The All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) and the BJP reached an agreement to contest the Jharkhand Assembly Elections together, AJSU leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Sudesh Mahto announced on Monday (August 26) after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital.
Both the parties did not fight the Assembly Elections in 2019 together, however, in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, both parties contested together.
'About BJP-AJSU alliance'
It is important to note that the BJP-AJSU alliance for the second time had contested in alliance for the Lok Sabha Polls 2024. However, this time their alliance , which had a strong performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand, faced setbacks, losing three crucial seats. In 2019, the NDA had won 12 seats in the state, including one by the AJSU Party. However, in the recent elections, the alliance had to settle for nine seats, with the BJP winning eight and AJSU securing the lone seat of Giridih.
'Seats won by alliance in Jharkhand'
In 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP secured victories in several constituencies. Kali Charan Singh won the Chatra seat with a margin of 2.20 lakh votes against Congress's K N Tripathi. Bidyut Baran Mahato retained Jamshedpur for the BJP, defeating JMM's Samir Kumar Mohanty by a margin of 2.59 lakh votes. Other significant victories for the BJP included Annapurna Devi in Koderma, Manish Jaiswal in Hazaribag, and Sanjay Seth in Ranchi.
The AJSU Party also contributed to the NDA's tally by winning the Giridih seat, where Chandraprakash Choudhary defeated JMM's Mathura Mahato by 80,880 votes. Additionally, Nishikant Dubey retained Godda for the BJP, defeating Congress's Pradeep Yadav by a margin of 1.01 lakh votes.
