The alliance was established after the BJP-led
National Democratic Alliance which includes parties like
Asom Gana Parishad and
Bodoland People's Front formed its first government in
Assam, with the alliance winning a landslide. The founding political parties of the North-East Democratic Alliance led by the BJP on 26 May 2019, included
Naga People's Front,
Sikkim Democratic Front,
People's Party of Arunachal, Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People's Front. The
Chief Ministers of the northeastern states of
Sikkim,
Pawan Kumar Chamling;
Assam,
Sarbananda Sonowal;
Arunachal Pradesh,
Kalikho Pul and
Nagaland,
T. R. Zeliang were the founding members of the alliance. BJP President
Amit Shah chaired the meeting which was also attended by BJP General Secretary
Ram Madhav and BJP North East Zonal Organizing Secretary Ajay Jamwal. The alliance suffered a big setback in Arunachal Pradesh when their 30 MLAs defected back to
Indian National Congress. On 16 September 2016, 43 MLAs from the ruling party, under the CM
Pema Khandu, left Indian National Congress to join
People's Party of Arunachal in alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party. Though Pema Khandu is still the Chief Minister, it is soon expected that either a coalition government will be formed with BJP as the speaker of the assembly has also changed sides with the CM, or that the Indian Government will dissolve the state assembly for fresh general elections. In October 2016,
People's Party of Arunachal formally joined hands with Bharatiya Janata Party, making
Arunachal Pradesh the 15th state to have the BJP-led NDA in power, and with this new coalition,
Tamiyo Taga was sworn in as Cabinet minister of
Arunachal Pradesh. On 21 December 2016, Khandu was suspended from the party by the party president and
Takam Pario was named as the next likely
Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh replacing Khandu after
People's Party of Arunachal suspended Khandu along with 6 other MLAs. In December 2016, Khandu proved the majority on the floor with 33 of the
People's Party of Arunachal’s 43 legislators joining the Bharatiya Janata Party as the BJP party increased its strength to 45 and it has the support of two independents. He became second Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh of Bharatiya Janata Party in
Arunachal Pradesh after 44 days lead
Gegong Apang government in 2003. In March 2017,
Nongthombam Biren Singh is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the
Chief Ministers of Manipur on 15 March 2017. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry. The Bharatiya Janata Party allied with
National People's Party,
Naga People's Front,
Lok Janshakti Party and others it was the first time that
BJP formed government in
Manipur through
INC emerged as the single largest party. In 2018, the
BJP and the ruling
Nagaland People's Front dissolved their electoral alliance prior to the election. The BJP instead chose to form an alliance with the newly formed
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, led by former CM
Neiphiu Rio.
Lok Sabha MP and former
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio of the
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party was declared elected uncontested in the
Northern Angami II constituency after no other candidate was nominated against him. In March 2018, The
National People's Party came second behind
Indian National Congress by winning 19 seats in the
2018 Meghalaya legislative assembly election.
Conrad Sangma staked claim to form government with a letter of support from the 34
MLA, that included 19 from NPP, 6 from
United Democratic Party, 4 from
People's Democratic Front, two each from
Hill State People's Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party, and an
independent. In March 2018,
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party came second behind
Naga People's Front by winning 18 seats in the
2018 Nagaland legislative assembly election.
Neiphiu Rio staked claim to form the government with a letter of support from the 32
MLA, that included 17 from NDPP, 12 from Bharatiya Janata Party, 1 from
Janata Dal (United) and an
independent. In March 2018, Bharatiya Janata Party won the
2018 Tripura legislative assembly election 35 seats. Its ally
Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura won 8 of 9 seats which they contested. The alliance defeated
Communist Party of India (Marxist) who was ruling since 1993. In the
2018 state assembly elections,
Mizo National Front has emerged as largest political party and won 26 seats and
Pu Zoramthanga became the new
Chief Minister of Mizoram. This was the first time that Congress did not have any government in any of the states in
Northeast India. In Sikkim, The
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha came close to allying with
Bhartiya Janata Party before the
2019 Indian Election but decided to fight alone. They contested on all 32 constituencies of the
Sikkim Legislative Assembly and won 17 constituencies, thus ending
Pawan Kumar Chamling's 25-year rule in Sikkim.
