Bharatiya Janata Party(bjp)

The Bharatiya Janata Party 

abbreviated BJP) is one of the two major parties in the Indian political system, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in parliament and in the various state assemblies. It has been accused of being a communal party because of its involvement in Demolition of Babri Masjid and large scale massacre of Muslims in 2002 Gujarat violence.

The Bharatiya Janata Party designates its official ideology and central philosophy to be "integral humanism", based upon a 1965 book byDeendayal Upadhyaya. The party is labelled as "Hindu nationalist",^[13] and advocates social conservatism, self-reliance as outlined by theSwadeshi movement, and a foreign policy centred on key nationalist principles. The party's platform is generally considered to be on the right-wingof the Indian political spectrum.

The BJP led the national government along with a coalition of parties of the NDA from 1998 to 2004, with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister, thus making it the first non-Congress government to last a full term in office. Since its election defeat in the 2004 general elections, the BJP has been the principal opposition party in parliament.

Year	General Election	Seats Won	Change in Seat	% of votes	votes swing
Indian general election, 1980	7th Lok Sabha	12	12	8.75%	8.75
Indian general election, 1984	8th Lok Sabha	2	10	7.74%	1.01
Indian general election, 1989	9th Lok Sabha	85	83	11.36	3.62
Indian general election, 1991	10th Lok Sabha	120	37	20.11	8.75
Indian general election, 1996	11th Lok Sabha	161	41	20.29	0.18
Indian general election, 1998	12th Lok Sabha	183	21	25.59%	5.30
Indian general election, 1999	13th Lok Sabha	189	6	23.75	1.84
Indian general election, 2004	14th Lok Sabha	144	45	22.16%	1.69
Indian general election, 2009	15th Lok Sabha	116	22	18.80%	3.36