The Bharatiya Janata Party – Assam (BJP - Assam) is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Assam. Its head office is situated at the 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan' Near Hengrabari L.P. School Hengrabari, Guwahati-781 036, Assam, India. The current president of BJP Assam is Dilip Saikia.
In 2016, BJP formed government at Assam state for the first time under the leadership of Sarbananda Sonowal. It is still a ruling party and had two Chief Ministers till date: Sarbananda Sonowal from 2016 to 2021 and Himanta Biswa Sarma from 2021–present.
Electoral performance Lok Sabha election YearSeats won+/-Outcome19912 19961 19981999120042009320142201922024
Legislative Assembly election Year Seats won+/-Voteshare(%)+/-(%)Outcome1991 6.55% 19966 10.41% 3.86%20014 9.35% 1.06% 2006211.98%2.63% 201110 11.47% 0.51% 201655 29.5% 18.03% 202133.21% 3.70% 20262237.81%4.6%
Leadership
Chief ministers #PortraitNameConstituency Term of officeChief Ministers from the Assam Assembly websiteAssembly 1 Sarbananda Sonowal Majuli 24 May 2016 10 May 2021 14th 2 Himanta Biswa Sarma Jalukbari 10 May 2021 Incumbent 15th
Presidents #PortraitName Term of office1Umanath Sarma198019833 years2Lakheswar Gohain198319852 years3Chakreswar Saikia198519872 years4Jogeswar Mahanta198719892 years5Prabin Baruah198919956 years6Indramoni Bora199519972 years7Narayan Chandra Borkataky8Rajen Gohain(6)Indramoni Bora19-Oct-200320063 years9Ramen Deka200620104 years10Ranjit Dutta201020122 years11Sarbananda Sonowal9-Nov-201216-Aug-201412Siddhartha Bhattacharya16-Aug-201421-Nov-201513Sarbananda Sonowal21-Nov-201516-Dec-201614Ranjeet Kumar Dass16-Dec-201626-Jun-202115Bhabesh Kalita26-Jun-202116-Jan-202516 Dilip Saikia16-Jan-2025present See also Asom Gana Parishad United People's Party Liberal Bodoland People's Front National Democratic Alliance North East Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party Meghalaya Democratic Alliance People's Democratic Alliance, Nagaland Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party – Madhya Pradesh State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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