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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
|party_name        = Asom Gana Parishad
|abbreviation      = AGP
|colorcode         = {{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|president         = [[Atul Bora]]
|secretary         = [[Ramendra Narayan Kalita]]
|founder           = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] <br /> [[Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]] <br /> [[Biraj Kumar Sarma]]
|leader            = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|foundation        = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1985|10|14}}
|alliance          = [[North-East Democratic Alliance|NEDA]] (2016&ndash;2019, 2019&ndash;present)<br />[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (2016&ndash;2019, 2019&ndash;present) 
|loksabha_seats    = {{Composition bar|1|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|rajyasabha_seats  = {{Composition bar|1|245|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|state_seats_name = [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats       = {{Composition bar|9|126|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|eci               = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
|ideology          = [[Assamese nationalism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://joner.in/pdf/ISSUE_V/Dipak%20sarma.pdf|title=Negotiating Factionalism: The case of the Asom Gana Parishad|publisher=Dipak Kumar Sarma|author=Dipak Kumar Sarma}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theclarion.in/index.php/clarion/article/view/13/13|title=Different Paradigm on Factional Politics: Reference to Asom Gana Parishad|publisher=Centre for Environment, Education and Economic Development (CEEED), Assam|author=Dipak Kumar Sarma – ''Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam''|date=February 2012}}</ref><br>[[Right-wing populism]]{{cn|date=September 2025}}
|position          = [[Right-wing]]{{cn|date=September 2025}}
|headquarters      = AGP Complex, Gopinath Bordoloi Road, [[Ambari]], [[Guwahati]] - 781001
|publication       = 
|youth             = [[Asom Yuva Parishad]]
|students          = Asom Chatra Parishad
|women             = Asom Mahila Parishad
|peasants          = Asom Krishak Parishad
|symbol            =[[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|100px]]<br />Elephant
|flag= 
|website=https://agpofficial.in}}

'''Asom Gana Parishad''' ([[translation]]: ''Assam People's Council'', {{small|abbr.}} '''AGP''') is a [[political party]] in the state of [[Assam]], [[India]]. The AGP was formed following the historic [[Assam Accord]] of 1985<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baruah |first=Sanjib |date=November 1986 |title=Immigration, Ethnic Conflict, and Political Turmoil--Assam, 1979-1985 |journal=Asian Survey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644315 |volume=26 |issue=11 |pages=1184–1206|doi=10.2307/2644315 |jstor=2644315 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and formally launched at the [[Golaghat Convention]] held from 13 to 14 October 1985 in [[Golaghat]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19851115-birth-of-agp-leads-to-assam-being-divided-into-two-irreconcilable-camps-802167-2014-01-17|title=Birth of AGP leads to Assam being divided into two irreconcilable camps|newspaper=[[India Today]]|author=Indranil Banerjie|date=17 January 2014}}</ref> which also allowed [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], the youngest chief minister of the state, to be elected. The AGP has formed government twice since then, once in 1985  and again in 1996. The popularity of AGP surged in the late 1980s but declined in the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Assam in the late 1980s and gives an analysis of the rise and decline of AGP in the 2000s.|url=https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/5864/5743}}</ref> After a 20-year gap, AGP, in alliance with [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]], won a [[Lok Sabha]] seat in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024: With rise and fall of regional parties, Assam sees shift in politics prior to '26 Assembly polls|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/lok-sabha-elections-2024-with-rise-and-fall-of-regional-parties-assam-sees-shift-in-politics-prior-to-26-assembly-polls-3057310}}</ref>

The party split in 2005, with former Chief Minister Prafulla  Mahanta forming the [[Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive)]], but regrouped on 14 October 2008 in Golaghat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1081015/jsp/guwahati/story_9969896.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401212845/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1081015/jsp/guwahati/story_9969896.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2018|title=AGP unification amid scepticism – Sections still unsure about party fortunes|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|author=Samir K. Purkayastha|date=15 October 2008}}</ref>

