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| chairman              =  
| president            = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| president            = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| secretary            = [[Kiranmoy Nanda]]
| general_secretary      = [[Ram Gopal Yadav]]<br>[[Azam Khan (politician)|Azam Khan]]<br>[[Shivpal Singh Yadav]]<br>[[Indrajit Saroj]]<br>[[Lalji Verma]]<br>[[Awadhesh Prasad]]<br>[[Ram Achal Rajbhar]]<br>[[Balram Yadav]]<br>[[Vishambhar Prasad Nishad]]<br>[[Ram Ji Lal Suman]]<br>[[Harendra Singh Malik]]                           
| rajyasabha_leader    = [[Ram Gopal Yadav]]
| rajyasabha_leader    = [[Ram Gopal Yadav]]
| loksabha_leader      = [[S. T. Hasan]]
| loksabha_leader      = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| founder              = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| founder              = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| foundation            = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1992|10|4}}
| foundation            = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1992|10|4}}
| students              = Samajwadi Chatra Sabha<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/03/17/sp-chatra-sabha-declares-70-district-unit-presidents-name-1205773388.html|title=SP chatra sabha declares 70 district unit presidents name|date=17 March 2008|website=www.oneindia.com}}</ref>
| students              = Samajwadi Chatra Sabha<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/03/17/sp-chatra-sabha-declares-70-district-unit-presidents-name-1205773388.html|title=SP chatra sabha declares 70 district unit presidents name|date=17 March 2008|website=oneindia.com}}</ref>
| youth                = Samajwadi Prahari<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samajwadiprahari.in/हमारे-बारे-में|title=About Samajwadi Prahari|date=10 March 2021|website=Samajwadi Prahari}}</ref>
| youth                = Samajwadi Prahari<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samajwadiprahari.in/हमारे-बारे-में|title=About Samajwadi Prahari|date=10 March 2021|website=Samajwadi Prahari}}</ref>
Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-reinstates-youth-wings-office-bearers-with-a-rider/articleshow/19606629.cms|title=SP reinstates youth wings' office-bearers with a rider &#124; Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=18 April 2013 }}</ref><br />Lohiya vahini
Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-reinstates-youth-wings-office-bearers-with-a-rider/articleshow/19606629.cms|title=SP reinstates youth wings' office-bearers with a rider &#124; Lucknow News — Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=18 April 2013 }}</ref><br />
| women                = Samajwadi Mahila Sabha<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sp-appoints-presidents-of-nine-frontal-organisations-114070201133_1.html|title=SP appoints presidents of nine frontal organisations|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=2 July 2014|via=Business Standard|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>
| women                = Samajwadi Mahila Sabha<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sp-appoints-presidents-of-nine-frontal-organisations-114070201133_1.html|title=SP appoints presidents of nine frontal organisations|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=2 July 2014|via=Business Standard|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>
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| eci                  = [[List of political parties in India|State 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>
 
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| ideology              = {{nowrap|[[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><br>[[Democratic socialism]]<ref>{{cite book|title=India at the Polls: Parliamentary Elections in the Federal Phase|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnAlnDZ2KcYC&q=India+at+the+Polls|page=78|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2003|first1=Mahendra Prasad|last1=Singh|first2=Rekha|last2=Saxena|isbn=978-8-125-02328-9}}</ref><br />[[Left-wing populism]]<ref>{{cite news|work=www.india.com/news|title=Mulayam's son Prateek Yadav attracts eye balls during ride in Rs 5 crore Lamborghini|date=14 January 2017|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/mulayam-singh-yadavs-son-prateek-yadav-attracts-eye-balls-during-riding-his-rs-5-crore-lamborghini-1759286/}}</ref><br />[[Social conservatism]]<ref name="scroll.in">{{cite news|date=16 May 2021|title=Which political party has most clearly and consistently opposed women's rights?|work=[[scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/article/666351/which-political-party-has-most-clearly-and-consistently-opposed-womens-rights}}</ref><ref name="sagepub44">{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018762675|doi = 10.1177/2321023018762675|title = Conservative in Practice: The Transformation of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh|year = 2018|last1 = Verniers|first1 = Gilles|journal = Studies in Indian Politics|volume = 6|pages = 44–59|s2cid = 158168430}}</ref>}}
| ideology              = {{nowrap|[[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><br>[[Social conservatism]]<ref name="scroll.in">{{cite news |date=16 May 2021 |title=Which political party has most clearly and consistently opposed women's rights? |url=https://scroll.in/article/666351/which-political-party-has-most-clearly-and-consistently-opposed-womens-rights |work=[[scroll.in]]}}</ref><ref name="sagepub44">{{Cite journal |last1=Verniers |first1=Gilles |year=2018 |title=Conservative in Practice: The Transformation of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh |journal=Studies in Indian Politics |volume=6 |pages=44–59 |doi=10.1177/2321023018762675 |s2cid=158168430 |doi-access=free}}</ref><br>[[Populism]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-15 |title=Slew of populist measures by Akhilesh on Day 1 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/slew-of-populist-measures-by-akhilesh-on-day-1/article2998039.ece |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>}}
| position              = {{nowrap|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Financial Times]]|title=Left wing triumphs in Uttar Pradesh election|date=6 March 2012|quote=The big winner in the Uttar Pradesh state election was the regional leftwing Samajwadi party|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7c9c93d4-67b1-11e1-978e-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/7c9c93d4-67b1-11e1-978e-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=21 June 1995|title=Indian MPs held hostage in caste struggle|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/indian-mps-held-hostage-in-caste-struggle-1587521.html}}</ref><ref name="sagepub44">{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018762675|doi = 10.1177/2321023018762675|title = Conservative in Practice: The Transformation of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh|year = 2018|last1 = Verniers|first1 = Gilles|journal = Studies in Indian Politics|volume = 6|pages = 44–59|s2cid = 158168430}}</ref>}}
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|international          = [[Progressive Alliance]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://progressive-alliance.info/network/parties-and-organisations/|title=Parties & Organisations|publisher=[[Progressive Alliance]]|access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref>
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{{Socialism sidebar}}
The '''Samajwadi Party''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''SP'''; {{Literal translation|Socialist Party}}) is a [[Socialism|socialist]] political party in [[India]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Samajwadi Party |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Samajwadi-Party |access-date=23 Sep 2024 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former [[Janata Dal]] politician [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] and is headquartered in [[New Delhi]]. It is the third-largest political party in India, and is led by former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]], [[Akhilesh Yadav]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite news |date=29 September 2022 |title=Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party President for third time |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/akhilesh-yadav-elected-samajwadi-party-president-for-third-time/article65949754.ece |access-date=8 August 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="Hindu Business Line">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/akhilesh-yadav-elected-samajwadi-party-president-for-third-time/article65949529.ece|title=Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party president for third time |work=[[Hindu Business Line]]|date=29 September 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Indian Express">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/akhilesh-yadav-re-elected-sp-president-as-2-day-party-convention-concludes-8181473/|title=Akhilesh Yadav re-elected SP president as 2-day party convention concludes |work=[[Indian Express]]|date=30 September 2022 }}</ref>
 
