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|founder          = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] <br /> [[Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]] <br /> [[Biraj Kumar Sarma]]
|founder          = [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] <br /> [[Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]] <br /> [[Biraj Kumar Sarma]]
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|alliance          = [[North-East Democratic Alliance]](2016-Present)<br />[[National Democratic Alliance]](2016-2019),(2019-Present)  
|alliance          = [[North-East Democratic Alliance|NEDA]] (2016&ndash;2019, 2019&ndash;present)<br />[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (2016&ndash;2019, 2019&ndash;present)  
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|eci              = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
|ideology          = [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br> Anti-Assamese Racism
|ideology          = [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br/>[[Ethnic nationalism]]
|position          = [[Center-right]]
|position          = {{Nowrap|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]}}
|headquarters      = AGP Complex, Gopinath Bordoloi Road, [[Ambari]], [[Guwahati]] - 781001
|headquarters      = AGP Complex, Gopinath Bordoloi Road, [[Ambari]], [[Guwahati]] - 781001
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|youth            = [[Asom Yuva Parishad]]
|youth            = [[Jitu Borgohain]]
|students          = Asom Chatra Parishad
|students          = [[Tridip Bora]]
|women            = Asom Mahila Parishad
|women            = [[Manoshi S. Bhagowati]]
|peasants          = Asom Krishak Parishad
|peasants          = [[Sunil Deka]]
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'''Asom Gana Parishad''' ([[translation]]: ''Assam People's Council'', {{small|abbr.}} '''AGP''') is a state [[political party]] in [[Assam]], [[India]]. The AGP was formed after the historic [[Assam Accord]] of 1985 and formally launched at the [[Golaghat Convention]] held from 13–14 October 1985 in [[Golaghat]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19851115-birth-of-agp-leads-to-assam-being-divided-into-two-irreconcilable-camps-802167-2014-01-17|title=Birth of AGP leads to Assam being divided into two irreconcilable camps|newspaper=[[India Today]]|author=Indranil Banerjie|date=17 January 2014}}</ref> that let [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] to be elected as the youngest chief minister of the state. The AGP has formed government twice from 1985 to 1989 and from 1996 to 2001.
'''Asom Gana Parishad''' ([[translation]]: ''Assam People's Council'', {{small|abbr.}} '''AGP''') is a [[political party]] in the state of [[Assam]], [[India]]. The AGP formed the government after the [[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1985]] and [[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1996]] legislative assembly elections. Party leader, [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], twice served as the [[Chief Minister of Assam]], from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001.


The party split in 2005, with former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta forming the [[Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive)]], but regrouped on 14 October 2008 in Golaghat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1081015/jsp/guwahati/story_9969896.jsp|title=AGP unification amid scepticism – Sections still unsure about party fortunes|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|author=Samir K. Purkayastha|date=15 October 2008}}</ref>
The AGP was formed following the [[Assam Accord]] and the [[Golaghat Convention]]  in 1985.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baruah |first=Sanjib |date=November 1986 |title=Immigration, Ethnic Conflict, and Political Turmoil--Assam, 1979-1985 |journal=Asian Survey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644315 |volume=26 |issue=11 |pages=1184–1206|doi=10.2307/2644315 |jstor=2644315 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19851115-birth-of-agp-leads-to-assam-being-divided-into-two-irreconcilable-camps-802167-2014-01-17|title=Birth of AGP leads to Assam being divided into two irreconcilable camps|newspaper=[[India Today]]|author=Indranil Banerjie|date=17 January 2014}}</ref> The AGP split in 1991, with former Home Minister, [[Bhrigu Phukan|Brighu Kumar Phukan]], forming the [[Natun Asom Gana Parishad]]. The party reunited before the 1996 elections. The AGP split once again in 2005, with former Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, forming the [[Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive)|Asom Gana Parishad Pragatishel]]. The AGP reunited in October 2008 at Golaghat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1081015/jsp/guwahati/story_9969896.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401212845/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1081015/jsp/guwahati/story_9969896.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2018|title=AGP unification amid scepticism – Sections still unsure about party fortunes|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|author=Samir K. Purkayastha|date=15 October 2008}}</ref>


The party won 14 seats out of 126 in the 2016 Legislative Assembly Elections; a historic win for the party. Further, it shares power with the [[Bodoland People's Front]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].
The AGP was a member of the [[National Democratic Alliance]] that won the [[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2016]] and [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]] Assam legislative assembly elections. At the federal level, the AGP was a member of the [[National Front (India)|National Front]] from 1989 to 1990 and the [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]] from 1996 to 1998. Since 1998, the AGP has often joined and supported the National Democratic Alliance.
 
Currently it is a part of [[North-East Regional Political Front]] consisting of political parties of the northeast which has supported the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)]]. The party will form an alliance with BJP in coming assembly elections as well.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Bikash|title=Asom Gana Parishad to contest assembly polls in alliance with BJP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/asom-gana-parishad-to-contest-assembly-polls-in-alliance-with-bjp/articleshow/79648467.cms|access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
AGP was a result of a six-year-long [[Assam Agitation]] against illegal infiltration of foreigners from [[Bangladesh]] into [[Assam]], led by [[All Assam Students' Union]].<ref>[http://www.agpassam.org/history.html Official Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409213125/http://www.agpassam.org/history.html |date=9 April 2009 }}</ref> For years, people of [[Assam]] have been complaining against infiltration of illegal migrants from neighboring [[Bangladesh]] ([[East Pakistan]] till 1972), as they feared that it is altering the demographic, social and economic make-up of the state.
The [[Assam Movement]], also known as the '''Anti-Foreigners Agitation''', was a movement, from 1979 to 1985, that demanded the [[Government of India]] detect, disenfranchise and deport foreign-born inhabitants without citizenship. Led by the [[All Assam Students Union]] (AASU), the movement defined a six-year period of sustained [[civil disobedience]] campaigns, political instability and ethnic violence. The movement ended in 1985 with the [[Assam Accord]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Implementation of Assam Accord|url=https://assamaccord.assam.gov.in/information-services/martyrs-of-assam-agitation|website=assamaccord.assam.gov.in}}</ref>
 