It won 14 seats out of 126 in the 2016 Legislative Assembly Elections, coming to power after a long gap. It  was a partner in a coalition with the [[Bodoland People's Front]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A reversal of fortunes for AGP, BJP since poll debut in 1985|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/assam-polls-a-reversal-of-fortunes-for-agp-bjp-since-poll-debut-in-1985/story-u6SJWF5Ljec059My1XgETP.html}}</ref>

Currently it is a part of [[North-East Regional Political Front]] consisting of political parties of the northeast that has supported the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)]]. As of 2021, the party is likely to form an alliance with BJP in coming assembly elections as well.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Bikash|title=Asom Gana Parishad to contest assembly polls in alliance with BJP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/asom-gana-parishad-to-contest-assembly-polls-in-alliance-with-bjp/articleshow/79648467.cms|access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref>
[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb|AGP leaders from left to right namely [[Brindaban Goswami]],[[Ramendra Narayan Kalita]],[[Keshab Mahanta]],[[Birendra Prasad Baishya]] etc.]]

==History==
AGP was a result of a six-year-long civil unrest in Assam, known as The [[Assam Agitation]], led by [[All Assam Students' Union]],<ref>[http://www.agpassam.org/history.html Official Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409213125/http://www.agpassam.org/history.html |date=9 April 2009 }}</ref> Due to illegal infiltration of foreigners from Bangladesh into the state [[Assam]] citizens had raised concerns about illegal infiltration of migrants from neighboring [[Bangladesh]] ([[East Pakistan]] until 1972), as they feared that it is altering the demographic, social and economic make-up of the state.

In 1979, [[All Assam Students' Union|AASU]] led what started as a nonviolent campaign to highlight illegal immigration into the state, but later descended into violence. The AASU, joined by the [[Asom Gana Sangram Parishad|AGSP]]  demanded detection and disenfranchisement of all illegal migrants in the state, and deportation of all immigrants entering the country from 1951 on under the laws of the land. One of the most serious outcomes of the ethnic violence that ensued came to be known as the [[Nellie massacre]] when anti-immigrant groups attacked and killed at least 2,000 Muslim, Bengali immigrants.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sonowal |first=Kalyan |title=Nellie Massacre 1983 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2017 |url=https://jstor.org/stable/26906198 |volume=78 |pages=1186–1192|jstor=26906198 }}</ref> The agitation lasted from 1979 to 1985, and caused tension and hostility during the assembly Election in 1983.

AASU then constituted the [[All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad]] (AAGSP) which consisted of representatives of various organizations including the [[Asom Sahitya Sabha]], two regional political parties – Asom Jatiyabadi Dal and Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad, the Sadau Asom Karmachari Parishad, Asom Jatiyabadi Yuva-Chatra Parishad, Asom Yuvak Samaj, All Assam Central and semi-Central Employees’ Association etc.

Several rounds of discussions with successive governments in [[New Delhi]]. The accord was signed between the government, represented by prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]], and representatives of the AASU.

The State Assembly was then dissolved and the Congress government headed by [[Hiteswar Saikia]], who came to power in February 1983, was dismissed.

The [[Golaghat Convention|Golaghat National Convention]], held in [[Golaghat]] on 13–14 October 1985 determined that a regional political party similar to Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) should be formed and the Asom Gana Parishad was launched in [[Golaghat]] on 14 October 1985.

The central executive committee of the [[All Assam Students’ Union]] (AASU) had been dissolved at a convention in [[North Lakhimpur]] in September, and [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], the president of the AASU, was elected the president of the presidium of the new political party. [[Asom Jatiyabadi Dal]] and the [[Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad]] also merged with AGP. Members from other organizations joined the party.

The AGP contested the State Assembly elections held in December 1985 and swept the polls by winning 67 of the 126 seatsin addition to capturing seven of the 14 Lok Sabha (Parliament) seats thus forming the Government of Assam. The party won the election and formed a government again in 1996.

