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Samajwadi Party | |
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| Abbreviation | SP |
| President | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Chairman | Akhilesh Yadav |
| General Secretary | Shivpal 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 Leader | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Ram Gopal Yadav |
| Founder | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Founded | 4 October 1992 |
| Split from | Janata Dal |
| Headquarters | 18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi |
| Newspaper | Samajwadi Bulletin[1] |
| Student wing | Samajwadi Chatra Sabha[2] |
| Youth wing | Samajwadi Prahari[3]
Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha[4] Lohiya vahini |
| Women's wing | Samajwadi Mahila Sabha[5] |
| Ideology | Socialism (Indian)[6] Democratic socialism[7] Left-wing populism[8] |
| Political position | Left-wing[9][10][11] |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance[12] |
| Colours | Red and Green |
| ECI Status | State Party[13] |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. (2023-present) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 37 / 543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 4 / 245 |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | 108 / 403
(3987 MLAs & 49 Vacant) Indian states 105 / 403 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly)
2 / 288 (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
1 / 182
(Gujarat Legislative Assembly) |
| Number of states and union territories in government | 0 / 31 |
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The Samajwadi Party (abbr. SP; lit. 'Socialist Party') is a socialist political party in India. 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.[14][15][16]
While the party is largely based in Uttar Pradesh,[17] 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 party in Uttar Pradesh and the third largest party in the country with over 43 Members of Parliament, and has one of the largest vote bases in the state of Uttar Pradesh in terms of the collective voting pattern in the state-based electoral system, with more than 37% vote share in the 2022 assembly elections and 44% in the 2024 general elections.[18][19]
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- ^ "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
- ^ "Indian MPs held hostage in caste struggle". The Independent. 21 June 1995.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party President for third time". The Hindu. 29 September 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party president for third time". Hindu Business Line. 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Akhilesh Yadav re-elected SP president as 2-day party convention concludes". Indian Express. 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state". BBC News. 26 December 2011.
- ^ "What the Samajwadi Party alliance needs to focus on now". The Wire. 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Akhilesh missed majority by a margin of few lakh votes". Aaj Tak. 11 March 2022.