Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam

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
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderHimanta Biswa Sarma
(Chief Minister of Assam)
PresidentBhabesh Kalita
General SecretaryPanindranath Sarma[1]
Founder
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan' Near Hengrabari L.P. School Hengrabari, Guwahati - 781 036 Assam, India [3]
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[4]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[5]
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
9 / 14
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
4 / 7
(as of 2022)
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly
63 / 126
(as of 2022)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
assam.bjp.org

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

Lok Sabha Election
Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1991
2 / 14
  – Opposition
1996
1 / 14
 Decrease1 Government, later Opposition
1998
1 / 14
  – Government
1999
2 / 14
 Increase1
2004
2 / 14
  – Opposition
2009
5 / 14
 Increase3
2014
7 / 14
 Increase2 Government
2019
9 / 14
 Increase2

Legislative Assembly Election
YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
1991
10 / 126
New6.55%NewOpposition
1996
4 / 126
Decrease 610.41%Increase 3.86%
2001
8 / 126
Increase 49.35%Decrease 1.06%
2006
10 / 126
Increase 211.98%Increase 2.63%
2011
5 / 126
Decrease 511.47%Decrease 0.51%
2016
60 / 126
Increase 5529.5%Increase 18.03%Government
2021
60 / 126
Steady33.21%Increase 3.70%

Municipal corporation election results
Year Municipal Corporation Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing
Assam
2013 Guwahati 60
11 / 60
 Increase 11
2022 Guwahati 60
52 / 60
 Increase41[9] 59.31%

Autonomous District Council election
Year Autonomous District Council Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Government
Bodoland
2015 Bodoland 40
1 / 40
 Increase1 Allied government with BPF
2020 Bodoland 26
9 / 40
 Increase 8 Allied government with UPPL
Haflong
2019 North Cachar Hills 28
19 / 28
 Government.
Diphu
2017 Karbi Anglong 26
24 / 26
 Government.
2022 Karbi Anglong 26
26 / 26
 Increase 2 Government.
Haflong
2019 North Cachar Hills 28
19 / 28
 Government.
Morigaon
2020 Tiwa
33 / 36
 Government with AGP.
Dhemaji
2019 Mising
5 / 34
 Government with Sammilita Gana Shakti.
Dudhnoi
2019 Rabha Hasong
34 / 36
 BJP+RHJMC Government.
Dibrugarh
2019 Sonowal Kachari
20 / 26
 Government.
Titabar
2022 Thengal Kachari
14 / 22
 Government with AGP.
Narayanpur
2022 Deori
11 / 22
 Government with AGP.

Leadership

Chief ministers
No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[10] Assembly
1 Sarbananda Sonowal Majuli 24 May 2016 10 May 2021 4 years, 351 days 14th
2 Himanta Biswa Sarma Jalukbari 10 May 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 164 days 15th

Lok Sabha members
No Name Constituency Votes
1 Kripanath Mallah Karimganj 4,73,046
2 Rajdeep Roy Silchar 4,99,414
3 Horen Sing Bey Autonomous District 3,81,316
4 Queen Oja Gauhati 10,08,936
5 Dilip Saikia Mangaldoi 7,35,469
6 Pallab Lochan Das Tezpur 6,84,166
7 Topon Kumar Gogoi Jorhat 5,43,288
8 Rameshwar Teli Dibrugarh 6,59,583
9 Pradan Baruah Lakhimpur 7,76,406

Rajya Sabha members
No Name[11] Party Alliance Date of
Appointment		 Date of
Retirement
1 Bhubaneswar Kalita Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance(6)
(BJP (4) and UPPL (1) and AGP (1)).		 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

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Bharatiya Janata Party".
    2. "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
    3. https://assam.bjp.org/
    4. Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
    5. 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.
    6. "BJP's Secular Model – Evident Along Country's Overall Progress; Asserts National Minority Secretary". 20 April 2022.
    7. "Congress a 'sickular' Party, not secular: BJP".
    8. "Candidates who know local language will have edge for govt. jobs". 2 December 2022.
    9. "BJP Assam get boost after winning corporation election". Business Standard.
    10. Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website
    11. "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

    Works cited
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