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Ambedkarite Party of India
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The Ambedkarite Party of India is a political party in India based on the ideas of B. R. Ambedkar. The API was founded on April 14, 2013, and has its headquarters in Nagpur.[1] Vijay Mankar is the national president.[1]
The API fielded 34 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election, who together received 185,095 votes (0.03% of the nationwide vote).[2] It contested 5 seats in the 2016 Kerala Assembly election[3] and one in the 2017 Goa Assembly election.[4] The party participates in alliances such as the Purogami Lokshahi Aghadi for the 2017 Nashik municipal elections.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ambedkarite Party of India. Press Release Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, July 2, 2014.
- ^ Partywise performance and List of Party participated, Election Commission of India.
- ^ Kerala Assembly Elections - Results Summary—2016.
- ^ Srividhya Iyer, "Goa Election Results 2017 on Aaj Tak", India.com, March 12, 2017.
- ^ Tushar Pawar, TNN, "Alliance led by ex-cop to contest 77 seats", Times of India, February 3, 2017.
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