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Шаблон:Lead too short Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox Indian political party The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Karnataka (BJP; Шаблон:IPA-hns; Шаблон:Lit), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the BJP Bhavan, 11th Cross, Temple Street, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru. The current president of BJP Karnataka is B. Y. Vijayendra. It is the main opposition party in Karnataka.

Till date 4 chief ministers from the party have served the state.[1]

Electoral history

BJP contested 110 seats in the January 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, winning 18 seats and obtained 7.9% of the votes cast across the state.[2][3] Out of its 110 candidates, 71 lost their deposits.[2] Along with the Andhra Pradesh legislative election there same year, this marked the first major performance of the party in southern India.[2] Nine out of the 18 BJP legislators came from the coastal districts.[4] The influence of BJP in Karnataka was marked by its inability to mobilize support in rural areas, where the Janata Dal leader Ramakrishna Hegde and Abdul Nazir Sab (Hegde's Rural Development Minister) had built a strong network of local Janata Dal leaders through the panchayat system.[4] After the 1983 election the BJP offered some outside support to the Hegde government.[4]

The party suffered a set-back in the 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, only 2 of its 115 candidates were elected.[2] The party obtained 3.7% of the state-wide vote and 100 of its candidates lost their deposits.[2] The BJP’s journey is one of evolution, from a nascent political force to a powerful institution, from a unifying voice to a catalyst for change.

The 1980s was characterized by internal strife in the BJP Karnataka unit, as the followers of Ananth Kumar and V. Dhananjay Kumar combatted each other.[5] Ananth Kumar was the secretary of the Karnataka BJP unit 1987–1988.[6] In 1988, trying to overcome the split, B. S. Yediyurappa was chosen as the consensus candidate for the presidency of the BJP Karnataka state unit.[5] BJP contested 119 seats in the 1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, winning four seats and obtaining 4.13% of the votes cast across the state.[7]

BJP obtained 28.8% of the votes in Karnataka in the 1991 Indian general election.[8] This result marked a sharp increase from the 2.5% of the votes that the party had received in the 1989 Indian general election in Karnataka.[9] This time BJP had contested all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state, winning four.[10] The growth of BJP vote in Karnataka was partially due to the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign and the nationalist discourse of the party.[10]

BJP fielded 223 candidates in the 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.[7] Ahead of the election the party state unit published a 41-page manifesto, seeking to portray a pragmatic and populist approach of the party with a focus on socio-economic issues rather than communalist discourse.[11] After the 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, BJP held the role as Leader of Opposition in the assembly for a brief period.[8] The electoral result had an important symbolic meaning for the BJP, who had begun to see Karnataka as its 'gateway' into south India.[9]

By the late 1990s, Karnataka was the sole state in southern India where BJP wasn't a marginal political phenomenon.[11][12] During this period, the anti-reservation stance of BJP in response to the Mandal Commission had attracted support among higher castes in Karnataka, rather than Hindutva nationalism per se.[11] The 1999 split in the Janata Dal offered the BJP the possibility to do inroads among Lingayat voters.[4] However, as of the late 1990s the BJP Karnataka state organization remained weak, with the strength of the party concentrated in urban pockets and a few rural pockets (Coorg and the two coastal districts).[8] In the 1998 Lok Sabha parliamentary election, BJP increased its number of seats in Karnataka from six to 13.[13][14] BJP had contested the election in coalition with Lok Shakti, through which BJP had contested 18 seats and Lok Shakti 10 seats.[15][14] With Lok Shakti's Hegde campaigning for the BJP, the party was somewhat able to portray a more moderate image and tone down its Hindutva profile.[14]

Just before the 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, the BJP national leadership forced its Karnataka branch into an alliance with the then governing Janata Dal (United).[8][16] Thus the party could not benefit from the anti-incumbency wave against the Janata Dal cabinet.[8] The tie-up with the Janata Dal (United) was unpopular among BJP workers in the state.[17] Following the 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election the party obtained the Leader of Opposition role again.[8]

