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  |abbreviation    = BSP
  |abbreviation    = BSP
  |colorcode      = {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}  
  |colorcode      = {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}  
  |president      = [[Mayawati]]<ref>{{cite web |author=livemint |title=Mayawati says she will remain BSP president for next 20 years|website=livemint.com|date=26 May 2018|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/PTjTr92SwEcPJ0ItjL4YuL/BSP-should-be-ready-to-fight-polls-solo-says-Mayawati.html|access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref>
  |president      = [[Mayawati]]<ref>{{cite web|author=livemint|title=Mayawati says she will remain BSP president for next 20 years|website=livemint.com|date=26 May 2018|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/PTjTr92SwEcPJ0ItjL4YuL/BSP-should-be-ready-to-fight-polls-solo-says-Mayawati.html|access-date=2018-05-26|archive-date=15 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815052112/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/PTjTr92SwEcPJ0ItjL4YuL/BSP-should-be-ready-to-fight-polls-solo-says-Mayawati.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
  |secretary       =  
  |general_secretary       = {{plainlist|
* [[Satish Chandra Mishra]]
* {{Nowrap|[[Satish Chandra Mishra]]}}
* Roop Chandra
* Roop Chandra
* Bheem Rajbhar
* Vishwanath Pal
* Subhash chaudhari election head (U.P.)
* Subhash Chaudhari
* [[Munquad Ali]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bsp-munquad-ali-up-party-chief-danish-ali-shyam-singh-yadav-party-leader-lok-sabha-1578345-2019-08-07|title=BSP appoints Munquad Ali as UP party chief, Danish Ali removed as leader in LS|date=August 7, 2019|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>
* [[Munquad Ali]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bsp-munquad-ali-up-party-chief-danish-ali-shyam-singh-yadav-party-leader-lok-sabha-1578345-2019-08-07|title=BSP appoints Munquad Ali as UP party chief, Danish Ali removed as leader in LS|date=August 7, 2019|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807163105/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bsp-munquad-ali-up-party-chief-danish-ali-shyam-singh-yadav-party-leader-lok-sabha-1578345-2019-08-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Mewalal Gautam<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ex-bjp-leader-dayashankar-released-from-mau-jail/articleshow/53584371.cms |title=EX-BJP leader Dayashankar released from Mau jail|date=2016-08-07|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref>
* Mewalal Gautam
* [[R Sridhar]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Maya's personal aide is named party's new general secretary |work=The Indian Express|date=13 December 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/mayawati-replaces-personal-aide-with-another-as-bsp-general-secretary-prasad-maurya-manoj-kumar-4424113/lite/ |access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref>
* [[R. S. Praveen Kumar]]}}
* [[Ramji Gautam]]
* [[Ritesh Pandey]]
* Kunwar Danish Ali
* [[R. S. Praveen Kumar]]
  |foundation      = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1984|04|14}}
  |foundation      = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1984|04|14}}
  |founder          = * [[Kanshi Ram]]
  |founder          = [[Kanshi Ram]]
|rajyasabha_leader = [[Ramji Gautam]]
|rajyasabha_leader = [[Ramji Gautam]]
|loksabha_leader = [[Girish Chandra ]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bsp-appoints-ritesh-pandey-as-party-leader-in-lok-sabha/article30570485.ece|title=BSP appoints Ritesh Pandey as party leader in Lok Sabha|date=2020-01-15|work=The Hindu|access-date=2021-10-31|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|loksabha_leader =[[Kunwar Danish Ali]]
  |predecessor      = [[Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti|DSSSS]] or DS4
  |predecessor      = [[Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti|DSSSS or DS4]]  
  |headquarters    = 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]-110001
  |headquarters    = 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]-110001
  |publication      = Bahujan Samaj Bulletin  
  |publication      = Bahujan Samaj Bulletin  
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  |wing4            = [[Bahujan Volunteer Force]]
  |wing4            = [[Bahujan Volunteer Force]]
  |eci              = [[List of political parties in India|National Party]]
  |eci              = [[List of political parties in India|National Party]]
|membership      =
  |ideology        = [[Social equality]]<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Deccan Herald]]|title=BSP stands for social equality |date=11 February 2008|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb122008/district2008021151743.asp |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314114540/http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb122008/district2008021151743.asp |archive-date=14 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />[[Social justice]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Cong damaged cause of social justice: Mayawati |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=10 April 2009 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cong-damaged-cause-of-social-justice-mayawati/story-4brhIxzP1pQeE3FJlOC7KP.html |access-date=2016-06-04 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815125123/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cong-damaged-cause-of-social-justice-mayawati/story-4brhIxzP1pQeE3FJlOC7KP.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
