1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election
1967 Fourth general elections held in Uttar Pradesh. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the largest share of the popular vote. But it could not secure enough seats for a majority and so a coalition of other parties formed the government with Charan Singh as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Election results The Samyukta Vidhayak Dal (SVD) government was formed by the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (98 MLAs), Samyukta Socialist Party (44 MLAs), 21 MLAs from the Congress, Communist Party of India (13 MLAs), Swatantra Party (12 MLAs), Praja Socialist Party (11 MLAs), Republican Party of India (10 MLAs), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1 MLA) and 22 Independent MLAs. SVD's total strength was 232 in the 425-member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Charan Singh (leader of a faction that broke away from the Congress) became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is the head of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. As per the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the List of governors of Uttar Pradesh, Governor on the advice of the Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers, council of ministers. The house meets in the Vidhan Sabha Chambers of the Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow, Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow is the capital. History List of Assemblies Eighteenth assembly Members of Legislative Assembly See also *Uttar Pradesh Legislature *Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council *1st Uttar Pradesh Assembly, First Legislative ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Republican Party Of India
The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) was a political party in India. It had its roots in the All-India Scheduled Castes Federation led by N. Sivaraj and B. R. Ambedkar. The Party was established by Dr. Br. Ambedkar in 1956 which was to serve as an entry point to the Republican Party of India (RPI). Origins Scheduled Castes Federation The All-India Scheduled Castes Federation (AISCF) was an organisation in India founded in 1942 by N. Sivaraj and B. R. Ambedkar to advocate for the rights of the Dalit community. During its founding convention, an executive body was elected, with N. Sivaraj from Madras State serving as President and P. N. Rajbhoj from Bombay State as General Secretary. Among the founding members was P. T. Madhale, along with others. The origins of the AISCF can be traced to the Madras Depressed Classes Federation, established by Rettamalai Srinivasan and N. Sivaraj. This organisation was later renam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1967 State Assembly Elections In India
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State Assembly Elections In Uttar Pradesh
State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a state where the majority identify with a single nation (with shared culture or ethnic group) ** Constituent state, a political subdivision of a state ** Federated state, constituent states part of a federation *** U.S. state * State of nature, a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations State may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * '' Our State'', a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called ''The State'' * The State (Larry Niven), a fictional future governmen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mulayam Singh Yadav
Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialism, socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also as the Minister of Defence (India), Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian, he was a seven-time Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency, Mainpuri, Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency, Azamgarh, Sambhal Lok Sabha constituency, Sambhal and Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency, Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha, a ten-time member of the Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Legislative Assembly, member of the Legislative council, Legislative Council and the Leader of the Opposition, Leader of Opposition several times as well. Yadav was a prominent figure of his time in Uttar Pradesh polit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Muzaffar Hasan
Muzaffar Hasan (born 22 July 1902) was an Indian nationalist leader from Uttar Pradesh, serving Indian National Congress or Congress Party organization at city level, alongside with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, in Prayagraj, Allahabad. As a party worker, he took part in protest rallies against British rule, facing police action with imprisonment in jail, many times, between 1920 and 1947. Muzaffar Hasan Muzaffar Hasan served as minister in Uttar Pradesh government of Congress party (1952 - 1969). Early life Muzaffar Hasan was born on 22 August 1902 in Prayagraj, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. His father's name was Shah Haider Hasan who shared relationship with people from the historic Sayyid and Shaikh families in Allahabad Division. He learned basic Arabic, Farsi and Urdu books from his local teachers in Phulpur, Allahabad at an early age. He was too young to participate actively in the Indian Home Rule movement and Khilafat movement against British rule in the early 1900s. La ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Awadhesh Pratap Mall
Awadhesh Pratap Mall was the ruler of Majhauli Raj in the Deoria district before the state merged with the former British provinces as Uttar Pradesh in 1947 when India became independent from British rule. After independence, he was a member of the Indian National Congress party and won multiple elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Early life Awadhesh Pratap Mall was born in the early 1900s in Majhauli Raj as the descendant of Raja Dev Narain Mall who was a well known ruler of the aforementioned state in 1857. Mall was 117th ruler of Majhauli. Political career Mall won a seat in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967 from Salempur constituency in Deoria district. retrieved 12 April 2025 He later won a seat in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in the 1969 election from Barhaj. He did not win elections after 1974, but regained the Salempur seat by winning in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 1985 as an Indian National Congr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anand Singh (Uttar Pradesh Politician)
Maharaj Anand Singh (born 4 January 1939) is an Indian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament to 5th Lok Sabha, 5th, 7th Lok Sabha, 7th, 8th Lok Sabha, 8th and 9th Lok Sabha from the Gonda (Lok Sabha constituency), Gonda constituency. He was also a 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Member of Legislative Assembly and Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Minister for the Government of Uttar Pradesh led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in his Akhilesh Yadav ministry, ministry from 2012 to 2017. He is currently the president of The British Indian Association, British India Association Awadh and the President of the Raghvendra Rural Development and Research Organisation (RRDRO). He rose to prominence during the 1971 Lok Sabha elections when he contested and won the Gonda parliamentary seat, defeating his uncle, Devendra Pratap Singh alias Lallan Saheb. This electoral battle marked a significant turning point in his political career, establi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh
The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is the head of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor (India), governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition government, coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose Cabinet (government), council of ministers are Cabinet collective responsibility, collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. On Republic Day (India), 26 January 1950 Govind Ballabh Pant, premier of United Provinces (1937–50), United Provinces, became the first chief minister of the newly renamed Uttar Pradesh. Including him, 11 out of UP's 21 chief ministers belonged to the In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |