Gondwana Ganatantra Party

Gondvana Gantantra Party
Abbreviation GGP
Founded 1991
Headquarters Village Tiverth, Teh. Kutghora, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh
Colours      Violet
ECI Status Registered Unrecognized Party[1]
National convener Dada Hira Singh Markam
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 545
[2](currently 531 members + 1 Speaker)
Seats in Rajya Sabha 0
Election symbol
Saw

Gondvana Gantantra Party or GGP is a state party in India, headed by Hira Singh Markam. It primarily works for the tribal community and its politics.

History

GGP was formed in 1991 to plead for the rights of the Gondi people, and to establish a separate Indian state of Gondwana in central India.

In Elections

In the Vidhan Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh 2002 GGP had eight candidates, who together mustered 11 262 votes.

In Vidhan Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh 2003 GGP had launched 61 candidates, who together mustered 512 102 votes. Three were elected.

In the Vidhan Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh 2003 GGP had 41 candidates, but no-one was elected. In total the party received 156 916 votes.

In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections the party presented candidates from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Recent Developments

The Gondwana Ganatantra Party is vying for a pre-poll alliance with the Indian National Congress for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2018.[3]

Gondwana Ganatantra Party on Facebook

References

  1. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 13.04.2018" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Members: Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Vikrant, Kumar; Tiwari, Ajit (4 Jun 2018). "After SP-BSP, INC ready to make alliance with GGP in MP" (in Hindi). New Delhi: Aaj Tak. Archived from the original on 24 Jul 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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