The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state political party in Assam, India. The party is headquartered in Kokrajhar Town and was previously part of the ruling government in the autonomous region of Bodoland. The BPF and UPPL are the two main regional parties of Assam from Bodoland.
History
The BPF was formed as political party in year 2005,BPF Letter head indicating date of foundation Hagrama Mohilary and Emmanuel Mosahary were selected as the President and the General Secretary of the new party. Hagrama Mohilary formed the first Elected Executive Bodoland Territorial Council after the end of the election.Bodoland Peoples Front formed as per the resolution Vide No. 3, adopted in the Political convention held on 4th and 5th December 2005, as per BPF constitution, BPF shall bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of India as established by law and to the principles of democracy, socialism and secularism as enshrined in the Indian Constitution, and also solemnly affirm our commitment to work for upholding the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India. To work for strengthening the Indian Nationalism providing due respect to the identities of all sections of people.The party began its journey in the 2011 Assam Legislative election where the party stormed and surprised everyone by winning 12 seats. The party also became the 3rd largest party behind INC and AIUDF, despite the fact that the party had only contested 29 seats. Ahead of the 2016 Assam legislative election the party joined the National Democratic Alliance. The party was assigned 16 seats as per the agreement and won the same 12 seats. Despite just winning 12 seats, the party had the best winning percentage and was part of the government in Assam. Then in 2021 the party left National Democratic Alliance and joined the United Progressive Alliance ahead of the 2021 Assam election. The party was assigned 12 seats and ended up winning only 4 seats. Later the party decided to formally announce its departure from United Progressive Alliance, due to poor performance in the election.
Electoral performance +Assam Legislative Assembly Elections Year Party leader Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Popular vote Result2026 10 6 3.73% 807,5462021Hagrama Mohilary 12 4 8 3.39% 651,073 Opposition, Later others201616123.94%666,057Government20112912 126.13%847,520Outside Support for Government
Elected Representatives Members of Parliament HousesNo.YearNameConstituency MarginLok Sabha12009Sansuma Khunggur BwiswmuthiaryKokrajhar1,90,352Rajya Sabha22008Biswajit DaimaryAssam20142020
List of Ministers YearNameConstituencyMinistry2006Chandan BrahmaSidliSecond Tarun Gogoi ministry2011Third Tarun Gogoi ministry2016Sonowal ministryPramila Rani BrahmaKokrajhar EastSonowal ministryRihon DaimaryUdalguri2021Charan BoroMajbatFirst Sarma ministrySecond Sarma ministry
Development in BTC
Educational Institutions Bodoland University, Kokrajhar Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar Bineswar Brahma Engineering College, Kokrajhar Medical College, Besorgaon, Kokrajhar Nursing College, Kokrajhar
BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary laid the foundation stone of Udalguri Engineering College.
Mohilary also laid the foundation stone of a Rs 26-crore IT park at Onthai Gwlao, Chandamari, nearly 4 km northwest of Kokrajhar town.
See also Bodo Liberation Tigers Force Bodo People's Progressive Front List of political parties in India Sanmilita Gana Shakti
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