The more significant breakthrough of BJP as a major actor in Karnataka state politics came in 2004.[8] In the 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, the party won 71 out of 224 seats.[4] Whilst BJP remained organizationally weak in rural Karnataka, it managed to increase its share of vote by attracting Lingayat voters from parts of northern Karnataka.[8][4] In the 2004 Lok Sabha parliamentary election, BJP won 18 seats from Karnataka.[4] BJP had become the largest party in the state assembly, but could not form a government as the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress Party formed a coalition.[8] The JD(S)-Congress coalition, however, suffered internal strife and in 2006 H.D Kumarswami struck a deal with BJP which stipulated that the post of Chief Minister would be given to BJP after a 20-month period.[4] In 2007, when the 20 months had passed, H.D Kumarswami opted to retain the position, sparking outcry and a wave of sympathy towards BJP and B. S. Yediyurappa.[4][18]

The strength of BJP in Karnataka state politics increased significantly between October 2007 and April 2009.[4] Ahead of the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, BJP had emerged as the sole viable alternative to the Janata Dal (S) and the Congress Party in Karnataka state politics.[17] Following the formation of the BJP state government in 2008, there was a wave of attacks on Christian churches in Karnataka.[19] The National Commission for Minorities denounced the BJP state governments for inaction in preventing the attacks.[19] Under pressure from the central government, the BJP state government arrested a number of Shri Ram Sena leaders.[19]

In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, the BJP fell to third place in the state behind the Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular). While the INC won a majority in the Legislative Assembly with 122 seats, the BJP fell to 40 seats.

The decision of the Congress state government to grant minority status to the Lingayats prompted the RSS (a move seen by RSS as "an attempt to divide the Hindus") to take a more active role in supporting the BJP in the 2018 state elections.[20] RSS brought in senior leaders from across the country for the state election campaign.[20] Reportedly some 50,000 RSS cadres campaigned for BJP, as well as some 3,000 Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal cadres.[20] RSS mobilization for BJP in the electoral campaign was particularly strong in the coastal districts (a stronghold of RSS, but also an area with sizable Christian and Muslim populations).[20]

Support base

For many years, the BJP support base was mainly Brahmin & Jains but in 1990's it expanded to include more Lingayats (as well as some Vokkaligas).[7][17] Most of the party state leadership is either Lingayat or Brahmin.[17] By the 2000s, the party had sought support among other communities, such as the OBCs, Dalits and Vokkaligas, utilizing Hindutva as mobilizing factor (albeit with limited success).[17] The party has a strong support base in the coastal regions of the state ( especially Udupi and Dakshina Kannada).The party has consistently maintained support in the urban centres of Karnataka.[21]

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly elections

Year Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1983 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 18 7.93% Outside support for JP
1985 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 16 3.88% Шаблон:Decrease 4.05% Opposition
1989 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 2 4.14% Шаблон:Increase 0.26% Opposition
1994 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 36 16.99% Шаблон:Increase 12.85% Opposition
1999 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 4 20.69% Шаблон:Increase 3.70% Opposition
2004 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 35 28.33% Шаблон:Increase 7.64% Opposition,
later Government
2008 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 31 33.86% Шаблон:Increase 5.53% Government
2013 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 70 19.89% Шаблон:Decrease 13.97% Opposition
2018 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 64 36.22% Шаблон:Increase 16.33% Opposition,
later Government
2023 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 38 36.00% Шаблон:Decrease 0.22% Opposition

Lok Sabha elections

Year Seats won +/-
1984 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady
1989 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady
1991 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 4
1996 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 2
1998 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 7
1999 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 6
2004 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 11
2009 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 1
2014 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Decrease 2
2019 Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 8

Leadership

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S. Mallikarjunaiah was the vice president of the BJP Karnataka state unit between 1980 and 1986.[22] He again held the post as BJP Karnataka state unit vice president 1990–1991.[22]

Nalin Kumar Kateel was appointed as the president of the Karnataka state unit of BJP on August 20, 2019.[23] Reportedly the outgoing president B. S. Yediyurappa had favoured Arvind Limbavali for the post, but the National General Secretary (Organisation) of the party B.L. Santosh had favoured Kateel due to his credentials as a RSS loyalist.[23] Soon after taking over as state unit president Kateel named Bhanuprakash and Nirmal Kumar Surana as Vice Presidents of the BJP state unit.[24] The two leaders, seen as part of the 'old guard' of the party, had been ousted from the state leadership in 2016.[24]