  |ideology        = [[Social equality]]<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Deccan Herald]]|title=BSP stands for social equality |date=11 February 2008|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb122008/district2008021151743.asp |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314114540/http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb122008/district2008021151743.asp |archive-date=14 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />[[Social justice]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Cong damaged cause of social justice: Mayawati |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=10 April 2009 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cong-damaged-cause-of-social-justice-mayawati/story-4brhIxzP1pQeE3FJlOC7KP.html |access-date=2016-06-04}}</ref><br />[[Self-Respect Movement|Self-respect]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Ms. Mayawati said she would devote her life for the self-respect movement.|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/a-chamar-will-be-my-successor-mayawati/article3097137.ece |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|position        = [[Centre-left]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bahujan-Samaj-Party|title= About Bahujan Samaj Party}}</ref>
  |colours          = {{Color box|{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} [[Blue]]
  |colours          = {{Color box|{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} [[Blue]]
  |alliance        = [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD+]] (2021—present) <br/>([[Punjab, India|Punjab]])<br />
  |alliance        = [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD+]] (2021—present) <br/>([[Punjab, India|Punjab]])<br />
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|JDS+BSP]] (2018—2019)<br/>([[Karnataka]])
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  |loksabha_seats  = {{Composition bar|10|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
  |rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|245|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
  |rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|245|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
  |no_states        = {{Composition bar|0|31|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
  |no_states        = {{Composition bar|0|31|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| state_seats_name = [[Vidhan Sabha]] & [[Vidhan Parishad]]
| state_seats_name = [[Vidhan Sabha]] & [[Vidhan Parishad]]
| state_seats      = {{Composition bar|11|4036|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| state_seats      = {{Composition bar|7|4036|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
('''3987''' MLAs & '''49''' Vacant)  
('''3987''' MLAs & '''49''' Vacant)
                    {{Composition bar|1|426|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
('''400''' MLCs & '''26''' Vacant)
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  |website          = {{URL|http://bahujansamajparty.net/}}  
  |website          = {{URL|https://www.bspindia.co.in/}}  
  |symbol          = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|150px|center]]
  |symbol          = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|150px|center]]
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The '''Bahujan Samaj Party''' ('''BSP''') is a [[List of political parties in India#National parties|national level]] political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to [[Scheduled Castes]], [[Scheduled Tribes]], and [[Other Backward Class]]es (OBC), along with religious minorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/bahujan-samaj-party|title=Bahujan Samaj Party|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> According to [[Kanshi Ram]], when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&q=85%25+bahujan&pg=PA390|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|date=2003|publisher=Hurst|isbn=9781850653981|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://countercurrents.org/2017/04/28/the-contradictory-bahujan-of-the-bsp/|title=The Contradictory Bahujan of the BSP – Countercurrents|date=2017-04-28|work=Countercurrents|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225609/https://countercurrents.org/2017/04/28/the-contradictory-bahujan-of-the-bsp/|archive-date=28 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of [[Gautama Buddha]], [[B. R. Ambedkar]], [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule]], [[Narayana Guru]], [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]] and [[Shahu of Kolhapur|Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The ground flanked by giant-sized cut-outs of BSP's icons -- Babasaheb Ambedkar, Shahuji Maharaj, Jyotiba Phule, Narain Guru, Periyar, and Mayawati herself.|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/01maya.htm}}</ref> [[Kanshi Ram]] named his protégée, [[Mayawati]], as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] where it was the second-largest party in the [[2019 Indian general election]] with 19.3% of votes<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/indian-politics-has-undergone-a-tremendous-change-uttar-pradesh-results-the-proof/articleshow/69498432.cms|title=Indian politics has undergone a tremendous change. Uttar Pradesh results the proof|date=2019-05-26|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref> and third-largest in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] with 12.88% of votes.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bureau | first=Zee Media | title=UP Election Results: Landslide victory for BJP, SP distant 2nd; Congress, BSP decimated | website=Zee News | date=2022-03-10 | url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/live-updates/uttar-pradesh-up-assembly-election-poll-result-2022-live-yogi-adityanath-akhilesh-yadav-bjp-sp-bsp-congress-2443792 | access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> Its [[election symbol]] is an [[elephant]] which is the same symbol historically used by Dr. Ambedkar's [[Scheduled Castes Federation]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Mishra | first=Anant Shekhar | title=A tale of election symbols | website=The Times of India | date=2014-04-20 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/a-tale-of-election-symbols/articleshow/33990356.cms | access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref>