In 1979, AASU started a violent movement demanding detection of all illegal migrants in the state, deletion of their names from the country's electoral rolls, and deportation of all of them under the laws of the land. For instance, the [[Nellie massacre]] remains as one of the most barbaric incidents of independent India. This movement continued for years, and the Assembly Election was held in 1983 in this hostile environment.  
 
AASU then constituted the [[All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad]] (AAGSP) which consisted of representatives of various organizations including the [[Asom Sahitya Sabha]], two regional political parties – Asom Jatiyabadi Dal and Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad, the Sadau Asom Karmachari Parishad, Asom Jatiyabadi Yuva-Chatra Parishad, Asom Yuvak Samaj, All Assam Central and semi-Central Employees’ Association etc.
 
Several rounds of discussions with successive governments in [[New Delhi]] led to the signing of the [[Assam Accord]] on 15 August 1985 between the AASU and the government, with the prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] standing witness to it.


Following this, the State Assembly was dissolved and the Congress government headed by [[Hiteswar Saikia]], which came to power in February 1983, was dismissed.
In 1985, the Assam Legislative Assembly was dissolved and the Congress government headed by [[Hiteswar Saikia]], which came to power in [[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1983]], was dismissed by the [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. The [[Golaghat Convention|Golaghat National Convention]] of Assam Movement activists, held in [[Golaghat]] on 13–14 October 1985, formally established the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to contest the [[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1985]] elections.<ref>Hazarika, Niru. “ASOM GANA PARISHAD.” ''The Indian Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, no. 1, 1988''. pp. 95–104. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41855355. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.</ref> [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], the President of the AASU, was elected the President of the presidium of the AGP.  


The [[Golaghat Convention|Golaghat National Convention]], organized in [[Golaghat]] on 13–14 October 1985 decided that a regional political party under the name and style of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) be constituted and the Asom Gana Parishad was finally launched in [[Golaghat]] on 14 October 1985.
After the 1985 elections, the AGP formed a government with the support of the successful independent candidates affiliated with the Assam Movement. The AGP thereafter held 92 seats in the 126-member Assam legislative assembly. AGP affiliated independents won seven of the 14 Lok Sabha (Parliament) seats in the delayed [[1984 Indian general election|1984-85]] general election in Assam. The AGP formed the government again after the [[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1996]] elections.


By that time, the previous central executive committee of the [[All Assam Students’ Union]] (AASU) was dissolved at a convention in [[North Lakhimpur]] in September, and [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], the president of the AASU, was elected the president of the presidium of the new political party. [[Asom Jatiyabadi Dal]] and the [[Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad]] also merged with AGP. Members from other organizations also joined the party.
Party leader, [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], served as the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] for two terms, first from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001. The Asom Gana Parishad was a part of the [[National Front (India)|National Front]] government from December 1989 to November 1990. AGP [[Member of Parliament]] [[Dinesh Goswami]] was the Union Minister of Law and Justice in the [[V. P. Singh Ministry]]. The party also took part in the [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]] governments headed by [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] from 1996 to 1998. Party leaders [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]] and [[Muhi Ram Saikia]] took office as Union Minister of Steel and Mines and the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development respectively in the United Front governments.


The AGP contested the State Assembly elections held in December 1985 and swept the polls by winning 67 of the 126 seats apart from capturing seven of the 14 Lok Sabha (Parliament) seats and formed the Government of Assam. The party again formed the government in Assam after winning the elections in 1996.
[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb|The [[Vice President of India]], Venkaiah Naidu, with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of the Asom Gana Parishad.]]


Party leader [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] served as the [[Chief Minister of Assam]] for two terms, first from 1985 to 1990 and then again from 1996 to 2001. Asom Gana Parishad was a part of the [[National Front (India)|National Front]] government from December 1989 to November 1990.
Since the late 1990s, the AGP has often joined and supported the [[National Democratic Alliance]].<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/agp-strikes-a-deal-with-bjp-joins-nda/articleshow/37142678.cms</ref><ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/agp-joins-bjp-led-nda-33350-2008-11-13</ref> There have been tactical alliances and seat-sharing arrangements in assembly and Lok Sabha elections. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] was the junior coalition member in the [[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2001]] assembly elections, but the AGP accepted the role of junior coalition member in the [[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2016]] and [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]] assembly elections.<ref name="the print">{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2021 |title=How BJP has reduced AGP, leading party of Assamese aspiration, into a crumbling hanger-on |url=https://theprint.in/politics/bjps-tail-agp-seems-set-to-split-once-again-with-prafulla-mahanta-shown-the-door/617126 |website=The Print}}</ref> As a member of the National Democratic Alliance, the AGP is a constituent also of the [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] (NEDA).<ref>{{cite news |date=25 May 2016 |title=Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMs, forms alliance |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>
In 2019, the AGP briefly withdrew from the National Democratic Alliance due to the unpopularity of the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship Amendment Act]] with its voter base.<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-loses-assam-ally-agp-pulls-out-over-citizenship-bill-5527731/</ref> AGP ministers resigned from the state government, including [[Atul Bora (AGP politician)|Atul Bora]], [[Keshab Mahanta]] and [[Phani Bhusan Choudhury]].<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/3-asom-gana-parishad-ministers-tender-resignation-over-citizenship-amendment-bill-1427373-2019-01-09</ref> Senior AGP leaders officially oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act and support the implementation of the Assam Accord, as of 2024.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/still-oppose-caa-will-continue-to-pursue-case-in-supreme-court-agp/articleshow/109853527.cms</ref> However, the AGP renewed its membership in the National Democratic Alliance before the [[2019 Indian general election]].<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/agp-bjp-join-hands-two-months-after-separation-722964.html BJP, AGP back together after 2-month divorce]</ref><ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/agp-to-fight-lok-sabha-polls-with-bjp-in-assam/articleshow/68388940.cms AGP to fight Lok Sabha polls with BJP in Assam]</ref> The AGP faces factionalism over the Citizenship Amendment Act, with supporters and detractors amongst the party's legislators and voter base.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/agp-gen-secy-resigns-alleges-bjp-influence-on-party-president/articleshow/123683569.cms</ref>