While the party is largely based in [[Uttar Pradesh]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16330708|title=Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state|work=BBC News|date=26 December 2011}}</ref> 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 '''Samajwadi Party''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''SP'''; [[translation]]: ''Socialist Party'',  founded 4 October 1992) is a [[Socialism|socialist]] political party in [[India]]. Headquartered in [[New Delhi]], the party is based in [[Uttar Pradesh]] with a significant presence in other states too.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16330708|title=Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state|work=BBC News|date=26 December 2011}}</ref> The party has been the ruling power 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 party and its alliance partners '''SP+''' 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 elections.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/heres-what-the-samajwadi-party-alliance-in-up-needs-to-focus-on-now/amp|work=The Wire|date=15 March 2022|title=What the Samajwadi Party alliance needs to focus on now}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.aajtak.in/india/uttar-pradesh/story/akhilesh-yadav-missed-majority-mark-by-just-few-lakh-votes-tst-1426767-2022-03-11|title=Akhilesh missed majority by a margin of few lakh votes|work= Aaj Tak|date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
The coalition of the party and its alliance partners: [[Samajwadi Alliance]] ('''SP+''') is currently the largest bloc in Uttar Pradesh in terms of [[Lok Sabha]] MPs. The alliance has one of the largest vote bases in the state of Uttar Pradesh in terms of the collective voting pattern, with more than 37% vote share in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022 assembly elections]] and 44% in the [[2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh|2024 general elections]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/heres-what-the-samajwadi-party-alliance-in-up-needs-to-focus-on-now/amp|work=The Wire|date=15 March 2022|title=What the Samajwadi Party alliance needs to focus on now}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.aajtak.in/india/uttar-pradesh/story/akhilesh-yadav-missed-majority-mark-by-just-few-lakh-votes-tst-1426767-2022-03-11|title=Akhilesh missed majority by a margin of few lakh votes|work= Aaj Tak|date=11 March 2022}}</ref>{{Verification needed|date=August 2024}}


==History==
==History==
The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when the [[Janata Dal]] (People's League) fragmented into several regional parties.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSyRgcSQhuIC&pg=PT379|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last1=Kochanek|first1=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|date=2007-01-30|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=9780495007494|language=en}}</ref> The party was founded by [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yadav |first=Shyamlal |date=2023-04-06 |title=Uneasy allies, fierce foes: Saga of BSP-SP ties, from Kanshi Ram and Mulayam to Mayawati and Akhilesh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bsp-sp-ties-kanshi-ram-mulayam-singh-akhielsh-yadav-8541853/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Created just months before the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|Babri Masjid demolition]], the party is said to have played a key role in preventing violence following this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/everybodys-brother-akhilesh-yadav|title=Akhilesh Yadav in the family business|last=Dixit|first=Neha|website=The Caravan|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> The Samajwadi Party is now led by former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] [[Akhilesh Yadav]] after he was chosen as the President at the party's national convention held on January the 1st, 2017.
[[File:Party symbolism - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg|thumb|In [[Mumbai]], a supporter of the Samajwadi Party carries a bicycle, which is the symbol featured on the [[socialist]] party's flag.]]
The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when [[Janata Dal]] fragmented into several regional parties.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSyRgcSQhuIC&pg=PT379|title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation|last1=Kochanek|first1=Stanley A.|last2=Hardgrave|first2=Robert L.|date=30 January 2007|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=9780495007494|language=en}}</ref> The party was founded by [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yadav |first=Shyamlal |date=6 April 2023 |title=Uneasy allies, fierce foes: Saga of BSP-SP ties, from Kanshi Ram and Mulayam to Mayawati and Akhilesh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bsp-sp-ties-kanshi-ram-mulayam-singh-akhielsh-yadav-8541853/ |access-date=8 April 2023 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=G. C. Malhotra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ko0nAQAAMAAJ |title=Anti-defection Law in India and the Commonwealth | date=26 September 2023 |page=570 | publisher=[Published for] Lok Sabha Secretariat [by] Metropolitan Book Company | isbn=9788120004061 |quote=Mulayan Singh Yadav, MLA, along with 22 other MLAs belonging to the Janata Party Legislature Party, in a letter addressed to the Speaker, intimated that there was a split in their original Party, in a letter addressed to the Speaker, intimated that there was a split in their original Party.}}</ref> Created just months before the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|Babri Masjid demolition]], the party rose to power by pursuing secular politics. The support of its key voters, Other Backward Classes and Muslims helped the party become a major political force in Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica"/><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=22 January 2024 |title=Who are karsevaks, what do they do? |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/who-are-karsevaks-what-do-they-do-2858728 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
 
In [[West Bengal]], the [[West Bengal Socialist Party]] of [[Kiranmoy Nanda]] merged with the SP in 2010. The Samajwadi Party is now led by former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]], [[Akhilesh Yadav]].


The party have contested [[Lok Sabha]] and State Assembly elections around the country, but by far the bulk of its victories have been in Uttar Pradesh. In the [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012 legislative assembly elections]] of Uttar Pradesh, SP registered a landslide victory with a clear majority in the house, thus enabling it to form a government in the state. This was expected to be the fifth term of Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister of state, but he selected his son, Akhilesh Yadav, instead. This became official on 15 March. It was also the first time that SP was head of the UP government for a full term of five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |title=Assembly Elections May 2013 Results |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Assembly Elections 2012 - The end of Mayayug in UP|url=http://indiavoice.info/201203061495/news-desk/politics/assembly-elections-2012-the-end-of-mayayug-in-up.html |publisher=IndiaVoice |access-date=7 March 2012|date=6 March 2012}}</ref> However, the party suffered a landslide defeat in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]], slumping to only 47 seats as the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] swept to victory.
He was chosen as the President for the first time in an Emergency meeting in 2017. He was chosen for second time in 2017 at Agra Convention of Samajwadi Party. He was chosen for the third time at the party's national convention held in September 2022 at Lucknow,<ref name="The Hindu"/><ref name="Hindu Business Line"/><ref name="Indian Express"/> after he was chosen as the President at the party's national convention held on 1 January 2017.


=== Proposed merger ===
The party have contested [[Lok Sabha]] and State Assembly elections around the country, but by far the bulk of its victories have been in Uttar Pradesh. In the [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012 legislative assembly elections]] of Uttar Pradesh, SP registered a landslide victory with a clear majority in the house, thus enabling it to form a government in the state. This was expected to be the fifth term of Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister of state, but he selected his son, Akhilesh Yadav instead. This became official on 15 March. It was also the first time that SP was head of the UP government for a full term of five years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |title=Assembly Elections May 2013 Results |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 July 2013 |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215065208/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Assembly Elections 2012 – The end of Mayayug in UP|url=http://indiavoice.info/201203061495/news-desk/politics/assembly-elections-2012-the-end-of-mayayug-in-up.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507144711/http://indiavoice.info/201203061495/news-desk/politics/assembly-elections-2012-the-end-of-mayayug-in-up.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 May 2012 |publisher=IndiaVoice |access-date=7 March 2012|date=6 March 2012}}</ref> However, the party suffered a landslide defeat in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]], slumping to only 47 seats as the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] swept to victory. The major loss of Samajwadi Party was attributed to several factors, most notably being corruption, several political controversies, deteriorating law and order, and insensitive comments on rape as well as anti-women views.
In 2014, there was a proposed merger of the Samajwadi Party with some other [[Janata Parivar]] parties uniting with [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] and [[Nitish Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/janata-parivar-parties-announce-merger-mulayam-singh-yadav-to-head-new-party/article7105570.ece|title=Janata Parivar announces merger, Mulayam to head new party|last=Gupta|first=Smita|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-03-12|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 December 2014 |title=Merger of RJD, JD-U, SP would take place after Kharmas: Lalu |url=http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/10305-merger-of-rjd-jd-u-sp-would-take-place-after-kharrmas-lalu.html |website=Patna Daily}}</ref>


