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{{Short description|Defunct political party in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Rashtriya Kranti Party
| party_logo =
| colorcode = {{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}}
| founder = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| leader = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| secretary = [[Rajveer Singh]]
| loksabha_leader =
| rajyasabha_leader =
| foundation = 1999
| dissolution = 2004
| merged = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| split = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| eci = dissolved party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
| alliance = [[Samajwadi Party]] (2003-2004)
| loksabha_seats =
| rajyasabha_seats =
| youth =
| ideology = [[Hindutva]]
| position = [[Right-wing]]
| colours =
| headquarters =
| publication =
| symbol =
| website =
|abbreviation = RTKP
}}

'''Rashtriya Kranti Party''' ('''RTKP''', {{Translation|National Revolutionary Party}}) was a defunct regional political party in the [[Indian state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It was founded by [[Kalyan Singh]]. The party was formed when [[Kalyan Singh]] had controversy with [[BJP]] Party. In 3 February 2004, The party was formally merged with [[BJP]].

In [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] the party had won 4 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002|website=elections.in|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf | title=Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | website=eci.nic.in}}</ref> And later the party had Coalided with [[Samajwadi Party]] in 2003, and [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] became [[chief minister]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. [[Kalyan Singh]]'s Son [[Rajveer Singh]] became Health Minister in [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s cabinet lasted from (2003-2007).

== History ==
[[File:Kalyan Singh1.jpg|150px|thumb|
Kalyan Singh, Founder of the party.]]

As a member of the Lodhi community, Singh commanded support among [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) groups, and his affiliation with the BJP had allowed it to expand its support beyond its traditional upper-caste base. However, he began to be seen as a "patron of the backward castes" by upper-caste members of his own party, and to face opposition as a result. Dissension within the party occurred at the same time as an increase in crime that Singh's administration was unable to control, and in May 1999, 36 BJP legislators resigned in protest at the continuation of Singh's administration.

Singh returned to the BJP in January 2004, and was made head of the party's state-level election committee for the [[2004 Indian general election]]. He successfully contested the election from the [[Bulandshahr (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bulandshahar Lok Sabha Constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4126-general-election-2004-vol-i-ii-iii/|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060517/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4126-general-election-2004-vol-i-ii-iii/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
=== Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}};color:white" |Term
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}};color:white" | Assembly Election
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}};color:white" |Seats contested
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}};color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}};color:white" | Popular votes
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}};color:white" |% of votes
|-
| 14th Legislative assembly
| [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
| 335
| 4
|1,812,535
|3.38%
|}

== List of RTKP Elected Uttar Pradesh Legislative Members in 2002 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}}; color:" | No.
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}}; color:" | Name
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}}; color:" | Date of Appointment
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}}; color:" | Date of Retirement
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Kranti Party}}; color:" | Constituency
|-
!1
|rowspan="2|[[Kalyan Singh]]
|2002
|2004
|[[Atrauli Assembly constituency|Atrauli]]
|-
!2
|2002
|2002
|[[Debai Assembly constituency|Debai]]
|-
!3
|Sundar Singh
|2002
|2007
|[[Siana Assembly constituency|Siana]]
|-
!4
|Devendra Pratap
|2002
|2007
|[[Soron Assembly constituency|Soron]]
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:#A9A9A9" |'''''Legislative member who had won from By-election'''''
|-
!5
|[[Rajveer Singh]]
|2002
|2007
|[[Debai Assembly constituency|Debai]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[List of political parties in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1999 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:2004 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party breakaway groups]]

Rashtriya Kranti Party - Revision history

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