Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam

Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam
Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Himanta Biswa Sarma
President	Dilip Saikia
General Secretary	Pallab Lochan Das, Diplu Ranjan Sarma, Rituparna Barua, Anup Barman,
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani; Murli Manohar Joshi; Nanaji Deshmukh; K. R. Malkani; Sikandar Bakht; Vijay Kumar Malhotra; Vijaya Raje Scindia; Bhairon Singh Shekhawat; Shanta Kumar; Ram Jethmalani; Jagannathrao Joshi;
Founded	6 April 1980; (46 years ago)
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
Newspaper	Kamal Sandesh
Youth wing	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wing	BJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
Ideology	Hindutva; Assamese nationalism; National conservatism; Economic liberalism; Right-wing populism; Anti-immigration;
Political position	Far-right
Colours	Saffron
Slogan	Eight States. One Force.
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance; North East Democratic Alliance
Seats in Rajya Sabha	4 / 7
Seats in Lok Sabha	9 / 14
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly	82 / 126
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	assam.bjp.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam (BJP - Assam) 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.

AbbreviationBJP

LeaderHimanta Biswa Sarma

PresidentDilip Saikia

General SecretaryPallab Lochan Das, Diplu Ranjan Sarma, Rituparna Barua, Anup Barman,^[1]

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In 2016, BJP formed government at Assam state for the first time under the leadership of Sarbananda Sonowal. It is still a ruling party and had two Chief Ministers till date: Sarbananda Sonowal from 2016 to 2021 and Himanta Biswa Sarma from 2021–present.

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Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
1991	2 / 14	2	Opposition
1996	1 / 14	1	Government, later Opposition
1998	1 / 14		Government
1999	2 / 14	1	Government
2004	2 / 14		Opposition
2009	5 / 14	3	Opposition
2014	7 / 14	2	Government
2019	9 / 14	2	Government
2024	9 / 14		Government

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
1991	10 / 126		6.55%		Opposition
1996	4 / 126	6	10.41%	3.86%	Opposition
2001	8 / 126	4	9.35%	1.06%	Opposition
2006	10 / 126	2	11.98%	2.63%	Opposition
2011	0 / 126	10	11.47%	0.51%	Opposition
2016	60 / 126	55	29.5%	18.03%	Government
2021	60 / 126		33.21%	3.70%	Government
2026	82 / 126	22	37.81%	4.6%	Government

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[19]			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	5 years, 144 days	15th

#	Name	Term of office^[19]
1	Umanath Sarma	1980	1983	3 years
2	Lakheswar Gohain	1983	1985	2 years
3	Chakreswar Saikia	1985	1987	2 years
4	Jogeswar Mahanta	1987	1989	2 years
5	Prabin Baruah	1989	1995	6 years
6	Indramoni Bora	1995	1997	2 years
7	Narayan Chandra Borkataky
8	Rajen Gohain
(6)^[20]	Indramoni Bora	19-Oct-2003	2006	3 years
9	Ramen Deka	2006	2010	4 years
10	Ranjit Dutta	2010	2012	2 years
11^[21]	Sarbananda Sonowal	9-Nov-2012	16-Aug-2014	1 year, 280 days
12^[22]	Siddhartha Bhattacharya	16-Aug-2014	21-Nov-2015	1 year, 97 days
13^[23]	Sarbananda Sonowal	21-Nov-2015	16-Dec-2016	1 year, 25 days
14^[24]	Ranjeet Kumar Dass	16-Dec-2016	26-Jun-2021	4 years, 192 days
15^[25]	Bhabesh Kalita	26-Jun-2021	16-Jan-2025	3 years, 204 days
16^[26]	Dilip Saikia	16-Jan-2025	present	1 year, 258 days

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