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{{short description|Tamil Nadu affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| party_name = Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| abbreviation =
| president = [[Nainar Nagenthran]]
| general_secretary = Rama Srinivasan
| loksabha_leader =
| rajyasabha_leader =
| treasurer = S. R. Sekhar
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1980|4|6|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
| headquarters = Kamalalayam, 19, Vaidyaraman Street, [[T. Nagar]], [[Chennai]]-600017, [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| youth = Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Tamil Nadu
| women = BJP Mahila Morcha, Tamil Nadu
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Tamil nationalism]]|[[Economic nationalism]]|[[Cultural nationalism]]|[[Hindu nationalism]]}}
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|39|hex=#FF9900}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|18|hex=#FF9900}}
| state_seats_name = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|1|234|hex=#FF9900}}
| symbol = [[File:BJP_election_symbol.svg_-783x768.png|120px]]
| flag = File:BJP Flag.svg{{!}}
| website = [http://tamilnadu.bjp.org//?p=228/ BJP Tamil Nadu]
| eci =
| 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]]
}}}}

The '''Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu''' ('''BJP Tamil Nadu''') , also known as the '''Tamil Nadu BJP''', is the affiliate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The party is based in [[Chennai]] and is led by chair [[Nainar Nagendran]].

==History==

In 1980, K. Narayan Rao became the first state president of BJP Tamil Nadu unit.
As per political observers, the 1982 Mandaikadu incident was a turning point, after which [[Hindu Munnani]] and later the BJP expanded the base from [[Kanyakumari District]]. This led to early electoral gains, including K. V. Balachandran’s 1984 win as an independent with its backing and the BJP’s later victory on its own in [[Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency|Padmanabhapuram Constituency]]. In Kanyakumari district, the electorate is later divided between Hindus and Christians, with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] drawing support largely from Hindus and the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] backed by many Christians, leaving limited space for the Dravidian majors [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] and [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/at-the-end-of-dravidian-land-a-lotus-bud-waits-to-bloom/articleshow/89936896.cms |title=At the end of Dravidian land, a lotus bud waits to bloom|work=thetimesofindia|date=2 March 2022}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==
===Lok Sabha election===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Election Year
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" |Lok Sabha
! style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Seats contested
! style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Seats won
! style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Overall votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | (%) of votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | (+/-) in seats
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Vote swing
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" |Outcome
|-
! colspan="10" |[[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[8th Lok Sabha|8th]]
|1
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|15,462
|0.07%
|{{Steady}}
|{{steady}} new
|{{partial|Others}}
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|76,511
|0.29%
|{{Steady}}
|{{increase}} 0.22
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]
|15
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|4,06,869
|1.65%
|{{Steady}}
|{{increase}} 1.36
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]
|37
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|7,95,797
|2.93%
|{{Steady}}
|{{increase}} 1.28
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]
|5
|{{Composition bar|3|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|17,57,645
|6.86%
|{{increase}} 3
|{{increase}} 3.93
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]
|6
|{{Composition bar|4|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|17,57,645
|7.14%
|{{increase}} 1
|{{increase}} 0.28
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]
|6
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|14,55,899
|5.07%
|{{decrease}} 4
|{{decrease}} 2.10
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
|18
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|17,57,645
|2.30%
|{{Steady}}
|{{decrease}} 2.77
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
|9
|{{Composition bar|1|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|22,23,566
|5.56%
|{{increase}} 1
|{{increase}} 3.21
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
|5
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|15,51,924
|3.62%
|{{decrease}} 1
|{{decrease}} 1.94
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]
|23
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|48,80,954
|11.24%
|{{Steady}}
|{{increase}} 7.58
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|}

===Legislative Assembly election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats contested || 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" |Vote share/Seats contested|| style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]|| 10 || {{Composition bar|0|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}} || 0.07% || New ||0.007||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]|| 15 || {{Composition bar|0|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}} || 0.25% || {{increase}} 0.18 ||0.016||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]|| 30 || {{Composition bar|0|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}} || 0.35% || {{increase}} 0.1 ||0.011||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]|| 99 || {{Composition bar|0|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}} || 1.70% || {{increase}} 1.35 ||0.017||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]|| 143 || {{Composition bar|1|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 1 || 1.81% || {{increase}} 0.11 ||0.012||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]|| 21 || {{Composition bar|4|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 3 || 3.19% || {{increase}} 1.38 ||0.151||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]|| 225 || {{Composition bar|0|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 4 || 2.02% || {{decrease}} 1.17 ||0.008||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]|| 204 || {{Composition bar|0|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}} || 2.22% || {{increase}} 0.2 ||0.010||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]|| 188 || {{Composition bar|0|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}} || 2.84% || {{increase}} 0.62 ||0.015||None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]|| 20 || {{Composition bar|4|234|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 4 || 2.62% || {{decrease}} 0.22 ||0.131||None
|- style="text-align: center;"
|[[2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|33
|{{Composition bar|1|234|#FF9933}}
|{{Decrease}} 3
|2.97%
|{{Increase}} 0.35
|0.090
|None
|}

