{{short description|Political party in Assam, India}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=November 2020}} {{Missing information|National Spokesperson|date=November 2024}}}} {{Infobox Indian Political Party | party_name = All India United Democratic Front |logo = File:AIUDF logo.webp |flag = |abbreviation = AIUDF | colorcode = {{party color|All India United Democratic Front}} | leader = Badruddin Ajmal | general_secretary =Adv. Aminul Islam | foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2005|10|02}} | alliance =UPA (2019–2021) | headquarters = No.3 Friends Path, Hatigaon, Guwahati-781038 | eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024171915/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ideology = Agrarianism<ref>{{cite web|title=AIUDF focuses on rural economy, agrarian issues in preparation for panchayat polls|url=https://assamtribune.com/assam/aiudf-focuses-on-rural-economy-agrarian-issues-in-preparation-for-assam-panchayat-polls-1559587}}</ref><br>National Inclusiveness<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/assam-united-democratic-front.html|title=About Assam United Democratic Front (Now Called All India United Democratic Front)}}</ref><br>Minority rights<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/assam-united-democratic-front.html|title=About Assam United Democratic Front (Now Called All India United Democratic Front)}}</ref> Deobandi politics<ref>{{cite web|title=Rise of Muslim Political Parties : PPRC|url=https://www.pprc.in/upload/Rise%20of%20Muslim%20Political%20Parties%20in%20India.pdf}}</ref><br>Deobandi composite nationalism |position =Centre-right<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mukherjee|last2=Saxena|last3=Mitra|first1=Pampa|first2=Rekha|first3=Subrata|author-link=|date=16 June 2022|access-date=20 July 2024|title=The 2019 Parliamentary Elections in India Democracy at the Crossroads?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CTZwEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Bharatiya+Lok+Dal%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT78|location=|publisher=Taylor and Francis |page=|isbn=9781000591057|quote="... All India United Democratic Front(AIUDF) in Assam founded by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal...are all, by and large, centre-right political formations"}}</ref> to Right-wing<ref>{{cite web|title=Rise of Muslim Political Parties -..: PPRC|url=https://www.pprc.in/upload/Rise%20of%20Muslim%20Political%20Parties%20in%20India.pdf}}</ref>| publication = | loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|543|hex={{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}}} | rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex={{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}}} | state_seats_name = Assam Legislative Assembly | state_seats = {{Composition bar|2|126|hex={{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}}} | symbol=150px | website = }} 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Identity politics in India's north-east|url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21698249-bjp-promises-sniff-out-intruders-exotic-assam-how-green-my-valley|access-date=7 May 2016|newspaper=The Economist|date=7 May 2016}}</ref> It is the joint fifth-largest political party in the Assam Legislative Assembly, along with RD, after the BJP, INC, AGP and BPF.
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 Badruddin Ajmal as the party's leader. The party is headquartered in Guwahati.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan0509%2Fat05 |title=Third front likely in State for LS polls |access-date=11 February 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928145247/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan0509%2Fat05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/minority-party-trying-to-stitch-up-third-front-in-assam_100109242.html |title=Minority party trying to stitch up third front in Assam |access-date=25 May 2009 |archive-date=23 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623005540/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/minority-party-trying-to-stitch-up-third-front-in-assam_100109242.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The AIUDF is a key opposition party in Assam, which has the support of millions of Miya Bengali Muslims from Lower Assam and Barak Valley. It won 18 of 126 seats in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |title=Partywise Trends & Result |access-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519040751/http://www.eciresults.ap.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |archive-date=2014-05-19 }}</ref> in 2016, it won 13 of the 126 seats. In the 2021 Assam Assembly Election, Congress and AIUDF formed a grand alliance along with BPF and communist parties. The alliance fought against the BJP-led NDA. AIUDF increased its tally and won 16 of 126 seats in the 2021 Legislative assembly election of Assam.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Assam elections: At 80%, AIUDF had the best strike rate- The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/may/05/assam-elections-at-80-aiudf-had-the-best-strike-rate-2298817.html}}</ref> However, its alliance could not win enough seats to form a government.
==Election performance== === Lok Sabha elections === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" |Year !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" |Election !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"| Seats won !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"| Change of Seats !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" | Vote% !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" | Change of Vote% |- |- style="text-align:center;" | 2009|| 15th Lok Sabha || {{Composition bar|1|14|hex=#0A8612}} || {{dash}} || 16.3% || |- style="text-align:center;" | 2014|| 16th Lok Sabha || {{Composition bar|3|14|hex=#0A8612}} || {{increase}} 2 || 14.8% || {{decrease}} 2.5% |- style="text-align:center;" | 2019|| 17th Lok Sabha || {{Composition bar|1|14|hex=#0A8612}} || {{decrease}} 2 || 7.8% || {{decrease}} 7% |- style="text-align:center;" | 2024|| 18th Lok Sabha || {{Composition bar|0|14|hex=#0A8612}} || {{decrease}} 1 || 3.13% || {{decrease}} 4.67% |- style="text-align:center;" |}
=== State Assembly elections === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" |Year !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" |Election !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"| Seats won !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"| Change of Seats !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" | Vote% !Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white" | Change of Vote% |- style="text-align:center;" ! Style="background-color:#50c423;color:white"! colspan="7" |Assam Legislative Assembly |- style="text-align:center;" | 2006|| 12th Assembly || {{Composition bar|10|126|hex=#0A8612}} || {{steady}} || ||{{steady}} |- style="text-align:center;" | 2011|| 13th Assembly || {{Composition bar|18|126|hex=#0A8612}} || {{increase}} 8 || 13% || |- style="text-align:center;" | 2016|| 14th Assembly || {{Composition bar|13|126|hex=#0A8612}} || {{decrease}} 5 || 13% || {{steady}} |- style="text-align:center;" | 2021|| 15th Assembly || {{Composition bar|16|126|hex=#0A8612}} || {{increase}} 3|| 9.3% || {{decrease}} 4.3% |- style="text-align:center;" | 2026|| 16th Assembly || {{Composition bar|2|126|hex=#0A8612}} || {{decrease}} 14|| || |}
==Leadership== All State Presidents, National Spokespersons & Important people of AIUDF. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"|Portrait !! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"|Name !! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"|Party Post !! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"|Legislature Post !! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}};color:white"|Ref. |- |100px|center|Maulana Badruddin Ajmal | '''Badruddin Ajmal''' ||'''National President''' | {{center|Ex Member of Parliament <br> Dhubri}} | |- | | '''Adv. Aminul Islam''' | '''General Secretary''' | {{center|MLA <br> Mankachar}} | |- | | | '''National Spokesperson''' | | |- |}
==See also== * All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen * List of political parties in India
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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