All Jharkhand Students Union

All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU Party is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. The party was founded on 22 June 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. AJSU was born out jharkhand separate statehood movement and portrayed a more pragmatic, aggressive and decisive approach than its predecessors, like– JMM and Jharkhand Party.^[4]

All Jharkhand Students Union
President	Sudesh Mahto
Lok Sabha Leader	Chandra Prakash Choudhary
Founder	Nirmal Mahato, Surya Singh Besra
Founded	22 June 1986 (39 years ago) (1986-06-22)
Headquarters	Harmu Road Ranchi- 834001, Jharkhand[1]
Ideology	Regionalism
ECI Status	State Party[2]
Alliance	NDA (2014–present) [3]
Seats in Lok Sabha	1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly	1 / 81
Election symbol
Party flag
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Founding members of AJSU include Nirmal Mahato, Surya Singh Besra, Prabhakar Tirkey, Deosharan Bhagat, Kamal Kishore Bhagat, Praveen Prabhakar, among others.

History

AJSU organized general strikes and campaigns to boycott the Lok Sabha elections in 1989. The formation of Jharkhand State is accredited to its organised and persistent demand for statehood. Today, AJSU contests elections under the leadership of Sudesh Mahto, a former deputy Chief Minister of the state.

In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, AJSU was allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ahead of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2005, AJSU broke with the BJP-led NDA and formed an alliance with Lok Janshakti Party.

Ahead of the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, AJSU again allied with the BJP-led NDA.^[4] As results announced, AJSU won five seats while BJP won 37 seats in the state assembly securing the majority. AJSU party president Sudesh Mahto lost from his constituency Silli after representing it for nearly 15 years.^[5]

Electoral history

Lok Sabha elections

Lok Sabha Term	Indian General Election	Seats contested	Seats won	Votes Polled	% of votes	Change in Seats	State (seats)
14th Lok Sabha	2004	5	0	1,57,930			Jharkhand
15th Lok Sabha	2009	6	0	2,00,523
16th Lok Sabha	2014	9	0	4,81,667
17th Lok Sabha	2019	1	1	648,277		1
18th Lok Sabha	2024	1	1	447,896	2.62%

Legislative Assembly elections

Vidhan Sabha Term	Jharkhand General Election	Seats contested	Seats won	Votes Polled	% of votes	Change in Seats
2nd Jharkhand Assembly	2005	40	2	284,921	2.8	New
3rd Jharkhand Assembly	2009	54	5	526,231	5.12	3
4th Jharkhand Assembly	2014	8	5	510,277	5.7
5th Jharkhand Assembly	2019	53	2	1,219,535	8.10	3
6th Jharkhand Assembly	2024	10	1	632,186	3.54	1

List of presidents

Sl.	President	Portrait	Term
1.	Prabhakar Tirkey		22 June 1986	1989	2 years, 194 days
2.	Sudesh Mahto		2007	Incumbent	18 years, 215 days

List of deputy chief ministers

Sl.	Portrait	Deputy Chief Minister	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Sudesh Mahto (born 1974)	Silli	30 December 2009	31 May 2010	152 days	3rd	Shibu Soren
				11 September 2010	18 January 2013	2 years, 129 days		Arjun Munda

List of MPs

Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Sl.	image.	MPs	Constituency	Term
1.		Chandra Prakash Choudhary	Giridih	2019–2024
				2024–Incumbent

See also

• List of political parties in India