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'''Jana Andolan Party''' (JAP) or '''All India Jana Andolan Party''' (AIJAP) is a political party based in [[Kalimpong district]] and [[Darjeeling district]] of [[India]]. JAP was founded in 2016. The president of the party is Dr. Harka Bahadur Chhetri, who is a former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalimpong]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New party launched in Darjeeling|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/New-party-launched-in-Darjeeling/article14022801.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Election history==<br />
JAP contested the [[West Bengal]] state assembly election from [[Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalimpong]] in 2016. Its candidate Harka Bahadur Chhetri lost narrowly to [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]] candidate Sarita Rai.<ref>{{cite web|title=Darjeeling eludes Mamata’s TMC, GJM retains hold over hilly district|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2016-darjeeling-eludes-mamatas-tmc-gjm-retains-hold-over-hilly-district-2811026/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> In the 2017 [[Kalimpong]] municipality elections, JAP won two seats.<ref>{{cite web|title=In retrospect: TMC's Hill debut in Mirik a commendable job|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/kolkata-242811|publisher=Millennium post|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref><br />
In 2019, Harka Bahadur Chhetri contested the [[Lok Sabha]] election from [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling constituency]]. Amar Lama from JAP is contesting the [[West Bengal]] assembly by-election from [[Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling assembly constituency]] in 2019.<br />
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