=== National Convention of January 2017 ===
=== National Convention of January 2017 ===
In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017, called by Ram Gopal Yadav, [[Akhilesh Yadav]] was appointed as president of the party.
In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017, called by Ram Gopal Yadav, [[Akhilesh Yadav]] was appointed as president of the Party for 5 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thakur |first=Meenal |date=5 October 2017 |title=Akhilesh Yadav re-elected Samajwadi Party national president for 5 years |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/UMizS74kX3vRXBzKn5IDNO/Akhilesh-Yadav-reelected-Samajwadi-Party-national-president.html |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>


==Position in state and national politics==
==Position in state and national politics==
The Samajwadi Party provided outside support to the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government up to the fourteenth general election. After the fourteenth general election, its support became unnecessary when the UPA became the largest alliance. It contested the 2009 general election in alliance with the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] and the [[Lok Janshakti Party]] of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-05/india/28011955_1_election-meeting-saifai-star-campaigner|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624172518/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-05/india/28011955_1_election-meeting-saifai-star-campaigner|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2013|title=SP, RJD, LJP Front to kickstart UP campaign on Apr 9|date=5 April 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=16 June 2013}}</ref>


In the last general election, the Samajwadi Party was defeated by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} It is currently the thirteenth largest party in parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/partywiselist.aspx|title=Sixteenth LokSabha Party wise|website=loksabha.nic.in|publisher=LokSabha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018225726/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/partywiselist.aspx|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status = dead|access-date=5 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the general elections of 2019, it won only 5 seats, while the [[Indian National Congress]] gained 52 seats and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] obtained a clear mandate with 303 seats.
=== Alliance ===
====UPA====
The Samajwadi Party provided outside support to the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government up to the fourteenth general election. After the fourteenth general election, its support became unnecessary when the UPA became the largest alliance. It contested the 2009 general election in alliance with the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] and the [[Lok Janshakti Party]] of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SP-RJD-LJP-Front-to-kickstart-UP-campaign-on-Apr-9/articleshow/4360254.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624172518/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-05/india/28011955_1_election-meeting-saifai-star-campaigner|url-status=live|archive-date=24 June 2013|title=SP, RJD, LJP Front to kickstart UP campaign on Apr 9|date=5 April 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=16 June 2013}}</ref>
 
In April 2014, the [[Save Indian Family Foundation]] encouraged voters to support the Samajwadi Party or vote [[None of the above]] because they had said they opposed the alleged misuse of gender bias laws.<ref name="misuse">{{cite news |last=Anuraag Singh |date=17 April 2014 |title=Vote for Samajwadi Party or press Nota: Mulayam |work=[[Indiatimes]] |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Vote-for-Samajwadi-Party-or-press-Nota-Mulayam/articleshow/33835972.cms |access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref>
====SP-BSP Alliance====
In 2019 general election, the Samajwadi Party was defeated by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh though allying with [[Bahujan Samaj Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP wins 62 seats in Uttar Pradesh, SP-BSP alliance gets 15 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-62-seats-in-uttar-pradesh-in-2019-lok-sabha-elections-1533627-2019-05-24 |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=India Today |date=24 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> It became the thirteenth largest party in parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/partywiselist.aspx|title=Sixteenth LokSabha Party wise|website=loksabha.nic.in|publisher=LokSabha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018225726/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/partywiselist.aspx|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status = dead|access-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> In the general elections of 2019, it won only five seats, while the BSP won 10.
 
====INDIA====
Recently, Samajwadi Party joined the newly formed [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]](I.N.D.I.A) formed as an umbrella alliance of opposition parties in India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 July 2023 |title=Which are the 26 parties in the INDIA combine, the face of Opposition unity for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls? |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/which-are-the-26-parties-in-the-india-combine-the-face-of-opposition-unity-for-the-2024-lok-sabha-polls/article67115171.ece |access-date=8 August 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2023 |title=Group of 26 Oppn parties join hands under banner of 'INDIA' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/opposition-parties-in-bengaluru-announce-pre-poll-coalition-to-take-on-bjp-led-nda-in-2019-lok-sabha-elections-101689706428905.html |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shivam |first1=Kohli |title=What is INDIA, the new group formed by opposition parties |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/what-is-india-the-new-group-formed-by-opposition-alliance/articleshow/101873880.cms?from=mdr |website=The Times of India |publisher=Times Of India |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=18 July 2023}}</ref>


In [[West Bengal]], the [[West Bengal Socialist Party]] of [[Kiranmoy Nanda]] merged with the SP. The SP has two MLAs each in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]] and one newly elected MLA in the 2022 [[Gujarat]] assembly election.
In the [[2024 Indian general election]], the Samajwadi Party achieved a historic breakthrough by winning 37 seats, making it the third-largest party in the [[18th Lok Sabha]]. In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party contested the elections in alliance with the [[Indian National Congress]]. Together, they secured 43 out of the 80 seats in the state, marking a significant gain for the [[INDIA Alliance]].


In April 2014, the [[Save Indian Family Foundation]] encouraged voters to support the Samajwadi Party or vote [[None of the above]] because they had said they opposed the alleged misuse of gender bias laws.<ref name="misuse">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Vote-for-Samajwadi-Party-or-press-Nota-Mulayam/articleshow/33835972.cms|title=Vote for Samajwadi Party or press Nota: Mulayam|last=Anuraag Singh|date=17 April 2014|work=[[Indiatimes]]|access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref>
=== Presence in state assemblies ===
The SP has two MLAs in [[Maharashtra]] and one MLA in the 2022 [[Gujarat]] assembly election.


== Samajwadi Prahari and Samajwadi Sanwad ==
== Samajwadi Prahari and Samajwadi Sanwad ==