The '''Bahujan Samaj Party''' ('''BSP''') is a [[List of political parties in India#National parties|national level]] political party in [[India]] that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to [[Scheduled Castes]], [[Scheduled Tribes]], and [[Other Backward Class]]es (OBC), along with religious minorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/bahujan-samaj-party|title=Bahujan Samaj Party|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-10-11|archive-date=12 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012181743/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/bahujan-samaj-party|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Kanshi Ram]], when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&q=85%25+bahujan&pg=PA390|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|date=2003|publisher=Hurst|isbn=9781850653981|language=en|access-date=8 November 2020|archive-date=6 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706090924/https://books.google.com/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&q=85%25+bahujan&pg=PA390|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://countercurrents.org/2017/04/28/the-contradictory-bahujan-of-the-bsp/|title=The Contradictory Bahujan of the BSP – Countercurrents|date=2017-04-28|work=Countercurrents|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225609/https://countercurrents.org/2017/04/28/the-contradictory-bahujan-of-the-bsp/|archive-date=28 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of [[Gautama Buddha]], [[B. R. Ambedkar]], [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule]], [[Narayana Guru]], and [[Shahu of Kolhapur|Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj]].
 
[[Kanshi Ram]] named his protégée, [[Mayawati]], as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] where it was the second-largest party in the [[2019 Indian general election]] with 19.3% of votes<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/indian-politics-has-undergone-a-tremendous-change-uttar-pradesh-results-the-proof/articleshow/69498432.cms|title=Indian politics has undergone a tremendous change. Uttar Pradesh results the proof|date=2019-05-26|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829063801/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/indian-politics-has-undergone-a-tremendous-change-uttar-pradesh-results-the-proof/articleshow/69498432.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> and third-largest in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] with 12.88% of votes.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bureau | first=Zee Media | title=UP Election Results: Landslide victory for BJP, SP distant 2nd; Congress, BSP decimated | website=Zee News | date=2022-03-10 | url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/live-updates/uttar-pradesh-up-assembly-election-poll-result-2022-live-yogi-adityanath-akhilesh-yadav-bjp-sp-bsp-congress-2443792 | access-date=2022-03-11 | archive-date=11 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311063913/https://zeenews.india.com/india/live-updates/uttar-pradesh-up-assembly-election-poll-result-2022-live-yogi-adityanath-akhilesh-yadav-bjp-sp-bsp-congress-2443792 | url-status=live }}</ref> Its [[election symbol]] is an [[elephant]] which is the same symbol historically used by Dr. Ambedkar's [[Scheduled Castes Federation]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Mishra | first=Anant Shekhar | title=A tale of election symbols | website=The Times of India | date=2014-04-20 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/a-tale-of-election-symbols/articleshow/33990356.cms | access-date=2022-03-11 | archive-date=11 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311053108/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/a-tale-of-election-symbols/articleshow/33990356.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>


== {{anchor|Bahujan}} Etymology ==
== {{anchor|Bahujan}} Etymology ==
[[File:Dileep vimal.jpg|thumb|BSP Cadre Camp, Faizabad]]
[[File:Dileep vimal.jpg|thumb|BSP Cadre Camp, Faizabad]]
"Bahujan" is a Pali term frequently found in Buddhist texts, and literally refers to "the many", or "the majority". It connotes the combined population of the [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled castes]], scheduled tribes, [[Other Backward Class|other backward classes]], Muslims, and minorities who together constitute the demographic majority of India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-22 |title=What is Bahujan, Mandal, and Kamandal Politics in India? |url=https://justicemirror.com/bahujan-meaning-and-mandal-kamandal-politics/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Justice Mirror |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chishti |first=Seema |date=2022-01-27 |title=The substance of the U.P. elections |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-substance-of-the-up-elections/article38330553.ece |access-date=2022-03-05 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The word "Bahujan" appears in the dictum "[[Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha|Bahujana Hitaya Bahujana Sukhaya]]", or "The benefit and prosperity of the many", articulated by [[Gautama Buddha]].<ref name="Gurusamy2019">{{cite book|first=S. |last=Gurusamy|title=Dalit Empowerment in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqmcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|year= 2013|publisher=MJP Publisher|page=98|id=GGKEY:SW8XELLJGLC}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Madan|first=Gurmukh Ram|title=Buddhism: Its Various Manifestations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqhhR-hY7VQC&pg=PA47|year=1999|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-728-3|page=47}}</ref><ref name="Roy2015">{{cite encyclopedia|editor-first1=Uday|editor-last1=Chandra|editor-first2=Geir|editor-last2=Heierstad|editor-first3=Kenneth Bo|editor-last3=Nielsen|encyclopedia=The Politics of Caste in West Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qXbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|title=Transformative politics: The imaginary of the Mulnibasi in West Bengal|first=Indrajit|last=Roy|pages=169–192|year=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-41477-3}}</ref>
