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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
{{Infobox Indian Political Party  
| party_name            = Samajwadi Party
| party_name            = Samajwadi Party  
| logo                  =  Samajwadi Party.png
| flag                  = Samajwadi (Socialist) Party rally - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
| flag                  = Samajwadi (Socialist) Party rally - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
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| abbreviation          = SP
| abbreviation          = SP
| colorcode            = {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}
| colorcode            = {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}
| split                = [[Janata Dal]]
| chairman              = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| chairman              = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| president            = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| president            = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| secretary            = [[Kiranmoy Nanda]]
| secretary            = [[Kiranmoy Nanda]]
| rajyasabha_leader    = [[Ram Gopal Yadav]]
| rajyasabha_leader    = [[Ram Gopal Yadav]]
| loksabha_leader      = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| loksabha_leader      = [[S. T. Hasan]]
| founder              =  
| founder              = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| 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>
| foundation            = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1992|10|4}}
| 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>
| 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>
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
| 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 web|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}}</ref><br />Lohiya vahini
 
| 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>
| labour                =  
| labour                =  
| 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>
| 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>
| position              = {{nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref name="elections.in"/><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>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018762675</ref>}} to [[centre-left]]<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}}</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>
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| ideology              = {{nowrap|[[Social democracy]]<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 />[[Democratic socialism]]<ref name="elections.in">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/samajwadi-party.html|title=Samajwadi Party (SP)|work=elections.in|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref><br />[[Left-wing populism]]<ref name="elections.in"/><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Zee News]]|title=Mulayam's son Prateek Yadav attracts eye balls during ride in Rs 5 crore Lamborghini|date=14 January 2017|url=https://zeenews.india.com/uttar-pradesh/mulayams-son-prateek-yadav-attracts-eye-balls-during-ride-in-rs-5-crore-lamborghini_1967175.html}}</ref><br/ >[[Social conservatism]]<ref name="elections.in"/><ref name="scroll.in"/><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018762675</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>[[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>}}
| 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>}}
|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>
|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>
| colours              = {{Color box|#ed0e0e}} {{Color box|#0c7c0c}} Red and Green
| colours              = {{Color box|#ed0e0e}} {{Color box|#0c7c0c}} Red and Green
| headquarters          = 18 Copernicus Lane, [[New Delhi]], India
| headquarters          = 18 Copernicus Lane, [[New Delhi]]
| publication          = ''Samajwadi Bulletin''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/command-performance-can-a-party-mouthpiece-question-its-leaders/story-UT9ZjxmzGuzYkJHGL7TsUM.html|title=Command performance: Can a party mouthpiece question its leaders?|date=10 January 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
| publication          = ''Samajwadi Bulletin''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/command-performance-can-a-party-mouthpiece-question-its-leaders/story-UT9ZjxmzGuzYkJHGL7TsUM.html|title=Command performance: Can a party mouthpiece question its leaders?|date=10 January 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
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| website              = {{URL|http://www.samajwadiparty.in/}}
| website              = {{URL|http://www.samajwadiparty.in/}}
}}
|alliance=[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance | INDIA]] (2023-present)}}
'''Samajwadi Party''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''PP'''; [[translation]]: ''Socialist Party'',  founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi. It is mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well.<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 '''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>


==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.


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. Created just months before the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|Babri Masjid demolition]], the party is said to having played a key role in preventing violence within the state following the 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 the President by the 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 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.
 
The Samajwadi Party  is primarily based in [[Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh State]]. It has contested [[Lok Sabha]] and State Assembly elections around the country, though its successes have been mainly 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 the government in the state. This was expected to be the fifth term of Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister of state, but he surprised everyone by selecting his son, Akhilesh Yadav, to be the new chief minister (the youngest ever). It became official on 15 March. It was also the first time that SP was head of the UP government for a full term of 5 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>


=== Proposed merger ===
=== Proposed merger ===
In 2014, there was a proposed merger of 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|url=http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/10305-merger-of-rjd-jd-u-sp-would-take-place-after-kharrmas-lalu.html|title=Merger of RJD, JD-U, SP would take place after Kharmas: Lalu|date=27 December 2014}}</ref>
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 party.
In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017, called by Ram Gopal Yadav, [[Akhilesh Yadav]] was appointed as president of the party.


== 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>
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.
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.


