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{{Infobox Indian political party
| party_name = United Opposition
| abbreviation = UO
|logo =
| founder =
| colorcode = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| chairman =
| incumbent =
| formerpm =
| loksabha_leader =
| foundation = 2022
| dissolution = 2023
| successor = [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]]
| position = [[Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
|[[Secularism in India|Secularism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351812730|title=UPA and secularism}}</ref>
|[[Social democracy]]<ref name="Agarwal1989">{{cite book|year=1989|editor1-last=Agrawal|editor1-first=S. P.|editor2-last=Aggarwal|editor2-first=J. C.|title=Nehru on Social Issues|location = New Delhi|publisher=Concept Publishing|isbn=978-817022207-1}}</ref> | [[Big tent]]<ref name="Barrington2009">{{cite book|author=Lowell Barrington|title=Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uuAtazupnAC&pg=PA379|year=2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-618-49319-7|page=379}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Meyer|first1=Karl Ernest|last2=Brysac|first2=Shareen Blair|title=Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds|url=https://archive.org/details/paxethnicawhereh0000meye|url-access=registration|access-date=7 April 2016|year=2012|publisher=PublicAffairs|isbn=978-1-61039-048-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/paxethnicawhereh0000meye/page/50 50]}}</ref>
}}
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| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|92|245|hex=#00BFFF}}
| state_seats_name = [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|State Legislative Assemblies]]
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The '''United Opposition'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/president-election-2022-united-opposition-nominates-yashwant-sinha-as-its-candidate/videoshow/92361496.cms | title=President Election 2022 : United Opposition nominates Yashwant Sinha as its candidate | date=21 June 2022 | access-date=2022-06-22 | archive-date=2022-06-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622070948/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/president-election-2022-united-opposition-nominates-yashwant-sinha-as-its-candidate/videoshow/92361496.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> was an [[electoral alliance]] formed between various opposition parties in [[India]] ahead of the [[2022 elections in India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-21 |title=Presidential candidate {{!}} Both Sinha and Murmu has Jharkhand connection |url=https://enewsroom.in/opposition-yashwant-sinha-presidential-candidate-draupadi-murmu/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=eNewsroom India |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621181644/https://enewsroom.in/opposition-yashwant-sinha-presidential-candidate-draupadi-murmu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://thewire.in/politics/presidential-polls-17-opposition-parties-promise-to-consolidate-unity | title=Presidential Polls: 17 Opposition Parties Promise to 'Consolidate' Unity | access-date=2022-06-22 | archive-date=2022-06-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622071200/https://thewire.in/politics/presidential-polls-17-opposition-parties-promise-to-consolidate-unity | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/with-yashwant-sinha-on-board-the-opposition-hopes-to-bring-nitish-kumar-to-tilt-scales-in-presidential-polls/article65549769.ece | title=With Yashwant Sinha on board, the Opposition hopes to bring Nitish Kumar to tilt scales in presidential polls | newspaper=The Hindu | date=21 June 2022 | last1=Nair | first1=Sobhana K. | access-date=22 June 2022 | archive-date=22 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622071712/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/with-yashwant-sinha-on-board-the-opposition-hopes-to-bring-nitish-kumar-to-tilt-scales-in-presidential-polls/article65549769.ece | url-status=live }}</ref> The United Opposition was first proposed by the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]], [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=United Opposition: Congress welcomes Mamata Banerjee's call, but say it has to play 'pole position' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/apr/01/united-opposition-congress-welcomesmamata-banerjees-call-but-say-it-has-to-play-pole-position-2436724.html |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=The New Indian Express |date=April 2022 |archive-date=2023-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705064229/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/apr/01/united-opposition-congress-welcomesmamata-banerjees-call-but-say-it-has-to-play-pole-position-2436724.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Foundation ==
To fight against [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] in [[2022 Indian presidential election]], the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]], [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]] supremo, [[Mamata Banerjee]] proposed an electoral alliance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United Opposition: Congress welcomes Mamata Banerjee's call, but say it has to play 'pole position' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/apr/01/united-opposition-congress-welcomesmamata-banerjees-call-but-say-it-has-to-play-pole-position-2436724.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=The New Indian Express |date=April 2022 |archive-date=2023-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705064229/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/apr/01/united-opposition-congress-welcomesmamata-banerjees-call-but-say-it-has-to-play-pole-position-2436724.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Member parties==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="2" style="width:30px;" |Party{{efn|The member party's MPs, MLAs and [[Election Commission of India|ECI]] recognition is added according to July, 2022}}