Party leader [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] served as the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] for two terms, first from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001. Asom Gana Parishad was a part of the [[National Front (India)|National Front]] government from December 1989 to November 1990.

AGP [[Member of Parliament]] [[Dinesh Goswami]] was the Union Minister of Law and Justice in the [[V. P. Singh Ministry]]. The party also took part in the [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]] governments headed by [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]. Party leaders [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]] and [[Muhi Ram Saikia]] took office as Union Minister of Steel and Mines and the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development respectively in the United Front governments.

The party began losing ground in the 2010s; from 67 seats in the assembly in 1985 and 59 in 1996, the AGP's strength in the assembly came down to 14 seats in 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2021 |title=How BJP has reduced AGP, leading party of Assamese aspiration, into a crumbling hanger-on |url=https://theprint.in/politics/bjps-tail-agp-seems-set-to-split-once-again-with-prafulla-mahanta-shown-the-door/617126 |website=The Print}}</ref> Once a formidable force, it has been sidelined by the [[Bodoland People's Front]] and the [[AIUDF]] of [[Badruddin Ajmal]]. Currently, the party has only 9 [[M.L.A]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Assam]].AGP was criticised by AASU for supporting CAA in 2019.<ref name=":0" />

==Internal splits and mergers==
The AGP in March 1991 underwent a split when party general secretary and former [[Assam]] Home Minister [[Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]], former Union Law Minister and MP [[Dinesh Goswami]], former state Education Minister [[Brindaban Goswami]], [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] speaker [[Pulakesh Barua]] and others formed the [[Natun Asom Gana Parishad]] (''natun'' means ''new'' in [[Assamese language|Assamese]]). This fraction came back to the party fold in 1992.

In 2000, former Assam [[Public Works Department|PWD]] minister and senior party leader [[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]] (Senior) moved away along with [[Pulakesh Barua]] and formed [[Trinamool Gana Parishad]].

After the second AGP Government's reign under [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] came to an end and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] regained power, numerous allegations were raised against him related to the corruption during his tenure, government's involvement in secret killings, and Mahanta's overall inactive leadership. These led to his demotion from being President of the party and later he was expelled from the party on 3 July 2005 after being accused of anti-party activities. Mahanta then formed his own party, [[Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive)]].

In 2008, a process started to reconcile the differences among all the breakaway fractions and to bring back everybody under the mother party umbrella to strengthen the regional party movement in [[Assam]]. Finally, on 14 October 2008, all breakaway groups reconciled in one umbrella at the historic town Golaghat. [[Prafulla Mahanta]] merged his AGP(P) with it. [[Atul Bora]] and [[Pulakesh Barua]] merged their TGP with the AGP and farmer leader and former legislator of Patacharkuchi, [[Pabindra Deka]] too merged the [[Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad]] (PLP) with it.

==Splits from AGP==
In 2011, firebrand youth leader [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] resigned from all executive posts within AGP and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], due to dissatisfaction with and amongst the senior leadership of the party who were trying to forge an alliance with a party that was against the scrapping of the controversial IMDT Act. "The AGP was born out of the illegal foreigners' issue after the six-year-long [[Assam Movement|Assam agitation]]; 855 people laid down their lives in the agitation. However, the party has failed to honor the sacrifice of the martyrs by deviating from its principles. But I have no grievances against the dedicated grassroots-level workers. Since the AGP has failed to tackle the illegal migrants' problem, I've joined the BJP keeping in mind the interest of the people of [[Assam]] and the fact that I'll be able to highlight the problems and issues of the state at the national level," Sonowal, the former AGP general secretary, said.