In [[West Bengal]], the [[West Bengal Socialist Party]] of [[Kiranmoy Nanda]] merged with the SP. The SP has two MLA each in [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Maharashtra]].
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 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>


In April 2014, the [[Save Indian Family Foundation]] encouraged voters to support the Samajwadi Party or vote [[None of the above]] because the Samajwadi Party had stated that it 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>
== Samajwadi Prahari and Samajwadi Sanwad ==


The Samajwadi Party has various frontline groups. some of them are listed as:
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:
# Chhatra Sabha
# Chhatra Sabha Sanwad
# Yuvjan Sabha
# Yuvjan Sabha Sanwad
# Samajwadi prahari
# Samajwadi prahari Sanwad
# Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade
# Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade Sanwad
# Lohiya Vahini
# Lohiya Vahini Sanwad
# Shikshak Sabha
# Shikshak Sabha Sanwad
# Vyapar Sabha
# Vyapar Sabha Sanwad
# Adhivakta Sabha
# Adhivakta Sabha Sanwad
# Ambedkar Vahini Samwad


==Electoral performances==
==Electoral performances==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
=== Lok Sabha (Lower House) ===
|+ Lok Sabha (Lower House)
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|-
|-
! 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" | Indian<br />General Election
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Lok Sabha
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of<br /> votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of votes in<br />seats contested
! 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
|-
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha]]
| [[11th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| 111<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>
| 111
| 16
| 16
| 3.3%
| 3.3%
|
| Uttar Pradesh (16)
| Uttar Pradesh (16)
|<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>
|-
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| 166<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>
| 166
| 19
| 19
| 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>
|-
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| 151<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>
| 151
| 26
| 26
| 3.8%
| 3.8%
| 14%
| 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>
|-
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| 237<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>
| 237
| 36
| 36
| 4.3%
| 4.3%
| 10.3%
| Uttar Pradesh (35) <br /> Uttarakhand (1)
| Uttar Pradesh (35) <br /> 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>
|-
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| 193<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>
| 193
| 23
| 23
| 3.4%
| 3.4%
| 10.1%
| 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>
|-
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| 197<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>
| 197
| 5
| 5
| 3.4%
| 3.4%
| 9.6%
| 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>
|-
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| 49<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>
| 49
| 5
| 5
| 2.6%
| 2.6%
| 28.9%
| Uttar Pradesh (5)
| Uttar Pradesh (5)<br />
|<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>
|}
|}


=== Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|+ Uttar 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" | Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | UP <br />elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | UP elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of<br /> votes
! 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" | Party Votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
|-
|-
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
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| 109
| 109
| 17.94
| 17.94
| 89,63,697
| 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>
|-
|-
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
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| 110
| 110
| 21.80
| 21.80
| 1,20,85,226
| 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>
|-
|-
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
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| 143
| 143
| 25.37
| 25.37
| 1,36,12,509
| 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>
|-
|-
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
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| 97
| 97
| 25.43
| 25.43
| 1,32,67,674
| 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>
|-
|-
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
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| 224
| 224
| 29.15
| 29.15
| 2,21,07,241
| 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>
|-
|-
| 17th Vidhan Sabha
| 17th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| 298
| 311
| 47
| 47
| 21.82
| 21.82
| 1,89,23,689
| 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>
|-
|-
|18th Vidhan Sabha
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|347
|111
|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=2022-08-24|website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|}
|}
'''Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)'''
 
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
{| 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" |Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |MP elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |MP elections
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! 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" |Party Votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Party Votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
|-
|-
|11th Assembly
|11th Assembly
|1998
|1998
|228
|228
|4
|4
|1.58
|1.58
|
|
|
|-
|-
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|7
|7
|3.71
|3.71
|
|
|
|-
|-
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|1
|1
|1.90
|1.90
|
|
|
|-
|-
|14th Assembly
|14th Assembly
|2013
|2013
|
|161
|0
|0
|1.2
|1.2
|04,04,853
|
|
|-
|-
|15th Assembly
|15th Assembly
|2018
|2018
|
|52
|1
|1
|1.3
|1.3
|496025
|04,96,025
|
|}
|}


'''Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|+ 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" |Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Maharastra Elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Maharastra Elections
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! 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" |Party votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Party votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
|-
|-
|9th Assembly
|9th Assembly
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|3
|3
|0.93
|0.93
|356731
|03,56,731
|-
|-
|10th Assembly
|10th Assembly
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|2
|2
|
|
|227640
|02,27,640
|
|-
|-
|11th Assembly
|11th Assembly
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|0
|0
|1.13
|1.13
|471425
|04,71,425
|
|-
|-
|12th Assembly
|12th Assembly
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|4
|4
|1.11
|1.11
|337378
|03,37,378
|
|-
|-
|13th Assembly
|13th Assembly
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|1
|1
|0.17
|0.17
|92304
|92,304
|
|-
|-
|14th Assembly
|14th Assembly
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|2
|2
|0.22
|0.22
|123267
|01,23,267
|
|}
|}


