Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2019 Indian general election
Campaign | 2019 Indian general election |
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PM Candidate | Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India |
Affiliation | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Status | Prime Ministerial candidate |
Key people | Narendra Modi (Prime Ministerial Candidate) Amit Shah (Party President) |
Website | |
www.bjp.org | |
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major
Background
The campaign follows the successful campaign in 2014, where the BJP won a majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha.
On 26 December 2018, Party President Amit Shah announced the leadership teams for the BJP's campaign in seventeen states.[1]
The BJP released its manifesto, titled Sankalp Patra on 8 April.[2][3]
Results
State | Total Seats | Seats Won | Seat Change |
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Andhra Pradesh | 25 | 0 | 2 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Assam | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Bihar | 40 | 17 | 5 |
Chandigarh (UT) | 1 | 1 | |
Chhattisgarh | 11 | 9 | 1 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Daman & Diu (UT) | 1 | 1 | |
Goa | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Gujarat | 26 | 26 | |
Haryana | 10 | 10 | 3 |
Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 4 | |
Jammu & Kashmir | 6 | 3 | |
Jharkhand | 14 | 11 | 1 |
Karnataka | 28 | 25 | 8 |
Kerala | 20 | 0 | |
Lakshadweep (UT) | 1 | 0 | |
Madhya Pradesh | 29 | 28 | 1 |
Maharashtra | 48 | 23 | |
Manipur | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Meghalaya | 2 | 0 | |
Mizoram | 1 | 0 | |
Nagaland | 1 | 0 | |
NCT of Delhi | 7 | 7 | |
Orissa | 21 | 8 | 8 |
Puducherry (UT) | 1 | 0 | |
Punjab | 13 | 2 | |
Rajasthan | 25 | 24 | |
Sikkim | 1 | 0 | |
Tamil Nadu | 39 | 0 | 1 |
Telangana | 17 | 4 | 3 |
Tripura | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Uttar Pradesh | 80 | 62 | 9 |
Uttarakhand | 5 | 5 | |
West Bengal | 42 | 18 | 16 |
Total | 543 | 303 | 21 |
Main Bhi Chowkidar
Modi responded to Rahul Gandhi's
In a coordinated campaign, ministers, party president Amit Shah and other BJP leaders such as Piyush Goyal changed their Twitter profile names by adding a prefix "Chowkidar".[6] Many supporters of BJP also changed their names accordingly.[7] Modi addressed a large group of watchmen on audio link as part of the campaign.[8]
Leadership
BJP's president during the election campaign was Amit Shah.
Alliance
BJP had formed an alliance with other parties to form NDA.
Issues
Ram temple
The BJP supports the building of a
Manifesto
BJP constituted the manifesto committee on 6 January 2019, to be headed by
Jammu and Kashmir
The BJP in April announced if it were to be reelected, then it would be ending Jammu and Kashmir's special constitutional status, which prevents non-residents from buying property in Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir.[14][15][16]
Parliamentary candidates
References
- ^ "Amit Shah Announces Team To Steer BJP's 2019 Election Campaign In 17 States". HuffPost India. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "PM Modi, Amit Shah Launch BJP Manifesto Sankalp Patra". NDTV.com. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "BJP Manifesto 2019". Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Narendra Modi urges supporters to take 'main bhi chowkidar' pledge". The Telegraph. India. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "'Chowkidar Narendra Modi': PM changes Twitter handle name to counter Rahul Gandhi's chor jibe". The Economic Times. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "मोदी 'चौकीदार' तो 'चौकीदार का मालिक' कौन". 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "In A New Gimmick, PM Changes Twitter Profile Name To 'Chowkidar Narendra Modi'". 17 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Mayawati delivers election shock". 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "The BJP has fallen back on the Ram temple in its bid for electoral victory". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "BJP-RSS plays temple card to swing general elections its way". The Shillong Times. 2 February 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Shukla, Nelanshu (18 January 2019). "No Ram temple means no vote for BJP, warn sadhus". India Today. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "BJP manifesto panel decides to form 15 sub-committees for 2019 polls". India Today. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "BJP crowdsources its manifesto, turns it into referendum on Prime Minister". The Times of India. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "BJP releases manifesto for upcoming elections". Al Jazeera.
- ^ "Ahead of Indian Election Modi's party vows to strip Kashmir of Special rights". Channelnews.Asia. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "PM makes Kashmir as election issue". TNN World.
External links
- "BJP's Manifesto for 2019 General Elections" (PDF). The Times of India. Retrieved 28 September 2021.