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The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a
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political party in
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. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former
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politician
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 t ...
and is headquartered in
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. It is the third-largest political party in India, and is led by former
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,
Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...
. While the party is largely based in
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
, it has significant presence in many other Indian states as well. It has been the ruling party in the state of Uttar Pradesh for four terms – three times under
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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 t ...
, the fourth and most recent being
Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...
Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...
's full majority government in the 2012–2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The coalition of the party and its alliance partners:
Samajwadi Alliance Samajwadi Alliance (SP+; ), is a major political alliance led by the Samajwadi Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Rashtriya Lok Dal, RLD was the first to join the alliance. The Nationalis ...
SP+ is currently the largest bloc in Uttar Pradesh in terms of
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MPs. The alliance has one of the largest vote bases in the state of Uttar Pradesh in terms of the collective voting pattern, with more than 37% vote share in the 2022 assembly elections and 44% in the 2024 general elections.


History

The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when
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fragmented into several regional parties. The party was founded by
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 t ...
in 1992. Created just months before the
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, the party rose to power by pursuing secular politics. The support of its key voters, Other Backward Classes and Muslims helped the party become a major political force in Uttar Pradesh. In
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, the
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of
Kiranmoy Nanda Kiranmoy Nanda (born 16 May 1944) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He was the Fisheries Minister in the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front cabinet in the state of West Bengal since 1982 till 2011 when he was succeede ...
merged with the SP in 2010. The Samajwadi Party is now led by former
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 minis ...
,
Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...
. He was chosen as the President for the first time in an Emergency meeting in 2017. He was chosen for second time in 2017 at Agra Convention of Samajwadi Party. He was chosen for the third time at the party's national convention held in September 2022 at Lucknow, after he was chosen as the President at the party's national convention held on 1 January 2017. The party have contested
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and State Assembly elections around the country, but by far the bulk of its victories have been in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2012 legislative assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh, SP registered a landslide victory with a clear majority in the house, thus enabling it to form a government in the state. This was expected to be the fifth term of Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister of state, but he selected his son, Akhilesh Yadav instead. This became official on 15 March. It was also the first time that SP was head of the UP government for a full term of five years. However, the party suffered a landslide defeat in the
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, slumping to only 47 seats as the
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swept to victory. The major loss of Samajwadi Party was attributed to several factors, most notably being corruption, several political controversies, deteriorating law and order, and insensitive comments on rape as well as anti-women views.


National Convention of January 2017

In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017, called by Ram Gopal Yadav,
Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...
was appointed as president of the Party for 5 years.


Position in state and national politics


Alliance


UPA

The Samajwadi Party provided outside support to the
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government up to the fourteenth general election. After the fourteenth general election, its support became unnecessary when the UPA became the largest alliance. It contested the 2009 general election in alliance with the
Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...
and the
Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP, ) was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. ...
of
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. In April 2014, the Save Indian Family Foundation encouraged voters to support the Samajwadi Party or vote
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because they had said they opposed the alleged misuse of gender bias laws.


SP-BSP Alliance

In 2019 general election, the Samajwadi Party was defeated by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh though allying with
Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...
. It became the thirteenth largest party in parliament. In the general elections of 2019, it won only five seats, while the BSP won 10.


INDIA

Recently, Samajwadi Party joined the newly formed
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is a big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance of several List of political parties in India, political parties in India led by the country's largest opposition party ...
(I.N.D.I.A) formed as an umbrella alliance of opposition parties in India. In the
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, the Samajwadi Party achieved a historic breakthrough by winning 37 seats, making it the third-largest party in the
18th Lok Sabha The 18th Lok Sabha was formed after general elections were held in India over seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, to elect all members from 543 constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 ...
. In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party contested the elections in alliance with the
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. Together, they secured 43 out of the 80 seats in the state, marking a significant gain for the
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.


Presence in state assemblies

The SP has two MLAs in
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and one MLA in the 2022
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assembly election.