Indra Hang Subba won the
Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency by defeating his nearest rival of
Sikkim Democratic Front Dek Bahadur Katwal 12,443 margin. After the assembly election, 1 MLA from
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha and 2 MLAs from
Sikkim Democratic Front each vacated their second seat after being elected from two constituencies. Before the by-elections to these three vacant seats were held, 10 MLAs of Sikkim Democratic Front defected to
Bhartiya Janata Party and 2 MLAs of Sikkim Democratic Front defected to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, leaving Sikkim Democratic Front with only 1 MLA. SKM had 18 MLAs and BJP had 10 MLAs. In the by-elections held on 21 October 2019, BJP won two seats and SKM one seat. The final seat numbers are: SKM 19 seats, BJP 12 seats and SDF 1 seat. On 17 June 2020 9 MLAs supporting
N. Biren Singh led the government in
Manipur revolted against him and withdrew support from his government blaming him for lack of action during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the vote of confidence, he was one of the eight MLAs who had skipped the assembly proceedings defying the party whip for the trust vote. All members resigned from
Indian National Congress and later joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of
Ram Madhav,
Baijayant Panda, and
Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh. In November 2020, Bharatiya Janata Party announced that it has agreed to support efforts by the UPPL to form an executive body in
Bodoland Territorial Council. The leader of the UPPL,
Pramod Boro became the new
Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council on 15 December 2020. BJP won a landslide victory in Assam in
2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election.Soon after the election results were declared and the BJP-led NDA emerged victorious it faced the dilemma of who should be made the Chief Minister. While most of the top leaders in the BJP state unit favored incumbent Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal, speculations suggest that
Himanta Biswa Sarma had more elected MLAs of the BJP on his side. Due to prolonged discontent between the two leaders, a BJP legislature party meeting couldn't have been called. On 10 May 2021, Sarma was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam, succeeding his colleague
Sarbananda Sonowal. In March 2022,
Nongthombam Biren Singh is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the
Chief Ministers of Manipur on 15 March 2022. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry. The Bharatiya Janata Party formed the government winning 32 of 60 seats, it was the first time that
BJP formed government in
Manipur with a majority on its own. NPP chief
Conrad Sangma gave resignation from the post of Chief Minister to Governor
Phagu Chauhan. The NPP emerged as the single largest party in
2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, winning 26 seats. He staked his claim on a new government with support of 32 MLAs (26 NPP, 2 BJP, 2 HSPDP, and 2 Independents). However, later in the evening, HSPDP withdrew their support which reduced the NPP-led
MDA tally to 30. The opposition parties with 29 MLAs counter-claimed to form a United Front. Leaders of TMC, Congress, PDF, HSPDP, VPP had meeting with UDP leader
Lahkmen Rymbui to form alternative government barring MDA alliance consists NPP and BJP. Later UDP, PDF, and HSPDP pledged support to an NPP-BJP-Independent MDA alliance.
Manik Saha was re-elected as
Chief Minister of Tripura to the Governor
Satyadev Narayan Arya and staked claim new government with the support of 33 MLAs (32 BJP and 1 IPFT). In
2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, North East Democratic Alliance again gained the majority in the house after winning election and Neiphiu Rio took oath after
post elections.
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party's
Hekani Jakhalu Kense from
Dimapur III and
Salhoutuonuo Kruse from
Western Angami constituencies became first women MLAs in the history of Nagaland. Both get elected as NDPP candidates. In March 2024, Tipra Motha joined
Manik Saha-led Tripura government and
Animesh Debbarma and
Brishaketu Debbarma, took the oath as ministers. In May 2024,
Bharatiya Janata Party won the
2024 Arunachal Pradesh legislative assembly election 46 seats whereas its ally's
National People's Party won 5 and
Nationalist Congress Party got 3 seats. The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha contested on all 32 constituencies while aligning with the
National Democratic Alliance in
Sikkim Legislative Assembly and won 31 out of 32 seats in a landlide.Later, the lone SDF MLA joined
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, thus making the state oppositionless. == Members ==