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{{Infobox Indian political party
| name =Samajwadi Alliance
| colorcode = {{Party color|Samajwadi Party}}
| leader = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| foundation = {{foundation date and age|2022}}
|ideology = [[Big tent]] '''Majority:''' [[Secularism]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-obituary-ajit-singh-never-sacrificed-his-secular-ideology-or-farmers-interest/382276 | title=Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology | date=11 January 2022 }}</ref> [[Socialism]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/mulayam-singh-lays-emphasis-on-socialist-ideology-118112200636_1.html|title=Mulayam Singh lays emphasis on socialist ideology|newspaper=Business Standard India |date=22 November 2018 }}</ref> [[Left wing populism]]<ref name="OUP_Ideology">{{cite book|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies|author=Chakrabarty, Bidyut|isbn=978-0-1999-7489-4|lccn=2014003207|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEtRBAAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] }}</ref>
|political position =[[Left-wing]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|3|80|hex={{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}} {{small|(Uttar Pradesh)}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|5|31|hex={{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}} {{small|('''[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]:3, [[Rashtriya Lok Dal|RLD]]:1, [[Kapil Sibal|IND]]:1)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-leader-kapil-sibal-joins-samajwadi-party/articleshow/91759117.cms|title=Kapil Sibal files Rajya Sabha nomination as SP-backed Independent}}</ref>}} {{small|(Uttar Pradesh)}}
|merged= [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A]]
| state_seats_name = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats =
{{Composition bar|119|403|hex={{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
}}

'''Samajwadi Alliance''' ({{lang-en|Socialist Alliance}}), a political alliance led by [[Samajwadi Party]] in Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/up-assembly-election-2022-samajwadi-party-alliance-with-which-parties-know-here-2008280|title=Samajwadi Party Alliance}}</ref> Now it is part of Opposition-led [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A]] to contest unitedly the [[Next Indian general election]].<ref>[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]]</ref>

==2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election==
[[Rashtriya Lok Dal|RLD]] was the first to join the alliance. The [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] and RJD too joined the alliance later.<ref>{{cite web|date=27 July 2021|title=NCP to tie up with SP for UP assembly polls|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/ncp-to-tie-up-with-sp-for-up-assembly-polls-101627408459880.html|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Various other smaller parties too joined while SBSP broke away from its alliance to join SP alliance.<ref>{{Cite news|title=SP-SBSP join hands, give slogan 'Khadeda Hobe' on lines of Mamata's 'Khela Hobe' battle cry|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/sp-sbsp-join-hands-give-slogan-khadeda-hobe-on-lines-of-mamatas-khela-hobe-battle-cry/articleshow/87314480.cms?from=mdr|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> During the first seat sharing talks, SP agreed to give RLD 36 seats. Initially, RLD demanded 60 seats while SP were willing to give up to 30, later both the parties finalised at 33 with RLD mostly competing in [[Western Uttar Pradesh|West UP]]. RLD gave 8 symbol of SP candidates.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Anshuman|first=Kumar|title=SP, RLD strike poll alliance|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sp-rld-strike-poll-alliance/articleshow/87839894.cms|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> [[Aam Aadmi Party]] and Samajwadi Party began talks for alliance,<ref>{{cite web|date=24 November 2021|first=Kumar|last=Abhishek|title=AAP heading for alliance with SP, Sanjay Singh says after meeting Akhilesh Yadav|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-2022/story/aap-samajwadi-party-alliance-sanjay-singh-arvind-kejriwal-akhilesh-yadav-1880244-2021-11-24|access-date=5 December 2021|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=25 November 2021|title=AAP, SP discuss seat-sharing for UP polls|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/aap-samajwadi-party-alliance-up-elections-7639022/|access-date=7 December 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> however they couldn't agree on seat sharing.<ref>{{Cite news|title=AAP-SP deadlock over seat sharing, AAP to go it alone in UP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/aap-sp-deadlock-over-seat-sharing-aap-to-go-it-alone-in-up/articleshow/88274708.cms?from=mdr|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> [[Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)]] joined the alliance later. On 13 January 2022, the alliance announced its initial candidates for the first few phases of the election. SP and SBSP would have a friendly fight on 1 seat while SP and [[Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)|AD(K)]] would have a friendly fight on 2 seats.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

==2024 Parliamentary election==
[[CPI(M)]] General Secretary [[Sitaram Yechury]] said that his party will ally with [[Samajwadi Party]] in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/jan/10/cpm-focusing-on-5-poll-bound-states-to-build-anti-bjp-front-yechury-2405095.html|title = CPM focusing on 5 poll-bound States to build anti-BJP front: Yechury|quote = He made it clear that the party would form an alliance with like-minded parties strong enough to defeat BJP in their states — like RJD in Bihar and SP in UP.|access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref> [[Akhilesh Yadav]] said that the Gathbandhan will contest all 80 seats in [[Next Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh|2024 election]] and detailed elaboration regarding alliance will be made at the end of 2023.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/sp-alliance-will-contest-all-80-up-ls-seats-declares-akhilesh/ar-AA18dAHT</ref>
But soon [[Akhilesh Yadav]] joined with [[Indian National Congress]] to form [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA Alliance]] to contest 2024 polls together.<ref>[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]]</ref>

==Current members==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%"
!No.
!Party<ref>{{cite web|date=23 December 2021|title=From RLD to Mahan Dal, SP's new allies: the smaller parties|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/political-pulse/samajwadi-party-coalition-partners-election-7685431/|access-date=21 January 2022|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=13 January 2022|title=SP & Allies Parade Strength & Unity, Chalk Out Consensus On Seat-sharing |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-allies-parade-strength-unitychalk-out-consensus-on-seat-sharing/articleshow/88865020.cms|url-status=live|access-date=21 January 2022|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113013532/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-allies-parade-strength-unitychalk-out-consensus-on-seat-sharing/articleshow/88865020.cms |archive-date=13 January 2022 }}</ref>
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" ! |'''1.'''
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
|
| rowspan="4" | [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50px|centre]]
| [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Mahan Dal}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Mahan Dal]]
|[[File:No image available.svg|50x50px]]
|Keshav Dev Maurya
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{Party color|Janvadi Party (Socialist)}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|Janvadi Party (Socialist)
|[[File:No image available.svg|50x50px]]
|Sanjay Chauhan
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)}};color:white"|'''4.'''
| rowspan="2" |[[Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Apna dal Flag.svg|50x50px]]
|Dr. Pallavi Patel
|-
|[[File:No image available.svg|50x50px|centre]]
|Krishna Patel
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}};color:white" ! |'''5.'''
| [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
|[[File:Rashtriya Lok Dal Flag new.jpg|50x50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hand Pump.png|50px|centre]]
|[[Jayant Chaudhary]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}};color:white" ! |'''6.'''
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:CPIM election symbol.png|50px|centre]]
|Heera Lal Yadav
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}};color:white" ! |'''7.'''
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| [[File:NCP-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Nationalist Congress Party Election Symbol.png|50px|centre]]
| K. K. Sharma
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Political party alliances in India]]

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