"Bahujan" is a [[Sanskrit]]ic term found in Hindu and Buddhist texts, and literally refers to "many people", or "the majority". It connotes the combined population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled tribes, Other Backward Classes, Muslims, and minorities who together constitute the demographic majority of India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-22 |title=What is Bahujan, Mandal, and Kamandal Politics in India? |url=https://justicemirror.com/bahujan-meaning-and-mandal-kamandal-politics/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Justice Mirror |language=en-US |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305060532/https://justicemirror.com/bahujan-meaning-and-mandal-kamandal-politics/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chishti |first=Seema |date=2022-01-27 |title=The substance of the U.P. elections |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-substance-of-the-up-elections/article38330553.ece |access-date=2022-03-05 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305055950/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-substance-of-the-up-elections/article38330553.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The word "Bahujan" appears in the dictum "[[Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha|Bahujana Hitaya Bahujana Sukhaya]]", or "The benefit and prosperity of the many", articulated by [[Gautama Buddha]].<ref name="Gurusamy2019">{{cite book|first=S.|last=Gurusamy|title=Dalit Empowerment in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqmcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|year=2013|publisher=MJP Publisher|page=98|id=GGKEY:SW8XELLJGLC|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=6 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706090931/https://books.google.com/books?id=nqmcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Madan|first=Gurmukh Ram|title=Buddhism: Its Various Manifestations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqhhR-hY7VQC&pg=PA47|year=1999|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-728-3|page=47}}</ref><ref name="Roy2015">{{cite encyclopedia|editor-first1=Uday|editor-last1=Chandra|editor-first2=Geir|editor-last2=Heierstad|editor-first3=Kenneth Bo|editor-last3=Nielsen|encyclopedia=The Politics of Caste in West Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qXbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|title=Transformative politics: The imaginary of the Mulnibasi in West Bengal|first=Indrajit|last=Roy|pages=169–192|year=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-41477-3}}</ref>


In his writing, [[B. R. Ambedkar]] used the term to refer to the majority of people in Hindu society that experienced discrimination and oppression on the basis of caste. [[Jotirao Phule]] used the term in a similar context, and compared the Bahujans of India to [[Slavery in the United States|slaves in the United States]]. [[Dalit]] and Bahujan writers have suggested this proportion was 70 percent of the population.<ref name="Roy2015" /><ref name="Jaffrelot2003">{{cite book|first=Christophe|last=Jaffrelot|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJZp5tDuY-gC|year=2003|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12786-8|page=153}}</ref>
In his writing, Dr.B. R. Ambedkar used the term to refer to the majority of people in society that experienced discrimination and oppression on the basis of caste. Jyotirao Phule used the term in a similar context, and compared the Bahujans of India to Slavery in the United States.Schedule Caste and Bahujan writers have suggested this proportion was 70 percent of the population.<ref name="Roy2015" /><ref name="Jaffrelot2003">{{cite book|first=Christophe|last=Jaffrelot|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJZp5tDuY-gC|year=2003|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12786-8|page=153|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414083859/https://books.google.com/books?id=qJZp5tDuY-gC|url-status=live}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The Bahujan Samaj Party was founded on the birth anniversary of [[B. R. Ambedkar]] (14 April 1984) by Kanshi Ram,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Pitam|title=Women legislators in Indian politics|date=2003|publisher=Concept Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=8180690199|pages=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=14th+april+1984+bsp&pg=PA101}}</ref> who named former school teacher, Mayawati, as his successor of BSP in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanshi Ram declares Mayawati as his successor|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/15bsp.htm|agency=Rediff News |date=15 December 2001 |first=Sharat |last=Pradhan}}</ref> The party's power grew quickly with seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] and the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. In 1993, following the assembly elections, Mayawati formed a coalition with [[Samajwadi Party]] president [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]. On 2 June 1995, she withdrew support from his government, which led to a major incident where Yadav was accused of sending his zealots to keep her party legislators hostage at a [[Lucknow]] guest house and shout casteist abuses at her.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report indicting Mulayam Singh Yadav comes handy for BJP |work=India Today |date=15 August 1996 |url=http://indiatoday.in todayin/story/report-indicting-mulayam-singh-yadav-comes-handy-for-bjp/1/282144.html |access-date=2016-05-12}}</ref> Since this incident, they have regarded each other publicly as chief rivals.