Its [[Member of Parliament]] [[Dinesh Goswami]] was the Union Minister of Law and Justice in the [[V. P. Singh Ministry]]. The party was again a part of the [[United Front (India)|United Front]] governments headed by [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]. AGP leaders [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]] and [[Muhi Ram Saikia]] were the Union Minister of Steel and Mines and the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development respectively in the United Front governments.
==Factionalism==
 
The AGP in March 1991 underwent a split when party general secretary and former [[Assam]] Home Minister [[Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]], former Union Law Minister and MP [[Dinesh Goswami]], former state Education Minister [[Brindaban Goswami]], [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] speaker [[Pulakesh Barua]] and others formed the [[Natun Asom Gana Parishad]] (''natun'' means ''new'' in [[Assamese language|Assamese]]). This fraction came back to the party fold before the 1996 elections.
The party has been marginalized in the politics of [[Assam]]. Once a formidable force, it has been sidelined by the [[Bodoland People's Front]] and the [[AIUDF]] of [[Badruddin Ajmal]]. Currently, the party has only 9 [[M.L.A]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Assam]].AGP was criticised by AASU for supporting CAA in 2019.
 
==Internal Splits and Mergers==
The AGP in March 1991 underwent a split when party general secretary and former [[Assam]] Home Minister [[Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]], former Union Law Minister and MP [[Dinesh Goswami]], former state Education Minister [[Brindaban Goswami]], [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] speaker [[Pulakesh Barua]] and others formed the [[Natun Asom Gana Parishad]] (''natun'' means ''new'' in [[Assamese language|Assamese]]). This fraction came back to the party fold in 1992.


In 2000, former Assam [[Public Works Department|PWD]] minister and senior party leader [[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]] (Senior) moved away along with [[Pulakesh Barua]] and formed [[Trinamool Gana Parishad]].
In 2000, former Assam [[Public Works Department|PWD]] minister and senior party leader [[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]] (Senior) moved away along with [[Pulakesh Barua]] and formed [[Trinamool Gana Parishad]].
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In 2008, a process started to reconcile the differences among all the breakaway fractions and to bring back everybody under the mother party umbrella to strengthen the regional party movement in [[Assam]]. Finally, on 14 October 2008, all breakaway groups reconciled in one umbrella at the historic town Golaghat. [[Prafulla Mahanta]] merged his AGP(P) with it. [[Atul Bora]] and [[Pulakesh Barua]] merged their TGP with the AGP and farmer leader and former legislator of Patacharkuchi, [[Pabindra Deka]] too merged the [[Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad]] (PLP) with it.
In 2008, a process started to reconcile the differences among all the breakaway fractions and to bring back everybody under the mother party umbrella to strengthen the regional party movement in [[Assam]]. Finally, on 14 October 2008, all breakaway groups reconciled in one umbrella at the historic town Golaghat. [[Prafulla Mahanta]] merged his AGP(P) with it. [[Atul Bora]] and [[Pulakesh Barua]] merged their TGP with the AGP and farmer leader and former legislator of Patacharkuchi, [[Pabindra Deka]] too merged the [[Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad]] (PLP) with it.
 
==Splits from AGP==
In 2011, [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] resigned from all executive posts within AGP and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], due to dissatisfaction with and amongst the senior leadership of the party who were trying to forge an alliance with a party that was against the scrapping of the controversial IMDT Act. "The AGP was born out of the illegal foreigners' issue after the six-year-long [[Assam Movement|Assam agitation]]; 855 people laid down their lives in the agitation. However, the party has failed to honor the sacrifice of the martyrs by deviating from its principles. But I have no grievances against the dedicated grassroots-level workers. Since the AGP has failed to tackle the illegal migrants' problem, I've joined the BJP keeping in mind the interest of the people of [[Assam]] and the fact that I'll be able to highlight the problems and issues of the state at the national level," Sonowal, the former AGP general secretary, said.
In 2011, firebrand youth leader [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] resigned from all executive posts within AGP and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], due to dissatisfaction with and amongst the senior leadership of the party who were trying to forge an alliance with a party that was against the scrapping of the controversial IMDT Act. "The AGP was born out of the illegal foreigners' issue after the six-year-long [[Assam Movement|Assam agitation]]; 855 people laid down their lives in the agitation. However, the party has failed to honor the sacrifice of the martyrs by deviating from its principles. But I have no grievances against the dedicated grassroots-level workers. Since the AGP has failed to tackle the illegal migrants' problem, I've joined the BJP keeping in mind the interest of the people of [[Assam]] and the fact that I'll be able to highlight the problems and issues of the state at the national level," Sonowal, the former AGP general secretary, said.