! style="width:100px;" |MPs in Lok Sabha
! style="width:100px;" |MPs in Rajya Sabha
! style="width:100px;" |MLAs
! style="width:250px;" |Base State
|-
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
|style="text-align: center;"|53
|style="text-align: center;"|36
|style="text-align: center;"|692
|style="text-align: center;"|[[List of political parties in India|National Party]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPIM)
|style="text-align: center;"| 4
|style="text-align: center;"| 5
|style="text-align: center;"| 87
|style="text-align: center;"|[[List of political parties in India|National Party]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
|style="text-align: center;"| 2
|style="text-align: center;"| 2
|style="text-align: center;"| 21
|style="text-align: center;"|[[List of political parties in India|National Party]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)
|style="text-align: center;"| 5
|style="text-align: center;"| 4
|style="text-align: center;"| 58
|style="text-align: center;"|[[List of political parties in India|National Party]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]] (AITC)
|style="text-align: center;"|23
|style="text-align: center;"|13
|style="text-align: center;"|233
|style="text-align: center;"|[[List of political parties in India|National Party]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}; text-align:center; color:white;"|
| [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 10
| style="text-align: center;" | 156
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Delhi]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Goa]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK)
|style="text-align: center;"|24
|style="text-align: center;"|10
|style="text-align: center;"|139
|style="text-align: center;"| [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
|[[Samajwadi Party]] (SP)
|style="text-align: center;"| 3
|style="text-align: center;"| 3
|style="text-align: center;"| 112
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}" |
| [[Indian Union Muslim League]] (IUML)
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 15
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Kerala]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:#fa0019"|
| [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] (JKNC)
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:#d10;" |
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] (VCK)
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" |[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] (RSP)
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" |-
| style="text-align: center;" |[[Kerala]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}"|
|[[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]] (SS(UBT))
|style="text-align: center;"|05
|style="text-align: center;"|01
|style="text-align: center;"|16
|style="text-align: center;"|[[List of political parties in India|Maharashtra]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD)
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | 6
| style="text-align: center;" | 80
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Bihar]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}}" |
| [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] (RLD)
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 9
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (MDMK)
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | Unrecognised
|-
| width="4px" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] (CPIML)
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| style="text-align: center;" | 13
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Bihar]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''Total'''
|style="text-align: center;"|'''121'''
|style="text-align: center;"|'''92'''
|style="text-align: center;"|'''1619'''
|style="text-align: center;"| '''[[India]]'''
|}

== 2022 Presidential elections==
The United Opposition nominated [[Yashwant Sinha]], [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|former External Affairs Minister]], [[Minister of Finance (India)|former Finance Minister]], and [[Trinamool Congress]] leader, as their presidential candidate for the [[2022 Indian presidential election]]. Later [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)]], [[Bahujan Samaj Party|Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)]], [[Telugu Desam Party|Telugu Desam Party (TDP)]] and both factions of [[Shiv Sena|Shiv Sena (SS)]] supported the [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] nominated candidate [[Draupadi Murmu|Droupadi Murmu]] for the presidential election instead.<ref>{{Cite news |title=NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu set to get over 60 per cent votes in presidential poll |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nda-nominee-droupadi-murmu-set-to-get-over-60-per-cent-votes-in-presidential-poll/articleshow/92881984.cms |access-date=2022-07-15 |archive-date=2022-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714192216/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nda-nominee-droupadi-murmu-set-to-get-over-60-per-cent-votes-in-presidential-poll/articleshow/92881984.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Sinha finished in second place in the elections.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name
! Born
! Current or previous positions
! Home state
! Date announced
!Result
! class="unsortable" |Ref
|-
| data-sort-value="Sinha" | [[File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg|x150px]]<br /> '''[[Yashwant Sinha]]'''
| {{birth date and age|1937|11|06|df=y}}<br />[[Patna]], [[Bihar]]
