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Samata Party

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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Samata Party
| colorcode = green
| party_logo = [[File:Samata Party New.png]]
|founder = [[George Fernandes]]
| president = [[Uday Mandal]]<ref>{{cite web |https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-demonstrated-against-inflation-and-unemployment-3937699.html |title=महंगाई व बेरोजगारी के खिलाप धारणा प्रदर्शन |access-date=2022-04-30 }}</ref>
| foundation = 1994
|leader = Uday Mandal
|rajyasabha_leader =
|loksabha_seats =
|rajyasabha_seats =
| ideology = [[Socialism]]
| symbol =
| website = https://samataparty.org
|eci=State Party|split=[[Janata Dal]]|abbreviation=SAP}}
The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, now led by Uday Mandal its National President.<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-hc-samata-party-shiv-sena-flaming-torch-symbol-8218449/</ref> Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar.<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/national/delhi-hc-rejects-samata-party-s-claims-over-flaming-torch-flames-up-memories-of-nitish-kumar-s-installation-as-cm--news-231105</ref> It was an offshoot of the Janata Dal, with the alleged casteism of the parent party being the reason given for the split.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040601221604/http://www.indian-elections.com/partyprofiles/samta-party.html</ref> The party has socialist leanings, and at one point wielded considerable political and social influence in North India, particularly in Bihar. In 2003 most Samata Party members joined Janata Dal (United). Only a faction led by MP Brahmanand Mandal remained in the Samata party and continued to use the party name and symbols.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/hindi/regionalnews/story/2004/03/printable/040320_politics_delhi</ref><ref>https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/20ec.htm</ref>

==History==
In the [[1996 Indian general election|general elections]] of 1996, the Samata Party formed an alliance with the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and won eight seats, six of which were in [[Bihar]] and one each in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Odisha]]. Before the election, the party was largely rooted only in Bihar. In the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 general elections]], again in alliance with [[Bharatiya Janta Party]], it won twelve seats, ten from [[Bihar]] and two from [[Uttar Pradesh]].

In March 2000, [[Nitish Kumar]] was elected leader of the NDA for [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] post. On 3 March, he, sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] for the first time at the behest of the Vajpayee Government in the center. NDA and allies had 151 MLA whereas [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] had 159 MLA in the 324-member house. Both alliances were less than the majority mark, 163. Nithish resigned because he could not prove his numbers in the house.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/march-2000-when-nitish-quit-as-cm-before-floor-test-779422.html | title=March 2000: When Nitish quit as CM, before floor test | newspaper=Deccan Herald | first=Abhay | last=Kumar | date=24 November 2019 | accessdate=3 December 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20000320-nitish-kumars-government-in-bihar-not-outvoted-as-much-as-outmanoeuvred-by-laloo-yadav-777236-2000-03-20 | title=Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav | publisher=India Today | first=Swapan | last=Dasgupta | date=20 March 2000 | accessdate=3 December 2021}}</ref>

[[Radhabinod Koijam]] became the second chief minister from Samata Party when was sworn in as [[Chief Minister of Manipur]] on 15 February 2001.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://in.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/15mani1.htm | publisher=Rediff | title= Koijam sworn in Manipur CM | agency=PTI | date=15 February 2001 | accessdate=3 December 2021 }}</ref> The government was however, short-lived. The coalition he was leading fell in May the same year.<ref>[http://www.himalmag.com/september2001/report.html Himal South Asian-August-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407212128/http://www.himalmag.com/september2001/report.html |date=7 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010602/edit.htm | newspaper=The Tribune | location=Chandigarh, India | title=Message from Manipur | date=2 June 2001 | accessdate=3 December 2021 }}</ref>
==Rejection of Merger with JD(U)==
A faction led by then [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] [[J. H. Patel]] had lent support to the [[National Democratic Alliance]], leading to the split in the [[Janata Dal]] leading to the formation of [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] under [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], who wanted to remain equidistant from both national parties; and Janata Dal under [[Sharad Yadav]] was called Janata Dal (United).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/06jdu.htm | title=Samata Party breaks away from JD (U) | publisher=Rediff | date=6 January 2000 | agency=UNI | accessdate=3 December 2021 }}</ref>

The [[Janata Dal (United)]] was formed with the merger of the [[Sharad Yadav]] faction of the [[Janata Dal]], the [[Lok Shakti]] and the Samata Party.

In October 2003, George Fernandes, the president of the party, announced that the party would be merging with the [[Janata Dal (United)]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Fernandes to head Janata Dal (United) | url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/10/31/stories/2003103104371100.htm | author=Gargi Parsai | date=31 October 2003 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204034133/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/10/31/stories/2003103104371100.htm | archive-date=4 February 2012 | work=[[The Hindu]] | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Janata Dal (United) was part of the ruling coalition in the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]].