On 8 February 2011, Sonowal joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the presence of the then BJP National President [[Nitin Gadkari]] and senior leaders like [[Varun Gandhi]], [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]], [[Bijoya Chakravarty]] and state [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] president [[Ranjit Dutta]]. He was immediately appointed a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] National Executive and then later on State Spokesperson of the state [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] unit, prior to his current assignment to head the state as the new president.
On 8 February 2011, Sonowal joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the presence of the then BJP National President [[Nitin Gadkari]] and senior leaders like [[Varun Gandhi]], [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]], [[Bijoya Chakravarty]] and state [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] president [[Ranjit Dutta]]. He was immediately appointed a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] National Executive and then later on State Spokesperson of the state [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] unit, prior to his current assignment to head the state as the new president.
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Again on 3 July 2013, senior party leader [[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]] once again left the party and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].
Again on 3 July 2013, senior party leader [[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]] once again left the party and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].


==2016-present==
== Electoral performance ==
In May 2016, after the Bharatiya Janata Party '''(BJP''') led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] which included parties like Asom Gana Parishad and [[Bodoland People's Front]] formed its first government in [[Assam]], and formed a new alliance called the [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] (NEDA) with [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] as its convener. The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of [[Sikkim]] and [[Nagaland]] also belong to this alliance. Thus, the Asom Gana Parishad joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] led NEDA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html|title=Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMs, forms alliance|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|author=HT Correspondent|date=25 May 2016}}</ref>
===Assam Legislative Assembly===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Seats
!Seats contested
!Votes
!Vote Percentage
|-
|[[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Composition bar|92|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|126|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|New
|38.91%
|-
|[[1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|19|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|121|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{decrease}} 73
|17.93%
|-
|[[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|59|126|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|96|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{increase}} 41
|29.70%
|-
|[[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|{{Composition bar|20|126|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|77|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Decrease}}39
|20.02%
|-
|[[2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|{{Composition bar|24|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|100|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|20.39%
|-
|[[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|{{Composition bar|10|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|104|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{decrease}}14
|16.29%
|-
|[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|{{Composition bar|14|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|30|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{increase}}4
|8.1%
|-
|[[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|{{Composition bar|9|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|29|126|hex={{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{decrease}}5
|7.91%
|}


In November 2016, [[Atul Bora]] was elected for President of Asom Gana Parishad second time amending party's constitution ‘one man one post’ as he is also minister of Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary in [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] Ministry.<ref>[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2816/at052 Atul Bora AGP president for second term]</ref>
===Lok Sabha, Assam===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
In January 2019, they broke an alliance with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on the issue of [[Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016|Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019]] but in March 2019 the party returned to [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] for the Lok Sabha election. As per the agreement, AGP will contest on 3 seats, [[Bodoland People's Front]] at one and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on ten seats.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/agp-bjp-join-hands-two-months-after-separation-722964.html BJP, AGP back together after 2-month divorce]</ref><ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/agp-to-fight-lok-sabha-polls-with-bjp-in-assam/articleshow/68388940.cms AGP to fight Lok Sabha polls with BJP in Assam]</ref>
!Election
 
!Seats
==List of Chief Ministers==
!Seats contested
!Votes
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1985]]
|{{Composition bar|7|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|10|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|2,628,291
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
!colspan="3"| Election not held
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|14|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,489,898
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|5|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|11|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|2,560,506
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|0|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|10|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,064,977
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|0|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|8|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,182,061
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|2|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|12|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|2,069,600
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|6|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,773,103
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|0|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|12|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|577,730
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|0|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|3|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,480,697
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|{{Composition bar|2|14|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}}}
|1,298,707
|-
|}