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghildiyal|first1=Subodh|title=Why Mayawati cannot stand Mulayam|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-Mayawati-can not-stand-Mulayam/articleshow/1387716.cms}}</ref> Mayawati then obtained support from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) to become Chief Minister on 3 June 1995. In October 1995, the BJP withdrew their support and fresh elections were called after a period of [[President's Rule]]. In 2003, Mayawati resigned from her own government to prove that she was not "hungry for power"<ref>{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh chief quits |work=BBC News |date=26 August 2003 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3181313.stm |access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> and asked the BJP-run [[Government of India]] to remove [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Union Tourism and Culture Minister]], [[Jagmohan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayawati offers to resign |work=The Times of India |date=25 August 2003 |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-25/news/27544146_1_heritage-corridor-scam-bjp-ministers-bsp-leader |access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> In 2007, she began leading a BSP-formed government with an absolute majority for a full five-year term.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayawati rules Uttar Pradesh |work=India Today |date=21 May 2007 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bsp-pride-mayawati/1/155789.html |access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref>
[[File:Manyasri Kanshi Ram.jpg|thumb|[[Kanshi Ram]], founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party]]
 
Bahujan Samaj Party was founded on the birth anniversary of [[B. R. Ambedkar]] (14 April 1984) by [[Kanshi Ram]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Pitam|title=Women legislators in Indian politics|date=2003|publisher=Concept Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=8180690199|pages=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=14th+april+1984+bsp&pg=PA101|access-date=8 November 2020|archive-date=6 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706091427/https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=14th+april+1984+bsp&pg=PA101|url-status=live}}</ref> who named former school teacher, Mayawati, as his successor of BSP in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanshi Ram declares Mayawati as his successor|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/15bsp.htm|agency=Rediff News|date=15 December 2001|first=Sharat|last=Pradhan|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194639/http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/15bsp.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The party's power grew quickly with seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] and the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. In 1993, following the assembly elections, Mayawati formed a coalition with [[Samajwadi Party]] president [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]. On 2 June 1995, she withdrew support from his government, which led to a major incident where Yadav was accused of sending his zealots to keep her party legislators hostage at a [[Lucknow]] guest house and shout casteist abuses at her.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report indicting Mulayam Singh Yadav comes handy for BJP |work=India Today |date=15 August 1996 |url=http://indiatoday.in/ |access-date=2016-05-12 |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710121504/https://www.indiatoday.in/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since this incident, they have regarded each other publicly as chief rivals.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghildiyal|first1=Subodh|title=Why Mayawati cannot stand Mulayam|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-Mayawati-can not-stand-Mulayam/articleshow/1387716.cms}}</ref> Mayawati then obtained support from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) to become Chief Minister on 3 June 1995. In October 1995, the BJP withdrew their support and fresh elections were called after a period of [[President's Rule]]. In 2003, Mayawati resigned from her own government to prove that she was not "hungry for power"<ref>{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh chief quits |work=BBC News |date=26 August 2003 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3181313.stm |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715094614/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3181313.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and asked the BJP-run [[Government of India]] to remove [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Union Tourism and Culture Minister]], [[Jagmohan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayawati offers to resign |work=The Times of India |date=25 August 2003 |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-25/news/27544146_1_heritage-corridor-scam-bjp-ministers-bsp-leader |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-date=7 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407050252/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-25/news/27544146_1_heritage-corridor-scam-bjp-ministers-bsp-leader |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, she began leading a BSP-formed government with an absolute majority for a full five-year term.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayawati rules Uttar Pradesh |work=India Today |date=21 May 2007 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bsp-pride-mayawati/1/155789.html |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408163942/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bsp-pride-mayawati/1/155789.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  
[[File: Bahujan Samaj Party Ekla chalo re.jpg|right|thumb| A Bahujan carrying the BSP flag.]]