==Ideology==
The party follows the socialist ideology, in particular that of [[Ram Manohar Lohia]].<ref name="SP1">{{cite web|title=Samata Party|url=http://samataparty.com/|publisher=Samata Party|access-date=8 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617054409/http://samataparty.com/|archive-date=17 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==In politics==
In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general elections]] for the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] (2009-2014), it had contested in 11 seats and was defeated in all of them. It had secured a total of 31324 votes which was only 0.02 percent of the total number of votes cast in that state.<ref>{{cite web|title=PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS - INDIA, 2009 - REGISTERED (UNRECOGNISED) PARTIES & INDEPENDENTS|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/14_PerformanceOfRegistered_UnRecognisedParties.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|year=2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926021554/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/14_PerformanceOfRegistered_UnRecognisedParties.pdf|archive-date=26 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> For the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, the Samata Party decided to forgo any alliance, stating that it would not ally with the Congress at any cost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-10237767.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214024456/http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-10237767.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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==Electoral Performances==
===Lok Sabha (Lower House) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
!Lok Sabha Term
! Indian General Election
!Seats contested
!Seats won
! % of votes
! % of votes in seats contested
|-
|[[11th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|81
| 8
|72,56,086
|2.2%
|-
|[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|57
|12
| 64,91,639
| 1.8%
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| 40
| 0
| 2,01,276
|0.1%
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| 11
|0
|
|0.0%
|-
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|10
|0
|
|0.0%
|-
|}
=== Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
!Vidhan Sabha Term
!State
!
 elections
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! % of votes
!Party Votes
|-
|11th Assembly
|Bihar
|1995
|310
|7
|24,40,275
| 7.1%
|-
| 12th Assembly
|Bihar
|2000
|120
|34
|32,05,746
|8.7%
|-
|7th Assembly
|Manipur
| 1995
|23
| 2
|70,887
|6.2%
|-
|8th Assembly
| Manipur
| 2000
|36
| 1
|84,215
|6.7%
|-
|9th Assembly
| Manipur
|2005
|31
| 3
|1,09,912
|8.3%
|-
|
|Nagaland
|2003
| 4
|1
|10,456
|1.2%
|-
|}
==List of Chief Ministers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No
!Name {{small|Constituency}}
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Tenure length
!Party
! State
!Assembly
|-
|1
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|3 March 2000
|10 March 2000
|{{age in years and days|2000|03|03|2000|03|10}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Samata Party}}" |Samata Party
|[[Bihar]]
|[[2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly]]
|-
|2
|[[Radhabinod Koijam]]
|15 February 2001
|1 June 2001
|{{age in years and days|2001|02|15|2001|06|01}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Samata Party}}" |Samata Party
|[[Manipur]]
|[[2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly]]
|-
|}
== See also==
*[[List of political parties in India]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official|https://samataparty.org/}}
{{Janata Parivar parties}}
[[Category:Samata Party| ]]
[[Category:Political parties in India]]
[[Category:Socialist parties in India]]
[[Category:Janata Parivar]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Janata Dal]]

Samta Party

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{{other uses|Samata (disambiguation)}}
{{multiple issues|
{{disputed|date=June 2013}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2013}}
{{POV|date=July 2013}}
}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Samta Party
| colorcode = green
|party_logo = [[File:Samata Party New.png]]
|founder = [[George Fernandes]]
| foundation = 1994
|loksabha_leader =
|rajyasabha_leader =
|loksabha_seats = 0/543
|rajyasabha_seats = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|245|hex={{Samta Party/meta/color}}}}
| ideology = [[Socialism]]
| symbol =
|eci=State Party|split=[[Janata Dal]]|abbreviation=SAP|leader = Uday Mandal
| website = https://samataparty.org
|president = [[Uday Mandal]]<ref>https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/lakhisarai/demand-for-award-of-bharat-ratna-to-writer-phanishwar-nath-renu/bh20210411222358419 </ref> }}
The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, now led by Uday Mandal its National President.<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-hc-samata-party-shiv-sena-flaming-torch-symbol-8218449/</ref> Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar.<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/national/delhi-hc-rejects-samata-party-s-claims-over-flaming-torch-flames-up-memories-of-nitish-kumar-s-installation-as-cm--news-231105</ref> It was an offshoot of the Janata Dal, with the alleged casteism of the parent party being the reason given for the split.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040601221604/http://www.indian-elections.com/partyprofiles/samta-party.html</ref> The party has socialist leanings, and at one point wielded considerable political and social influence in North India, particularly in Bihar. In 2003 most Samata Party members joined Janata Dal (United). Only a faction led by MP Brahmanand Mandal remained in the Samata party and continued to use the party name and symbols.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/hindi/regionalnews/story/2004/03/printable/040320_politics_delhi</ref><ref>https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/20ec.htm</ref>