==Leadership==
'''List of presidents'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Term
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
|-
|-
|1
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|[[File:The_former_Chief_Minister_of_Assam,_Shri_Prafulla_Kumar_Mahanta_calling_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Culture_and_Tourism_(Independent_Charge),_Dr._Mahesh_Sharma,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_20,_2017_(cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|
|[[Nowgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nowgong]]
|-
|3.
|[[Thaneswar Boro]]
|
|
|[[Rangiya Assembly constituency|Rangiya]]
|-
|2.
|[[Brindaban Goswami]]
|[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb]]
|September, 2001 – 21 September 2008
|[[Tezpur Assembly constituency|Tezpur]]
|-
|4.
|[[Chandra Mohan Patowary]]
|[[File:Nitin Gadkari, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, the Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri P. Radhakrishnan, the Transport Minister, Assam.jpg|thumb|Chandra Mohan Parowary in left corner with P. Radhakrishnan.]]
|21 September 2008 – 14 May 2011
|[[Dharmapur Assembly constituency|Dharmapur]]
|-
|(1)
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|[[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|14 May 2011-15 July 2014
|[[Barhampur Assembly constituency|Barhampur]]
|-
|5.
|[[Atul Bora]]
|[[File:Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, UDD and Town & Country Planning, Assam, Shri Atul Bora calling on the Union Home Minister (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|15 July- Incumbent
|[[Bokakhat Assembly constituency|Bokakhat]]
|}
'''List of Working Presidents'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
|-
|-
|1
|[[Bhrigu Phukan]]
|
|-
|3.
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|
|}
'''List of Chief Ministers'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"; style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable sortable"; style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
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! rowspan=2|Name
! rowspan=2|Name
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan=2|Constituency
! rowspan="2" |Ministries
! rowspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan=3 | Term of office<ref>[http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html Chief Ministers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116091830/http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html |date=16 January 2014 }} from the [http://assamassembly.nic.in/ Assam Assembly] website</ref>
! colspan=3 | Term of office<ref>[http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html Chief Ministers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116091830/http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html |date=16 January 2014 }} from the [http://assamassembly.nic.in/ Assam Assembly] website</ref>
|-
|-
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! Days in office
! Days in office
|-
|-
| 1
| rowspan="2" | 1
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| [[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[First Mahanta ministry]]
| [[Nowgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nowgong]]
| [[Nowgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nowgong]]
| 24 December 1985
| 24 December 1985
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| {{Age in years and days|1985|12|24|1990|11|28}}
| {{Age in years and days|1985|12|24|1990|11|28}}
|-
|-
| 2
|[[Second Mahanta ministry]]
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| [[File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Barhampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barhampur]]
| [[Barhampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barhampur]]
| 15 May 1996
| 15 May 1996
| 17 May 2001
| 17 May 2001
| {{Age in years and days|1996|5|15|2001|5|17}}
| {{Age in years and days|1996|5|15|2001|5|17}}
|}
'''List of Leaders of Opposition'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Portrait & Term
|-
|-
|-
|1
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|[[File:The_former_Chief_Minister_of_Assam,_Shri_Prafulla_Kumar_Mahanta_calling_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Culture_and_Tourism_(Independent_Charge),_Dr._Mahesh_Sharma,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_20,_2017_(cropped).jpg|100x100px]]4 September 2010 - 14 July 2014
|-
|2.
|[[Brindaban Goswami]]
|[[File:M._Venkaiah_Naidu_with_a_delegation_of_Ministers_and_MLAs_of_Asom_Gana_Parishad_led_by_the_Minister_of_Agriculture,_Horticulture_&_Food_Processing,_Animal_Husbandry_&_Veterinary,_UDD_and_T&CP,_Assam,_Shri_Atul_Bora.jpg|thumb]]
|-
|3
|[[Chandra Mohan Patowary]]
|[[File:Nitin Gadkari, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, the Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri P. Radhakrishnan, the Transport Minister, Assam.jpg|thumb|5 September 2007 – 5 September 2010]]
|}
|}


== Members in Rajya Sabha ==
== Members in Rajya Sabha ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
! colspan="5" |[[Rajya Sabha]] members AGP
* [[Bhadreswar Buragohain]]
|-
* [[Bijoya Chakravarty]]
!Name
* [[Parag Chaliha]]
!Portrait
* [[Kumar Deepak Das]]
!State
* [[David Ledger]]
!Appointment date
* Dr. [[Jayashree Goswami Mahanta]]
!Retirement date
* Dr. [[Nagen Saikia]]
|-
* Dr. [[Arun Kumar Sarmah]]
|[[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
|[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb|B.P. Baishya in between [[Keshab Mahanta]] and [[Atul Bora]]]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Assam]]
|
|
|-
|[[Kumar Deepak Das]]
|[[File:Mohd. Hamid Ansari releasing a book entitled “An Ardent Patriot – Dinesh Goswami”, edited by Shri Kumar Dipak Das, (MP), in New Delhi. The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj, Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo.jpg|thumb|Kumar Deepak Das in the left corner.]]
|
|
|-
|[[Parag Chaliha]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|-
|[[Joyasree Goswami Mahanta]]
|[[File:Joyasree Goswami Mahanta.jpg|thumb]]
|
|
|-
|[[Bhadreswar Buragohain]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|-
|[[David Ledger]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|-
|[[Bijoya Chakravarty]]
|[[File:Bijoya Chakravarty in August 2015.jpg|thumb]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Arun Kumar Sarmah]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nagen Saikia]]
|[[File:Nagen Saikia.jpg|thumb]]
|
|
|
|}
* [[Birendra Prasad Baishya|Baishya]]
* [[Bhadreswar Buragohain|Buragohain]]
* [[Bijoya Chakravarty|Chakravarty]]
* [[Parag Chaliha|Chaliha]]
* [[Kumar Deepak Das|Das]]
* [[David Ledger|Ledger]]
* [[Jayashree Goswami Mahanta|Mahanta]]
* [[Nagen Saikia|Saikia]]
*