=== Silver jubilee ===
=== Silver jubilee ===
The Bahujan Samaj Party on 14 April 2009 celebrated its silver jubilee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/JHmKf3eHPRj2ff2foE5KxL/BSP-celebrates-silver-jubilee-with-golden-hopes.html|title=BSP celebrates silver jubilee with golden hopes|last=Mathew|first=Liz|date=2009-04-14|website=Live Mint|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref> The ''Manywar Shri Kanshi Ramji Shahri Garib Awas Yojna'' housing scheme for poor was launched by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LDA-ready-with-its-gift-for-BSP-silver-jubilee/articleshow/5649184.cms|title=LDA ready with its gift for BSP silver jubilee|last=Shah|first=Pankaj|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref> The role of Mayawati was discussed in BSP's success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/BfUgIQbCr0xrgTr6cdHfjK/25-years-on-what8217s-next-for-Mayawati.html|title=25 years on, what's next for Mayawati?|last=Singh|first=Pallavi|date=2009-11-18|website=Live Mint|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref> A mass rally was organised in [[Lucknow]] with 10000 police personnel on duty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/news/bsp-supporters-congregate-in-lucknow-to-celebrate-party-s-25-years-news-national-kdpqOgccghbsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042312/https://www.sify.com/news/bsp-supporters-congregate-in-lucknow-to-celebrate-party-s-25-years-news-national-kdpqOgccghbsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-26|title=BSP supporters congregate in Lucknow to celebrate party's 25 years|website=Sify|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref> It was the 305th and largest rally of BSP since 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2010/mar/15/lucknow-braces-for-mega-bsp-rally-today-139473.html|title=Lucknow braces for mega BSP rally today|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref> As per [[Observer Research Foundation]], within 25 years BSP became third largest political party of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/bsps-25-year-journey-what-next/|title=BSP's 25-year Journey: What Next?|last=Misra|first=Satish|website=ORF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref>
The Bahujan Samaj Party on 14 April 2009 celebrated its silver jubilee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/JHmKf3eHPRj2ff2foE5KxL/BSP-celebrates-silver-jubilee-with-golden-hopes.html|title=BSP celebrates silver jubilee with golden hopes|last=Mathew|first=Liz|date=2009-04-14|website=Live Mint|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042317/https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/JHmKf3eHPRj2ff2foE5KxL/BSP-celebrates-silver-jubilee-with-golden-hopes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Manywar Shri Kanshi Ramji Shahri Garib Awas Yojna'' housing scheme for poor was launched by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LDA-ready-with-its-gift-for-BSP-silver-jubilee/articleshow/5649184.cms|title=LDA ready with its gift for BSP silver jubilee|last=Shah|first=Pankaj|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711233041/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LDA-ready-with-its-gift-for-BSP-silver-jubilee/articleshow/5649184.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The role of Mayawati was discussed in BSP's success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/BfUgIQbCr0xrgTr6cdHfjK/25-years-on-what8217s-next-for-Mayawati.html|title=25 years on, what's next for Mayawati?|last=Singh|first=Pallavi|date=2009-11-18|website=Live Mint|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042317/https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/BfUgIQbCr0xrgTr6cdHfjK/25-years-on-what8217s-next-for-Mayawati.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A mass rally was organised in [[Lucknow]] with 10000 police personnel on duty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/news/bsp-supporters-congregate-in-lucknow-to-celebrate-party-s-25-years-news-national-kdpqOgccghbsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042312/https://www.sify.com/news/bsp-supporters-congregate-in-lucknow-to-celebrate-party-s-25-years-news-national-kdpqOgccghbsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-26|title=BSP supporters congregate in Lucknow to celebrate party's 25 years|website=[[Sify]]|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref> It was the 305th and largest rally of BSP since 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2010/mar/15/lucknow-braces-for-mega-bsp-rally-today-139473.html|title=Lucknow braces for mega BSP rally today|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042312/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2010/mar/15/lucknow-braces-for-mega-bsp-rally-today-139473.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As per [[Observer Research Foundation]], within 25 years BSP became third largest political party of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/bsps-25-year-journey-what-next/|title=BSP's 25-year Journey: What Next?|last=Misra|first=Satish|website=ORF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042317/https://www.orfonline.org/research/bsps-25-year-journey-what-next/|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Views ==
