nagaland)]] || colspan=6|Not contested
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003|| [[2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|10th Assembly (Nagaland)]] || {{Composition bar|7|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 7 || 96,658 || 11.98% || - ||style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Allied Government with [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008|| [[2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|11th Assembly (Nagaland)]] || {{Composition bar|2|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 5 || 96,658 || 8.27% || {{decrease}} 2.61% ||style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Allied Government with [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2013|| [[2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly (Nagaland)]]|| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 1 || 19,121 || 1.8% || {{decrease}} 3.6% ||style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Allied Government with [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2018|| [[2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|13th Assembly (Nagaland)]] || {{Composition bar|12|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 11 || 153,864 || 15.3% || {{increase}} 13.5% ||style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Allied Government with [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]] and [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2023|| [[2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|14th Assembly (Nagaland)]] || {{Composition bar|12|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 215,336 || 18.81% || {{increase}} 3.51% ||style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Allied Government with [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]], later [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
|}

==List of Deputy Chief Ministers==
{{See also|List of deputy chief ministers of Nagaland}}
{| class="wikitable"
! 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" |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
|-style="text-align:center;"

|1
|[[File:The Nagaland Home Minister, Shri Yanthungo Patton meeting the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, in New Delhi on November 09, 2016 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Yanthungo Patton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/nagaland-lokayukta-orders-probe-against-deputy-chief-minister-yanthungo-patton/article30874652.ece |title=Nagaland Lokayukta orders probe against Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton |website=The Hindu |date=2020-02-21 }}</ref>
|[[Tyüi Assembly constituency|Tyüi]]
|13 December 2023
|''Incumbent''
|{{age in years and days|2018|03|08}}
|
|[[Neiphiu Rio]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
|}

==See also==
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[National Democratic Alliance]]
*[[North East Democratic Alliance]]
*[[Naga People's Front]]
*[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]
*[[United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland)|United Democratic Alliance]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

Bharatiya Janata Party Nagaland - Revision history

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