==History==
In the [[1996 Indian general election|general elections]] of 1996, the Samta Party formed an alliance with the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and won eight seats, six of which were in [[Bihar]] and one each in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Odisha]]. Before the election, the party was largely rooted only in Bihar. In the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 general elections]], again in alliance with [[Bharatiya Janta Party]], it won twelve seats, ten from [[Bihar]] and two from [[Uttar Pradesh]].

In March 2000, [[Nitish Kumar]] was elected leader of the NDA for [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] post. On 3 March, he, sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] for the first time at the behest of the Vajpayee Government in the center. NDA and allies had 151 MLA whereas [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] had 159 MLA in the 324-member house. Both alliances were less than the majority mark, 163. Nithish resigned because he could not prove his numbers in the house.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/march-2000-when-nitish-quit-as-cm-before-floor-test-779422.html March 2000: When Nitish quit as CM, before floor test]</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20000320-nitish-kumars-government-in-bihar-not-outvoted-as-much-as-outmanoeuvred-by-laloo-yadav-777236-2000-03-20 outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav]</ref>

[[Radhabinod Koijam]] became the second chief minister from Samta Party when was sworn in as [[Chief Minister of Manipur]] on 15 February 2001.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/15mani1.htm rediff.com: Radhabinod Koijam is new Manipur CM]</ref> The government was however, short-lived. The coalition he was leading fell in May the same year.<ref>[http://www.himalmag.com/september2001/report.html Himal South Asian-August-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407212128/http://www.himalmag.com/september2001/report.html |date=7 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010602/edit.htm The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Editorial]</ref>
==Merger with Janata Dal (United)==
===Merger===
A faction led by then [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] [[J. H. Patel]] had lent support to the [[National Democratic Alliance]], leading to the split in the [[Janata Dal]] leading to the formation of [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] under [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], who wanted to remain equidistant from both national parties; and Janata Dal under [[Sharad Yadav]] was called Janata Dal (United).<ref>[https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/06jdu.htm Samata Party breaks away from JD (U)]</ref>

The [[Janata Dal (United)]] was formed with the merger of the [[Sharad Yadav]] faction of the [[Janata Dal]], the [[Lok Shakti]] and the [[Samata Party]].

In October 2003, George Fernandes, the president of the party, announced that the party would be merging with the [[Janata Dal (United)]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Fernandes to head Janata Dal (United) | url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/10/31/stories/2003103104371100.htm | author=Gargi Parsai | date=31 October 2003 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204034133/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/10/31/stories/2003103104371100.htm | archive-date=4 February 2012 | work=[[The Hindu]] | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Janata Dal (United) was part of the ruling coalition in the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]].
==Ideology==
The party follows the socialist ideology, in particular that of [[Ram Manohar Lohia]].<ref name="SP1">{{cite web|title=Samata Party|url=http://samataparty.com/|publisher=Samata Party|access-date=8 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617054409/http://samataparty.com/|archive-date=17 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==In politics==
In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general elections]] for the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] (2009-2014), it had contested in 11 seats and was defeated in all of them. It had secured a total of 31324 votes which was only 0.02 percent of the total number of votes cast in that state.<ref>{{cite web|title=PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS - INDIA, 2009 - REGISTERED (UNRECOGNISED) PARTIES & INDEPENDENTS|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/14_PerformanceOfRegistered_UnRecognisedParties.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|year=2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926021554/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/14_PerformanceOfRegistered_UnRecognisedParties.pdf|archive-date=26 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> For the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, the Samata Party decided to forgo any alliance, stating that it would not ally with the Congress at any cost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-10237767.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214024456/http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-10237767.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
[[File:Uday Mandal.jpg|thumb|150px|A rally organised by Samata Party in [[Patna]] under its National President, Uday Mandal.]]

