The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, 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 Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, the fourth and recent being Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’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 Uttar Pradesh 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 (People's League) fragmented into several regional parties. The party was founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav 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 Akhilesh Yadav 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 Lok Sabha 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

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election The election to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held from 11 February to 8 March 2017 in 7 phases. This election saw a voter turnout of 61.11% compared to 59.40% in the previous election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won th ...

, slumping to only 47 seats as the Bharatiya Janata Party 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 Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar.

National Convention of January 2017

In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017 called by Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav was appointed as president of the party.

Position in state and national politics

The Samajwadi Party provided outside support to the United Progressive Alliance 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 Lok Janshakti Party of Bihar. 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 Indian National Congress gained 52 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party obtained a clear mandate with 303 seats. In West Bengal, the

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of Kiranmoy Nanda merged with the SP. The SP has two MLAs each in Madhya Pradesh 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, founder and former cabinet minister * Shivpal Singh Yadav, Former State President of Samajwadi Party, Member of Legislative Assembly from Jaswantnagar - 6th term, Former Cabinet Minister(UP Govt.), Former

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* Anantram Jaiswal former Member of parliament Rajya Sabha former minister founder of the party * Akhilesh Yadav, President of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. * Kiranmoy Nanda, 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, Member of Parliament, 9 time MLA, Member of Parliament Loksabha Rampur former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. * Jaya Bachchan,Indian actress and Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh. *

Ram Govind Chaudhary Ram Govind Chaudhary (born 9 July 1946) is one of the prominent socialist leaders of India who has served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He was in charge of Basic Education and Child ...

, Leader of opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. *

Sanjay Lathar Sanjay Lathar (born July 7, 1971) is an Indian politician. He was Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council since March 2022 to May 2022, after death of Ahmed Hasan. He is associated with Samajwadi Party. He was Member of the U ...

, Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. *

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 of ...

, Samajwadi Party Maharashtra state President, Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and former Member of Rajya Sabha. *

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 Harendra Singh Malik is an ex-Member of the Parliament of India representing Haryana in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He hails from Muzzafarnagar. He is a well known Jat leader in Western UP. He was first elected ...

, 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, Samajwadi Party General Secretary, Rajya Sabha MP, former Member of Lok Sabha, and former Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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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