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All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU PARTY is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. AJSU PARTY was founded on June 22, 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. The founders of AJSU were disillusioned with the previous political parties of Jharkhand and wanted more militant agitations.
All Jharkhand Students Union | |
|---|---|
| President | Sudesh Mahto |
| Founder | Nirmal Mahto |
| Founded | 22 June 1986 |
| Headquarters | Harmu Road Ranchi- 834001, Jharkhand[1] |
| ECI Status | State Party[2] |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance (2014–Present) Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543
|
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245
|
| Seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | 2 / 81
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| Election symbol | |
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| Party flag | |
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AJSU organized general strikes and a campaign to boycott the Lok Sabha elections in 1989. By 1990 however, AJSU had taken a more pragmatic line and had candidates for the Bihar state assembly election on the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha symbol. Today, AJSU contests elections under its own name.
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.[citation needed] As results announced, AJSU won 5 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.[3]
Electoral Performance
Lok Sabha Elections
| Lok Sabha Term | Indian General Election |
Seats contested |
Seats won |
Votes Polled | % of votes |
% of votes in seats contested |
State (seats) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | 5 | 0 | 1,57,930 | Jharkhand | ||
| 15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | 6 | 0 | 2,00,523 | Jharkhand | ||
| 16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | 9 | 0 | 4,81,667 | Jharkhand | ||
| 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | 1 | 1 | Jharkhand |
Vidhan Sabha Elections
| Vidhan Sabha Term | Jharkhand General Election |
Seats contested |
Seats won |
Votes Polled | % of votes |
% of votes in seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Vidhan Sabha | 2005 | 40 | 2 | 2,84,921 | 2.8 | 5 |
| 2nd Vidhan Sabha | 2009 | 54 | 5 | 5,26,231 | 5.12 | 7.55 |
| 3rd Vidhan Sabha | 2014 | 8 | 5 | 5,10,277 | 5.7 | 37.06 |
| 4th Vidhan Sabha | 2019 | 53 | 2 | 12,19,535 | 8.10 | 12.03 |
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Jharkhand elections: Sudesh Mahto loses from Silli - IBNLive". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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