==Electoral Performances==
===Lok Sabha (Lower House)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
!Lok Sabha Term
!Indian General Election
!Seats contested
!Seats won
! % of votes
! % of votes in seats contested
|-
|[[11th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|81
|8
|72,56,086
|2.2%
|-
|[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|57
|12
|64,91,639
|1.8%
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|40
|0
|2,01,276

|0.1%
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|11
|0
|
|0.0%
|-
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|10
|0
|
|0.0%
|-
|}
===Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
!Vidhan Sabha Term
! State
! elections
!Seats contested
!Seats won
! % of votes
!Party Votes
|-
|11th Assembly
| Bihar
|1995
| 310
|7
|24,40,275
|7.1%
|-
|12th Assembly
| Bihar
|2000
| 120
|34
|32,05,746

|8.7%
|-
|7th Assembly
|Manipur
|1995
|23
|2
|70,887

|6.2%
|-
|8th Assembly
|Manipur
|2000
|36
|1
| 84,215
|6.7%
|-
|9th Assembly
|Manipur
|2005
|31
|3
|1,09,912
|8.3%
|-
|
|Nagaland
|2003
|4
|1
| 10,456
|1.2%
|-
|}
== List of Chief Ministers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No
! Name {{small|Constituency}}
! colspan="2" | Term of office
!Tenure length
! Party
! State
!Assembly
|-
|1
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
| 3 March 2000
|10 March 2000
|{{age in years and days|2000|03|03|2000|03|10}}
| style="background-color:{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" |Samta Party
|[[Bihar]]
|[[2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly]]
|-
|2
|[[Radhabinod Koijam]]
|15 February 2001
|1 June 2001
|{{age in years and days|2001|02|15|2001|06|01}}
| style="background-color:{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" |Samta Party
|[[Manipur]]
|[[2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly]]
|-
|}
==See also==
*[[List of political parties in India]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links==
*[http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=122 George Fernandes' profile]
{{Janata Parivar parties}}
[[Category:Samta Party| ]]
[[Category:Political parties in India]]
[[Category:Socialist parties in India]]
[[Category:Janata Parivar]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Janata Dal]]

Samta Party

2022-11-17T04:36:55Z

Yfbnews: About Samata Party

{{other uses|Samata (disambiguation)}}
{{multiple issues|
{{disputed|date=June 2013}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2013}}
{{POV|date=July 2013}}
}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Samta Party
| colorcode = green
|party_logo = [[File:Samata Party New.png]]
|founder = [[George Fernandes]]
| foundation = 1994
|loksabha_leader =
|rajyasabha_leader =
|loksabha_seats = 0/543
|rajyasabha_seats = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|245|hex={{Samta Party/meta/color}}}}
| ideology = [[Socialism]]
| symbol =
|eci=State Party|split=[[Janata Dal]]|abbreviation=SAP|leader = Uday Mandal
| website = https://samataparty.org
|president = [[Uday Mandal]]<ref>https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/lakhisarai/demand-for-award-of-bharat-ratna-to-writer-phanishwar-nath-renu/bh20210411222358419 </ref> }}
The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, now led by Uday Mandal its National President.<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-hc-samata-party-shiv-sena-flaming-torch-symbol-8218449/</ref> Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar.<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/national/delhi-hc-rejects-samata-party-s-claims-over-flaming-torch-flames-up-memories-of-nitish-kumar-s-installation-as-cm--news-231105</ref> It was an offshoot of the Janata Dal, with the alleged casteism of the parent party being the reason given for the split.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040601221604/http://www.indian-elections.com/partyprofiles/samta-party.html</ref> The party has socialist leanings, and at one point wielded considerable political and social influence in North India, particularly in Bihar. In 2003 most Samata Party members joined Janata Dal (United). Only a faction led by MP Brahmanand Mandal remained in the Samata party and continued to use the party name and symbols.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/hindi/regionalnews/story/2004/03/printable/040320_politics_delhi</ref><ref>https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/20ec.htm</ref>

==History==
In the [[1996 Indian general election|general elections]] of 1996, the Samta Party formed an alliance with the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and won eight seats, six of which were in [[Bihar]] and one each in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Odisha]]. Before the election, the party was largely rooted only in Bihar. In the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 general elections]], again in alliance with [[Bharatiya Janta Party]], it won twelve seats, ten from [[Bihar]] and two from [[Uttar Pradesh]].

