Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (

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: National People's Party) is a

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 ideological or p ...

in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India,

Chaudhary Charan Singh Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) served as the 5th Prime Minister of India between 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the 'champion of India's peasants.' Charan S ...

and the original

Lok Dal Lokdal or Lok Dal is an Indian political party based on agriculture policies, founded by former prime minister of India Charan Singh. See also * Girraj Kishore Mahaur, former MLA of Lok Dal * Lok Dal (Charan) * Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtr ...

. Chaudhary Ajit Singh was infected with COVID-19 and died during treatment at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon.

Electoral history

The party has one MLA in

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Dr. Subhash Garg, who is also serving as MoS (I/C) in the Ashok Gehlot led govt. RLD is considered influential in the western region of

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2002 Uttar Pradesh Elections

In 2002, party had two cabinet ministers in chief minister

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's cabinet. From 2003 to 2007, the party had six ministers in the Uttar Pradesh government. The party's official electoral symbol is a hand pump.

2004 Indian General Elections

In 2004 Lok Sabha elections, RLD contested in alliance with the Samajwadi Party. RLD contested only in the western part of Uttar Pradesh, where they won three seats.

2009 Indian General Elections

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, RLD contested seven seats in western Uttar Pradesh, in an alliance with the

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

, and won five seats.

2014 Indian General Elections

On 12 December 2011, RLD joined the

United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a centre-left political alliance of predominantly left-leaning political parties in India. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party ...

led by

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

. The party contested on eight constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 Indian general election as per an arrangement with UPA but lost on all of them. Party chief Ajit Singh who was six term holder from Baghpat seat, lost to BJP candidate Satya Pal Singh. His son Jayant Chaudhary, the incumbent MP from Mathura, lost to BJP candidate

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too.

2015 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Elections

In January 2015

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad'') is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is ...

elections, RLD supported Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates.

2017 Uttar Pradesh Elections

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 ...

, it could win only one seat. Later, its lone MLA was expelled from the party.

2018 Rajasthan Elections

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the RLD won one seat from Bharatpur Legislative Assembly Constituency. The Party candidate Dr. Subhash Garg won by beating BJP candidate by a margin of over 15500 votes.

2019 Indian General Elections

In 2019, RLD joined the Grand Alliance made by BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh for the General Elections 2019. As per the seat-sharing arrangement, RLD got 3 seats

Baghpat Baghpat is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bagpat district, which was established in 1997. It is part of the National Capital Region. Etymology The original name of the city was ''Vyaghrap ...

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

and

Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar is a city under Muzaffarnagar District in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/ Dehradun National Highway (NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It is ...

but lost all of these.

Sanjeev Balyan Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (born 23 June 1972) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from the Muzaffarnagar (Lok Sabha constituency), Muzaffarnagar constituency in 2014 and 2019. He was app ...

defeated Ajit Singh from Muzaffarnagar constituency and Satyapal Singh defeated Jayant Choudhary from Baghpat constituency while actress

defeated Kunwar Singh from Mathura constituency.

Lok Sabha Elections

Legislative Assembly elections

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections

MLAs (Vidhan Sabha)

MLAs in

: * Dr. Subhash Garg ( Bharatpur) MLAs 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- ...

: * Rajpal Singh Baliyan from

Budhana Budhana is a town, block, tehsil, nagar panchayat, and one of the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics As of the 2001 India census, the town of Budhana had a p ...

* Persann Chaudhary from

Shamli Shamli is a city and the headquarters of Shamli district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a part of Delhi NCR and is an administrative subdivision under Saharanpur division. History According to the mythological story, in Dawpar yug ...

* Ajay Kumar from Chhaprauli * Pradeep Kumar Singh from Sadabad * Ghulam Mohammad from Siwalkhas * Ashraf Ali Khan from

Thana Bhawan Thana Bhawan is a small town in Shamli district (formerly part of Muzaffarnagar district) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. District Shamli is a newly constructed district. Before becoming a new district, it came under district Muzaffarnag ...

Chandan Chauhan Chandan Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is serving as member in 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 10 March 2022 from Meerapur representing Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: N ...

from

Meerapur Meerapur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Muzaffarnagar district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency. Firs ...

* Anil Kumar from Purqazi *

Madan Bhaiya Madan Bhaiya, born Madan Singh Kasana, is an Indian politician. Bhaiya is a fifth-term member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1991–1993, 1993–1996, 2002–2007, 2007–2012, 2022–present) and currently represents the Khatauli ...

from Khatauli

List of Central Ministers

References

External links

* {{United Progressive Alliance , state=collapsed Political parties in India Janata Parivar Political parties established in 1996 1996 establishments in India Janata Dal Bharatiya Lok Dal