Samajwadi Prahari and Samajwadi Sanwad

Under the guidance of Kailash Chaurasia, who was the Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and under the direction of Dr.Arvind Srivastava, Shri Shivendra Nandan made the formal announcement of the formation of Samajwadi Sentinel and in this sequence, Samajwadi Samvad to put forward the public's views. He reportedly cited the fight for equal rights for all races and issues related to inequality in youth-related matters as the main issues presented. The Samajwadi Party has front line campaigning groups. Ongoing debate on party policy comes from many of their leaders. Among them are: # Chhatra Sabha Sanwad # Yuvjan Sabha Sanwad # Samajwadi prahari Sanwad # Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade Sanwad # Lohiya Vahini Sanwad # Shikshak Sabha Sanwad # Vyapar Sabha Sanwad # Adhivakta Sabha Sanwad # Ambedkar Vahini Samwad


Electoral performances


Lok Sabha Elections


Assembly Elections


List of chief ministers


List of union ministers


Prominent members

*
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 t ...
, founder and former President of Samajwadi Party, former Defence minister of India and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. *
Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...
, President of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. * Azam Khan, Member of Parliament, 9 time MLA, Member of Parliament
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Rampur former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Member of
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from Uttar Pradesh. *
Janeshwar Mishra Janeshwar Mishra (5 August 1933 – 22 January 2010) was a politician from Samajwadi Party. He was a member of the Parliament of India and also represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was ...
, former cabinet minister,
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. Former Member of Parliament,
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. *
Shivpal Singh Yadav Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of t ...
, Former State President of Samajwadi Party,
Member of Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several national ...
from Jaswantnagar – 6th term, Former Cabinet Minister(UP Govt.), Former
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* Beni Prasad Verma, former Union Cabinet Minister of India *
Awadhesh Prasad Awadhesh Prasad (born 31 July 1945) is an Indian politician who is a founding member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and an MP in the 18th Lok Sabha representing Faizabad. He is presently the general secretary of the national executive of SP and h ...
, General Secretary of Samajwadi Party, Former Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh, founding member *
Anantram Jaiswal Anantram Jaiswal (1 April 1924 - 17 January 2015) was a freedom fighter and Indian politician was also a Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha and was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Jais ...
former
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha ( abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections ...
,
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of the States and union territories of India, Indian states to the upper house of the Parliament of India which is known as "Rajya Sabha" (constitutionally "Cou ...
, Minister and Samajwadi
Ideologist An ideology is a set of beliefs or values attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely about belief in certain knowledge, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones". Form ...
, Founding member *
Kiranmoy Nanda Kiranmoy Nanda (born 16 May 1944) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He was the Fisheries Minister in the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front cabinet in the state of West Bengal since 1982 till 2011 when he was succeede ...
, Vice President of Samajwadi Party *
Naresh Uttam Patel Naresh Uttam Patel (born 10 January 1956) is an Indian politician, leader of the Samajwadi Party and a former member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He first became an MLA as a Janata Dal candidate in 1989 and is one of the founding membe ...
, Former Uttar Pradesh State president of Samajwadi Party. * Professor
Ram Gopal Yadav Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal fro ...
, Party Leader in Rajya Sabha *
Jaya Bachchan Jaya Bachchan (''née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of Hindi cinema. She is serving as member of the parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party ...
, Indian actress and
Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...
MP from
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. *
Ram Govind Chaudhary Ram Govind Chaudhary (born 9 July 1946) is one of the prominent socialist leaders of India who has served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He was in charge of Basic Education and Child ...
, Leader of opposition in
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 Assembl ...
. *
Indrajit Saroj Indrajit Saroj (born 14 January 1963) is a senior politician and National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party. He is currently Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Manjhanpur Assembly constituency. Political life Indrajit Saro ...
, National General Secretary, Deputy Leader of Opposition in
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 Assembl ...
*
