The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Assam (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Assam. Its head office is situated at the 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan' Near Hengrabari L.P. School Hengrabari, Guwahati-781 036, Assam, India. The current president of BJP Assam is Bhabesh Kalita.
Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam ভাৰতীয় জনতা পাৰ্টি, অসম | |
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Abbreviation | BJP |
Leader | Himanta Biswa Sarma (Chief Minister of Assam) |
President | Bhabesh Kalita |
General Secretary | Panindranath Sarma[1] |
Founder | |
Founded | 6 April 1980 |
Split from | Janata Party |
Preceded by |
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Headquarters | 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan' Near Hengrabari L.P. School Hengrabari, Guwahati - 781 036 Assam, India [3] |
Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4] |
Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[5] |
Ideology | |
Colours | Saffron |
Alliance | National Democratic Alliance North East Democratic Alliance |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 9 / 14
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Seats in Rajya Sabha | 4 / 7
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Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly | 61 / 126
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Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
assam | |
In 2016 BJP formed Government at Assam state for the first time under leadership of Sarbananda Sonowal from there it is still a ruling party at Assam and had 2 Chief Ministers till date Sarbananda Sonowal from 2016 to 2021 and Himanta Biswa Sarma from 2021–present.
Electoral performance
editLok Sabha Election
editYear | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
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1991 | 2 / 14
|
– | Opposition |
1996 | 1 / 14
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1 | Government, later Opposition |
1998 | 1 / 14
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– | Government |
1999 | 2 / 14
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1 | |
2004 | 2 / 14
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– | Opposition |
2009 | 5 / 14
|
3 | |
2014 | 7 / 14
|
2 | Government |
2019 | 9 / 14
|
2 | |
2024 | 9 / 14
|
– |
Legislative Assembly Election
editYear | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
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1991 | 10 / 126 |
New | 6.55% | New | Opposition |
1996 | 4 / 126 |
6 | 10.41% | 3.86% | |
2001 | 8 / 126 |
4 | 9.35% | 1.06% | |
2006 | 10 / 126 |
2 | 11.98% | 2.63% | |
2011 | 5 / 126 |
5 | 11.47% | 0.51% | |
2016 | 60 / 126 |
55 | 29.5% | 18.03% | Government |
2021 | 60 / 126 |
33.21% | 3.70% |
In local elections
editMunicipal corporation election results
editYear | Municipal Corporation | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Percentage of votes | Vote swing |
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Assam | ||||||
2013 | Guwahati | 60 | 11 / 60
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11 | ||
2022 | Guwahati | 60 | 52 / 60
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41[10] | 59.31% |
Autonomous District Council election
editYear | Autonomous District Council | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Percentage of votes | Vote swing | Government |
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Bodoland | |||||||
2015 | Bodoland | 40 | 1 / 40
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1 | Allied government with BPF | ||
2020 | Bodoland | 26 | 9 / 40
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8 | Allied government with UPPL | ||
Haflong | |||||||
2019 | North Cachar Hills | 28 | 19 / 28
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Government. | |||
2024 | Dima Hasao | 28 | 25 / 28
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6[11] | Government. | ||
Diphu | |||||||
2017 | Karbi Anglong | 26 | 24 / 26
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Government. | |||
2022 | Karbi Anglong | 26 | 26 / 26
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2 | Government. | ||
Morigaon | |||||||
2020 | Tiwa | 33 / 36
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Government with AGP. | ||||
Dhemaji | |||||||
2019 | Mising | 5 / 34
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Government with Sammilita Gana Shakti. | ||||
Dudhnoi | |||||||
2019 | Rabha Hasong | 34 / 36
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BJP+RHJMC Government. | ||||
Dibrugarh | |||||||
2019 | Sonowal Kachari | 20 / 26
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Government. | ||||
Titabar | |||||||
2022 | Thengal Kachari | 14 / 22
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Government with AGP. | ||||
Narayanpur | |||||||
2022 | Deori | 11 / 22
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Government with AGP. |
Leadership
editState Presidents(1980 till date)
No. | Portrait | Name | Position | Term of office[12] | ||
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Rajen Gohain | Union Minister of State for Railways in First Modi ministry.Member of Parliament for 4 times from Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency | |||||
Narayan Chandra Borkataky | Member of Parliament for 1 time from Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency. | |||||
Indramoni Bora | Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha for 1 time from Assam. | 2003 | ||||
Prabin Baruah[13] | 1992 | |||||
Ramen Deka | Member of Parliament for 2 times from Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency. | 2010 | ||||
Ranjit Dutta | Cabinet Minister in Sonowal ministry from 2016-2021 and Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Behali Assembly constituency | 2010 | 2012 | |||
Sarbananda Sonowal | Chief Minister of Assam from 2016-2021,Union Cabinet Minister in First Modi ministry & Second Modi ministry.Member of Parliament for 2 times from Dibrugarh & Lakhimpur.Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for 2 times from Majuli & Moran.Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | 2012 | 2014 | |||
Siddhartha Bhattacharya | Cabinet Minister of Assam in Sonowal ministry & MLA from | 17 August 2014 | 21 November 2015 | |||
Sarbananda Sonowal | Majuli | 21 November 2015 | 25 December 2016 | |||
Ranjeet Kumar Dass | Sorbhog | 25 December 2016 | 26 June 2021 | |||
Bhabesh Kalita | Rangiya | Incumbent |
No. | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office[14] | Assembly | ||
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1 | Sarbananda Sonowal | Majuli | 24 May 2016 | 10 May 2021 | 4 years, 351 days | 14th | |
2 | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Jalukbari | 10 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 67 days | 15th |
No | Name[15] | Party | Alliance | Date of Appointment |
Date of Retirement | |
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1 | Bhubaneswar Kalita | Bharatiya Janata Party | National Democratic Alliance | 10-Apr-2020 | 09-Apr-2026 | |
2 | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa | 15-Jun-2019 | 14-Jun-2025 | |||
3 | Sarbananda Sonowal | 6-Oct-2021 | 09-Apr-2026 | |||
4 | Pabitra Margherita | 2-Apr-2022 | 2-Apr-2028 | |||
5 | Biswajit Daimary | 23 February 2021 | 2- May- 2021 | |||
6 | Indramoni Bora | 2001 | 2007 |
See also
edit- Asom Gana Parishad
- United People's Party Liberal
- Bodoland People's Front
- National Democratic Alliance
- North East Democratic Alliance
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Meghalaya Democratic Alliance
- United Democratic Alliance, Nagaland
- Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
- Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
- Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
- State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bharatiya Janata Party".
- ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ https://assam.bjp.org/
- ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3.
- ^ "BJP's Secular Model – Evident Along Country's Overall Progress; Asserts National Minority Secretary". 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Congress a 'sickular' Party, not secular: BJP".
- ^ "Candidates who know local language will have edge for govt. jobs". 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Neda: Going from strength to strength".
- ^ "BJP Assam get boost after winning corporation election". Business Standard.
- ^ "2024 Dima Hasao Autonomous Council election results". State Election Commission Assam. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website
- ^ "Former Assam BJP president dead in Guwahati". Hindustan Times. 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website
- ^ "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
Works cited
edit- "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.