|
* [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs Minister of India]] {{small|(2002-2004)}}
* [[Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha|Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha)]] {{small|(1990-1991)}}
* [[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance Minister of India]] {{small|(1990-1991, 1998-2002)}}
* [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh]] {{small|(1998-2004, 2009-14)}}
* [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] from [[Jharkhand]] {{small|(2004-2009)}}
* [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] from [[Bihar]] {{small|(1988-1994)}}
|[[Jharkhand]]
|21 June 2022
|'''Lost'''
with 35.97% votes against [[Droupadi Murmu]] with 64.03%<ref>{{Cite web |last=Live |first=A. B. P. |date=2022-07-21 |title=64 फीसदी वोट के साथ द्रौपदी मुर्मू की शानदार जीत, यशवंत सिन्हा को तीन राज्यों में नहीं मिला वोट |url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/presidential-election-result-draupadi-murmu-won-with-64-percent-votes-yashwant-sinha-did-not-get-any-vote-in-three-states-2173418 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/presidential-election-live-updates-21-06-2022/liveblog/92356075.cms | title=Presidential Election Live Updates: Droupadi Murmu to be NDA's presidential candidate | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=21 June 2022 | access-date=2022-06-22 | archive-date=2022-06-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621210746/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/presidential-election-live-updates-21-06-2022/amp_liveblog/92356075.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

==2022 Vice Presidential election==
The United Opposition nominated [[Margaret Alva]], [[List of governors of Uttarakhand|former Governor of Uttarakhand]] and [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]], former Union Minister and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leader, as their Vice Presidential candidate for the [[2022 Indian vice presidential election|2022 Indian Vice Presidential election]]. However, the leading party of the Opposition, AITC, decided to abstain from voting due to insult of the dignity of the party by other parties as they did not consult or seek consent before declaring a VP candidate.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=2022-07-21 |title=TMC to abstain from voting in vice-president polls |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tmc-to-abstain-from-vice-presidential-election-abhishek/article65666361.ece |access-date=2022-07-23 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=2022-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722124802/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tmc-to-abstain-from-vice-presidential-election-abhishek/article65666361.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Peek into Mamata's Mind: Why TMC Is Abstaining from Voting in Vice Presidential Election |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/a-peek-into-mamatas-mind-why-tmc-is-abstaining-from-voting-in-vice-presidential-election-5601301.html |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=News18 |date=22 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724023110/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/a-peek-into-mamatas-mind-why-tmc-is-abstaining-from-voting-in-vice-presidential-election-5601301.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-22 |title=Not consulted on Margaret Alva, so will skip V-P poll: TMC; not true, say Cong, CPM |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/trinamool-congress-abstain-vice-presidential-election-8043917/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724023110/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/trinamool-congress-abstain-vice-presidential-election-8043917/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alva finished in second place in the elections.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name
! Born
! Positions held
! Home state
! Date announced
!Result
! class="unsortable" |Ref
|-
| [[File:The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg|138x138px]]<br /> '''[[Margaret Alva]]'''
|{{birth date and age|1942|4|14|df=y}}<br>[[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]]
|
*Rajya Sabha MP from [[Karnataka]] (1974-1998)
*MP from [[Kanara]] (1999-2004)
*[[List of governors of Rajasthan|Governor of Rajasthan]] (2012-2014)
*[[List of governors of Uttarakhand|Governor of Uttarakhand]] (2009-2012)
*[[List of governors of Gujarat|Governor of Gujarat]] and [[List of governors of Goa|Governor of Goa]] (2014)
|[[Karnataka]]
|17 July 2022
|'''Lost'''
with 25.63% votes against
[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] with 74.37%<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-07 |title=Jagdeep Dhankhar defeats Margaret Alva, elected Vice President of India |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/dhankhar-defeats-alva-elected-vice-president-101659810925101.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-17 |title=Margaret Alva is Opposition's choice for Vice President, says Sharad Pawar |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/margaret-alva-to-be-opposition-s-vice-president-candidate-says-sharad-pawar-101658056612829.html |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717112112/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/margaret-alva-to-be-opposition-s-vice-president-candidate-says-sharad-pawar-101658056612829.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
*[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]]
*[[United Progressive Alliance]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
{{Indian political parties}}

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[[Category:2022 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2022]]

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