Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party
AbbreviationSP
PresidentAkhilesh Yadav
ChairmanAkhilesh Yadav
General SecretaryShivpal Singh Yadav
Azam Khan
Ram Gopal Yadav
Indrajit Saroj
Lalji Verma
Awadhesh Prasad
Ram Achal Rajbhar
Balram Yadav
Vishambhar Prasad Nishad
Ram Ji Lal Suman
Harendra Singh Malik
Lok Sabha LeaderAkhilesh Yadav
Rajya Sabha LeaderRam Gopal Yadav
FounderMulayam Singh Yadav
Founded4 October 1992 (32 years ago) (1992-10-04)
Split fromJanata Dal
Headquarters18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi
NewspaperSamajwadi Bulletin[1]
Student wingSamajwadi Chatra Sabha[2]
Youth wingSamajwadi Prahari[3] Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha[4]
Lohiya Vahini
Women's wingSamajwadi Mahila Sabha[5]
IdeologySocialism (Indian)[6][7]
Secularism[8][9]
Federalism (Indian)[10]
Hindu–Muslim unity[11]
Political positionLeft-wing[12][13][14]
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[15]
Colours    Red and Green
ECI StatusState Party[16]
AllianceI.N.D.I.A. (2023–present)
Left Front (1996-2011)
Seats in Lok Sabha
37 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
4 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
105 / 403
(Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly)
2 / 288
(Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
1 / 182
(Gujarat Legislative Assembly)
Seats in State Legislative Council's
10 / 100
(Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council)
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31
Election symbol
Website
www.samajwadiparty.in
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The Samajwadi Party (abbr. SP; lit. 'Socialist Party') is a socialist political party in India.[9] It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav.[17][18][19]

While the party is largely based in Uttar Pradesh,[20] 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 Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, the fourth and most recent being Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's full majority government in the 2012–2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

The coalition of the party and its alliance partners: Samajwadi Alliance SP+ is currently the largest bloc in Uttar Pradesh in terms of Lok Saba 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.[21][22][verification needed]

  1. ^ "Command performance: Can a party mouthpiece question its leaders?". Hindustan Times. 10 January 2016.
  2. ^ "SP chatra sabha declares 70 district unit presidents name". oneindia.com. 17 March 2008.
  3. ^ "About Samajwadi Prahari". Samajwadi Prahari. 10 March 2021.
  4. ^ "SP reinstates youth wings' office-bearers with a rider | Lucknow News — Times of India". The Times of India. 18 April 2013.
  5. ^ "SP appoints presidents of nine frontal organisations". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2 July 2014 – via Business Standard.
  6. ^ "Mulayam Singh lays emphasis on socialist ideology". Business Standard India. 22 November 2018.
  7. ^ Singh, Mahendra Prasad; Saxena, Rekha (2003). India at the Polls: Parliamentary Elections in the Federal Phase. Orient Blackswan. p. 78. ISBN 978-8-125-02328-9.
  8. ^ "PARTY IDEOLOGY".
  9. ^ a b "Samajwadi Party". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Akhilesh writes to Modi invoking 'Cooperative Federalism'".
  11. ^ "Government scared of Hindu-Muslim unity, says Akhilesh Yadav".
  12. ^ "Left wing triumphs in Uttar Pradesh election". Financial Times. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. The big winner in the Uttar Pradesh state election was the regional leftwing Samajwadi party
  13. ^ "Indian MPs held hostage in caste struggle". The Independent. 21 June 1995.
  14. ^ Verniers, Gilles (2018). "Conservative in Practice: The Transformation of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh". Studies in Indian Politics. 6: 44–59. doi:10.1177/2321023018762675. S2CID 158168430.
  15. ^ "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  16. ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  17. ^ "Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party President for third time". The Hindu. 29 September 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party president for third time". Hindu Business Line. 29 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Akhilesh Yadav re-elected SP president as 2-day party convention concludes". Indian Express. 30 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state". BBC News. 26 December 2011.
  21. ^ "What the Samajwadi Party alliance needs to focus on now". The Wire. 15 March 2022.
  22. ^ "Akhilesh missed majority by a margin of few lakh votes". Aaj Tak. 11 March 2022.