== Views ==
BSP believes in "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj". The Bahujan Samaj signifies the Bahujans as the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST), and the Other Backward Castes (OBC). [[B. R. Ambedkar]], a proponent of Bahujan rights, is their important ideological inspiration. The BSP also speaks in favor of religious minorities. The party claims not to be prejudiced against upper-caste Hindus. In 2008, while addressing the audience, Mayawati said: "Our policies and ideology are not against any particular caste or religion. If we were anti-upper caste, we would not have given tickets to candidates from upper castes to contest elections".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bsp-is-not-anti-upper-caste-mayawati/story-klNh0237WyQ4xVrIDiZtKI.html|title=BSP is not anti-upper caste: Mayawati|date=2008-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref>
BSP believes in "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj". The Bahujan Samaj signifies the Bahujans as the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST), and the Other Backward Castes (OBC). [[B. R. Ambedkar]], a proponent of Bahujan rights, is their important ideological inspiration. The BSP also speaks in favor of religious minorities. The party claims not to be prejudiced against upper-caste Hindus. In 2008, while addressing the audience, Mayawati said: "Our policies and ideology are not against any particular caste or religion. If we were anti-upper caste, we would not have given tickets to candidates from upper castes to contest elections".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bsp-is-not-anti-upper-caste-mayawati/story-klNh0237WyQ4xVrIDiZtKI.html|title=BSP is not anti-upper caste: Mayawati|date=2008-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923161237/https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bsp-is-not-anti-upper-caste-mayawati/story-klNh0237WyQ4xVrIDiZtKI.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==List of Chief Ministers==
==List of chief ministers==
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== Electoral Performances ==
== Electoral performances ==


=== Success in 2007 ===
=== Success in 2007 ===
The results of the May 2007 [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh state assembly election]] saw the BSP emerge as a sole majority party, the first to do so since 1991. Mayawati began her fourth term as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] and took her oath of office along with 50 ministers of cabinet and state rank on 13 May 2007, at Rajbhawan in the state capital of [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati takes oath as UP CM|url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/mayawati-takes-oath-as-up-cm/13607|work=NDTV}}</ref> Most importantly, the majority achieved in large part was due to the party's ability to take away majority of upper castes votes from their traditional party, the BJP.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Upper castes played crucial role in bsp victory in up assembly elections|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-upper-castes-played-crucial-role-in-bsp-victory-in-up-assembly-elections-1096355}}</ref>
The results of the May 2007 [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh state assembly election]] saw the BSP emerge as a sole majority party, the first to do so since 1991. Mayawati began her fourth term as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] and took her oath of office along with 50 ministers of cabinet and state rank on 13 May 2007, at Rajbhawan in the state capital of [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati takes oath as UP CM|url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/mayawati-takes-oath-as-up-cm/13607|work=NDTV|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916170452/http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/mayawati-takes-oath-as-up-cm/13607|url-status=live}}</ref> Most importantly, the majority achieved in large part was due to the party's ability to take away majority of upper castes votes from their traditional party, the BJP.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Upper castes played crucial role in bsp victory in up assembly elections|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-upper-castes-played-crucial-role-in-bsp-victory-in-up-assembly-elections-1096355|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216170929/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-upper-castes-played-crucial-role-in-bsp-victory-in-up-assembly-elections-1096355|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:Flags of "Bahujan Samaj Party" at Shivaji Park.png|thumb|Flags of "Bahujan Samaj Party" at [[Shivaji Park]], [[Mumbai]].]]
[[File:Flags of "Bahujan Samaj Party" at Shivaji Park.png|thumb|Flags of "Bahujan Samaj Party" at [[Shivaji Park]], [[Mumbai]].]]