== Members in Lok Sabha ==
== Members in Lok Sabha ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Parag Chaliha]]
! colspan="5" |[[Lok Sabha]] members from AGP
* [[Dinesh Goswami]]
|-
* [[Gakul Saikia]]
!Name
* [[Muhi Ram Saikia]]
!Portrait
* Bhadreswar Tanti<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=https://loksabha.nic.in/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=4&lsno=8|access-date=2021-01-18|website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref>
!Term
* [[Prabin Chandra Sarmah]]
!Constituency
* [[Keshab Mahanta]]
!State
* Dr. [[Arun Kumar Sarmah]]
|-
* [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
|[[Parag Chaliha]]
* [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
* [[Joseph Toppo]]
|1985-1989
|[[Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency|Jorhat]]
| rowspan="14" |[[Assam]]
|-
|[[Dinesh Goswami]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency|Guwahati]]
|-
|[[Gakul Saikia]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency|Lakhimpur]]
|-
|[[Muhi Ram Saikia]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1984-1989, 1991-1996, 1996-1998
|[[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]]
|-
|[[Prabin Chandra Sarma]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1996-1998
|[[Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency|Guwahati]]
|-
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|[[File:Keshab Mahanta (cropped).JPG|thumb]]
|1996-1998
|[[Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency|Kaliabor]]
|-
|[[Arun Kumar Sarmah]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|
|[[Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency|Lakhimpur]]
|-
|[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
|[[File:Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.jpg|thumb]]
|2004-2009
|[[Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency|Dibrugarh]]
|-
|[[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
|[[File:M. Venkaiah Naidu with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of Asom Gana Parishad led by the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, UDD and T&CP, Assam, Shri Atul Bora.jpg|thumb|fourth from left side,in middle between [[Keshab Mahanta]] and [[Atul Bora]].]]
|1996-1998
|[[Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency|Mangaldoi]]
|-
|[[Joseph Toppo]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|2009-2014
|[[Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency|Tezpur]]
|-
|Ataur Rahman
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency|Barpeta]]
|-
|[[Bhadreswar Tanti]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency|Kaliabor]]
|-
|Saifuddin Ahmed
|[[File:Blank.svg|50x50px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|1985-1989
|[[Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency|Mangaldoi]]
|-
|[[Phani Bhusan Choudhury]]
|
|2024-incumbent
|[[Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency|Barpeta]]
|}
*
* [[Gakul Saikia|Saikia]]
* [[Muhi Ram Saikia|Saikia]]
* Tanti<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=https://loksabha.nic.in/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=4&lsno=8|access-date=2021-01-18|website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref>
* [[Keshab Mahanta|Mahanta]]
* [[Arun Kumar Sarmah|Sarmah]]
* [[Birendra Prasad Baishya|Baishya]]
* [[Sarbananda Sonowal|Sonowal]]
* [[Joseph Toppo|Toppo]]
== State ministers ==
=== Ministers under [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |List of AGP Ministers in [[Sonowal ministry]](5-December-2016-
|-
!Nos.
!'''Portrait'''
!Ministers
!CM
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cabinet Minister'''
| rowspan="4" |[[File:Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.jpg|thumb|[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]]]
|-
|'''1.'''
|[[File:Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, UDD and Town & Country Planning, Assam, Shri Atul Bora calling on the Union Home Minister (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|[[Atul Bora]]
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[File:Keshab Mahanta (cropped).JPG|thumb]]
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|-
|'''3.'''
|
|[[Phani Bhusan Choudhury]]
|}
=== Ministers under [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |List of AGP Ministers in [[Sarma ministry]](5-December-2016-
|-
!Nos.
!'''Portrait'''
!Ministers
!CM
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cabinet Minister'''
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Himanta Biswa Sarma (cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|-
|'''1.'''
|[[File:Minister_for_Agriculture,_Horticulture_and_Food_Processing,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Veterinary,_UDD_and_Town_&_Country_Planning,_Assam,_Shri_Atul_Bora_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister_(cropped).jpg|thumb]]
|[[Atul Bora]]
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[File:Keshab_Mahanta_(cropped).JPG|thumb]]
|[[Keshab Mahanta]]
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Nellie Massacre]]
*[[Nellie Massacre]]
*[[National Register of Citizens for Assam]].
*[[National Register of Citizens for Assam]].
* [[List of political parties in India]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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[[Category:Asom Gana Parishad| ]]
[[Category:Political parties in India]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1985]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1985]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in Assam]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in Assam]]
[[Category:Political parties in Assam]]
[[Category:Political parties in Assam]]
[[Category:State political parties in Assam]]
[[Category:State political parties in Assam]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in India]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in India]][[Category:Member parties of the National Democratic Alliance]]

Latest revision as of 20:58, 14 March 2026


Not to be confused with Assam Jatiya Parishad.


Asom Gana Parishad
AbbreviationAGP
LeaderPrafulla Kumar Mahanta
PresidentAtul Bora
SecretaryRamendra Narayan Kalita
FounderPrafulla Kumar Mahanta
Bhrigu Kumar Phukan
Biraj Kumar Sarma
Founded14 October 1985 (40 years ago) (1985-10-14)
HeadquartersAGP Complex, Gopinath Bordoloi Road, Ambari, Guwahati - 781001
Student wingTridip Bora
Youth wingJitu Borgohain
Women's wingManoshi S. Bhagowati
Peasant's wingSunil Deka
IdeologyRegionalism
Ethnic nationalism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
ECI StatusState Party[1]
AllianceNEDA (2016–2019, 2019–present)
NDA (2016–2019, 2019–present)
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 245
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly
9 / 126
Election symbol

Elephant
Website
https://agpofficial.in

Asom Gana Parishad (translation: Assam People's Council, abbr. AGP) is a political party in the state of Assam, India. The AGP formed the government after the 1985 and 1996 legislative assembly elections. Party leader, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, twice served as the Chief Minister of Assam, from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001.

The AGP was formed following the Assam Accord and the Golaghat Convention in 1985.[2][3] The AGP split in 1991, with former Home Minister, Brighu Kumar Phukan, forming the Natun Asom Gana Parishad. The party reunited before the 1996 elections. The AGP split once again in 2005, with former Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, forming the Asom Gana Parishad Pragatishel. The AGP reunited in October 2008 at Golaghat.[4]

The AGP was a member of the National Democratic Alliance that won the 2016 and 2021 Assam legislative assembly elections. At the federal level, the AGP was a member of the National Front from 1989 to 1990 and the United Front from 1996 to 1998. Since 1998, the AGP has often joined and supported the National Democratic Alliance.

History[edit | edit source]

The Assam Movement, also known as the Anti-Foreigners Agitation, was a movement, from 1979 to 1985, that demanded the Government of India detect, disenfranchise and deport foreign-born inhabitants without citizenship. Led by the All Assam Students Union (AASU), the movement defined a six-year period of sustained civil disobedience campaigns, political instability and ethnic violence. The movement ended in 1985 with the Assam Accord.[5]

In 1985, the Assam Legislative Assembly was dissolved and the Congress government headed by Hiteswar Saikia, which came to power in 1983, was dismissed by the Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. The Golaghat National Convention of Assam Movement activists, held in Golaghat on 13–14 October 1985, formally established the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to contest the 1985 elections.[6] Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, the President of the AASU, was elected the President of the presidium of the AGP.