The Samajwadi Party has front line campaigning groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samajwadiprahari.in/|title=About Samajwadi Prahari|date=10 March 2021|website=Samajwadi Prahari}}</ref> Ongoing debate on party policy comes from many of their leaders. Among them are:
Under the guidance of Kailash Chaurasia, who was the Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and under the direction of Dr.Arvind Srivastava, Shri Shivendra Nandan <ref>{{cite web|url=https://samajwadiprahari.in/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82/|title=About Samajwadi Prahari Founder|date=10 March 2021|website=Samajwadi Prahari}}</ref> made the formal announcement of the formation of Samajwadi Sentinel and in this sequence, Samajwadi Samvad to put forward the public's views. He reportedly cited the fight for equal rights for all races and issues related to inequality in youth-related matters as the main issues presented. The Samajwadi Party has front line campaigning groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samajwadiprahari.in/|title=About Samajwadi Prahari|date=10 March 2021|website=Samajwadi Prahari}}</ref> Ongoing debate on party policy comes from many of their leaders. Among them are:
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==Electoral performances==
==Electoral performances==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
=== Lok Sabha Elections ===
|+ Lok Sabha (Lower House)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|+
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Lok Sabha Term
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Lok Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Lok Sabha
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Lok Sabha
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats contested
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Seats contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats won
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|% of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | State (seats)
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|State (seats)
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Ref
|-
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha]]
| [[11th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| 111
| 111
| 16
| {{Composition bar compact|17|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 3.3%
| 3.3%
| Uttar Pradesh (16)
| Uttar Pradesh (16), Bihar (1)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1996|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/11|access-date=2021-09-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1996|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/11|access-date=24 September 2021|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| 166
| 166
| 19
| {{Composition bar compact|19|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 4.9%
| 4.9%
| Uttar Pradesh (19)
| Uttar Pradesh (19)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1998|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/12|access-date=2021-09-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1998|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/12|access-date=24 September 2021|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| 151
| 151
| 26
| {{Composition bar compact|26|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 3.8%
| 3.8%
| Uttar Pradesh (26)
| Uttar Pradesh (26)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1999|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/13|access-date=2021-09-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1999|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/13|access-date=24 September 2021|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| 237
| 237
| 36
| {{Composition bar compact|36|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 4.3%
| 4.3%
| Uttar Pradesh (35) <br /> Uttarakhand (1)
| Uttar Pradesh (35), Uttarakhand (1)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2004|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/14|access-date=2021-09-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2004|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/14|access-date=24 September 2021|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| 193
| 193
| 23
| {{Composition bar compact|23|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 3.4%
| 3.4%
| Uttar Pradesh (23)
| Uttar Pradesh (23)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2009|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/15|access-date=2021-09-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2009|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/15|access-date=24 September 2021|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| 197
| 197
| 5
| {{Composition bar compact|5|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 3.4%
| 3.4%
| Uttar Pradesh (5)
| Uttar Pradesh (5)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/16|access-date=2021-09-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/16|access-date=24 September 2021|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| 49
| 49
| 5
| {{Composition bar compact|5|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 2.6%
| 2.6%
| Uttar Pradesh (5)
| Uttar Pradesh (5)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17|access-date=2021-09-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520150835/https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 May 2021|access-date=24 September 2021|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| 62
| {{Composition bar compact|37|543|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 4.58%
| Uttar Pradesh (37)
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-05 |title=General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/index.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605053823/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/index.htm |archive-date=2024-06-05 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|}
|}
{{Vertical bar chart|1996|17|1998|19|1999|26|2004|36|2009|23|2014|5|2019|5|2024|37|full_name=All time-SP Lok Sabha seat count|type=demographic|color=RED}}


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
=== Assembly Elections ===
|+ Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Vidhan Sabha Term
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|UP Elections
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Seats contested
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Seats won
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|% of votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Party Votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Ref
|-
|-
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Vidhan Sabha Term
!Colspan="7"|[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | UP elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Party Votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
|-
|-
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| 256
| 256
| 109
| {{Composition bar compact|109|425|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 17.94
| 17.94%
| 8,963,697
| 8,963,697
|<ref>{{cite web|title=1993 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1993/uttar-pradesh%20[1947%20-%201999]/108/8|access-date=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=1993 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1993/uttar-pradesh%20[1947%20-%201999]/108/8|access-date=24 August 2022|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
| [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 281
| 281
| 110
| {{Composition bar compact|110|425|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 21.80
| 21.80%
| 12,085,226
| 12,085,226
|<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1996/uttar-pradesh%20[1947%20-%201999]/128/8|access-date=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1996/uttar-pradesh%20[1947%20-%201999]/128/8|access-date=24 August 2022|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
| [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
| 390
| 390
| 143
| {{Composition bar compact|143|403|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 25.37
| 25.37%
| 13,612,509
| 13,612,509
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2002/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/163/60|access-date=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2002/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/163/60|access-date=24 August 2022|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections|2007]]
| [[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections|2007]]
| 393
| 393
| 97
| {{Composition bar compact|97|403|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 25.43
| 25.43%
| 13,267,674
| 13,267,674
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2007/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/191/60|access-date=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2007/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/191/60|access-date=24 August 2022|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012]]
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012]]
| 401
| 401
| 224
| {{Composition bar compact|224|403|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 29.15
| 29.15%
| 22,107,241
| 22,107,241
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2012/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/220/60|access-date=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2012/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/220/60|access-date=24 August 2022|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 17th Vidhan Sabha
| 17th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| 311
| 311
| 47
| {{Composition bar compact|47|403|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 21.82
| 21.82%
| 18,923,689
| 18,923,689
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2017/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/255/60|access-date=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2017/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/255/60|access-date=24 August 2022|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
| 18th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| 347
| {{Composition bar compact|111|403|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 32.06%
| 29,543,934
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2022 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2022/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/289/60|access-date=24 August 2022|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
!Colspan="7"|[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| 11th Vidhan Sabha
| 1998
| 228
| {{Composition bar compact|4|320|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 1.58%
| 419,626
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 1998|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/1998/madhya-pradesh%20[1947%20-%201999]/136/4|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| 2003
| 161
| {{Composition bar compact|7|230|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
| 3.71%
| 946,891
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2003|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/59/172|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|18th Vidhan Sabha
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| 2008
|347
| 187
|111
| {{Composition bar compact|1|230|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|32.06
| 1.90%
|29,543,934
| 501,324
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2022 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha/2022/uttar-pradesh%20[2000%20onwards]/289/60|access-date=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2008|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/59/204|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |MP elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seat contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |% of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Party Votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
|-
|-
|11th Assembly
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
|1998
| 2013
|228
| 161
|4
| {{Composition bar compact|0|230|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|1.58
| 1.2%
|
| 404,853
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2013|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/59/232|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|12th Assembly
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
|2003
| 2018
|161
| 52
|7
| {{Composition bar compact|1|230|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|3.71
| 1.3%
|
| 496,025
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2018|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/59/267|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|13th Assembly
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
|2008
| 2023
|187
| 71
|1
| {{Composition bar compact|0|230|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|1.90
| 0.46%
|
| 200,069
|
|
|-
|-
|14th Assembly
!Colspan="7"|[[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|2013
|161
|0
|1.2
|04,04,853
|
|-
|-
|15th Assembly
| 9th Vidhan Sabha
|2018
| 1995
|52
| 22
|1
| {{Composition bar compact|3|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|1.3
| 0.93%
|04,96,025
| 356,731
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 1995|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/30/119|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Maharastra Elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seat contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seats Won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |% of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Party votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
|-
|-
|9th Assembly
| 10th Vidhan Sabha
|1995
| 1999
|22
| 15
|3
| {{Composition bar compact|2|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|0.93
| 0.7%
|03,56,731
| 227,640
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 1999|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/30/144|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|10th Assembly
| 11th Vidhan Sabha
|1999
| 2004
|15
| 95
|2
| {{Composition bar compact|0|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|
| 1.13%
|02,27,640
| 471,425
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2004|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/30/177|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|11th Assembly
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
|2004
| 2009
|95
| 31
|0
| {{Composition bar compact|4|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|1.13
| 1.11%
|04,71,425
| 337,378
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2009|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/30/206|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|12th Assembly
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
|2009
| 2014
|31
| 22
|4
| {{Composition bar compact|1|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|1.11
| 0.17%
|03,37,378
| 92,304
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2014|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/30/241|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|13th Assembly
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
|2014
| 2019
|22
| 7
|1
| {{Composition bar compact|2|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|0.17
| 0.22%
|92,304
| 123,267
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=AC: Party-wise performance for 2019|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/party/detail/30/276|access-date=15 September 2023|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|-
|14th Assembly
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
|2019
| 2024
|7
| 9
|2
| {{Composition bar compact|2|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}}
|0.22
| 0.38%
|01,23,267
| 246,350
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/partywiseresult-S13.htm|title=Election}}</ref>
|}
|}


