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Political party in Assam, India
Indian political party
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
.
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It is the 3rd largest political party in
Assam Legislative Assembly
after
BJP
and
INC
.
The party was founded by
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal
on 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 Badruddin Ajmal as the party's leader. The party is headquartered in
Guwahati
.
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The
AIUDF
is a key opposition party in Assam, which is the voice of millions of
Miya
Bengali Muslims
from
Lower Assam
and
Barak Valley
. It won 18 of 126 seats in the
2011 Legislative Assembly election
;
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in 2016, it won 13 of 126 seats.
In 2021, Assam Assembly Election, Congress and AIUDF formed grand alliance along with BPF and communist parties. The alliance fought against BJP led NDA. AIUDF increase its tally and win 16 of 126 seats in the
2021 Legislative assembly election of Assam
.
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However, its alliance Mahajhot couldn't get majority enough to form government.
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