After the 1985 elections, the AGP formed a government with the support of the successful independent candidates affiliated with the Assam Movement. The AGP thereafter held 92 seats in the 126-member Assam legislative assembly. AGP affiliated independents won seven of the 14 Lok Sabha (Parliament) seats in the delayed 1984-85 general election in Assam. The AGP formed the government again after the 1996 elections.

Party leader, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, served as the Chief Minister of Assam for two terms, first from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001. The Asom Gana Parishad was a part of the National Front government from December 1989 to November 1990. AGP Member of Parliament Dinesh Goswami was the Union Minister of Law and Justice in the V. P. Singh Ministry. The party also took part in the United Front governments headed by H. D. Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral from 1996 to 1998. Party leaders Birendra Prasad Baishya and Muhi Ram Saikia took office as Union Minister of Steel and Mines and the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development respectively in the United Front governments.

The Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, with a delegation of Ministers and MLAs of the Asom Gana Parishad.

Since the late 1990s, the AGP has often joined and supported the National Democratic Alliance.[7][8] There have been tactical alliances and seat-sharing arrangements in assembly and Lok Sabha elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party was the junior coalition member in the 2001 assembly elections, but the AGP accepted the role of junior coalition member in the 2016 and 2021 assembly elections.[9] As a member of the National Democratic Alliance, the AGP is a constituent also of the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA).[10]

In 2019, the AGP briefly withdrew from the National Democratic Alliance due to the unpopularity of the Citizenship Amendment Act with its voter base.[11] AGP ministers resigned from the state government, including Atul Bora, Keshab Mahanta and Phani Bhusan Choudhury.[12] Senior AGP leaders officially oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act and support the implementation of the Assam Accord, as of 2024.[13] However, the AGP renewed its membership in the National Democratic Alliance before the 2019 Indian general election.[14][15] The AGP faces factionalism over the Citizenship Amendment Act, with supporters and detractors amongst the party's legislators and voter base.[16]

Factionalism[edit | edit source]

The AGP in March 1991 underwent a split when party general secretary and former Assam Home Minister Bhrigu Kumar Phukan, former Union Law Minister and MP Dinesh Goswami, former state Education Minister Brindaban Goswami, Assam Legislative Assembly speaker Pulakesh Barua and others formed the Natun Asom Gana Parishad (natun means new in Assamese). This fraction came back to the party fold before the 1996 elections.

In 2000, former Assam PWD minister and senior party leader Atul Bora (Senior) moved away along with Pulakesh Barua and formed Trinamool Gana Parishad.

After the second AGP Government's reign under Prafulla Kumar Mahanta came to an end and Congress regained power, numerous allegations were raised against him related to the corruption during his tenure, government's involvement in secret killings, and Mahanta's overall inactive leadership. These led to his demotion from being President of the party and later he was expelled from the party on 3 July 2005 after being accused of anti-party activities. Mahanta then formed his own party, Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive).

In 2008, a process started to reconcile the differences among all the breakaway fractions and to bring back everybody under the mother party umbrella to strengthen the regional party movement in Assam. Finally, on 14 October 2008, all breakaway groups reconciled in one umbrella at the historic town Golaghat. Prafulla Mahanta merged his AGP(P) with it. Atul Bora and Pulakesh Barua merged their TGP with the AGP and farmer leader and former legislator of Patacharkuchi, Pabindra Deka too merged the Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad (PLP) with it.

In 2011, Sarbananda Sonowal resigned from all executive posts within AGP and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, due to dissatisfaction with and amongst the senior leadership of the party who were trying to forge an alliance with a party that was against the scrapping of the controversial IMDT Act. "The AGP was born out of the illegal foreigners' issue after the six-year-long Assam agitation; 855 people laid down their lives in the agitation. However, the party has failed to honor the sacrifice of the martyrs by deviating from its principles. But I have no grievances against the dedicated grassroots-level workers. Since the AGP has failed to tackle the illegal migrants' problem, I've joined the BJP keeping in mind the interest of the people of Assam and the fact that I'll be able to highlight the problems and issues of the state at the national level," Sonowal, the former AGP general secretary, said.

On 8 February 2011, Sonowal joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of the then BJP National President Nitin Gadkari and senior leaders like Varun Gandhi, Vijay Goel, Bijoya Chakravarty and state BJP president Ranjit Dutta. He was immediately appointed a member of the BJP National Executive and then later on State Spokesperson of the state BJP unit, prior to his current assignment to head the state as the new president.

Again on 3 July 2013, senior party leader Atul Bora once again left the party and joined BJP.

