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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}{{short description|Sikkim affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| native_name = भारतीय जनता पार्टी – सिक्किम བྷ་ར་ཏི་ཡ་ ཇ་ན་ཏ་ ཚོགས་པ། - འབྲས་ལྗོངས 
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
|name=| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = [[Dilli Ram Thapa|D.R.Thapa]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Sikkim New BJP Sikkim state President demands clarity on SC verdict|url=https://theprint.in/politics/dr-thapa-who-led-protests-against-scs-foreign-tag-for-sikkimese-nepali-is-new-bjp-state-chief/1353952/|work=The Print}}</ref> ({{small|[[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Former MLA]] from [[Upper Burtuk Assembly constituency]]}})
| general_secretary =
| headquarters = BJP State Office, Golitar, Singtam, District Pakyong, Sikkim
<ref name="auto">https://www.bjp.org/sikkim-state-office</ref>
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#FF9900}} (as of 2024)
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9900}}(as of [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Sikkim|2024]])
| state_seats_name = [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} (as of [[2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2024]])
| state2_seats_name =
| state2_seats =
| website = {{URL|https://www.bjp.org/sikkim}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| leader = [[Narendra Kumar Subba|N.K. Subba]]<ref>{{cite news |title=N.K.Subba Demands clarity on SC verdict|url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/sikkim/story/sikkim-bjp-leader-demands-clarity-on-sikkimese-word-blames-government-to-take-issue-lightly-509621-2023-02-08|work=India Today NE}}</ref> 
({{small|[[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Former MLA]] from [[Maneybong–Dentam Assembly constituency]]}})
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}
| flag = BJP Flag.svg{{!}}border
| eci =
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]] [[North East Democratic Alliance]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Economic nationalism]]|[[Hindu nationalism]]|[[Cultural nationalism]] '''Faction''' [[Buddhism]]}}
| 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 =
* [[International Democrat Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/indias-bharatiya-janata-party-joins-union-of-international-conservative-parties|title=India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat|first=Akhilesh|last=Pillalamarri|work=The Diplomat|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228053454/https://thediplomat.com/2016/02/indias-bharatiya-janata-party-joins-union-of-international-conservative-parties/|archive-date=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Members|url = https://www.idu.org/members/|publisher = [[International Democrat Union]]|access-date = 25 September 2019|website = idu.org}}</ref>
* [[Asia Pacific Democrat Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idu.org/asia-pacific-democrat-union-apdu/|title=International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)|work=International Democrat Union|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616235358/http://idu.org/asia-pacific-democrat-union-apdu/|archive-date=16 June 2017|access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>
}}

The '''Bharatiya Janata Party – Sikkim''', or simply, '''BJP Sikkim''' ('''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 the Sikkim. Its head office is situated at Panchsheel, New Market [[Gangtok]]-737 101, [[Sikkim]], [[India]].<ref name="auto"/> The current president of BJP Sikkim is Shri Dilli Ram Thapa (DR Thapa).<ref>https://www.bjp.org/state-president-sikkim</ref>

==[[Lok Sabha]] election history==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+[[Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency]]
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Candidate
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Change in seats
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|National Result
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| Dinesh Chandra Nepal
| 0
| {{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| Laten Tshering Sherpa
| 0
| {{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| Nar Bahadur Khatiwada
| 0
|{{steady}} 0
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| Padam Br. Chettri
| 0
| new
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Opposition
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|colspan=3|Not contested
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Opposition
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|colspan=3|Not contested
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|colspan=3|Not contested
| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Government
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|colspan=3|Not contested
| style="background-color:#F8C8B0; color:white"|Government, later Opposition
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|colspan=3|Not contested
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|colspan=3|Not contested
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|colspan=3|Not contested
| style="background-color:#808080; color:white"| Opposition
|}

==[[Rajya Sabha]] Members==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|No.
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Name !! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"| Term start !! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"| Term end !! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"| Term
|-
|style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"| '''1.'''
|'''[[Dorjee Tshering Lepcha]]'''
|'''24-Feb-2024'''
|'''23-Feb-2030'''
|'''1'''
|}

==State election history==
{| 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"|Outcome
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994|| [[1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|5th Assembly (Sikkim)]] || {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} || new || 274 || 0.16% || new || style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999|| [[1999 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|6th Assembly (Sikkim)]] || {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || || || || style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2004|| [[2004 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|7th Assembly (Sikkim)]] || {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 667 || 0.34% || || style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009|| [[2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly (Sikkim)]] || {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 1,966 || 0.78% || -- || style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:white"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2014|| [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|9th Assembly (Sikkim)]]|| {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 2,208 || 0.7% || {{steady}} || style="background-color:#808080; color:white"|Outside support to [[Sikkim Democratic Front|SDF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2019|| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|10th Assembly (Sikkim)]] || {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 5,700 || 1.62% || {{increase}} 0.92% || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Allied Government with [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2024|| [[2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|11th Assembly (Sikkim)]] || {{Composition bar|0|32|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 19,956|| 5.18% || {{increase}} 3.56% || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Allied Government with [[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha|SKM]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Arunachal Pradesh]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Nagaland]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Manipur]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Mizoram]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Meghalaya]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Tripura]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – West Bengal]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Bihar]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Jharkhand]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha]]
*[[National Democratic Alliance]]
*[[North East Democratic Alliance]]
*[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory|Sikkim]]
[[Category:Political parties in Sikkim]]

Bharatiya Janata Party Sikkim - Revision history

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