All Jharkhand Students Union

All Jharkhand Students Union
PresidentSudesh Mahto
FounderNirmal Mahto
Founded22 June 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-06-22)
HeadquartersHarmu Road Ranchi- 834001, Jharkhand[1]
IdeologyRegionalism
ECI StatusState Party[2]
AllianceNDA (2014–present) [3]
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
1 / 81
Election symbol
Banana
Party flag

All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU PARTY is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. AJSU PARTY was founded on 22 June 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.

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 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.[4]

Electoral Performance

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 Steady Jharkhand
15th Lok Sabha 2009 6 0 2,00,523 Steady
16th Lok Sabha 2014 9 0 4,81,667 Steady
17th Lok Sabha 2019 1 1 648,277 Increase1
18th Lok Sabha 2024 1 1 447,896 2.62% Steady

Vidhan Sabha 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 Increase 5
3rd Jharkhand Assembly 2009 54 5 526,231 5.12 Increase 3
4th Jharkhand Assembly 2014 8 5 510,277 5.7 Steady
5th Jharkhand Assembly 2019 53 2 1,219,535 8.10 Decrease 3
6th Jharkhand Assembly 2024 10 1 632,186 3.54 Decrease 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "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)
  2. ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ^ "झारखंड: रामगढ़ उपचुनाव में Nda का प्रत्याशी घोषित, जानिए किस नाम पर लगी मुहर".
  4. ^ "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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