The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party is an Indian

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

founded in 2002.''Hindustan Times''.
Rajbhar: a new dalit force in eastern UP
' The party is led by

Om Prakash Rajbhar Om Prakash Rajbhar (born 15 September 1962) is an Indian politician and president of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP). He is a member of 18th Legislative Assembly from Zahoorabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Early life Rajbhar was b ...

, former Minister of Backward Classes Welfare, Disabled People development in Uttar Pradesh.''Times of India''.
Ex-BSP leaders join hands ahead of LS polls
' The party has its headquarters in Rasra,

Ballia district Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ballia district is a part of Azamgarh division situated in the east of Uttar Pradesh. The main economic activity is agriculture. City is the district headquarters and commercial ...

. The party has a yellow flag.

Profile

SBSP is based amongst the OBC community in eastern

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. The party calls for the inclusion of the Rajbhar community in the list of

Scheduled Caste The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

s. However, it also favours the setting up of reservation quotas on socio-economic grounds.

Indian general election, 2004

SBSP fielded 14 candidates in the

2004 Indian general election General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governm ...

, one in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

and the rest in Uttar Pradesh. Together they obtained 275,267 votes (0.07% of the nationwide vote).

Bihar assembly elections, 2005

The party contested the

February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Bihar Assembly elections were held twice in the year 2005. There was a fractured verdict in February 2005 Assembly Election. Since no government could be formed in Bihar, fresh elections were held in October–November the same year. Schedule ...

with three candidates. Together they obtained 13,655 votes (0.06% of the statewide vote). SBSP fielded two candidates in the subsequent October 2005 Legislative Assembly election in Bihar. Together they obtained 11,037 votes (0.05% of the statewide vote).

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2007

The party ran 97 candidates in the

2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2007 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election was held during April–May 2007. It was held to elect a government for the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Background With 166 million people, U.P. is about the size of France, Germany, an ...

. All but three candidates forfeited their deposits. In total the party obtained 491,347 votes (0.94% of the statewide vote).

Indian general election, 2009

Ahead of the

2009 Indian general election 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...

SBSP joined the

Apna Dal Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) is an Indian political party active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Founded by Dr. Sonelal Patel Founding Apna Dal was founded on 4 November 1995 by Sone Lal Patel. Sonelal Patel had been a close associate of dalit leader ...

-led coalition Adhikar Manch ('Rights Platform'), an alliance of BSP splinter groups. SBSP fielded twenty candidates, whom together obtained 319,307 votes. All forfeited their

deposits A deposit account is a bank account maintained by a financial institution in which a customer can deposit and withdraw money. Deposit accounts can be savings accounts, Transaction account#Current accounts, current accounts or any of several othe ...

Bihar assembly election, 2010

The party fielded six candidates in the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Together they obtained 15,437 votes (0.05% of the statewide vote).

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2012

The party ran 52 candidates in the

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

. All but four candidates forfeited their deposits. In total the party obtained 477,330 votes (0.63% of the statewide vote).

Indian general election, 2014

SBSP fielded 13 candidates in the

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

, whom together mustered 118,947 votes (0.02% of the nationwide vote). Ahead of the election SBSP took part in forming the

Ekta Manch The Ekta Manch ('Unity Platform') is a political alliance in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The alliance was announced in April 2014, ahead of the 2014 Indian general election. At the time it consisted of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, t ...

('Unity Platform'), a coalition of smaller parties in Uttar Pradesh. Om Prakash Rajbhar served as convenor of the coalition.

Bihar assembly election, 2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

, SBSP contested in only 2 seats but could not win any of them. though Azad Paswan a candidate came in 3rd in polls.

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2017

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 ...

working in alliance with BJP, SBSP contested 8 seats in UP and won 5 seats with party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar becoming a minister in UP government.

Indian general election, 2019

SBSP fielded 39 candidates in the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

against BJP. This was in response to ally Bharatiya Janata Party’s proposal that SBSP contest on the saffron party’s lotus symbol from Ghosi in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar assembly election, 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

, SBSP contested in only 5 seats as part of

Grand Democratic Secular Front The Grand Democratic Secular Front (GDSF) was a coalition of political parties in the Indian state of Bihar formed on 8 October 2020 after the merger of the constituents of the United Democratic Secular Alliance and a three party front. The coal ...

that also included

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (abbreviated as RLSP; translation: ''National People's Equity Party'') was a political party in India led by Upendra Kushwaha. It was launched on 3 March 2013 and was based in the state of Bihar. The party came into exi ...

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Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic) is a political party in India. Devendra Prasad Yadav is the leader of the party. The election symbol of the party is an air conditioner. On 24 March 2022, SJD(D) merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal. History Party ...

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, and Janvadi Party (Socialist).

Uttar Pradesh assembly election, 2022

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working in alliance with SP, SBSP contested in 17 seats in UP and won 6 seats with party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar in Uttar Pradesh. ''UP Election 2022''.
Om Prakash Rajbhar's Party won 6 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections
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References

{{reflist Political parties in Uttar Pradesh Political parties in Bihar Political parties established in 2002 2002 establishments in Uttar Pradesh