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Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu
பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சி, தமிழ்நாடு
PresidentNainar Nagendran
General SecretaryIrama Srinivasan
TreasurerS. R. Sekhar
FounderAtal Bihari Vajpayee
L. K. Advani
Founded6 April 1980
(45 years ago) (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersKamalalayam,
19, Vaidyaraman Street,
T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, Tamil Nadu, India
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha, Tamil Nadu
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 39
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 18
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
4 / 234
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
BJP Tamil Nadu

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu (or BJP Tamil Nadu) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the party is called Kamalalayam, which is located at Vaidyaraman Street, T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[1] On April 12, 2025, Nainar Nagendran appointed as party president replacing K. Annamalai.[2]

Electoral Performance

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Lok Sabha Election

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Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1998
3 / 39
  – Government
1999
4 / 39
 Increase 1
2004
0 / 39
 Decrease 4 Opposition
2009
0 / 39
  –
2014
1 / 39
 Increase 1 Government
2019
0 / 39
 Decrease 1
2024
0 / 39
 Steady

Legislative Assembly Election

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Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1980 10
0 / 234
  – 0.07% New None
1984 15
0 / 234
  – 0.25% Increase 0.18 None
1989 30
0 / 234
  – 0.35% Increase 0.1 None
1991 99
0 / 234
  – 1.70% Increase 1.35 None
1996 143
1 / 234
 Increase 1 1.81% Increase 0.11 None
2001 21
4 / 234
 Increase 3 3.19% Increase 1.38 None
2006 225
0 / 234
 Decrease 4 2.02% Decrease 1.17 None
2011 204
0 / 234
  – 2.22% Increase 0.2 None
2016 188
0 / 234
  – 2.84% Increase 0.62 None
2021 20
4 / 234
 Increase 4 2.62% Decrease 0.22 None

Leadership

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Elected members

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Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly

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S.No. Constituency Name Remarks Win Margin in 2021
# Name
Erode District
01. 100 Modakkurichi C. Saraswathi 281
Coimbatore District
02. 120 Coimbatore South Vanathi Srinivasan 1,728
Tirunelveli District
03. 224 Tirunelveli Nainar Nagendran 23,107
Kanyakumari District
04. 230 Nagercoil M. R. Gandhi 11,669

Prominent Members

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Vice Presidents of the state unit

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  • M. Chakravarthy
  • V. P. Duraisamy, Former Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 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

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  • K. T. Raghavan
  • G. K. Selvakumar
  • R. Srinivasan
  • Karu. Nagarajan

Presidents

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S.No Name Tenure Ref.
1 K. Narayan Rao 1980 – 1984 -
2 C. P. Radhakrishnan 1990 – 1995 and 2001 – 2006 -
3 K. N. Lakshmanan 1984 – 1989 and 1996 – 2000 [3]
4 La Ganesan 2006 – 2009 [4]
5 Pon Radhakrishnan 30 December 2009 – 27 May 2014 [5]
6 Tamilisai Soundararajan 16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019 [6]
7 L. Murugan 11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021 [1]
8 K. Annamalai 8 July 2021 – 12 April 2025 [7]
9 Nainar Nagendran 12 April 2025 – Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "L Murugan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. ^ "Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. ^ "K. N. Lakshmanan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. ^ "La Ganesan BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. ^ "Pon Radhakrishnan appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. ^ "Tamilisai appointed BJP state president in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ^ "Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president". The Hindu. July 8, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
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