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All Jharkhand Students Union | |
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| President | Sudesh Mahto |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Chandra Prakash Choudhary |
| Founder | Nirmal Mahato, Surya Singh Besra |
| Founded | 22 June 1986 (39 years ago) (1986-06-22) |
| Headquarters | Harmu RoadRanchi- 834001,Jharkhand[1] |
| Ideology | Regionalism |
| ECI Status | State Party[2] |
| Alliance | NDA (2014–present)[3] |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
| Seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | 1 / 81 |
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| Party flag | |
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TheAll Jharkhand Students Union orAJSU Party is a state political party ofJharkhand,India. The party was founded on 22 June 1986, modelled after theAll Assam Students Union. The AJSU was the brain child ofNirmal Mahto. It was conceived from the struggles of theJharkhand separate statehood movement and portrayed a more pragmatic and aggressive approach than its predecessors – theJMM andJharkhand Party.[4]
Founding members of the AJSU includeNirmal Mahato,Surya Singh Besra, Prabhakar Tirkey, Deosharan Bhagat,Kamal Kishore Bhagat, Praveen Prabhakar, among others.
AJSU organized general strikes and campaigns to boycott theLok 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 ofSudesh Mahto, a former deputy Chief Minister of the state.
In the2004 Lok Sabha elections, AJSU was allied with theBharatiya Janata Party. Ahead of theJharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2005, AJSU broke with the BJP-ledNDA and formed an alliance withLok Janshakti Party.
Ahead of the2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, AJSU again allied with the BJP-ledNDA.[4] As results announced, AJSU won five seats while BJP won 37 seats in the state assembly securing the majority. AJSU party presidentSudesh Mahto lost from his constituency Silli after representing it for nearly 15 years.[5]
| Lok Sabha Term | Indian General Election | Seats contested | Seats won | Votes Polled | % of votes | Change in Seats | State (seats) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | 5 | 0 | 1,57,930 |  | 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% | |
| Vidhan Sabha Term | Jharkhand General Election | Seats contested | Seats won | Votes Polled | % of votes | Change in Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Jharkhand Assembly | 2005 | 40 | 2 | 284,921 | 2.8 | New |
| 3rd Jharkhand Assembly | 2009 | 54 | 5 | 526,231 | 5.12 | 3 |
| 4th Jharkhand Assembly | 2014 | 8 | 5 | 510,277 | 5.7 | |
| 5th Jharkhand Assembly | 2019 | 53 | 2 | 1,219,535 | 8.10 |  3 |
| 6th Jharkhand Assembly | 2024 | 10 | 1 | 632,186 | 3.54 | 1 |
| Sl. | President | Portrait | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prabhakar Tirkey | 22 June 1986 | 1989 | 2 years, 194 days | |
| 2. | Sudesh Mahto |  | 2007 | Incumbent | 18 years, 329 days |
| Sl. | Portrait | Deputy Chief Minister | Constituency | Term | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Sudesh Mahto (born 1974) | Silli | 30 December 2009 | 31 May 2010 | 152 days | 3rd | Shibu Soren |
| 11 September 2010 | 18 January 2013 | 2 years, 129 days | Arjun Munda | |||||
| Sl. | image. | MPs | Constituency | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | Giridih | 2019–2024 |
| 2024–Incumbent |
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