Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu (BJP Tamil Nadu) (தமிழ்நாடு பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சி), 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.

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Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha election

<table><thead><tr><th>Election Year</th><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Seats contested</th><th>Seats won</th><th>Overall votes</th><th>(%) of votes</th><th>(+/-) in seats</th><th>Vote swing</th><th>Outcome</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Lok Sabha</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>8th</td><td>1</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>15,462</td><td>0.07%</td><td></td><td>new</td><td>Others</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>9th</td><td>3</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>76,511</td><td>0.29%</td><td></td><td>0.22</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>10th</td><td>15</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>4,06,869</td><td>1.65%</td><td></td><td>1.36</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>11th</td><td>37</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>7,95,797</td><td>2.93%</td><td></td><td>1.28</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>12th</td><td>5</td><td>3 / 39</td><td>17,57,645</td><td>6.86%</td><td>3</td><td>3.93</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>13th</td><td>6</td><td>4 / 39</td><td>17,57,645</td><td>7.14%</td><td>1</td><td>0.28</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>14th</td><td>6</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>14,55,899</td><td>5.07%</td><td>4</td><td>2.10</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>15th</td><td>18</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>17,57,645</td><td>2.30%</td><td></td><td>2.77</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>16th</td><td>9</td><td>1 / 39</td><td>22,23,566</td><td>5.56%</td><td>1</td><td>3.21</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>17th</td><td>5</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>15,51,924</td><td>3.62%</td><td>1</td><td>1.94</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>18th</td><td>23</td><td>0 / 39</td><td>48,80,954</td><td>11.24%</td><td></td><td>7.58</td><td>Government</td></tr></tbody></table>

Legislative Assembly election

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Seats contested</th><th>Seats won</th><th>+/-</th><th>Voteshare (%)</th><th>+/- (%)</th><th>Vote share/Seats contested</th><th>Outcome</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1980</td><td>10</td><td>0 / 234</td><td> –</td><td>0.07%</td><td>New</td><td>0.007</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>15</td><td>0 / 234</td><td> –</td><td>0.25%</td><td>0.18</td><td>0.016</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>30</td><td>0 / 234</td><td> –</td><td>0.35%</td><td>0.1</td><td>0.011</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>99</td><td>0 / 234</td><td> –</td><td>1.70%</td><td>1.35</td><td>0.017</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>143</td><td>1 / 234</td><td>1</td><td>1.81%</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.012</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>21</td><td>4 / 234</td><td>3</td><td>3.19%</td><td>1.38</td><td>0.151</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>225</td><td>0 / 234</td><td>4</td><td>2.02%</td><td>1.17</td><td>0.008</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>204</td><td>0 / 234</td><td> –</td><td>2.22%</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.010</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>188</td><td>0 / 234</td><td> –</td><td>2.84%</td><td>0.62</td><td>0.015</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>20</td><td>4 / 234</td><td>4</td><td>2.62%</td><td>0.22</td><td>0.131</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>27</td><td>TBA</td></tr></tbody></table>

Leadership

Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly

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

Vice presidents of the state unit

• 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

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

List of presidents

<table><thead><tr><th>S.No</th><th>Name</th><th>Tenure</th><th>Elected year</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>K. Narayan Rao (1929–2017)</td><td>1980 – 1983</td><td>1980</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>K. N. Lakshmanan (1930–2020)</td><td>1984 – 1989</td><td>1984</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>V. Vijayaraghavalu (unknown)</td><td>1990 – 1993</td><td>1990</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>N. S. Chandra Bose (1932–2010)</td><td>1993 – 1995</td><td>1993</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>(2)</td><td>K. N. Lakshmanan (1930–2020)</td><td>1996 – 2000</td><td>1996</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>S. P. Kirubanidhi (1927–2017)</td><td>6 May 2000 – 12 May 2003</td><td>2000</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>C. P. Radhakrishnan (b. 1957)</td><td>12 May 2003 – 22 September 2006</td><td>2003</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>La Ganesan (1945–2025)</td><td>22 September 2006 – 30 December 2009</td><td>2006</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Pon Radhakrishnan (b. 1952)</td><td>30 December 2009 – 27 May 2014</td><td>2009</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Tamilisai Soundararajan (b. 1961)</td><td>16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019</td><td>2014</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>L. Murugan (b. 1977)</td><td>11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021</td><td>2020</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>K. Annamalai (b. 1984)</td><td>8 July 2021 – 12 April 2025</td><td>2021</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Nainar Nagendran (b. 1960)</td><td>12 April 2025 – Incumbent</td><td>2025</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>