On 8 February 2011, Sonowal joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the presence of the then BJP National President [[Nitin Gadkari]] and senior leaders like [[Varun Gandhi]], [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]], [[Bijoya Chakravarty]] and state [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] president [[Ranjit Dutta]]. He was immediately appointed a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] National Executive and then later on State Spokesperson of the state [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] unit, prior to his current assignment to head the state as the new president.

Again on 3 July 2013, senior party leader [[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]] once again left the party and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].
== Electoral performance ==
===Assam Legislative Assembly===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Seats
!Votes
!Vote Percentage 
|-
|[[1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|19|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|New
|17.93%
|-
|[[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|59|126|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{increase}} 40
|29.70%
|-
|[[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|{{Composition bar|20|126|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Decrease}}39
|20.02%
|-
|[[2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|{{Composition bar|24|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|20.39%
|-
|[[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|{{Composition bar|10|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{decrease}}14
|16.29%
|-
|[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|{{Composition bar|14|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{increase}}4
|8.1%
|-
|[[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|{{Composition bar|9|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{decrease}}5
|7.91%
|}

===Loksabha===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Seats
!Votes
!Vote Percentage 
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|8|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|As Independent Candidates
|
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
!colspan="3"| Election not held
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|1|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,489,898
|0.54
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|5|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|2,560,506
|0.76
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,064,977
|0.29
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,182,061
|0.32
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|2|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|2,069,600
|0.53
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|1|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,773,103
|0.43
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|577,730
|0.10
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,480,697
|0.24
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|1|543|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,298,707
|0.20
|-
|}

==2016-present==
In May 2016, after the Bharatiya Janata Party '''(BJP''') led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] which included parties like Asom Gana Parishad and [[Bodoland People's Front]] formed its first government in [[Assam]], and formed a new alliance called the [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] (NEDA) with [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] as its convener. The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of [[Sikkim]] and [[Nagaland]] also belong to this alliance. Thus, the Asom Gana Parishad joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] led NEDA.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 May 2016 |title=Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMs, forms alliance |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

In November 2016, [[Atul Bora]] was elected for President of Asom Gana Parishad second time amending party's constitution ‘one man one post’ as he is also minister of Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary in [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] Ministry.<ref>[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2816/at052 Atul Bora AGP president for second term]</ref>

In January 2019, they broke an alliance with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on the issue of [[Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016|Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019]] but in March 2019 the party returned to [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] for the Lok Sabha election. As per the agreement, AGP contested on 3 seats, [[Bodoland People's Front]] at one and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on ten seats.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/agp-bjp-join-hands-two-months-after-separation-722964.html BJP, AGP back together after 2-month divorce]</ref><ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/agp-to-fight-lok-sabha-polls-with-bjp-in-assam/articleshow/68388940.cms AGP to fight Lok Sabha polls with BJP in Assam]</ref>