==List of chief ministers==
==List of chief ministers==


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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"  
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|-  style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| 1
| 1
| [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] <br />{{small|[[Jaswantnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaswantnagar]]}}
| 5 December 1989
| 24 June 1991
| {{age in years and days|1989|12|05|1991|06|24}}
| [[ Janata Dal]]
| [[Tenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|Tenth Assembly]] (1989–91)<br />{{small|(1989 election)}}
|<ref name=":1">"[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2002, to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]" [pdf]. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.</ref>    |-  style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| (1)
| [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] <br />{{small|[[Jaswantnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaswantnagar]]}}
| [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] <br />{{small|[[Jaswantnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaswantnagar]]}}
| 4 December 1993
| 4 December 1993
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|-  style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| 2
| 2
| [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<br />{{small|MLC}}
| [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<br />{{small|[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]]}}
| 15 March 2012
| 15 March 2012
| 19 March 2017
| 19 March 2017
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{{notelist}}
{{notelist}}


==List of central ministers==
==List of union ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |No.
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|No.
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Name
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Photo
! colspan="2" Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Term of office
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Portfolio
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Portfolio
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Name<br/><small>(Lifespan)</small>
! colspan="2"  Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Prime Minister
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Assumed office
|- align=center
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Left office
| 1
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Duration
| [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|Constituency<br/><small>(House)</small>
| 1 June 1996
!rowspan=2 colspan=2 Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white"|[[Prime Minister of India|{{white|Prime Minister}}]]
| 19 March 1998
|-
| [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
!rowspan="2"|1
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav, addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|- align=center
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]'''
|2
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'''<br><small>(1939{{ndash}}2022)</small>
| [[Janeshwar Mishra]]
|1 June<br>1996
| 10 July 1996
|21 April<br>1997
| May 1997
!rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1996|6|1|1998|3|18}}
| [[Ministry of Water Resources (India)|Minister of Water Resources]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]<br/><small>([[Lok Sabha]])</small>
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
|'''[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|21 April<br>1997
|18 March<br>1998
|'''[[Inder Kumar Gujral|I.K. Gujral]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
!rowspan="4"|2
|rowspan="4"|[[File:Beni Prasad Verma (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Minister of Communications (India)|Minister of Communications]]'''<br>('''{{abbr|MoS(I/C)|Minister of State (Independent Charge)}}''' until 10 July 1996)
|rowspan="4"|'''[[Beni Prasad Verma]]'''<br><small>(1941{{ndash}}2020)</small>
|29 June<br>1996
|21 April<br>1997
!rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1996|6|29|1998|3|19}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Kaiserganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaiserganj]]<br/><small>([[Lok Sabha]])</small>
|'''[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|21 April<br>1997
|19 March<br>1998
|'''[[Inder Kumar Gujral|I.K. Gujral]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|'''[[Minister of Communications (India)|Minister of Communications]]'''<br>'''({{abbr|MoS|Minister of State}})'''
|rowspan="2"|1 June<br>1996
|rowspan="2"|29 June<br>1996
!rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]'''
|rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|'''[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]'''<br>'''({{abbr|MoS|Minister of State}})'''
|-
!rowspan="4"|3
|rowspan="4"|[[File:Blank.svg|70px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]'''<br>'''[{{abbr|MoS(I/C)|Minister of State (Independent Charge)}}''']
|rowspan="4"|'''[[Saleem Iqbal Shervani]]'''<br><small>(born 1953)</small>
|29 June<br>1996
|21 April<br>1997
!rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1996|6|29|1997|6|9}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency)|Badaun]]<br/><small>([[Lok Sabha]])</small>
|'''[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|21 April<br>1997
|9 June <br>1997
|'''[[Inder Kumar Gujral|I.K. Gujral]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|'''[[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]'''<br>'''({{abbr|MoS|Minister of State}})'''
|1 June<br>1996
|29 June<br>1996
!{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}
|'''[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|'''[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]'''<br>'''({{abbr|MoS|Minister of State}})'''
|9 June<br>1997
|19 March<br>1998
!{{ayd|1997|6|9|1998|3|19}}
|'''[[Inder Kumar Gujral|I.K. Gujral]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
!rowspan="3"|4
|rowspan="3"|[[File:Blank.svg|70px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation|Minister of Water Resource]]'''
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Janeshwar Mishra]]'''<br><small>(1933{{ndash}}2010)</small>
|29 June<br>1996
|21 April<br>1997
!rowspan="2"|{{ayd|1996|6|29|1997|6|9}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Uttar Pradesh]]<br/><small>([[Rajya Sabha]])</small>
|'''[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]'''
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|-
|-
|3
|21 April<br>1997
|[[Beni Prasad Verma]]
|9 June <br>1997
|1 June 1996
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Inder Kumar Gujral|I.K. Gujral]]'''
|19 March 1998
|rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
|-
|-
|4
|'''[[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]'''
|[[Saleem Iqbal Shervani]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MEA officials scramble to work out agenda for US-bound Salim Sherwani |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19970623-mea-officials-scramble-to-work-out-agenda-for-us-bound-salim-sherwani-831677-1997-06-22 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|9 June<br>1997
|May 1997
|19 March<br>1998
|19 March 1998
!{{ayd|1997|6|9|1998|3|19}}
|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs(M.O.S.)]]
|[[I.K. Gujral]]
|}
|}


