The United Opposition was an

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formed between various opposition parties in

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ahead of the 2022 elections in India. The United Opposition was first proposed by the

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Foundation

To fight against

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in 2022 Indian presidential election, the

, TMC supremo,

proposed an electoral alliance.

Member parties

2022 Presidential elections

The United Opposition nominated

Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha (, born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator and politician. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal B ...

, former External Affairs Minister, former Finance Minister, and

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leader, as their presidential candidate for the 2022 Indian presidential election. Later Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and both factions of Shiv Sena (SS) supported the

nominated candidate

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for the presidential election instead. Sinha finished in second place in the elections.

2022 Vice Presidential election

The United Opposition nominated

Margaret Alva Margaret Nazareth Alva ( born 14 April 1942) is an Indian politician. Alva served as the 17th Governor of Goa, 23rd Governor of Gujarat, 20th Governor of Rajasthan and 4th Governor of Uttarakhand the until the end of her tenure in August 2014. S ...

, former Governor of Uttarakhand and

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, former Union Minister and

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leader, as their Vice Presidential candidate for the

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. However, the leading party of the Opposition, AITC, decided to abstain from voting due to insult of the dignity of the party by other parties as they did not consult or seek consent before declaring a VP candidate. Alva finished in second place in the elections.

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