The Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party (abbreviated UP RSP) was a left-wing

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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 ...

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1951–1952. It held one seat in the

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 ...

. The party ended up merging with the

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Split in RSP

The party was formed after a split in the Revolutionary Socialist Party. As of 1950, under the leadership of

Jharkhande Rai Jharkhande Rai was an Indian Communist politician. He belonged to Bhumihar community and was an eminent leader and one of the pillars of the Communist Party of India in Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh. He was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha, 5th Lok Sab ...

, the

state unit of RSP had become pro-communist. In 1951 the national leadership of RSP declared the entire Uttar Pradesh branch expelled and its State Committee dissolved. The group of Rai then set up UP RSP as a separate party. The influence of the party was limited to a few pockets.

1951–52 elections

The party contested the elections in 1951 and 1952.Sadasivan, S. N.
Party and Democracy in India
'. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 1977. p. 83 It was awarded 'bow and arrow' as its election symbol. During the election campaign, UP RSP worked in alliance with the

and the

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.Kogekar, Sadanand Vasudeo, and Richard Leonard Park.
Reports on the Indian General Elections, 1951-52
'. Bombay: Popular Book Depot, 1956. p. 154-155 In the 1951–52 Lok Sabha election the party contested two seats; Kunwar Maharaj Singh stood as the candidate in the Bahraich District (East) constituency and Lakshmi Shanker in the Ballia District South (West) constituency. Singh obtained 7,064 votes (7.36% of the votes in the constituency) whilst Shanker got 13,601 votes (11.61%). All in all, UP RSP got 0.12% of the votes in the state (and 0.02% of the votes nationwide). The party launched nine candidates in the

1951 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The first Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in 1951. The Indian National Congress won by a comfortable margin with 388 of the 430 Vidhan Sabha seats. Important members References External links *https://eci.gov.in/ ...

. One candidate, Jharkhande Rai, won a seat. Rai won the Ghosi West seat, with 15,524 votes (47.95%). Two UP RSP candidates finished second in their respective seats; Udal got 7,587 votes (20.50%) in Banaras West and Kapildeo Singh got 8,267 votes (24.98%) in Rasra West. All other UP RSP candidates lost their deposits. In total the UP RSP candidates got 57,284 votes (0.34% of the votes in the state). The average percentage of votes of the UP RSP candidates in the constituencies contested stood at 14.32%.

Merger with CPI

UP RSP merged with the Communist Party of India in 1952. The merger was formalized at a party conference in Mau, held 28–30 November 1952. Through the merger with UP RSP, the Communist Party obtained representation in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.Shiv Lal.
Indian Elections Since Independence
'. New Delhi: Election Archives, 1972. p. 164

References

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