All Jharkhand Students Union
Template:Short description Template:Pp-extended Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Indian political party The All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU Party is a state political party of Jharkhand, India. The party was founded on 22 June 1986, modelled after the All Assam Students Union. The AJSU was the brain child of Nirmal Mahto. It was conceived from the struggles of the Jharkhand separate statehood movement and portrayed a more pragmatic and aggressive approach than its predecessors – the JMM and Jharkhand Party.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Founding members of the AJSU include Nirmal Mahato, Surya Singh Besra, Prabhakar Tirkey, Deosharan Bhagat, Kamal Kishore Bhagat, Praveen Prabhakar, among others.
History
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 history
Lok Sabha elections
| Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Lok Sabha Term | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Indian General Election |
Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats 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 | 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 elections
| Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Vidhan Sabha Term | Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Jharkhand General Election |
Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats 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 presidents
| 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 | 
|
Template:Dts | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days |
List of deputy chief ministers
| 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 |
|
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 MPs
Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Sl. | Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | image. | Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | MPs | Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" | Constituency | Style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white" |Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 
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Chandra Prakash Choudhary | Giridih | 2019–2024 |
| 2024–Incumbent |
See also
References
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