Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam Explained
The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Assam (BJP; pronounced as /bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː/;), 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.
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.
List of Presidents
Electoral performance
Lok Sabha Election
Legislative Assembly Election
Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
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| | New | 6.55% | New | Opposition |
| | 6 | 10.41% | 3.86% |
| | 4 | 9.35% | 1.06% |
| | 2 | 11.98% | 2.63% |
| | 5 | 11.47% | 0.51% |
2016 | | 55 | 29.5% | 18.03% | Government |
| | | 33.21% | 3.70% | |
In local elections
Municipal corporation election results
Year | Municipal Corporation | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Percentage of votes | Vote swing |
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Assam |
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2013 | Guwahati | 60 | | 11 | | |
2022 | Guwahati | 60 | | 41[9] | 59.31% | | |
Autonomous District Council election
Leadership
Year | No | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Votes |
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2024 Indian general election | 1 | Pradan Baruah | | | | |
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2 | Bijuli Kalita Medhi | | Guwahati | |
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3 | Amarsing Tisso | | | |
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4 | Kripanath Mallah | | | |
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5 | Parimal Suklabaidya | | | |
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6 | Dilip Saikia | | Darrang | |
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7 | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa | | | |
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8 | Sarbananda Sonowal | | | |
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9 | Ranjit Dutta | | Sonitpur | |
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2019 Indian general electionRanjeet Kumar Dass,President | 1 | Kripanath Mallah | | | Karimganj | 4,73,046 |
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2 | Rajdeep Roy | | Silchar | 4,99,414 |
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3 | Horen Sing Bey | | Autonomous District | 3,81,316 |
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4 | Queen Oja | | Gauhati | 10,08,936 |
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5 | Dilip Saikia | | Mangaldoi | 7,35,469 |
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6 | Pallab Lochan Das | | Tezpur | 6,84,166 |
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7 | Topon Kumar Gogoi | | Jorhat | 5,43,288 |
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8 | Rameshwar Teli | | Dibrugarh | 6,59,583 |
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9 | Pradan Baruah | | Lakhimpur | 7,76,406 |
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2014 Indian general election | 1 | Ram Prasad Sharma | | Tezpur | |
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2 | Bijoya Chakravarty | | | |
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3 | Rajen Gohain | | | |
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4 | Sarbananda Sonowal | | | |
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By-election (4) | Pradan Baruah | | |
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5 | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa | | Jorhat | |
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6 | Ramen Deka | | | |
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7 | Rameswar Teli | | | |
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2009 Indian general election | 1 | Ramen Deka | | Mangaldoi | |
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2 | Rajen Gohain | | | |
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3 | Bijoya Chakravarty | | | |
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4 | Kabindra Purkayastha | | | |
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2004 Indian general electionIndramoni Bora,President | 1 | Rajen Gohain | | | |
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2 | Narayan Chandra Borkataky | | | |
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1999 Indian general election | 1 | Bijoya Chakravarty | | | |
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2 | Rajen Gohain | | | |
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1998 Indian general election | 1 | Kabindra Purkayastha | | Silchar | |
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1996 Indian general electionIndramoni Bora,President | 1 | Dwaraka Nath Das | | | |
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1991 Indian general electionPrabin Baruah,President | 1 | Kabindra Purkayastha | | Silchar | |
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2 | Dwaraka Nath Das | | | | |
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See also
References
Works cited
Notes and References
- Web site: Bharatiya Janata Party .
- https://assam.bjp.org/
- News: Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India . 17 March 2020 . live mint . 15 January 2008 . Pragya Singh .
- Book: Gupta, Sejuta Das. Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. 172–173. 978-1-108-41628-3. Cambridge University Press. 2019e.
- Web site: The journey from a rented house to a six-story building of BJP's largest party office in NE . 2024-08-01 . pragnews.com . en.
- Web site: 2021-09-23 . Assam BJP : সাতজনকৈ সভাপতি একেটা ফটো ফ্ৰেমত, বিজেপিৰ এখন সাঁচি থ'ব পৰা ফটো . 2024-08-01 . News18 হিন্দী . as.
- Web site: Desk . Sentinel Digital . 2022-12-28 . Assam BJP pays tribute to late Lakheswar Gohain on 100th birthday . 2024-08-01 . Sentinel Assam . en.
- Web site: 2013-07-25 . After the most bloodstained election campaign in Indian history, Congress(I) returns to power in Assam . 2024-08-01 . India Today . en.
- News: BJP Assam get boost after winning corporation election. Business Standard.
- Web site: 2024 Dima Hasao Autonomous Council election results. State Election Commission Assam. 12 January 2024.
- http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html Chief Ministers
- Web site: Statewise List. 164.100.47.5. 12 June 2016.