==Leadership==
'''List of presidents''' 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Term
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
|-
|-
|1
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|[[File:The_former_Chief_Minister_of_Assam,_Shri_Prafulla_Kumar_Mahanta_calling_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Culture_and_Tourism_(Independent_Charge),_Dr._Mahesh_Sharma,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_20,_2017_(cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|
|[[Nowgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nowgong]]
|-
|3.
|[[Thaneswar Boro]]
|
|
|[[Rangiya Assembly constituency|Rangiya]] 
|-
|2.
|[[Brindaban Goswami]]
|[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb]]
|September, 2001 – 21 September 2008
|[[Tezpur Assembly constituency|Tezpur]] 
|-
|4.
|[[Chandra Mohan Patowary]]
|[[File:Nitin Gadkari, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, the Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri P. Radhakrishnan, the Transport Minister, Assam.jpg|thumb|Chandra Mohan Parowary in left corner with P. Radhakrishnan.]]
|21 September 2008 – 14 May 2011
|[[Dharmapur Assembly constituency|Dharmapur]] 
|-
|(1)
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|[[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|14 May 2011-15 July 2014
|[[Barhampur Assembly constituency|Barhampur]] 
|-
|5.
|[[Atul Bora]]
|[[File:Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, UDD and Town & Country Planning, Assam, Shri Atul Bora calling on the Union Home Minister (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|15 July- Incumbent 
|[[Bokakhat Assembly constituency|Bokakhat]] 
|}
'''List of Working Presidents''' 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
|-
|-
|1
|[[Bhrigu Phukan]]
|
|-
|3.
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|
|}
'''List of Chief Ministers''' 
{| class="wikitable sortable"; style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=2 scope=col| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan=2|Name
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Ministries
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan=3 | Term of office<ref>[http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html Chief Ministers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116091830/http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html |date=16 January 2014 }} from the [http://assamassembly.nic.in/ Assam Assembly] website</ref>
|-
! From
! To
! Days in office
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1
| rowspan="2" | [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[First Mahanta ministry]]
| [[Nowgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nowgong]]
| 24 December 1985
| 28 November 1990
| {{Age in years and days|1985|12|24|1990|11|28}}
|-
|[[Second Mahanta ministry]]
| [[Barhampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barhampur]]
| 15 May 1996
| 17 May 2001
| {{Age in years and days|1996|5|15|2001|5|17}}
|}
'''List of Leaders of Opposition''' 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Portrait & Term
|-
|-
|1
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|[[File:The_former_Chief_Minister_of_Assam,_Shri_Prafulla_Kumar_Mahanta_calling_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Culture_and_Tourism_(Independent_Charge),_Dr._Mahesh_Sharma,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_20,_2017_(cropped).jpg|100x100px]]4 September 2010 - 14 July 2014
|-
|2.
|[[Brindaban Goswami]]
|[[File:M._Venkaiah_Naidu_with_a_delegation_of_Ministers_and_MLAs_of_Asom_Gana_Parishad_led_by_the_Minister_of_Agriculture,_Horticulture_&_Food_Processing,_Animal_Husbandry_&_Veterinary,_UDD_and_T&CP,_Assam,_Shri_Atul_Bora.jpg|thumb]]
|-
|3
|[[Chandra Mohan Patowary]]
|[[File:Nitin Gadkari, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, the Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri P. Radhakrishnan, the Transport Minister, Assam.jpg|thumb|5 September 2007 – 5 September 2010]]
|}

== Members in Rajya Sabha ==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |[[Rajya Sabha]] members AGP
|-
!Name
!Portrait
!State
!Appointment date
!Retirement date
|-
|[[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
|[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb|B.P. Baishya in between [[Keshab Mahanta]] and [[Atul Bora]]]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Assam]]
|
|
|-
|[[Kumar Deepak Das]]
|[[File:Mohd. Hamid Ansari releasing a book entitled “An Ardent Patriot – Dinesh Goswami”, edited by Shri Kumar Dipak Das, (MP), in New Delhi. The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj, Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo.jpg|thumb|Kumar Deepak Das in the left corner.]]
|
|
|-
|[[Parag Chaliha]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|-
|[[Joyasree Goswami Mahanta]]
|[[File:Joyasree Goswami Mahanta.jpg|thumb]]
|
|
|-
|[[Bhadreswar Buragohain]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|-
|[[David Ledger]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|-
|[[Bijoya Chakravarty]]
|[[File:Bijoya Chakravarty in August 2015.jpg|thumb]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Arun Kumar Sarmah]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nagen Saikia]]
|[[File:Nagen Saikia.jpg|thumb]]
|
|
|
|}
* [[Birendra Prasad Baishya|Baishya]]
* [[Bhadreswar Buragohain|Buragohain]]
* [[Bijoya Chakravarty|Chakravarty]]
* [[Parag Chaliha|Chaliha]]
* [[Kumar Deepak Das|Das]]
* [[David Ledger|Ledger]]
* [[Jayashree Goswami Mahanta|Mahanta]]
* [[Nagen Saikia|Saikia]]
*

