The Samajwadi Party ( SP;

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: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a

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political party in

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, headquartered in

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but mainly based in

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, with significant presence in other states as well. With a secular and democratic ideology, the Samajwadi Party believes in creating a socialist society, which works on the principle of equality. The party has been able to form the government in the state of Uttar Pradesh for four times - three times under

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Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. In the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as ...

, the fourth and recent being

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’s full majority government in 2012-2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The coalition of party and it’s alliance partners ''SP+'' has one of the largest vote base in the state of

in terms of collective voting pattern in the state-based electoral system, with more than 37% vote share in 2022 elections.

History

The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when the

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

(People's League) fragmented into several regional parties. The party was founded by

in 1992. Created just months before the

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, the party is said to having played a key role in preventing violence within the state following the event. The Samajwadi Party is now led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

after he was chosen the President by the National Convention held on 1 January, 2017. The Samajwadi Party is primarily based in Uttar Pradesh State. It has contested

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and State Assembly elections around the country, though its successes have been mainly in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2012 legislative assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh, SP registered a landslide victory with a clear majority in the House, thus enabling it to form a government in the state. This was expected to be the fifth term of Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister of state, but he selected his son, Akhilesh Yadav, instead. It became official on 15 March. It was also the first time that SP was head of the UP government for a full term of 5 years. However, the party suffered a landslide defeat in the

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, slumping to only 47 seats as the

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swept to victory. Recent news updated by samajwadi party twitter handle confirms the demise of th
supremo Mulayam singh yadav

Proposed merger

In 2014, there was a proposed merger of the Samajwadi Party with some other

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parties uniting with

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and

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National Convention of January 2017

In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017 called by Ram Gopal Yadav,

was appointed as president of the party.

Position in state and national politics

The Samajwadi Party provided outside support to the

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government up to the fourteenth general election. After the fourteenth general election, its support became unnecessary when the UPA became the largest alliance. It contested the 2009 general election in alliance with the

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and the

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. In the last general election, the Samajwadi Party was defeated by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. It is currently the thirteenth largest party in parliament. In the general elections of 2019, it won only 5 seats, while the

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gained 52 seats and the

obtained a clear mandate with 303 seats. In

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, the

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Kiranmoy Nanda Kiranmoy Nanda ( bn, কিরণময় নন্দ; born 16 May 1944) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He was the Fisheries Minister in the Left Front cabinet in the state of West Bengal since 1982 till 2011 when ...

merged with the SP. The SP has two MLAs each in

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and

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. In April 2014, the

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encouraged voters to support the Samajwadi Party or vote

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because the Samajwadi Party had stated that it opposed the alleged misuse of gender bias laws.

Samajwadi Prahari and Samajwadi Sanwad

The Samajwadi Party has Samajwadi Prahari frontline groups.Party has leading leaders from different fields Through Samajwadi Sanwad, the revolutionary ideas of these leaders will be spread in the society. Some of them are: # Chhatra Sabha Sanwad # Yuvjan Sabha Sanwad # Samajwadi prahari Sanwad # Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade Sanwad # Lohiya Vahini Sanwad # Shikshak Sabha Sanwad # Vyapar Sabha Sanwad # Adhivakta Sabha Sanwad # Ambedkar Vahini Samwad

Electoral performances

Lok Sabha (Lower House)

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

List of Chief Ministers

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List of Central Ministers

Prominent members

* Late Mulayam Singh Yadav, founder and former President of Samajwadi Party, former Defence minister of India and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. *

Janeshwar Mishra Janeshwar Mishra (5 August 1933 – 22 January 2010) was a politician from Samajwadi Party. He was a member of the Parliament of India and also represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was ...

, founder and former cabinet minister *

Shivpal Singh Yadav Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minist ...

, Former State President of Samajwadi Party,

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from

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- 6th term, Former Cabinet Minister(UP Govt.), Former

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former

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former minister founder of the party *

, President of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. *

, Vice President of Samajwadi Party *

Naresh Uttam Patel Naresh Uttam Patel (born 10 January 1956) is a leader of the Samajwadi Party and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He first became an MLA as a Janata Dal candidate in 1989 and is one of the founding members of the Samajwadi Party. ...

, current Uttar Pradesh State president of Samajwadi Party. * Azam Khan,

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, 9 time MLA, Member of Parliament

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Rampur former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Member of

from Uttar Pradesh. *

Jaya Bachchan Jaya Bachchan (''Birth name, née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi ...

,Indian actress and

MP from

. * Ram Govind Chaudhary, Leader of opposition in

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

. * Sanjay Lathar, Leader of Opposition in

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. *

Abu Asim Azmi Abu Asim Azmi (born 8 August 1955) is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Constituency, Mumbai. He belongs to the Samajwadi Party. He is the President of the Maharashtra state branch ...

, Samajwadi Party Maharashtra state President, Member of

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and former Member of

. *

Mohan Singh Mohan Singh (4 March 1945 – 22 September 2013) was an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party. He was elected three times to the Lok Sabha from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh. He was the General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party. He died on 22 ...

, former Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha * Harendra Singh Malik, former MP Rajya Sabha, prominent Jat leader from Western Uttar Pradesh. *

Pankaj Kumar Malik Pankaj Kumar Malik is an Indian politician and member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Malik represented the Charthawal constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. Early life and education Malik w ...

, MLA from Charthawal Assembly Seat. *

Vishambhar Prasad Nishad Vishambhar Prasad Nishad (born 18 July 1962) is an Indian politician from Samajwadi Party, also an advocate, agriculturist, and social worker. He served as a cabinet minister of the Uttar Pradesh government three times and was a member of p ...

, Samajwadi Party General Secretary,

MP, former Member of

, and former Cabinet Minister of

State Leadership

-Maharashtra *

-Uttar Pradesh *Ramayan Singh Patel-Madhya Pradesh *Satyanarayan Sachan-Uttarakhand *Manjappa Yadav-Karnataka *Devendra Upadhyaya Yadav-Gujrat

References

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Samajwadi supremo Mulayam singh yadav passed away

External links

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