All India United Democratic Front

The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha) is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam.^[8] It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after BJP and INC.

All India United Democratic Front
Abbreviation	AIUDF
Leader	Badruddin Ajmal
General Secretary	Adv. Aminul Islam
Founded	2 October 2005 (19 years ago) (2005-10-02)
Headquarters	No.3 Friends Path, Hatigaon, Guwahati-781038
Ideology	Agrarianism[1] National Inclusiveness[2] Minority rights[3] Factions: Deobandi politics[4] Deobandi composite nationalism
Political position	Centre-right[5] to Right-wing[6]
ECI Status	State Party[7]
Alliance	UPA (2019–2021)
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly	15 / 126
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Website
www.aiudf.org
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The party was founded by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal on 3 October 2005 and at that time, its name was Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF). It was relaunched as a national party under its current name at a press meet in New Delhi on 2 February 2009, again with the Badruddin Ajmal as the party's leader. The party is headquartered in Guwahati.^[9][10]

The AIUDF is a key opposition party in Assam, which has the support of millions of Miya Bengali Muslims from Lower Assam and Barak Valley. It won 18 of 126 seats in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election;^[11] in 2016, it won 13 of 126 seats. In 2021, Assam Assembly Election, Congress and AIUDF formed grand alliance along with BPF and communist parties. The alliance fought against BJP led NDA. AIUDF increased its tally and won 16 of 126 seats in the 2021 Legislative assembly election of Assam.^[12] However, its alliance couldn't get enough to form a government.

Election Performance

Lok Sabha Elections

Year	Election	Seats won	Change of Seats	Vote%	Change of Vote%
2009	15th Lok Sabha	1 / 14	–	16.3%
2014	16th Lok Sabha	3 / 14	2	14.8%	2.5%
2019	17th Lok Sabha	1 / 14	2	7.8%	7%
2024	18th Lok Sabha	0 / 14	1	TDB	TDB

State Assembly Elections

Year	Election	Seats won	Change of Seats	Vote%	Change of Vote%
Assam Legislative Assembly
2006	12th Assembly	10 / 126
2011	13th Assembly	18 / 126	8	13%
2016	14th Assembly	13 / 126	5	13%
2021	15th Assembly	16 / 126	3	9.3%	4.3%

Leadership

All State Presidents, National Spokespersons & Important people of AIUDF.

Portrait	Name	Party Post	Legislature Post	Ref.
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal	Badruddin Ajmal	National President	Ex Member of Parliament Dhubri
	Adv. Aminul Islam	General Secretary	MLA Mankachar
		National Spokesperson

See also

• All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen
• List of political parties in India