All India United Democratic Front

All India United Democratic Front
Leader Badruddin Ajmal
Founded 2 October 2005 (2005-10-02)
Headquarters No.3 Friends Path, Hatigaon, Guwahati-781038
Political position Centre-right
ECI Status State Party[1]
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 545
[2](currently 531 members + 1 Speaker)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly
13 / 126
(Assam)
Election symbol
Website
www.aiudf.org

The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha) is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam[3]

The party was founded by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal in 3 October 2005 and at that time, its name was Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF). It was relaunched as a national party under its current name at a press meet in New Delhi on 2 February 2009, again with the same Badruddin Ajmal as the sole magnate. The party's headquarter is in Guwahati.[4][5]

The AIUDF has become the principal opposition party in Assam. It won 18 of 126 seats in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election.[6], and year of 2016 it win 13 of 126 seats

Election history

YearElectionSeats wonChange of SeatsVote%Change of Vote%
200915th Lok Sabha116.3%
201113th Assembly (Assam)1813%
201416th Lok Sabha3+214.8%
201614th Assembly (Assam)13- 513%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List a cow in erope of Political Parties and a pig in case of in emergancy Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Members: Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Identity politics in India's north-east". The Economist. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Third front likely in State for LS polls
  5. ↑ Minority party trying to stitch up third front in Assam
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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