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Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam

ভাৰতীয় জনতা পাৰ্টি, অসম

Abbreviation| BJP
Leader| Himanta Biswa Sarma
(Chief Minister of Assam)
President| Dilip Saikia
General Secretary| Panindranath Sarma[1]
Founder|

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Lal Krishna Advani[2]

Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
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]
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|

* 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

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

4 / 7

Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly|

64 / 126

Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
assam.bjp.org

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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 Dilip Saikia.

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

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### Convenor & Co-Convenor

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Nos.  | Post  | Name  |  | Term

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1. | Convenor | Lakheshwar Gohain | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Barhampur(1978-1983)  | 1980-1981
2. | Co-Convenor |  | 4 timesMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Silchar. Union Minister of State in Third Vajpayee ministry.  | 1980-1981

### List of Presidents

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No.  | Name  |  | Term

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1. | Colonel Umanath Sharma[10] |  |
2. | Lakheswar Gohain[11][12] | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Barhampur(1978-1983)  |
3. | Sakreshwar Saikia |  |
4. | Dr. Jogeshwar Mahanta[13] |  |
5. | Prabin Baruah | BJP Candidate in 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election from Sootea Assembly constituency.  |
6. | Indramoni Bora | Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha for 1 time from Assam.  |
7. | Narayan Chandra Borkataky | Member of Parliament for 1 time from Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency.  |
8. | Rajen Gohain | Union Minister of State for Railways in First Modi ministry.Member of Parliament for 4 times from Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency |
(6.) | Indramoni Bora | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for 1 time from Assam.  |
9. | Ramen Deka | Member of Parliament for 2 times from Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency.Governor of Chhattisgarh |
10. | Ranjit Dutta | Cabinet Minister in Sonowal ministry from 2016-2021 and Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Behali Assembly constituency and Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Sonitpur Lok Sabha constituency |
11. | Sarbananda Sonowal | Chief Minister of Assam from 2016-2021, Union Cabinet Minister in First Modi ministry & Second Modi ministry.Member of Parliament for 3 times from Dibrugarh & Lakhimpur.Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for 2 times from Majuli & Moran.Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
12. | Siddhartha Bhattacharya | Cabinet Minister of Assam in Sonowal ministry & MLA from  | 17 August 2014 – 21 November 2015
(11.) | Sarbananda Sonowal | Chief Minister of Assam from 2016-2021, Union Cabinet Minister in First Modi ministry & Second Modi ministry.Member of Parliament for 3 times from Dibrugarh & Lakhimpur.Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for 2 times from Majuli & Moran.Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | 21 November 2015 – 25 December 2016
13. | Ranjeet Kumar Dass | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Sorbhog(2011-2021) &Patacharkuchi(2021-2026).Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly & Cabinet Minister in Sarma ministry.  | 25 December 2016 – 26 June 2021
14. | Bhabesh Kalita | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Rangiya Assembly constituency(2016-2026).Minister of State in Sonowal ministry.  | 26 June 2021 – 17 January 2025
15. | Dilip Saikia[14] | Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Mangaldoi & Darrang–Udalguri Constituencies  | 17 January 2025

Incumbent

## Electoral performance

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### Lok Sabha Election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

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1991 |

2 / 14

|  - | Opposition
1996 |

1 / 14

| 1  | Government, later Opposition
1998 |

1 / 14

|  - | Government
1999 |

2 / 14

| 1
2004 |

2 / 14

|  - | Opposition
2009 |

5 / 14

| 3
2014 |

7 / 14

| 2  | Government
2019 |

9 / 14

| 2
2024 |

9 / 14

|  -

### Legislative Assembly Election

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Year | 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

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#### Municipal corporation election results

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Year  | Municipal Corporation  | Seats contested  | Seats won  | Change in seats  | Percentage of votes  | Vote swing

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Assam
2013  | Guwahati | 60  |

11 / 60

|  11  |  |
2022  | Guwahati | 60  |

52 / 60

| 41[15] | 59.31%  |

#### Autonomous District Council election

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Year  | 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

| 1  |  |  | Allied government with BPF
2020  | Bodoland | 26  |

9 / 40

|  8  |  |  | Allied government with UPPL
Haflong
2019  | North Cachar Hills | 28  |

19 / 28

|  |  |  | Government.
2024 | Dima Hasao | 28  |

25 / 28

|  6[16] |  |  | Government.
Diphu
2017  | Karbi Anglong | 26  |

24 / 26

|  |  |  | Government.
2022  | Karbi Anglong | 26  |

26 / 26

|  2  |  |  | 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

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### Chief ministers

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No.  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of office[17] | 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, 296 days  | 15th

### Lok Sabha members

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Year | No  | Name  | Portrait | Constituency  | Votes

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2024 Indian general election

| 1 | Pradan Baruah |  |  | Lakhimpur |
2 | Bijuli Kalita Medhi |  | Guwahati |
3  | Amarsing Tisso |  | Diphu |
4  | Kripanath Mallah |  | Karimganj |
5  | Parimal Suklabaidya |  | Silchar |
6  | Dilip Saikia |  | Darrang |
7  | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa |  | Kaziranga |
8  | Sarbananda Sonowal |  | Dibrugarh |
9  | Ranjit Dutta |  | Sonitpur |
2019 Indian general electionRanjeet Kumar Dass, President  | 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
2014 Indian general election

| 1 | Ram Prasad Sharma |  | Tezpur |
2 | Bijoya Chakravarty |  | Guwahati |
3 | Rajen Gohain |  | Nowgong |
4 | Sarbananda Sonowal |  | Lakhimpur |
By-election (4)  | Pradan Baruah |  |
5 | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa |  | Jorhat |
6 | Ramen Deka |  | Mangaldoi |
7 | Rameswar Teli |  | Dibrugarh |
2009 Indian general election | 1 | Ramen Deka |  | Mangaldoi |
2  | Rajen Gohain |  | Nowgong |
3  | Bijoya Chakravarty |  | Guwahati |
4  | Kabindra Purkayastha |  | Silchar |
2004 Indian general election

Indramoni Bora, President

| 1  | Rajen Gohain |  | Nowgong |
2  | Narayan Chandra Borkataky |  | Mangaldoi |
1999 Indian general election | 1  | Bijoya Chakravarty |  | Guwahati |
2  | Rajen Gohain |  | Nowgong |
1998 Indian general election | 1  | Kabindra Purkayastha |  | Silchar |
1996 Indian general election

Indramoni Bora, President

| 1  | Dwaraka Nath Das |  | Karimganj |
1991 Indian general election

Prabin Baruah, President

| 1  | Kabindra Purkayastha |  | Silchar |
2  | Dwaraka Nath Das |  | Karimganj |

### Rajya Sabha members

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No  | Name[18] | Portrait  | Party  | Date of
Appointment  | Date of
Retirement

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1\.  | Indramoni Bora |  |  |  | 2001  | 2007
2\.  | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa |  |  |  | 15-Jun-2019  | 9 June 2024
3\.  | Bhubaneswar Kalita |  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10-Apr-2020  | 09-Apr-2026
4\.  | Biswajit Daimary |  | 23 February 2021  | 2- May- 2021
5\.  | Sarbananda Sonowal |  | 6-Oct-2021  | 9 June 2024
6\.  | Pabitra Margherita |  | 2-Apr-2022  | 2-Apr-2028
7\.  | Rameswar Teli |  |  |  | 20 August 2024  | 09-Apr-2026
8\.  | Mission Ranjan Das |  |  |  | 20 August 2024  | 14-June-2025

## See also

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* 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

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## References

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### Works cited

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

*[lit.]: literal translation