== List of Chief Ministers ==
==List of chief ministers==
[[File:UP CM Akhilesh Yadav in a meeting1FB2FBB5-DCA5-45B0-AE7E-9C008212F85D.jpg|thumb|upright|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017, Akhilesh Yadav]]
 
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
{| 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<br />{{small|Constituency}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Name<br />{{small|Constituency}}
!colspan=2 Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Term of office<ref name=CM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130812234844/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CHIEF%20MINISTERS.HTM Chief Ministers]. [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130812231236/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/PRESIDENT%20RULE.htm President's rule]. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.</ref>
!colspan=2 Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Term of office<ref name=CM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130812234844/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CHIEF%20MINISTERS.HTM Chief Ministers]. [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130812231236/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/PRESIDENT%20RULE.htm President's rule]. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.</ref>
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Tenure length
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Tenure length
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Party{{efn|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.}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Assembly<ref>[http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CONSTITUTION%20%20&%20DISSOLUTION.htm Date of Constitution & Dissolution of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812234619/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CONSTITUTION%20%20%26%20DISSOLUTION.htm |date=12 August 2013 }}. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.</ref><br />{{small|(Election)}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Assembly<ref>[http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CONSTITUTION%20%20&%20DISSOLUTION.htm Date of Constitution & Dissolution of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812234619/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CONSTITUTION%20%20%26%20DISSOLUTION.htm |date=12 August 2013 }}. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.</ref><br />{{small|(Election)}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
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|<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>
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== List of Central Ministers ==
==List of central ministers==
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| [[Ministry of Water Resources (India)|Minister of Water Resources]]
| [[Ministry of Water Resources (India)|Minister of Water Resources]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
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|3
|3
| [[Beni Prasad Verma]]
|[[Beni Prasad Verma]]
| 21 April 1997
|1 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
|19 March 1998
| [[Minister of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications]]
|[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]]
| [[I. K. Gujral]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
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|[[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>
|May 1997
|19 March 1998
|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs(M.O.S.)]]
|[[I.K. Gujral]]
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==Prominent members==
==Prominent members==
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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]</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=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>
*Janeshwar Mishra, founder and former cabinet minister
* [[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|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>
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[Janeshwar Mishra]], founder and former cabinet minister
* [[Azam Khan (politician)|Azam Khan]], [[Member of Parliament]], 6 time [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], former Cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=LucknowMarch 18|first1=P. T. I.|last2=March 18|first2=2012UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2012 16:49|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|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=DelhiMay 24|first1=India Today Web Desk New|last2=May 24|first2=2019UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2019 06:32|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|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* [[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]]
* [[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>
* [[Anantram Jaiswal]] former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]], [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]], Minister and Samajwadi [[Ideologist]], Founding member
* [[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>
* [[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
* [[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>
*
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[Sanjay Lathar]], Leader of Opposition in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]].
* [[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
* [[Harendra Singh Malik]], former MP Rajya Sabha, prominent Jat leader from Western Uttar Pradesh.
* [[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]].
*[[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]].
*[[Swami Prasad Maurya]], [[Member of Legislative Council]] and National general Secretary.


* [[Abu Asim Azmi]], Samajwadi Party Maharashtra state President, Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] and former Member of [[Rajya Sabha]].
==State leadership==
*[[Mohan Singh]],former Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
* [[Abu Asim Azmi]]: Maharashtra
* [[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]].
* [[Naresh Uttam Patel]]: Uttar Pradesh
* Ramayan Singh Patel: 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


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Samajwadi Secular Morcha]]
* [[Ghanshyam Tiwari (Indian politician)]]
*[[United People's Party of Assam]]
* [[Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)]]
*[[Ghanshyam Tiwari (Indian Politician)]]
* [[Samajwadi Secular Morcha]]
*[[Samajwadi Prahari]]
* [[United People's Party of Assam]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Samajwadi Party (abbr. SP; translation: Socialist Party, founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India. Headquartered in New Delhi, the party is based in Uttar Pradesh with a significant presence in other states too.[15] 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.[16][17]

Samajwadi Party
AbbreviationSP
PresidentAkhilesh Yadav
ChairpersonAkhilesh Yadav
SecretaryKiranmoy Nanda
Lok Sabha leaderS. T. Hasan
Rajya Sabha leaderRam Gopal Yadav
FounderMulayam Singh Yadav
Founded4 October 1992 (32 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]
Lohiya vahini
Women's wingSamajwadi Mahila Sabha[5]
IdeologySocialism[6]
Democratic socialism[7]
Left-wing populism[8]
Social conservatism[9][10]
Political positionLeft-wing[11][12][10]
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[13]
Colours    Red and Green
ECI StatusState Party[14]
Alliance INDIA (2023-present)
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
3 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
114 / 4,036

(3987 MLAs & 49 Vacant)

Indian states
111 / 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
Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png
Party flag
Samajwadi (Socialist) Party rally - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
Website
www.samajwadiparty.in

HistoryEdit

The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when the Janata Dal (People's League) fragmented into several regional parties.[18] The party was founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav in 1992.[19] Created just months before the Babri Masjid demolition, the party is said to have played a key role in preventing violence following this event.[20] 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.