List of chief ministers

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
1 Файл:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 12 November 2007 19 November 2007 Шаблон:Ayd 12th
30 May 2008 4 August 2011 Шаблон:Ayd 13th
2 Файл:Sadananda Gowda.jpg D. V. Sadananda Gowda MLC 5 August 2011 11 July 2012 Шаблон:Ayd
3 Файл:Jagadish Shettar.jpg Jagadish Shettar Hubli-Dharwad Central 12 July 2012 12 May 2013 Шаблон:Ayd
(1) Файл:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 17 May 2018 23 May 2018 Шаблон:Ayd 15th
26 July 2019 28 July 2021 Шаблон:Ayd
(total 5 years, 81 days)
4 Файл:Bommai at the inauguration of Metroline (cropped).jpg Basavaraj Bommai Shiggaon 28 July 2021 15 May 2023 Шаблон:Ayd

List of deputy chief ministers

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Chief Minister
1 Файл:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 3 February 2006 8 October 2007 Шаблон:Ayd H. D. Kumaraswamy
2 Файл:Mode-of-karnataka-assembly-elections-2013 136144047626.jpg K. S. Eshwarappa Shimoga 12 July 2012 12 May 2013 Шаблон:Ayd Jagadish Shettar
Файл:R. Ashoka.jpg R. Ashoka Padmanaba Nagar
3 Файл:AshwathNarayan.jpg C. N. Ashwath Narayan Malleshwaram 20 August 2019 26 July 2021 Шаблон:Ayd B. S. Yediyurappa
Файл:Laxman Savadi.jpg Laxman Savadi MLC
Govind Karjol Mudhole

Opposition leaders in Legislative Assembly

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Файл:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 27 December 1994 18 December 1996 Шаблон:Ayd 10th H. D. Deve Gowda
J. H. Patel
2 Файл:Jagadish Shettar.jpg Jagadish Shettar Hubli-Dharwad Central 26 October 1999 23 February 2004 Шаблон:Ayd 11th S. M. Krishna
(1) Файл:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 9 June 2004 2 February 2006 Шаблон:Ayd 12th Dharam Singh
(2) Файл:Jagadish Shettar.jpg Jagadish Shettar Hubli-Dharwad Central 23 January 2014 17 May 2018 Шаблон:Ayd 14th Siddaramaiah
(1) Файл:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 25 May 2018 26 July 2019 Шаблон:Ayd 15th H. D. Kumaraswamy
Interim Файл:Bommai at the inauguration of Metroline (cropped).jpg Basavaraj Bommai Shiggaon 4 July 2023 17 November 2023 Шаблон:Ayd
3 Файл:R. Ashoka.jpg R. Ashoka Padmanaba Nagar 17 November 2023 incumbent Шаблон:Ayd 16th Siddaramaiah

Opposition leaders in Legislative Council

No Portrait Name Term of office Chief Minister
1 D. H. Shankaramurthy 8 July 2002 16 June 2004 Шаблон:Ayd S. M. Krishna
16 June 2004 23 November 2005 Dharam Singh
2 Файл:Sadananda Gowda.jpg D. V. Sadananda Gowda 17 May 2013 24 May 2014 Шаблон:Ayd Siddaramaiah
3 Файл:Mode-of-karnataka-assembly-elections-2013 136144047626.jpg K. S. Eshwarappa 13 July 2014 17 May 2018 Шаблон:Ayd
4 Kota Srinivas Poojary 2 July 2018 26 July 2019 Шаблон:Ayd H. D. Kumaraswamy
25 December 2023 present Шаблон:Ayd Siddaramaiah

List of presidents

No Name Period
1 A.K.Subbaiah 1980 1983 3 years
2 B. B. Shivappa 1983 1988 5 years
3 B. S. Yediyurappa 1988 1991 3 years
4 K.S. Eshwarappa 1993 1998 5 years
(3) B. S. Yediyurappa 1998 1999 1 year
5 Basavaraj Patil Sedam 2000 2003 3 years
6 Ananth Kumar 2003 2004 1 year
7 Jagadish Shettar 2004 2006 2 years
8 D. V. Sadananda Gowda 2006 2010 4 years
(4) K. S. Eshwarappa 28-Jan-2010 21-Mar-2013 Шаблон:Ayd
9 Pralhad Joshi 21-Mar-2013 8-Apr-2016 Шаблон:Ayd
(3) B. S. Yediyurappa 8-Apr-2016 20-Aug-2019 Шаблон:Ayd
10 Nalin Kumar Kateel 20-Aug-2019 10-Nov-2023 Шаблон:Ayd
11 B. Y. Vijayendra 10-Nov-2023 present Шаблон:Ayd

See also

References

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