In March 2000, [[Nitish Kumar]] was elected leader of the NDA for [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] post. On 3 March, he, sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] for the first time at the behest of the Vajpayee Government in the center. NDA and allies had 151 MLA whereas [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] had 159 MLA in the 324-member house. Both alliances were less than the majority mark, 163. Nithish resigned because he could not prove his numbers in the house.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/march-2000-when-nitish-quit-as-cm-before-floor-test-779422.html March 2000: When Nitish quit as CM, before floor test]</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20000320-nitish-kumars-government-in-bihar-not-outvoted-as-much-as-outmanoeuvred-by-laloo-yadav-777236-2000-03-20 outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav]</ref>

[[Radhabinod Koijam]] became the second chief minister from Samta Party when was sworn in as [[Chief Minister of Manipur]] on 15 February 2001.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/15mani1.htm rediff.com: Radhabinod Koijam is new Manipur CM]</ref> The government was however, short-lived. The coalition he was leading fell in May the same year.<ref>[http://www.himalmag.com/september2001/report.html Himal South Asian-August-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407212128/http://www.himalmag.com/september2001/report.html |date=7 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010602/edit.htm The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Editorial]</ref>
==Merger with Janata Dal (United)==
===Merger===
A faction led by then [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] [[J. H. Patel]] had lent support to the [[National Democratic Alliance]], leading to the split in the [[Janata Dal]] leading to the formation of [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] under [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], who wanted to remain equidistant from both national parties; and Janata Dal under [[Sharad Yadav]] was called Janata Dal (United).<ref>[https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/06jdu.htm Samata Party breaks away from JD (U)]</ref>

The [[Janata Dal (United)]] was formed with the merger of the [[Sharad Yadav]] faction of the [[Janata Dal]], the [[Lok Shakti]] and the [[Samata Party]].

In October 2003, George Fernandes, the president of the party, announced that the party would be merging with the [[Janata Dal (United)]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Fernandes to head Janata Dal (United) | url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/10/31/stories/2003103104371100.htm | author=Gargi Parsai | date=31 October 2003 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204034133/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/10/31/stories/2003103104371100.htm | archive-date=4 February 2012 | work=[[The Hindu]] | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Janata Dal (United) was part of the ruling coalition in the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]].
==Ideology==
The party follows the socialist ideology, in particular that of [[Ram Manohar Lohia]].<ref name="SP1">{{cite web|title=Samata Party|url=http://samataparty.com/|publisher=Samata Party|access-date=8 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617054409/http://samataparty.com/|archive-date=17 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==In politics==
In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general elections]] for the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] (2009-2014), it had contested in 11 seats and was defeated in all of them. It had secured a total of 31324 votes which was only 0.02 percent of the total number of votes cast in that state.<ref>{{cite web|title=PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS - INDIA, 2009 - REGISTERED (UNRECOGNISED) PARTIES & INDEPENDENTS|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/14_PerformanceOfRegistered_UnRecognisedParties.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|year=2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926021554/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/14_PerformanceOfRegistered_UnRecognisedParties.pdf|archive-date=26 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> For the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, the Samata Party decided to forgo any alliance, stating that it would not ally with the Congress at any cost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-10237767.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214024456/http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-10237767.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
[[File:Uday Mandal.jpg|thumb|150px|A rally organised by Samata Party in [[Patna]] under its National General Secretary, Uday Mandal.]]
==Electoral Performances==
===Lok Sabha (Lower House)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
!Lok Sabha Term
!Indian General Election
!Seats contested
!Seats won
! % of votes
! % of votes in seats contested
|-
|[[11th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|81
|8
|72,56,086
|2.2%
|-
|[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|57
|12
|64,91,639
|1.8%
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|40
|0
|2,01,276

|0.1%
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|11
|0
|
|0.0%
|-
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|10
|0
|
|0.0%
|-
|}
===Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
!Vidhan Sabha Term
! State
! elections
!Seats contested
!Seats won
! % of votes
!Party Votes
|-
|11th Assembly
| Bihar
|1995
| 310
|7
|24,40,275
|7.1%
|-
|12th Assembly
| Bihar
|2000
| 120
|34
|32,05,746

|8.7%
|-
|7th Assembly
|Manipur
|1995
|23
|2
|70,887

|6.2%
|-
|8th Assembly
|Manipur
|2000
|36
|1
| 84,215
|6.7%
|-
|9th Assembly
|Manipur
|2005
|31
|3
|1,09,912
|8.3%
|-
|
|Nagaland
|2003
|4
|1
| 10,456
|1.2%
|-
|}
== List of Chief Ministers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No
! Name {{small|Constituency}}
! colspan="2" | Term of office
!Tenure length
! Party
! State
!Assembly
|-
|1
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
| 3 March 2000
|10 March 2000
|{{age in years and days|2000|03|03|2000|03|10}}
| style="background-color:{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" |Samta Party
|[[Bihar]]
|[[2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly]]
|-
|2
|[[Radhabinod Koijam]]
|15 February 2001
|1 June 2001
|{{age in years and days|2001|02|15|2001|06|01}}
| style="background-color:{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" |Samta Party
|[[Manipur]]
|[[2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly]]
|-
|}
==See also==
*[[List of political parties in India]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links==
*[http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=122 George Fernandes' profile]
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