Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Indian political party 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.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Founding members of AJSU include - Nirmal Mahato, Surya Singh Besra, Prabhakar Tirkey, Kamal Kishore Bhagat, Praveen Prabhakar, among others.

HistoryEdit

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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Electoral historyEdit

Lok Sabha electionsEdit

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General Election
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contested
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won
Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Votes Polled Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | % of
votes
Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Change in Seats Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | State (seats)
14th Lok Sabha 2004 5 0 1,57,930 Template:Steady Jharkhand
15th Lok Sabha 2009 6 0 2,00,523 Template:Steady
16th Lok Sabha 2014 9 0 4,81,667 Template:Steady
17th Lok Sabha 2019 1 1 648,277 Template:Increase1
18th Lok Sabha 2024 1 1 447,896 2.62% Template:Steady

Legislative Assembly electionsEdit

Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Vidhan Sabha Term Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Jharkhand
General Election
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contested
Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats
won
Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Votes Polled Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | % of
votes
Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Change in Seats
2nd Jharkhand Assembly 2005 40 2 284,921 2.8 Template:Increase New
3rd Jharkhand Assembly 2009 54 5 526,231 5.12 Template:Increase 3
4th Jharkhand Assembly 2014 8 5 510,277 5.7 Template:Steady
5th Jharkhand Assembly 2019 53 2 1,219,535 8.10 Template:Decrease 3
6th Jharkhand Assembly 2024 10 1 632,186 3.54 Template:Decrease 1

List of presidentsEdit

Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Sl. Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | President Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Portrait Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" colspan=3 |Term
1. Prabhakar Tirkey Template:Dts 1989 Template:Age in years and days
2. Sudesh Mahto File:Sudesh Kumar Mahto 9117.JPG Template:Dts Incumbent Template:Age in years and days

List of deputy chief ministersEdit

Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Sl. Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Portrait Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Deputy Chief Minister Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" |Constituency colspan="3" Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Term Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" |Assembly Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Chief Minister
1 File:Sudesh Kumar Mahto 9117.JPG Sudesh Mahto
(born 1974)
Silli Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Age in years and days 3rd Shibu Soren
Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Age in years and days Arjun Munda

List of MPsEdit

Members of Parliament, Lok SabhaEdit

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1. Chandra Prakash Choudhary Giridih 2019–2024
2024–Incumbent

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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