Assam Jatiya Parishad

Not to be confused with Asom Gana Parishad.

Assam Jatiya Parishad
Abbreviation	AJP
President	Lurinjyoti Gogoi
Secretary	Jagadish Bhuyan
Founded	2020
Headquarters	H.No. 33, 1st Floor, Lamb Road, Guwahati - 781001
Ideology	Assamese nationalism [1] Regionalism [2] Anti-CAA [3]
Alliance	RD-AJP (Previously) Asom Sonmilito Morcha (Assam) I.N.D.I.A. (present)
Seats in  Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in  Assam Legislative Assembly	0 / 126
Seats in  Guwahati Corporation	1 / 60
Election symbol
Ship
Party flag
Website
assamjatiyaparishad.org
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Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) is a state Political Party in Assam, India. It is formed by two student organizations of Assam, All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) ^[4] in September 2020. Former All Assam Students Union General Secretary, Lurinjyoti Gogoi is the first president of Assam Jatiya Parishad. ^[5] Its party symbol is 'Ship', as allotted by Election Commission of India. ^[6]

Electoral performance

For 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election, AJP joined an alliance with Raijor Dal, an offshoot of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti. According to the seat-sharing agreement, AJP will contest on 82 seats, and Raijor Dal will contest on 29 seats of Assam. ^[7]

State Legislative Assembly Elections

Election Year	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Votes	Percentage of votes	Vote swing
Assam Legislative Assembly
2021	82	0			3.66%	+3.66%
Lok Sabha
2024	1	0		414,441

References

1. "In Assam, new regional party Assam Jatiya Parishad sets up new equations".
2. "Assam First Always and Forever". www.assamjatiyaparishad.org.
3. "AJP aims to revive anti-CAA stir in Assam, announces 10-day programme".
4. Utpal Parashar (14 September 2020). "Ahead of 2021 assembly polls, AASU-AJYCP tie-up to form Assam Jatiya Parishad". Hindustan Times .
5. Kangkan Kalita (17 December 2020). "Assam: AJP names Lurinjyoti Gogoi as president at Sivasagar". The Times of India .
6. "Election Body Allots Ship As Party Symbol To Assam Jatiya Parishad.Assam Jatiya Parishad has been formed on the call given by two experienced regional organizations of Assam, namely, All Assam Students' Union and Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad. For the present and future generations of Assam, a new progressive regionalist struggle has begun". India: Pratidin Times. 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
7. "Assam elections: AJP, Raijor Dal to fight as united regional front". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.