Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam

Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam

ভাৰতীয় জনতা পাৰ্টি, অসম
Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam ভাৰতীয় জনতা পাৰ্টি, অসম
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Himanta Biswa Sarma; (Chief Minister of Assam)
President	Bhabesh Kalita
General Secretary	Panindranath Sarma[1]
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani[2];
Founded	6 April 1980
Split from	Janata Party
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977); Janata Party (1977–1980);
Headquarters	'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan' Near Hengrabari L.P. School Hengrabari, Guwahati - 781 036 Assam, India [3]
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	Integral humanism; Social conservatism; Economic nationalism; Hindu nationalism; Cultural nationalism; Big Tent; Majority:; Secularism[6][7]; Faction:; Ethnocentrism[8];
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National 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
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Assam (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] (listen); 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.

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 2016-2021 and Himanta Biswa Sarma from 2021–present.

History

Lok Sabha members

No	Name		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[9]		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

In General Election

In General Elections
Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Result
2019	Sarbananda Sonowal	9	2	Government
2014	Sarbananda Sonowal	7	2	Government
2009		5	3	Opposition
2004		2	2	Opposition
1999		2	1	Government
1998		1	1	Government
1996		1	1	Government, later Opposition
1991		2	2	Opposition
1989	Not contested			Opposition
1984	Not contested			Opposition

In State Election

Year	Election	Seats won	Change of Seats	Popular votes	Vote%	Change of Vote%	Result
1991	09th Assembly (Assam)	10 / 126	New	548,271	6.55%	New	Opposition
1996	10th Assembly (Assam)	4 / 126	6	946,236	10.41%	3.86%	Opposition
2001	11th Assembly (Assam)	8 / 126	4	995,004	9.35%	1.06%	Opposition
2006	12th Assembly (Assam)	10 / 126	2	1,581,925	11.98%	2.63%	Opposition
2011	13th Assembly (Assam)	5 / 126	5	1,584,895	11.47%	0.51%	Opposition
2016	14th Assembly (Assam)	60 / 126	55	4,992,185	29.5%	18.03%	Government
2021	15th Assembly (Assam)	60 / 126		6,384,538	33.21%	3.70%	Government

In local elections

Municipal corporation election results

Year	Municipal Corporation	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes
Assam
2022	Guwahati	60	52 / 60	41[10]	59.31%
2013	Guwahati	60	11 / 60	11

Autonomous District Council election

Year	Autonomous District Council	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Government
Bodoland
2020	Bodoland	26	9 / 40	8	Allied government with UPPL
2015	Bodoland	40	1 / 40	1	Allied government with BPF
Haflong
2019	North Cachar Hills	28	19 / 28		Government.
Diphu
2022	Karbi Anglong	26	26 / 26	2	Government.
2017	Karbi Anglong	26	24 / 26		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.

Legislative leaders

Chief ministers

No.[lower-alpha 1]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office[11]			Assembly	Party[lower-alpha 2]
14		Sarbananda Sonowal	Majuli	24 May 2016	10 May 2021	4 years, 351 days	14th (2016 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
15		Himanta Biswa Sarma	Jalukbari	10 May 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 0 days	15th (2021 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party

Notes

A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

References

"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.
"Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
"BJP Assam get boost after winning corporation election". Business Standard.
Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website

Works cited

"List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

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[11] A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

[13] This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[1] "Bharatiya Janata Party".

[:3001-2] "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[3] ttps://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.

[members-9] "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[10] "BJP Assam get boost after winning corporation election". Business Standard.

[:0-12] Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website