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.[21][22] 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.

Proposed mergerEdit

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.[23][24]

National Convention of January 2017Edit

In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017, called by Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav was appointed as president of the party.

Position in state and national politicsEdit

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.[25]

In the last general election, the Samajwadi Party was defeated by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed] It is currently the thirteenth largest party in parliament.[26] 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.

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 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.[27]

Samajwadi Prahari and Samajwadi SanwadEdit

The Samajwadi Party has front line campaigning groups.[28] 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 performancesEdit

Lok Sabha (Lower House)
Lok Sabha Term Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won % of votes State (seats) Ref
11th Lok Sabha 1996 111 16 3.3% Uttar Pradesh (16) [29]
12th Lok Sabha 1998 166 19 4.9% Uttar Pradesh (19) [30]
13th Lok Sabha 1999 151 26 3.8% Uttar Pradesh (26) [31]
14th Lok Sabha 2004 237 36 4.3% Uttar Pradesh (35)
Uttarakhand (1) 		[32]
15th Lok Sabha 2009 193 23 3.4% Uttar Pradesh (23) [33]
16th Lok Sabha 2014 197 5 3.4% Uttar Pradesh (5) [34]
17th Lok Sabha 2019 49 5 2.6% Uttar Pradesh (5) [35]
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)
Vidhan Sabha Term UP elections Seats contested Seats won % of votes Party Votes Ref
12th Vidhan Sabha 1993 256 109 17.94 8,963,697 [36]
13th Vidhan Sabha 1996 281 110 21.80 12,085,226 [37]
14th Vidhan Sabha 2002 390 143 25.37 13,612,509 [38]
15th Vidhan Sabha 2007 393 97 25.43 13,267,674 [39]
16th Vidhan Sabha 2012 401 224 29.15 22,107,241 [40]
17th Vidhan Sabha 2017 311 47 21.82 18,923,689 [41]
18th Vidhan Sabha 2022 347 111 32.06 29,543,934 [42]
Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)
Vidhan Sabha Term MP elections Seat contested Seats won % of votes Party Votes Ref
11th Assembly 1998 228 4 1.58
12th Assembly 2003 161 7 3.71
13th Assembly 2008 187 1 1.90
14th Assembly 2013 161 0 1.2 04,04,853
15th Assembly 2018 52 1 1.3 04,96,025
Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)
Vidhan Sabha Term Maharastra Elections Seat contested Seats Won % of votes Party votes Ref
9th Assembly 1995 22 3 0.93 03,56,731
10th Assembly 1999 15 2 02,27,640
11th Assembly 2004 95 0 1.13 04,71,425
12th Assembly 2009 31 4 1.11 03,37,378
13th Assembly 2014 22 1 0.17 92,304
14th Assembly 2019 7 2 0.22 01,23,267

List of chief ministersEdit

No. Name
Constituency 		Term of office[43][44] Tenure length Party[lower-alpha 1] Assembly[45]
(Election) 		Ref
1 Mulayam Singh Yadav
Jaswantnagar 		4 December 1993 3 June 1995 1 year, 181 days Samajwadi Party Twelfth Assembly (1993–95)
(1993 election) 		[46]
(1) Mulayam Singh Yadav
Gunnaur 		29 August 2003 13 May 2007 3 years, 257 days Samajwadi Party Fourteenth Assembly (2002–07)
(2002 election) 		[46]
2 Akhilesh Yadav
MLC 		15 March 2012 19 March 2017 5 years, 4 days Samajwadi Party Sixteenth Assembly (2012–17)
(2012 election) 		[47]
  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 central ministersEdit

No. Name Term of office Portfolio Prime Minister
1 Mulayam Singh Yadav 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Minister of Defence H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
2 Janeshwar Mishra 10 July 1996 May 1997 Minister of Water Resources H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
3 Beni Prasad Verma 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Minister of Communications and Information Technology H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
4 Saleem Iqbal Shervani[48] May 1997 19 March 1998 Minister of External Affairs(M.O.S.) I.K. Gujral

Prominent membersEdit

State leadershipEdit

  • Abu Asim Azmi: Maharashtra
  • Naresh Uttam Patel: Uttar Pradesh
  • Ramayan Singh Patel: 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

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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