==Leadership==
===Elected members===
====Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|S.No.
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" colspan=2|Constituency
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white;width:200px" rowspan=2|Name
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|Remarks
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|[[2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election#Results by constituency|Win Margin in 2026]]
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|#
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Name
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | '''Nilgiris District'''
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |01.
|108
|[[Udagamandalam Assembly constituency|Udagamandalam]]
|[[M. Bhojarajan]]
|
| align="center" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |'''976'''
|}

===Prominent members===
====Vice presidents of the state unit====
* M. Chakravarthy
* [[V. P. Duraisamy]], Former Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly</ref>, Former Deputy Speaker (from DMK)
* K. S. Narendiran
* M. Muruganandam
* M. N. Raja
* A. R. Mahalakshmi
* P. Kanagasabapathi
* Puratchikavidhasan

====General secretaries of the state unit====
* K. T. Raghavan
* G. K. Selvakumar
* R. Srinivasan
* Karu. Nagarajan

===List of presidents===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; background:#fef3e8"
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|S.No
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Name
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Tenure
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Elected year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Ref.
|-
!1
|K. Narayan Rao (1929–2017)
|1980 – 1983
|1980
| -
|-
!2
|[[K. N. Lakshmanan]] (1930–2020)
|1984 – 1989
|1984
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|title=K. N. Lakshmanan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ex-state-bjp-chief-dead/article31726829.ece|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
!3
|V. Vijayaraghavalu (unknown)
|1990 – 1993
|1990
| -
|-
!4
|[[N. S. Chandra Bose]] (1932–2010)
|1993 – 1995
|1993
| -
|-
!(2)
|[[K. N. Lakshmanan]] (1930–2020)
|1996 – 2000
|1996
| -
|-
!5
|S. P. Kirubanidhi (1927–2017)
|6 May 2000 – 12 May 2003
|2000
| -
|-
!6
|[[File:Shri C P Radhakrishnan, Honourable Vice President of India.jpg|85px]] [[C. P. Radhakrishnan]] ({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1957)
| 12 May 2003 – 22 September 2006
|2003
| <ref>{{Cite news|title=TN BJP gets new president|language=en-IN|work=economictimes|url=https://economictimes.com/tn-bjp-gets-new-president/articleshow/46206085.cms|access-date=13 May 2003}}</ref>
|-
!7
|[[File:Nagaland Govenor La Ganeshan.jpg|85px]] [[La Ganesan]] (1945–2025)
|22 September 2006 – 30 December 2009
|2006
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=La Ganesan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/BJP-rewards-Ganesan-with-Rajya-Sabha-seat-from-MP/article14800093.ece|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2" |8
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg|85px]] [[Pon Radhakrishnan]] ({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1952)
| rowspan="2" |30 December 2009 – 27 May 2014
|2009
| rowspan="2" |<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=Pon Radhakrishnan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu|language=en-IN|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2012/dec/28/pon-radhakrishnan-elected-bjps-tn-unit-president-437948.html|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|-
!rowspan="2" |9
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Tamilisai Soundararajan with her book "Suvai Migu Theneer Thuligal".jpg|85px]] [[Tamilisai Soundararajan]] ({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1961)
| rowspan="2" |16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019
|2014
| rowspan="2" |<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Tamilisai appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamilisai-sounderrajan-appointed-bjp-tn-unit-president/article6324160.ece|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|-
!10
|[[File:L. Murugan with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|85px]] [[L. Murugan]] ({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1977)
|11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021
|2020
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=L Murugan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/l-murugan-appointed-bjp-state-president-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/74578665.cms |access-date=3 December 2020 |work=The Times Of India |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|-
!11
|[[File:Kuppusamy Annamalai.jpg|85px]] [[Kuppusamy Annamalai|K. Annamalai]] ({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1984)
|8 July 2021 – 12 April 2025
|2021
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/annamalai-appointed-tamil-nadu-bjp-state-president/article35219941.ece|date=8 July 2021|website=The Hindu|language=en|access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
!12
|'''[[File:Nainar Nagendran, BJP Tamil Nadu.jpg|85px]] [[Nainar Nagendran]]''' ({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1960)
|12 April 2025 – '''Incumbent'''
|2025
|
|}

==See also==
*[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
*[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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