Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam, 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.

Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam ভাৰতীয় জনতা পাৰ্টি – অসম
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Himanta Biswa Sarma (Chief Minister of Assam)
President	Dilip Saikia Vice President - Pulok Gohain, Parimal Suklabaidya, Tapan Kumar Gogoi, Rekarani Das Boro, Aparajita Bhuyan
General Secretary	Pallab Lochan Das, Diplu Ranjan Sarma, Rituparna Barua, Anup Barman, [1]
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lal Krishna Advani[2]
Founded	6 April 1980 (45 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	Hindutva[6] Assamese nationalism[7] National conservatism[8] Economic liberalism[9] Right-wing populism[10] Anti-immigration[6]
Political position	Far-right[11]
Colours	Saffron
Slogan	Eight States. One Force.[12]
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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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

Convenor & Co-Convenor

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

List of Presidents

No.	Name		Term
1.	Colonel Umanath Sharma[13]
2.	Lakheswar Gohain[14][15]	Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Barhampur(1978-1983)
3.	Sakreshwar Saikia
4.	Dr. Jogeshwar Mahanta[16]
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 to 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 to 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 to 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[17]	Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Mangaldoi & Darrang–Udalguri Constituencies	17 January 2025 Incumbent

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
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

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
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

Municipal corporation election results

Year	Municipal Corporation	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing
Assam
2013	Guwahati	60	11 / 60	11
2022	Guwahati	60	52 / 60	41[18]	59.31%

Autonomous District Council election

Year	Autonomous District Council	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Government
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[19]			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

No.	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office[20]
1	President	Dilip Saikia	Darrang-Udalguri	17 January 2025	Incumbent	4 years, 351 days
2	Assembly Legislative Leader	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Jalukbari	10 May 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 85 days
3	General Secretary (Org.) - Ravindra Raju General Secretary - Pallab Lochan Das, Diplu Ranjan Sarma, Rituparna Barua, Anup Barman

Chief ministers

No.	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office[21]			Assembly
1		Sarbananda Sonowal	Majuli	24 May 2016	10 May 2021	4 years, 351 days	14th
2		Himanta Biswa Sarma	Jalukbari	10 May 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 85 days	15th

Lok Sabha members

Year	No	Name	Portrait	Constituency		Votes
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

No	Name[22]	Portrait	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
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 Incumbent
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 Incumbent
7.	Rameswar Teli				20 August 2024	09-Apr-2026 Incumbent
8.	Mission Ranjan Das				20 August 2024	14-June-2025
9.	Kanad Purkayastha				19 June 2025	Incumbent

See also

• 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

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