The All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), also referred to as the AJSU Party, is a state political party based in 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.
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.
Electoral history
Lok Sabha elections
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|- style="background:#00f;"
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Lok Sabha Term
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Indian<br />General Election
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Seats<br />contested
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Seats<br />won
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Votes Polled
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | % of<br /> votes
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Change in Seats
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | State (seats)
|-
| 14th Lok Sabha
| 2004
| 5
| 0
| 1,57,930
|
|
|rowspan =5|Jharkhand
|-
| 15th Lok Sabha
| 2009
| 6
| 0
| 2,00,523
|
|
|-
| 16th Lok Sabha
| 2014
| 9
| 0
| 4,81,667
|
|
|-
| 17th Lok Sabha
| 2019
| 1
| 1
| 648,277
|
|1
|-
|18th Lok Sabha
|2024
|1
|1
|447,896
|2.62%
|
|-
|}
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections
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|-
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Assembly
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Election
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Seats<br />contested
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Seats<br />won
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Votes Polled
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | % of<br /> votes
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Change in Seats
|-
| 2nd
| 2005
| 40
| 2
| 284,921
| 2.8
| New
|-
| 3rd
| 2009
| 54
| 5
| 526,231
| 5.12
| 3
|-
| 4th
| 2014
| 8
| 5
| 510,277
| 5.7
|
|-
| 5th
| 2019
| 53
| 2
| 1,219,535
| 8.10
| 3
|-
|6th
|2024
|10
|1
|632,186
|3.54
| 1
|}
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections
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|-
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Election
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Seats<br />contested
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Seats<br />won
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Votes Polled
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | % of<br /> votes
!Style="background-color:;color:white" | Change in Seats
|-
| 2011
| 1+4
| 0
| 18,220
| 0.04
| New
|-
| 2021
| 1
| 0
| 61,936
| 0.1
|
|-
|}
List of presidents
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! Style="background-color:; color:white" | President
! Style="background-color:; color:white" | Portrait
! Style="background-color:; color:white" colspan=3 |Term
|-
!1.
|Prabhakar Tirkey
|
|
|1989
|
|-
!2.
|Sudesh Mahto
|100px
|
|Incumbent
|
|-
|}
List of deputy chief ministers
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! Style="background-color:; color:white" | Portrait
! Style="background-color:; color:white" | Deputy Chief Minister
! Style="background-color:; color:white" |Constituency
! colspan="3" Style="background-color:; color:white" | Term
! Style="background-color:; color:white" |Assembly
! Style="background-color:; color:white" | Chief Minister
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|101x101px
|rowspan=2|Sudesh Mahto<br/><small>(born 1974)</small>
|rowspan=2|Silli
|
|
!
|rowspan=2|3rd
|Shibu Soren
|-
|
|
!
|Arjun Munda
|}
List of MPs
Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha
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! Style="background-color:; color:white" | Constituency
! Style="background-color:; color:white" |Term
|-
!Rowspan=2|1.
|Rowspan=2|70px
|Rowspan=3|Chandra Prakash Choudhary
|Rowspan=4|Giridih
|2019–2024
|-
|2024–Incumbent
|-
|}
See also
- List of political parties in India