== Members in Lok Sabha ==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |[[Lok Sabha]] members from AGP
|-
!Name
!Portrait
!Term
!Constituency
!State
|-
|[[Parag Chaliha]]
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|1985-1989
|[[Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency|Jorhat]] 
| rowspan="14" |[[Assam]]
|-
|[[Dinesh Goswami]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency|Guwahati]] 
|-
|[[Gakul Saikia]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency|Lakhimpur]] 
|-
|[[Muhi Ram Saikia]]
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|1984-1989, 1991-1996, 1996-1998
|[[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]] 
|-
|[[Prabin Chandra Sarma]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1996-1998
|[[Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency|Guwahati]] 
|-
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|[[File:Keshab Mahanta (cropped).JPG|thumb]]
|1996-1998
|[[Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency|Kaliabor]] 
|-
|[[Arun Kumar Sarmah]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|[[Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency|Lakhimpur]] 
|-
|[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
|[[File:Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.jpg|thumb]]
|2004-2009
|[[Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency|Dibrugarh]]
|-
|[[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
|[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb|fourth from left side,in middle between [[Keshab Mahanta]] and [[Atul Bora]].]]
|1996-1998
|[[Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency|Mangaldoi]] 
|-
|[[Joseph Toppo]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|2009-2014
|[[Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency|Tezpur]] 
|-
|Ataur Rahman
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency|Barpeta]]
|-
|[[Bhadreswar Tanti]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency|Kaliabor]]
|-
|Saifuddin Ahmed
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency|Mangaldoi]] 
|-
|[[Phani Bhusan Choudhury]]
|[[File:Phani Bhusan Choudhury.jpg|thumb]]
|2024-incumbent
|[[Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency|Barpeta]] 
|}
*
* [[Gakul Saikia|Saikia]]
* [[Muhi Ram Saikia|Saikia]]
* Tanti<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=https://loksabha.nic.in/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=4&lsno=8|access-date=2021-01-18|website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref>
* [[Keshab Mahanta|Mahanta]]
* [[Arun Kumar Sarmah|Sarmah]]
* [[Birendra Prasad Baishya|Baishya]]
* [[Sarbananda Sonowal|Sonowal]]
* [[Joseph Toppo|Toppo]]
== State ministers ==
=== Ministers under [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |List of AGP Ministers in [[Sonowal ministry]](5-December-2016-
|-
!Nos.
!'''Portrait''' 
!Ministers
!CM
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cabinet Minister'''
| rowspan="4" |[[File:Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.jpg|thumb|[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]]]
|-
|'''1.'''
|[[File:Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, UDD and Town & Country Planning, Assam, Shri Atul Bora calling on the Union Home Minister (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|[[Atul Bora]]
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[File:Keshab Mahanta (cropped).JPG|thumb]]
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|-
|'''3.'''
|[[File:Phani Bhusan Choudhury.jpg|thumb]]
|[[Phani Bhusan Choudhury]]
|}
=== Ministers under [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |List of AGP Ministers in [[Sarma ministry]](5-December-2016-
|-
!Nos.
!'''Portrait'''
!Ministers
!CM
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cabinet Minister'''
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Himanta Biswa Sarma (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|-
|'''1.'''
|[[File:Minister_for_Agriculture,_Horticulture_and_Food_Processing,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Veterinary,_UDD_and_Town_&_Country_Planning,_Assam,_Shri_Atul_Bora_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister_(cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|[[Atul Bora]]
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[File:Keshab_Mahanta_(cropped).JPG|thumb]]
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Golaghat Convention]]
*[[Natun Asom Gana Parishad]]
*[[Assamese Language Movement]]
*[[Nellie Massacre]]
*[[National Register of Citizens for Assam]].
* [[List of political parties in India]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Indian political parties}}
{{National Democratic Alliance |state=collapsed}}
{{North-East Democratic Alliance}}

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