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* [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], founder and former President of Samajwadi Party, former Defence minister of India and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=About The Party {{!}} Samajwadi Party|url=https://www.samajwadiparty.in/about-the-party|access-date=2021-09-24|website=www.samajwadiparty.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ministry of Defence|url=https://www.mod.gov.in/former-raksha-mantri|access-date=2021-09-24|website=www.mod.gov.in}}</ref><ref>[http://up.gov.in/upexcms.aspx Former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh] ''up.gov.in''.</ref>
* [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], founder and former President of Samajwadi Party, former Defence minister of India and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=About The Party {{!}} Samajwadi Party|url=https://www.samajwadiparty.in/about-the-party|access-date=24 September 2021|website=www.samajwadiparty.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ministry of Defence|url=https://www.mod.gov.in/former-raksha-mantri|access-date=24 September 2021|website=www.mod.gov.in}}</ref><ref>[http://up.gov.in/upexcms.aspx Former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh] ''up.gov.in''.</ref>
* [[Beni Prasad Verma]], founder and former Union Cabinet Minister of India<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-03-27 |title=SP founding member Beni Prasad Verma dies |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sp-founding-member-beni-prasad-verma-dies/articleshow/74852187.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-04 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
* [[Akhilesh Yadav]], President of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Akhilesh Yadav Re-Elected As Samajwadi Party National President For Five Years|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/akhilesh-yadav-re-elected-as-samajwadi-party-national-president-for-five-years/302627|access-date=24 September 2021|website=www.outlookindia.com|date=5 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=11 March 2017|title=UP elections: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav resigns|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/up-elections-chief-minister-akhilesh-yadav-resigns/story-seO9Y8UvUyNVOrHBTDF3fP.html|access-date=24 September 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>  
* [[Azam Khan (politician)|Azam Khan]], [[Member of Parliament]],  9 time [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], Member of Parliament [[Loksabha]] [[Rampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rampur]] former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 18, 2012 |title=Azam Khan takes oath as Cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/uttar-pradesh-azam-khan-oath-96276-2012-03-18|access-date=2021-09-24|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 24, 2019 |title=Election Results 2019: Azam Khan wins big from Rampur against Jaya Prada|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/rampur-election-results-2019-azam-khan-jaya-prada-1533349-2019-05-24|access-date=2021-09-24|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Azam Khan (politician)|Azam Khan]], [[Member of Parliament]],  9 time [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], Member of Parliament [[Loksabha]] [[Rampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rampur]] former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=18 March 2012 |title=Azam Khan takes oath as Cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/uttar-pradesh-azam-khan-oath-96276-2012-03-18|access-date=24 September 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=24 May 2019 |title=Election Results 2019: Azam Khan wins big from Rampur against Jaya Prada|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/rampur-election-results-2019-azam-khan-jaya-prada-1533349-2019-05-24|access-date=24 September 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Janeshwar Mishra]], founder and former cabinet minister
* [[Janeshwar Mishra]], former cabinet minister, [[Government of India]]. Former [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]].
* [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]], Former State President of Samajwadi Party, [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Jaswantnagar]] - 6th term, Former Cabinet Minister(UP Govt.), Former [[Leader of Opposition]]
* [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]], Former State President of Samajwadi Party, [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Jaswantnagar]] – 6th term, Former Cabinet Minister(UP Govt.), Former [[Leader of Opposition]]
* [[Beni Prasad Verma]], former Union Cabinet Minister of India<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 March 2020 |title=SP founding member Beni Prasad Verma dies |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sp-founding-member-beni-prasad-verma-dies/articleshow/74852187.cms?from=mdr |access-date=4 July 2023 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
* [[Awadhesh Prasad]], General Secretary of Samajwadi Party, Former Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh, founding member
* [[Anantram Jaiswal]] former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]], [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]], Minister and Samajwadi [[Ideologist]], Founding member  
* [[Anantram Jaiswal]] former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]], [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]], Minister and Samajwadi [[Ideologist]], Founding member  
* [[Akhilesh Yadav]], President of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Akhilesh Yadav Re-Elected As Samajwadi Party National President For Five Years|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/akhilesh-yadav-re-elected-as-samajwadi-party-national-president-for-five-years/302627|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-24|website=www.outlookindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2017-03-11|title=UP elections: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav resigns|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/up-elections-chief-minister-akhilesh-yadav-resigns/story-seO9Y8UvUyNVOrHBTDF3fP.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kiranmoy Nanda]], Vice President of Samajwadi Party
* [[Kiranmoy Nanda]], Vice President of Samajwadi Party
* [[Naresh Uttam Patel]], current Uttar Pradesh State president of Samajwadi Party.<ref>{{cite web|date=2017-01-02|title=Akhilesh appoints Mulayam's old loyalist Naresh as president of SP state unit|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/akhilesh-appoints-mulayam-s-old-loyalist-naresh-as-president-of-sp-state-unit/story-SUCR5OgJxKwiIs5DgSk86H.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Naresh Uttam Patel]], Former Uttar Pradesh State president of Samajwadi Party.<ref>{{cite web|date=2 January 2017|title=Akhilesh appoints Mulayam's old loyalist Naresh as president of SP state unit|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/akhilesh-appoints-mulayam-s-old-loyalist-naresh-as-president-of-sp-state-unit/story-SUCR5OgJxKwiIs5DgSk86H.html|access-date=24 September 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
*
* Professor [[Ram Gopal Yadav]], Party Leader in Rajya Sabha
* [[Jaya Bachchan]], Indian actress and [[Rajya Sabha]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rajya Sabha Elections: Samajwadi Party's Jaya Bachchan wins from Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rajya-sabha-elections-samajwadi-party-s-jaya-bachchan-wins-from-uttar-pradesh-2597008|date= 23 Mar 2018|access-date=29 Oct 2020}}</ref>
* [[Jaya Bachchan]], Indian actress and [[Rajya Sabha]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rajya Sabha Elections: Samajwadi Party's Jaya Bachchan wins from Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rajya-sabha-elections-samajwadi-party-s-jaya-bachchan-wins-from-uttar-pradesh-2597008|date= 23 March 2018|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[Ram Govind Chaudhary]], Leader of opposition in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Akhilesh Yadav chooses loyalist Ram Govind Chaudhary as new Leader of Opposition|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/akhilesh-yadav-chooses-loyalist-ram-govind-chaudhary-as-new-leader-of-opposition-samajwadi-party-4588416/|date= 28 Mar 2017|access-date=29 Oct 2020}}</ref>
* [[Ram Govind Chaudhary]], Leader of opposition in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Akhilesh Yadav chooses loyalist Ram Govind Chaudhary as new Leader of Opposition|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/akhilesh-yadav-chooses-loyalist-ram-govind-chaudhary-as-new-leader-of-opposition-samajwadi-party-4588416/|date= 28 March 2017|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[Indrajit Saroj]], National General Secretary, Deputy Leader of Opposition in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=मिश्रा |first=अविनीश |date=2023-02-01 |title=स्वामी, राजभर और सरोज... 'कौशांबी मॉडल' से बीजेपी को फिर मात देंगे अखिलेश? |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/akhilesh-yadav-stake-6-defector-makes-general-secretary-samajwadi-party-abpp-2323106 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Indrajit Saroj]], National General Secretary, Deputy Leader of Opposition in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=मिश्रा |first=अविनीश |date=1 February 2023 |title=स्वामी, राजभर और सरोज... 'कौशांबी मॉडल' से बीजेपी को फिर मात देंगे अखिलेश? |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/akhilesh-yadav-stake-6-defector-makes-general-secretary-samajwadi-party-abpp-2323106 |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Balram Yadav]], 5 times elected as [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Atraulia Assembly constituency]] and 4 times as [[Member of Legislative Council]], Former Cabinet Minister (UP Govt.), He is prominent leader in purvanchal( Eastern Uttar Pradesh).
* [[Sanjay Lathar]], Leader of Opposition in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]].
* [[Sanjay Lathar]], Leader of Opposition in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]].
* Dr. [[Sangram Yadav]], 3 times [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]] from  [[Atraulia Assembly constituency]] and Whip/sachetak of Samajwadi party vidhan mandal dal.
* [[Abu Asim Azmi]], Samajwadi Party Maharashtra state President, Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] and former Member of [[Rajya Sabha]].
* [[Abu Asim Azmi]], Samajwadi Party Maharashtra state President, Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] and former Member of [[Rajya Sabha]].
*[[Mohan Singh]], former Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
*[[Mohan Singh]], former Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
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* [[Pankaj Kumar Malik]], MLA from Charthawal Assembly Seat.
* [[Pankaj Kumar Malik]], MLA from Charthawal Assembly Seat.
* [[Vishambhar Prasad Nishad]], Samajwadi Party General Secretary, [[Rajya Sabha]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]], former Member of [[Lok Sabha]], and former Cabinet Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]].
* [[Vishambhar Prasad Nishad]], Samajwadi Party General Secretary, [[Rajya Sabha]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]], former Member of [[Lok Sabha]], and former Cabinet Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]].
*[[Pradeep Bhati]], A prominent young [[Gurjar]] Leader and Spokesperson of Samajwadi Partry.
*[[Balwant Singh Ramoowalia]], Prominent [[Sikh]] leader and former cabinet minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]].
*[[Balwant Singh Ramoowalia]], Prominent [[Sikh]] leader and former cabinet minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]].
*[[Swami Prasad Maurya]], [[Member of Legislative Council]] and National general Secretary.
*[[Anand Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Anand Singh]], leader, ex 5 time MP and MLA from [[Gonda district|Gonda]] district, and former [[Cabinet Minister |Cabinet Minister of Agriculture]] from Uttar Pradesh Government, under [[Akhilesh Yadav ministry|Akhilesh Yadav]] from 2012 to 2014.