Balram Yadav Balram Yadav is a leader of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. On 10 June 2016, he was re-elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He has four children including Sangram Yadav, also a politician of Samajwadi party. He is one of th ...
, 5 times elected as
Member of Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several national ...
from
Atraulia Assembly constituency Atraulia is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in the Azamgarh district within the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is famous for Eddy Electricals (India) Pvt Ltd. Geography Atraulia has an average elevation of 81 metres (265 feet). The ...
and 4 times as
Member of Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the British ( ...
, Former Cabinet Minister (UP Govt.), He is prominent leader in purvanchal( Eastern Uttar Pradesh). * Sanjay Lathar, Leader of Opposition in
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council also known as 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 bicameral, c ...
. * Dr.
Sangram Yadav Sangram Yadav is an Indian politician. He served as a member of 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh . He represents the Atraulia constituency in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. ...
, 3 times
Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of States of India, State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the ...
from
Atraulia Assembly constituency Atraulia is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in the Azamgarh district within the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is famous for Eddy Electricals (India) Pvt Ltd. Geography Atraulia has an average elevation of 81 metres (265 feet). The ...
and Whip/sachetak of Samajwadi party vidhan mandal dal. *
Abu Asim Azmi Abu Asim Azmi (born 8 August 1955) is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Constituency, Mumbai. He belongs to the Samajwadi Party. He is the President of the Maharashtra state branch of ...
, Samajwadi Party Maharashtra state President, Member of
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and former Member of
Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...
. *
Mohan Singh Mohan Singh (4 March 1945 – 22 September 2013) was an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party. He was elected three times to the Lok Sabha from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh. He was the General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party. He died on 22 S ...
, former Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha *
Harendra Singh Malik Harendra Singh Malik () is a current Member of the Parliament of India from Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha in Uttar Pradesh. He previously served as a Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Haryana. Harendr ...
, former MP Rajya Sabha, prominent Jat leader from Western Uttar Pradesh. * Pankaj Kumar Malik, MLA from Charthawal Assembly Seat. *
Vishambhar Prasad Nishad Vishambhar Prasad Nishad (born 18 July 1962) is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party. He served as a cabinet minister of the Uttar Pradesh government three times and became a member of parliament for Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency ...
, Samajwadi Party General Secretary,
Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...
MP, former Member of
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, and former Cabinet Minister of
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
. *
Balwant Singh Ramoowalia Balwant Singh Ramoowalia (born 15 March 1942) is an Indian politician from Samajwadi Party. His father Karnail Singh Paras was a well-known Kavishar. Balwant Singh started his political career with student politics as a general secretary of S ...
, Prominent
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leader and former cabinet minister of
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
. * Anand Singh, leader, ex 5 time MP and MLA from Gonda district, and former Cabinet Minister of Agriculture from Uttar Pradesh Government, under
Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...
from 2012 to 2014.


State leadership

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Abu Asim Azmi Abu Asim Azmi (born 8 August 1955) is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Constituency, Mumbai. He belongs to the Samajwadi Party. He is the President of the Maharashtra state branch of ...
: Maharashtra * Shyamlal Pal: Uttar Pradesh * Dr.Manoj Yadav: Madhya Pradesh * Satyanarayan Sachan: Uttarakhand * Manjappa Yadav: Karnataka * Devendra Upadhyaya: Gujarat * Manas Bhattacharya: West Bengal *Mukesh Yadav: Rajasthan *Sukhvinder Singh: Punjab *Dr Saji Pothen Thomas: Kerala *B Jagadeesh Yadav: Andhra Pradesh *Om Prakash Sahu:Chhattisgarh


See also

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List of political parties in India India has a multi-party system. The Election Commission of India (ECI) grants recognition to national-level and state-level political parties based on objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges such as a reserved party ...
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Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is a big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance of several List of political parties in India, political parties in India led by the country's largest opposition party ...


References


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