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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Bharipa - Bahujan Mahasangh
| colorcode = blue
| party_logo =
| chairman = [[Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant|Prakash Ambedkar]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Prakash-Ambedkar-sees-major-realignments-coming/articleshow/35353083.cms|title=Prakash Ambedkar sees major realignments coming - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=20 May 2014 |access-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404102458/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Prakash-Ambedkar-sees-major-realignments-coming/articleshow/35353083.cms|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| secretary =
| loksabha_leader =
| rajyasabha_leader =
| colours = {{Colorsample|#0000FF}} Blue
| foundation = 4 July 1994<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharip.org/home.html|title=official site|access-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111211458/http://bharip.org/home.html|archive-date=11 November 2016|url-status=usurped|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|merged = [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]] (2019)
| Maharashtra_state_seats =
| position = [[Centre-left]]
| ideology = [[Dalit Socialism]] [[Secularism]]
| headquarters =
| publication = Prabuddha Bharat
| students =
| youth = Bharipa Bahujan Federation<ref>{{cite web|title=official|url=http://www.bharip.org/yuva.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703234016/http://www.bharip.org/yuva.html|archive-date=2014-07-03}}</ref>
| state_seats_name =
| state_seats =
| electoral_symbol =
| website = {{URL|http://www.bharip.org/}}
|eci=}}
The '''Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh''' ([[IAST]]: Bhāripa Bahujana Mahāsaṅgha; {{small|abbr.}} BBM) was an Indian political party founded by [[Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar|Prakash Ambedkar]] on 4 July 1994.<ref>The Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh founded on 4 July 1994 — The constitution of the BBM, page no. 1; Available to the Election Commission of India.</ref> The party was a splinter group of the [[Republican Party of India]] and had its roots in the [[Scheduled Castes Federation]] led by [[N. Sivaraj]] and [[B. R. Ambedkar]]. The president of the party was [[Prakash Ambedkar]]. The complete name of the party is '''Bharatiya Republican Paksha - Bahujan Mahasangh''' ([[Republican Party of India]] - Majority Grand Union). BBM was primarily based in [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.aajtak.in/news/story/bharipa-bahujan-mahasangh-president-prakash-ambedkar-2019-loksabha-election-new-political-alliance-1010747-2018-06-20|title=भारिप-बहुजन महासंघ के अध्यक्ष प्रकाश अंबेडकर का नए राजनीतिक गठबंधन का ऐलान|website=aajtak.in|date=20 June 2018 |language=hi|access-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501163505/https://m.aajtak.in/news/story/bharipa-bahujan-mahasangh-president-prakash-ambedkar-2019-loksabha-election-new-political-alliance-1010747-2018-06-20|archive-date=2019-05-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42594660|title=आंबेडकर की विरासत संभाल पाएंगे उनके पोते?|last=खोरे|first=अरुण|date=2018-01-07|access-date=2019-05-25|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501232753/https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42594660|archive-date=2019-05-01|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, BBM merged into the [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]], a new political party founded by Prakash Ambedkar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lokmat.com/akola/finally-bharip-bms-merge-vanchit-bahujan-aaghadi/|title=अखेर भारिप-बमसं 'वंचित'मध्ये विलीन!|date=9 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sgJlQv4T94E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/sgJlQv4T94E |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title = भारिप बहुजन महासंघ का वंचित बहुजन आघाडी में विलय, Rpi का अस्तित्व समाप्त|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== History ==
The party was formed on 4 July 1994, through a split in the [[Republican Party of India]]. The party was led by [[Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar|Prakash Ambedkar]], the grandson of [[B. R. Ambedkar]].

In the elections to the [[Maharashtra]] state assembly in 1999 BBM put up 34 candidates. In the [[13th Lok Sabha]] elections during 1999, Ambedkar was elected from the [[Akola city|Akola]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=18|title=Members Bioprofile|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi website|access-date=2009-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195959/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=18|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 2004 [[Lok Sabha]] election, the party lost its parliamentary representation. In total the party had launched 16 candidates, all from [[Maharashtra]]. In Akola, Ambedkar was defeated by a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) candidate. BBM polled a total of 606,827 votes, and won three seats.

In the [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] BBM candidate [[Baliram Sirskar]] won from [[Balapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balapur]] in Akola<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-left-front-wins-in-just-8-seats-2027649|title=Left Front wins in just 8 seats|date=20 October 2014|website=DNA India|access-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406173451/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-left-front-wins-in-just-8-seats-2027649|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> by a margin of 6,939 votes.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

On 20 March 2018, Prakash Ambedkar founded new political party named the [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]]. On 14 March 2019, Ambedkar has announced the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh will merge with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi. He said that, despite the 'Akola pattern' of social engineering through the success of the Bharipa-Bahujan Mahasangh, the word 'Bharipa' (RPI) had limited the expansion of the party. He said that after the [[2019 Indian general election|Lok Sabha elections 2019]], the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh will merge with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, because the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi is acceptable in a broad sense.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/desh-videsh-news/after-lok-sabha-election-2019-bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-merge-in-vanchit-bahujan-aghadi-says-prakash-ambedkar-1857578/|title=भारिप बहुजन महासंघ निवडणुकीनंतर वंचित आघाडीत विलीन होणार: प्रकाश आंबेडकर|date=2019-03-14|website=Loksatta|language=mr-IN|access-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501150259/https://www.loksatta.com/desh-videsh-news/after-lok-sabha-election-2019-bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-merge-in-vanchit-bahujan-aghadi-says-prakash-ambedkar-1857578/|archive-date=2019-05-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abpmajha.abplive.in/election/bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-merge-in-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-says-prakash-ambedkar-643168|title=भारिप बहुजन महासंघ वंचित आघाडीत विलीन करणार, प्रकाश आंबेडकरांची घोषणा|last=अकोला|first=उमेश अलोणे, एबीपी माझा|date=2019-03-14|website=ABP Majha|language=mr|access-date=2019-05-25}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lokmat.com/akola/bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-will-merge-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-big-decision-prakash-ambedkar/|title=भारिप बहुजन महासंघ वंचित बहुजन आघाडीत विलीन करणार, प्रकाश आंबेडकरांचा मोठा निर्णय|last=author/online-lokmat|date=2019-03-14|website=Lokmat|access-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501150120/http://www.lokmat.com/akola/bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-will-merge-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-big-decision-prakash-ambedkar/|archive-date=2019-05-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/a-big-decision-of-prakash-ambedkar-bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-will-merge-with-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-6034113.html|title=प्रकाश आंबेडकरांचा Big Decision..भारिप बहुजन महासंघ वंचित बहुजन आघाडीत विलीन करणार|date=2019-03-14|website=divyamarathi|language=mr|access-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501150114/https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/a-big-decision-of-prakash-ambedkar-bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-will-merge-with-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-6034113.html|archive-date=2019-05-01|url-status=live}}</ref> On 8 November 2019, the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha merged into the [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lokmat.com/akola/finally-bharip-bms-merge-vanchit-bahujan-aaghadi/|title=अखेर भारिप-बमसं 'वंचित'मध्ये विलीन!|date=9 November 2019}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==
===Lok Sabha Elections===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
! Lok Sabha Term
! Indian General Election
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! Party Votes
! Party Votes %
! State (seats)
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| 4
| 0
| 3,29,695
| 1.2
| Maharashtra (0)
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| 4
| 1
| 5,92,559
| 2.1
| Maharashtra (1)
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| 16
| 0
| 4,28,566
| 1.3
| Maharashtra (0)
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| 39
| 0
| 4,92,470
| 1.3
| Maharashtra (0)
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| 23
| 0
| 3,60,854
| 0.7%
| Maharashtra (0)
|}

===Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Vidhan Sabha Term
! Maharashtra General Election
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! Party Votes
! Party Votes %
|-
| [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|10th Vidhan Sabha]]
| 1999
| 34
| 3
| 6,06,827
| 1.8
|-
| [[2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|11th Vidhan Sabha]]
| 2004
| 83
| 1
| 5,16,221
| 1.2
|-
| [[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|12th Vidhan Sabha]]
| 2009
| 103
| 1
| 3,76,645
| 0.8
|-
| [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|13th Vidhan Sabha]]
| 2014
| 70
| 1
| 4,72,925
| 0.9
|}

==See also==
*[[Republican Party of India (A)]]
*[[Republican Sena]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041111081129/http://indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=11178 Interview with P.Y. Ambedkar in Indian Express]

{{Indian political parties}}

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