==State leadership==
==State leadership==
* [[Abu Asim Azmi]]: Maharashtra
* [[Abu Asim Azmi]]: Maharashtra
* [[Naresh Uttam Patel]]: Uttar Pradesh
* Shyamlal Pal: Uttar Pradesh
* Ramayan Singh Patel: Madhya Pradesh
* Dr.Manoj Yadav: Madhya Pradesh
* Satyanarayan Sachan: Uttarakhand
* Satyanarayan Sachan: Uttarakhand
* Manjappa Yadav: Karnataka
* Manjappa Yadav: Karnataka
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*Dr Saji Pothen Thomas: Kerala
*Dr Saji Pothen Thomas: Kerala
*B Jagadeesh Yadav: Andhra Pradesh
*B Jagadeesh Yadav: Andhra Pradesh
*Om Prakash Sahu:Chhattisgarh


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Ghanshyam Tiwari (Indian politician)]]
* [[List of political parties in India]]
* [[Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)]]
* [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]]
* [[Samajwadi Secular Morcha]]
* [[United People's Party of Assam]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
 
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Samajwadi Party
AbbreviationSP
PresidentAkhilesh Yadav
General SecretaryRam Gopal Yadav
Azam Khan
Shivpal Singh Yadav
Indrajit Saroj
Lalji Verma
Awadhesh Prasad
Ram Achal Rajbhar
Balram Yadav
Vishambhar Prasad Nishad
Ram Ji Lal Suman
Harendra Singh Malik
Lok Sabha leaderAkhilesh Yadav
Rajya Sabha leaderRam Gopal Yadav
FounderMulayam Singh Yadav
Founded4 October 1992 (33 years ago) (1992-10-04)
Split fromJanata Dal
Headquarters18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi
NewspaperSamajwadi Bulletin[1]
Student wingSamajwadi Chatra Sabha[2]
Youth wingSamajwadi Prahari[3] Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha[4]
Women's wingSamajwadi Mahila Sabha[5]
IdeologySocialism[6]
Social conservatism[7][8]
Populism[9]
Political positionLeft-wing[10]
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[11]
Colours    Red and Green
ECI StatusState Party[12]
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
37 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
4 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Council's
10 / 100
(Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council)
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
106 / 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
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
www.samajwadiparty.in

Template:Socialism sidebar The Samajwadi Party (abbr. SP; lit. 'Socialist Party') is a socialist political party in India.[13] It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in India, and is 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 bloc in Uttar Pradesh in terms of Lok Sabha MPs. The alliance has one of the largest vote bases in the state of Uttar Pradesh in terms of the collective voting pattern, with more than 37% vote share in the 2022 assembly elections and 44% in the 2024 general elections.[18][19]Template:Verification needed

History[edit | edit source]

In Mumbai, a supporter of the Samajwadi Party carries a bicycle, which is the symbol featured on the socialist party's flag.

The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when Janata Dal fragmented into several regional parties.[20] The party was founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav in 1992.[21][22] Created just months before the Babri Masjid demolition, the party rose to power by pursuing secular politics. The support of its key voters, Other Backward Classes and Muslims helped the party become a major political force in Uttar Pradesh.[13][23]

In West Bengal, the West Bengal Socialist Party of Kiranmoy Nanda merged with the SP in 2010. The Samajwadi Party is now led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav.

He was chosen as the President for the first time in an Emergency meeting in 2017. He was chosen for second time in 2017 at Agra Convention of Samajwadi Party. He was chosen for the third time at the party's national convention held in September 2022 at Lucknow,[14][15][16] after he was chosen as the President at the party's national convention held on 1 January 2017.

The party have contested Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections around the country, but by far the bulk of its victories have been in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2012 legislative assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh, SP registered a landslide victory with a clear majority in the house, thus enabling it to form a government in the state. This was expected to be the fifth term of Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister of state, but he selected his son, Akhilesh Yadav instead. This became official on 15 March. It was also the first time that SP was head of the UP government for a full term of five years.[24][25] However, the party suffered a landslide defeat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, slumping to only 47 seats as the Bharatiya Janata Party swept to victory. The major loss of Samajwadi Party was attributed to several factors, most notably being corruption, several political controversies, deteriorating law and order, and insensitive comments on rape as well as anti-women views.

National Convention of January 2017[edit | edit source]

In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017, called by Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav was appointed as president of the Party for 5 years.[26]

Position in state and national politics[edit | edit source]

Alliance[edit | edit source]

UPA[edit | edit source]

The Samajwadi Party provided outside support to the United Progressive Alliance government up to the fourteenth general election. After the fourteenth general election, its support became unnecessary when the UPA became the largest alliance. It contested the 2009 general election in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Lok Janshakti Party of Bihar.[27]

In April 2014, the Save Indian Family Foundation encouraged voters to support the Samajwadi Party or vote None of the above because they had said they opposed the alleged misuse of gender bias laws.[28]

SP-BSP Alliance[edit | edit source]

In 2019 general election, the Samajwadi Party was defeated by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh though allying with Bahujan Samaj Party.[29] It became the thirteenth largest party in parliament.[30] In the general elections of 2019, it won only five seats, while the BSP won 10.

INDIA[edit | edit source]

Recently, Samajwadi Party joined the newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance(I.N.D.I.A) formed as an umbrella alliance of opposition parties in India.[31][32][33]

In the 2024 Indian general election, the Samajwadi Party achieved a historic breakthrough by winning 37 seats, making it the third-largest party in the 18th Lok Sabha. In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party contested the elections in alliance with the Indian National Congress. Together, they secured 43 out of the 80 seats in the state, marking a significant gain for the INDIA Alliance.

Presence in state assemblies[edit | edit source]

The SP has two MLAs in Maharashtra and one MLA in the 2022 Gujarat assembly election.

Samajwadi Prahari and Samajwadi Sanwad[edit | edit source]

Under the guidance of Kailash Chaurasia, who was the Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and under the direction of Dr.Arvind Srivastava, Shri Shivendra Nandan [34] made the formal announcement of the formation of Samajwadi Sentinel and in this sequence, Samajwadi Samvad to put forward the public's views. He reportedly cited the fight for equal rights for all races and issues related to inequality in youth-related matters as the main issues presented. The Samajwadi Party has front line campaigning groups.[35] Ongoing debate on party policy comes from many of their leaders. Among them are:

  1. Chhatra Sabha Sanwad
  2. Yuvjan Sabha Sanwad
  3. Samajwadi prahari Sanwad
  4. Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade Sanwad
  5. Lohiya Vahini Sanwad
  6. Shikshak Sabha Sanwad
  7. Vyapar Sabha Sanwad
  8. Adhivakta Sabha Sanwad
  9. Ambedkar Vahini Samwad

Electoral performances[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha Elections[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha Term Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won % of votes State (seats) Ref
11th Lok Sabha 1996 111 Template:Composition bar compact 3.3% Uttar Pradesh (16), Bihar (1) [36]
12th Lok Sabha 1998 166 Template:Composition bar compact 4.9% Uttar Pradesh (19) [37]
13th Lok Sabha 1999 151 Template:Composition bar compact 3.8% Uttar Pradesh (26) [38]
14th Lok Sabha 2004 237 Template:Composition bar compact 4.3% Uttar Pradesh (35), Uttarakhand (1) [39]
15th Lok Sabha 2009 193 Template:Composition bar compact 3.4% Uttar Pradesh (23) [40]
16th Lok Sabha 2014 197 Template:Composition bar compact 3.4% Uttar Pradesh (5) [41]
17th Lok Sabha 2019 49 Template:Composition bar compact 2.6% Uttar Pradesh (5) [42]
18th Lok Sabha 2024 62 Template:Composition bar compact 4.58% Uttar Pradesh (37) [43]