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

Assam Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Seats Seats contested Votes Vote Percentage
1985
92 / 126
126 / 126
 New 38.91%
1991
19 / 126
121 / 126
 Decrease 73 17.93%
1996
59 / 126
96 / 126
 Increase 41 29.70%
2001
20 / 126
77 / 126
 Decrease39 20.02%
2006
24 / 126
100 / 126
 Increase 4 20.39%
2011
10 / 126
104 / 126
 Decrease14 16.29%
2016
14 / 126
30 / 126
 Increase4 8.1%
2021
9 / 126
29 / 126
 Decrease5 7.91%

Lok Sabha, Assam[edit | edit source]

Election Seats Seats contested Votes
1985
7 / 14
10 / 14
 2,628,291
1989 Election not held
1991
1 / 14
14 / 14
 1,489,898
1996
5 / 14
11 / 14
 2,560,506
1998
0 / 14
10 / 14
 1,064,977
1999
0 / 14
8 / 14
 1,182,061
2004
2 / 14
12 / 14
 2,069,600
2009
1 / 14
6 / 14
 1,773,103
2014
0 / 14
12 / 14
 577,730
2019
0 / 14
3 / 14
 1,480,697
2024
1 / 14
2 / 14
 1,298,707

Leadership[edit | edit source]

List of presidents

No.[lower-alpha 1] Name Portrait Term Constituency
1 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Nowgong
3. Thaneswar Boro Rangiya
2. Brindaban Goswami
September, 2001 – 21 September 2008 Tezpur
4. Chandra Mohan Patowary
Chandra Mohan Parowary in left corner with P. Radhakrishnan.
 21 September 2008 – 14 May 2011 Dharmapur
(1) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
14 May 2011-15 July 2014 Barhampur
5. Atul Bora
15 July- Incumbent Bokakhat

List of Working Presidents

No.[lower-alpha 2] Name Portrait
1 Bhrigu Phukan
3. Keshab Mahanta

List of Chief Ministers

No.[lower-alpha 3] Name Portrait Ministries Constituency Term of office[17]
From To Days in office
1 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta First Mahanta ministry Nowgong 24 December 1985 28 November 1990 4 years, 339 days
Second Mahanta ministry Barhampur 15 May 1996 17 May 2001 5 years, 2 days

List of Leaders of Opposition

No.[lower-alpha 4] Name Portrait & Term
1 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 4 September 2010 - 14 July 2014
2. Brindaban Goswami
3 Chandra Mohan Patowary
5 September 2007 – 5 September 2010

Members in Rajya Sabha[edit | edit source]

Rajya Sabha members AGP
Name Portrait State Appointment date Retirement date
Birendra Prasad Baishya
B.P. Baishya in between Keshab Mahanta and Atul Bora
 Assam
Kumar Deepak Das
Kumar Deepak Das in the left corner.
Parag Chaliha
Joyasree Goswami Mahanta
Bhadreswar Buragohain
David Ledger
Bijoya Chakravarty
Arun Kumar Sarmah
Nagen Saikia

Members in Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha members from AGP
Name Portrait Term Constituency State
Parag Chaliha 1985-1989 Jorhat Assam
Dinesh Goswami 1985-1989 Guwahati
Gakul Saikia 1985-1989 Lakhimpur
Muhi Ram Saikia 1984-1989, 1991-1996, 1996-1998 Nowgong
Prabin Chandra Sarma 1996-1998 Guwahati
Keshab Mahanta
1996-1998 Kaliabor
Arun Kumar Sarmah Lakhimpur
Sarbananda Sonowal
2004-2009 Dibrugarh
Birendra Prasad Baishya
fourth from left side,in middle between Keshab Mahanta and Atul Bora.
 1996-1998 Mangaldoi
Joseph Toppo 2009-2014 Tezpur
Ataur Rahman 1985-1989 Barpeta
Bhadreswar Tanti 1985-1989 Kaliabor
Saifuddin Ahmed 1985-1989 Mangaldoi
Phani Bhusan Choudhury 2024-incumbent Barpeta

State ministers[edit | edit source]

Ministers under Sarbananda Sonowal[edit | edit source]

List of AGP Ministers in Sonowal ministry(5-December-2016-
Nos. Portrait Ministers CM
Cabinet Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal
1.
Atul Bora
2.
Keshab Mahanta
3. Phani Bhusan Choudhury

Ministers under Himanta Biswa Sarma[edit | edit source]

List of AGP Ministers in Sarma ministry(5-December-2016-
Nos. Portrait Ministers CM
Cabinet Minister
1.
Atul Bora
2.
Keshab Mahanta

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  2. ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  3. ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  4. ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Baruah, Sanjib (November 1986). "Immigration, Ethnic Conflict, and Political Turmoil--Assam, 1979-1985". Asian Survey. 26 (11): 1184–1206. doi:10.2307/2644315. JSTOR 2644315.
  3. ↑ Indranil Banerjie (17 January 2014). "Birth of AGP leads to Assam being divided into two irreconcilable camps". India Today.
  4. ↑ Samir K. Purkayastha (15 October 2008). "AGP unification amid scepticism – Sections still unsure about party fortunes". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Implementation of Assam Accord". assamaccord.assam.gov.in.
  6. ↑ Hazarika, Niru. “ASOM GANA PARISHAD.” The Indian Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, no. 1, 1988. pp. 95–104. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41855355. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
  7. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/agp-strikes-a-deal-with-bjp-joins-nda/articleshow/37142678.cms
  8. ↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/agp-joins-bjp-led-nda-33350-2008-11-13
  9. ↑ "How BJP has reduced AGP, leading party of Assamese aspiration, into a crumbling hanger-on". The Print. 7 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMs, forms alliance". Hindustan Times. 25 May 2016.
  11. ↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-loses-assam-ally-agp-pulls-out-over-citizenship-bill-5527731/
  12. ↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/3-asom-gana-parishad-ministers-tender-resignation-over-citizenship-amendment-bill-1427373-2019-01-09
  13. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/still-oppose-caa-will-continue-to-pursue-case-in-supreme-court-agp/articleshow/109853527.cms
  14. ↑ BJP, AGP back together after 2-month divorce
  15. ↑ AGP to fight Lok Sabha polls with BJP in Assam
  16. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/agp-gen-secy-resigns-alleges-bjp-influence-on-party-president/articleshow/123683569.cms
  17. ↑ Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website
  18. ↑ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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