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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}{{short description|Tripura affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| native_name = ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টি – ত্রিপুরা ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]) ''Bharatiya Janata Parti – Twipra'' ([[Kokborok]])
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = [[Rajib Bhattacharjee]]<ref>{{cite news |title=New President of BJP Tripura state unit|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajiv-bhattacharjee-appointed-as-tripura-bjp-president/articleshow/93791268.cms|work=Economic Times}}</ref>
| general_secretary =
| headquarters = 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road,(In between Advisor & Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.[[Agartala]](Main), Dist.[[West Tripura]]-799 001, [[Tripura]], India
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bjp.org/tripura-state-office|title=Tripura State Office|website=www.bjp.org}}</ref>
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|2|2|hex=#FF9900}} (as of 2024)
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|1|hex=#FF9900}}(as of [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Tripura|2024]])
| state_seats_name = [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|33|60|hex=#FF9933}}(as of 2026)
| state2_seats_name = [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]]
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|4|30|hex=#FF9933}}(as of 2026)
| website = {{URL|https://www.bjp.org/tripura}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| leader = [[Manik Saha]] 
({{small|[[List of chief ministers of Tripura|Chief Minister of Tripura]]}})
| foundation = {{start date and age|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]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Economic nationalism]]|[[Hindu nationalism]]|[[Cultural nationalism]] '''Faction''' [[Tripuri people|Tripuri Rights]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Only BJP has worked for Indigenous people of Tripura|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/tripura-kokborok-language-row-sushanta-chowdhury-bjp-indigenous-people-8279297/lite/|work=Indian Express}}</ref> [[National Register of Citizens|Pro-NRC]]<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP Tripura and its ally IPFT seeks NRC for whole nation |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-ally-ipft-seeks-nrc-for-whole-nation/articleshow/71140555.cms|work=Economic Times}}</ref>}}
| 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>
| name =
}}

'''Bharatiya Janata Party – Tripura''' ('''BJP Tripura''') is the [[Tripura]] affiliate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in India. It is currently chaired by [[Rajib Bhattacharjee]]. It is currently the state's ruling party, with its headquarters at 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road, (between Advisor and Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani), Po.[[Agartala]](Main), Dist.[[West Tripura]]-799 001.

==Electoral performance==
===Lok Sabha Election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! 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;"
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|2|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|rowspan="2"|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|2|2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|}

===Legislative Assembly Election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!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
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1983]]|| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || New || 0.06% || New || rowspan="7"|None
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1988]]|| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 0.15% || {{increase}} 0.09%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1993]]|| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 2.02% || {{increase}} 1.87%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|1998]]|| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 5.87% || {{increase}} 3.85%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2003]]|| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 1.32% || {{decrease}} 4.55%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2008]]|| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 1.49% || {{increase}} 0.17%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2013]]|| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{steady}} || 1.54% || {{increase}} 0.05%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2018]] || {{Composition bar|36|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 36 || 43.59% || {{increase}} 41.5% ||rowspan="2"|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2023]] || {{Composition bar|32|60|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 4 || 38.97% || {{decrease}} 4.62%
|}

===In Local Elections===

====Municipal corporation election results====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Year
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Municipal Corporation
!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" | Change in seats
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Percentage of votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Vote swing
|-
!colspan=7|Tripura
|-
|-
|2015
|[[Agartala Municipal Corporation|Agartala]]
|51
|{{Composition bar|0|51|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|
|
|-
|2021
|[[Agartala Municipal Corporation|Agartala]]
|51
|{{Composition bar|51|51|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}}51<ref>{{cite news|title=2021 Tripura municipal election result|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cpm-is-runner-up-in-tripura-civic-polls-that-bjp-swept-says-state-election-body-101638215370560.html|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|57.39%
|
|}

====Autonomous District Council election====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Year
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Autonomous District Council
!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" | Change in seats
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Percentage of votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Vote swing
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | Government
|-
!colspan=8|[[Khumulwng]]
|-
|-
|1982
!colspan=7|From 1982 election has been held at [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] but [[BJP]] to win any seats was on 2021 election.{{huh|date=November 2023}}
|-
|2021
|[[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council|TTAADC]]
|26
|{{Composition bar|9|30|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 9
|
|
|Government
|-
|2026
|[[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council|TTAADC]]
|28
|{{Composition bar|4|30|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
|
|
|Government
|}