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Assembly Elections[edit | edit source]

Vidhan Sabha Term UP Elections Seats contested Seats won % of votes Party Votes Ref
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
12th Vidhan Sabha 1993 256 Template:Composition bar compact 17.94% 8,963,697 [44]
13th Vidhan Sabha 1996 281 Template:Composition bar compact 21.80% 12,085,226 [45]
14th Vidhan Sabha 2002 390 Template:Composition bar compact 25.37% 13,612,509 [46]
15th Vidhan Sabha 2007 393 Template:Composition bar compact 25.43% 13,267,674 [47]
16th Vidhan Sabha 2012 401 Template:Composition bar compact 29.15% 22,107,241 [48]
17th Vidhan Sabha 2017 311 Template:Composition bar compact 21.82% 18,923,689 [49]
18th Vidhan Sabha 2022 347 Template:Composition bar compact 32.06% 29,543,934 [50]
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
11th Vidhan Sabha 1998 228 Template:Composition bar compact 1.58% 419,626 [51]
12th Vidhan Sabha 2003 161 Template:Composition bar compact 3.71% 946,891 [52]
13th Vidhan Sabha 2008 187 Template:Composition bar compact 1.90% 501,324 [53]
14th Vidhan Sabha 2013 161 Template:Composition bar compact 1.2% 404,853 [54]
15th Vidhan Sabha 2018 52 Template:Composition bar compact 1.3% 496,025 [55]
16th Vidhan Sabha 2023 71 Template:Composition bar compact 0.46% 200,069
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
9th Vidhan Sabha 1995 22 Template:Composition bar compact 0.93% 356,731 [56]
10th Vidhan Sabha 1999 15 Template:Composition bar compact 0.7% 227,640 [57]
11th Vidhan Sabha 2004 95 Template:Composition bar compact 1.13% 471,425 [58]
12th Vidhan Sabha 2009 31 Template:Composition bar compact 1.11% 337,378 [59]
13th Vidhan Sabha 2014 22 Template:Composition bar compact 0.17% 92,304 [60]
14th Vidhan Sabha 2019 7 Template:Composition bar compact 0.22% 123,267 [61]
15th Vidhan Sabha 2024 9 Template:Composition bar compact 0.38% 246,350 [62]

List of chief ministers[edit | edit source]

No. Name
Constituency 		Term of office[63][64] Tenure length Party[lower-alpha 1] Assembly[65]
(Election) 		Ref
1 Mulayam Singh Yadav
Jaswantnagar 		5 December 1989 24 June 1991 1 year, 201 days Janata Dal Tenth Assembly (1989–91)
(1989 election) 		- style="text-align:center; height:60px;" (1) Mulayam Singh Yadav
Jaswantnagar 		4 December 1993 3 June 1995 1 year, 181 days Samajwadi Party Twelfth Assembly (1993–95)
(1993 election) 		[66]
(1) Mulayam Singh Yadav
Gunnaur 		29 August 2003 13 May 2007 3 years, 257 days Samajwadi Party Fourteenth Assembly (2002–07)
(2002 election) 		[66]
2 Akhilesh Yadav
MLC 		15 March 2012 19 March 2017 5 years, 4 days Samajwadi Party Sixteenth Assembly (2012–17)
(2012 election) 		[67]
  1. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he or she heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

List of union ministers[edit | edit source]

No. Photo Portfolio Name
(Lifespan) 		Assumed office Left office Duration Constituency
(House) 		Prime Minister
1 Minister of Defence Mulayam Singh Yadav
(1939–2022) 		1 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		1 year, 290 days Mainpuri
(Lok Sabha) 		Deve Gowda
21 April
1997 		18 March
1998 		I.K. Gujral
2 Minister of Communications
(MoS(I/C) until 10 July 1996) 		Beni Prasad Verma
(1941–2020) 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		1 year, 263 days Kaiserganj
(Lok Sabha) 		Deve Gowda
21 April
1997 		19 March
1998 		I.K. Gujral
Minister of Communications
(MoS) 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Deve Gowda
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
(MoS)
3 Minister of Health and Family Welfare
[MoS(I/C)] 		Saleem Iqbal Shervani
(born 1953) 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		345 days Badaun
(Lok Sabha) 		Deve Gowda
21 April
1997 		9 June
1997 		I.K. Gujral
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
(MoS) 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Deve Gowda
Minister of External Affairs
(MoS) 		9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days I.K. Gujral
4 Minister of Water Resource Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010) 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		345 days Uttar Pradesh
(Rajya Sabha) 		Deve Gowda
21 April
1997 		9 June
1997 		I.K. Gujral
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas 9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days

Prominent members[edit | edit source]

State leadership[edit | edit source]

  • Abu Asim Azmi: Maharashtra
  • Shyamlal Pal: Uttar Pradesh
  • Dr.Manoj Yadav: Madhya Pradesh
  • Satyanarayan Sachan: Uttarakhand
  • Manjappa Yadav: Karnataka
  • Devendra Upadhyaya: Gujarat
  • Manas Bhattacharya: West Bengal
  • Mukesh Yadav: Rajasthan
  • Sukhvinder Singh: Punjab
  • Dr Saji Pothen Thomas: Kerala
  • B Jagadeesh Yadav: Andhra Pradesh
  • Om Prakash Sahu:Chhattisgarh

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Command performance: Can a party mouthpiece question its leaders?". Hindustan Times. 10 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "SP chatra sabha declares 70 district unit presidents name". oneindia.com. 17 March 2008.
  3. ↑ "About Samajwadi Prahari". Samajwadi Prahari. 10 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "SP reinstates youth wings' office-bearers with a rider | Lucknow News — Times of India". The Times of India. 18 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "SP appoints presidents of nine frontal organisations". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2 July 2014 – via Business Standard.
  6. ↑ "Mulayam Singh lays emphasis on socialist ideology". Business Standard India. 22 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Which political party has most clearly and consistently opposed women's rights?". scroll.in. 16 May 2021.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Slew of populist measures by Akhilesh on Day 1". The Hindu. 15 March 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "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
  11. ↑ "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Samajwadi Party". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party President for third time". The Hindu. 29 September 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party president for third time". Hindu Business Line. 29 September 2022.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Akhilesh Yadav re-elected SP president as 2-day party convention concludes". Indian Express. 30 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state". BBC News. 26 December 2011.
  18. ↑ "What the Samajwadi Party alliance needs to focus on now". The Wire. 15 March 2022.
  19. ↑ "Akhilesh missed majority by a margin of few lakh votes". Aaj Tak. 11 March 2022.
  20. ↑ Kochanek, Stanley A.; Hardgrave, Robert L. (30 January 2007). India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780495007494.
  21. ↑ Yadav, Shyamlal (6 April 2023). "Uneasy allies, fierce foes: Saga of BSP-SP ties, from Kanshi Ram and Mulayam to Mayawati and Akhilesh". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  22. ↑ G. C. Malhotra (26 September 2023). Anti-defection Law in India and the Commonwealth. [Published for] Lok Sabha Secretariat [by] Metropolitan Book Company. p. 570. ISBN 9788120004061. Mulayan Singh Yadav, MLA, along with 22 other MLAs belonging to the Janata Party Legislature Party, in a letter addressed to the Speaker, intimated that there was a split in their original Party, in a letter addressed to the Speaker, intimated that there was a split in their original Party.
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