Bharatiya Janata Party – Kerala

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Kerala (BJP Kerala), also known as BJP Keralam (ബിജെപി കേരളം), is the Kerala state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a major national political party in India. It is linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist (Hindutva) and a militant volunteer organisation, which is the largest non-governmental organisation in India, and part of the Sangh Parivar, as is the national party. While BJP has held significant power at the national level, its influence in Kerala has historically been limited, given the dominance of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and on the other side, the United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance particularly the Indian National Congress.

Despite this, the party has steadily built a base in urban pockets through active participation in socio-political movements and national support since the premiership of Narendra Modi in form of media dominance, corporate funding and organisational expansion. Historically a minor player in Kerala's electoral politics, BJP won its first assembly constituency in 2016 by winning in Nemom and Suresh Gopi became the first BJP MP elected from Kerala in 2024. BJP Kerala is headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram and is currently led by Rajeev Chandrasekhar. It currently holds 1 seat in the Lok Sabha but no seats in the Rajya Sabha from the state, since it does not have any seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

The party won its first ever MLA from Kerala in 2016 when party veteran O. Rajagopal defeated V. Sivankutty of the CPI(M) in Nemom. However, the party lost the Nemom seat in the 2021 election by a narrow margin. The party won its first-ever Lok Sabha MP from the state in 2024 when actor-turned politician Suresh Gopi defeated V. S. Sunil Kumar of the CPI(M) in Thrissur by a margin of 74,686 votes, marking a significant event for the party in Kerala that has historically been dominated by the Communist-led LDF and Congress-led UDF.So many politicians from LDF and UDF has merged to BJP nowadays.Palode Santhosh (former LDF district convenor) and other senior politicians from LDF & UDF has merged on BJP in July 2,2023.