====2015 Tripura local elections====
In 2015 local election BJP won 2 seats of 310 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation.<ref>{{cite news|title=2015 Tripura local election result|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/big-win-for-left-front-in-tripura-civic-polls/article7981680.ece|work=The Hindu}}</ref>

====[[2021 Tripura local elections]]====
In 2021 local election BJP won 329 seats of 334 at various municipal council and one municipal corporation, with vote percentage of 59.01%.<ref>{{cite news|title=2021 Tripura local election result|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cpm-is-runner-up-in-tripura-civic-polls-that-bjp-swept-says-state-election-body-101638215370560.html|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

== Leadership ==

=== [[List of Chief Ministers of Tripura|Chief ministers]] ===
{| 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" |[[List of constituencies of Tripura Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Term of office<ref>[http://cm.uk.gov.in/pages/display/1160-exchief-ministers Former Chief Ministers of Tripura]. [[Government of Tripura]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.</ref>
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|- style="text-align:center;" |
| 1
|[[File:Biplab Kumar Deb (cropped).png|133x133px]]
| [[Biplab Kumar Deb]]
| [[Banamalipur Assembly constituency|Banamalipur]]
| 9 March 2018
| 15 May 2022
|{{age in years and days|2018|3|9|2022|5|15}}
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|12th]]
|- style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"|2
| rowspan="2"|[[File:Manik Saha Invitation for HWC 2023.jpg|89x89px]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Manik Saha]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Town Bordowali Assembly constituency|Town Bordowali]]
| 15 May 2022
| 12 March 2023
| {{age in years and days|2022|5|15|2023|3|12}}
|- style="text-align:center;" |
| 13 March 2023
| ''Incumbent''
| {{age in years and days|2023|3|13}}
|[[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|13th]]
|}

=== [[List of deputy chief ministers of Tripura|Deputy chief ministers]] ===
{| 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" |[[List of constituencies of the Tripura 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" |[[List of chief ministers of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Ref.
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1
|[[File:The Chief Minister of Tripura, Shri Biplab Kumar Deb and the Deputy Chief Minister, Shri Jishnu Debbarma calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Jishnu Dev Varma]]
|[[Charilam Assembly constituency|Charilam]]
|9 March 2018
|2 March 2023
|{{age in years and days|2018|03|09|2023|03|02}}
|[[2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|12th]]
|[[Biplab Kumar Deb]] [[Manik Saha]]
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Deb |first=Priyanka |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-leader-biplab-deb-will-be-new-tripura-cm-jishnu-dev-varma-his-deputy/story-h0AzOQH581uv1699O5MCeL.html |title=BJP picks Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM, Jishnu Debbarma to be his deputy |website=Hindustan Times |date=2018-03-06 |accessdate=}}</ref>
|}

===[[Rajya Sabha|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"|Constituency
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|From
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|To
|-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|1
| [[Rajib Bhattacharjee]]
| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Tripura|Tripura]]
| 03/09/2024
| 02/04/2028
|}
===[[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha Members]]===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|No
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Portrait
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white;width:200px"|Name
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Constituency
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|[[2024 Indian general election in Tripura#Results by constituency|Win Margin in 2024]]
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|1
| [[File:Biplab Kumar Deb (cropped).png|75px]]
| [[Biplab Kumar Deb]]
|[[Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency|Tripura West]]
| 6,11,578
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|2
| [[File:Kriti Singh Debbarma 2024 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Kriti Devi Debbarman]]
|[[Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency|Tripura East]]
| 4,86,819
|}

=== Former State President List ===
* Sudheendradas Gupta : 1980 - 2016
* Biplab Kumar Deb : 2016 - 2018
* Manik Saha : 2018 - 2022

==See also==
*[[Biplab Kumar Deb]]
*[[Manik Saha]]
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[National Democratic Alliance]]
*[[North East Democratic Alliance]]
*[[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura]]
*[[Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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