The party could manage only 80 seats in 2012 as against 206 in 2007 assembly elections. BSP government was the first in the history of Uttar Pradesh to complete its full five-year term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm|title = Election Commission of India}}</ref> On 26 May 2018, Ram Achal Rajbhar was replaced by [[R S Kushwaha]] as the president of UP unit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mayawati-effects-major-reshuffle-in-bsp-rs-kushwaha-appointed-state-president-in-up/1182038/|title = Mayawati effects major reshuffle in BSP, RS Kushwaha appointed state president in UP|date = 26 May 2018}}</ref>
The party could manage only 80 seats in 2012 as against 206 in 2007 assembly elections. BSP government was the first in the history of Uttar Pradesh to complete its full five-year term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm|title=Election Commission of India|access-date=7 March 2012|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215065208/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 26 May 2018, Ram Achal Rajbhar was replaced by [[R S Kushwaha]] as the president of UP unit.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mayawati-effects-major-reshuffle-in-bsp-rs-kushwaha-appointed-state-president-in-up/1182038/|title = Mayawati effects major reshuffle in BSP, RS Kushwaha appointed state president in UP|date = 26 May 2018|access-date = 27 June 2018|archive-date = 27 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180627203927/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mayawati-effects-major-reshuffle-in-bsp-rs-kushwaha-appointed-state-president-in-up/1182038/|url-status = live}}</ref>


=== 2014 Lok Sabha Elections ===
=== 2014 Lok Sabha Elections ===
The 2014 national Lok Sabha elections saw the BSP become the third-largest national party of India in terms of vote percentage, having 4.2% of the vote across the country but gaining no seats.<ref>{{cite news|title=BSP gets third-largest vote share, but no seat|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/bsp-gets-third-largest-vote-share-but-no-seat-114051700178_1.html|work=Business Standard}}</ref>
The 2014 national Lok Sabha elections saw the BSP become the third-largest national party of India in terms of vote percentage, having 4.2% of the vote across the country but gaining no seats.<ref>{{cite news|title=BSP gets third-largest vote share, but no seat|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/bsp-gets-third-largest-vote-share-but-no-seat-114051700178_1.html|work=Business Standard|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913124447/http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/bsp-gets-third-largest-vote-share-but-no-seat-114051700178_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== 2019 Lok Sabha Elections ''Mahagathbandhan''===
=== 2019 Lok Sabha Elections ''Mahagathbandhan''===
Prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BSP formed a ''[[Mahagathbandhan (2019)|Mahagathbandhan]].'' The ''Mahagathbandhan'' (or Grand Alliance), or simply the ''Gathbandhan'' (Alliance),<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sp-bsp-rld-thagbandhan-wont-cross-double-digits/article26837237.ece 'SP-BSP-RLD thagbandhan won't cross double digits'], The Hindu (14 April 2019) {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #3 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. 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[[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> anti-[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-election-2019-mayawati-should-be-pm-says-pawan-kalyan-after-poll-pact-with-bsp-she-nods/story-3ft4F47Wc22UiZaE32ZgFJ.html|title=Mayawati should be PM, says Pawan Kalyan after poll pact with BSP. She nods|date=2019-03-15|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}} {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #6 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]] under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, [[Akhilesh Yadav]] of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Mayawati]] of the Bahujan Samaj Party, along with [[Ajit Singh (politician)|Ajit Singh]]'s [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] and several other political parties, contesting in different states of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2019-lok-sabha-election-akhilesh-yadav-on-mayawati-as-pm-candidate-will-be-very-happy-1976766|title=Will Be Very Happy, Says Akhilesh Yadav on Mayawati As PM Candidate|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-03-20}} {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #7 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. 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Prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BSP formed a ''[[Mahagathbandhan (2019)|Mahagathbandhan]].'' The ''Mahagathbandhan'' (or Grand Alliance), or simply the ''Gathbandhan'' (Alliance),<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sp-bsp-rld-thagbandhan-wont-cross-double-digits/article26837237.ece 'SP-BSP-RLD thagbandhan won't cross double digits'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919163843/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sp-bsp-rld-thagbandhan-wont-cross-double-digits/article26837237.ece |date=19 September 2020 }}, The Hindu (14 April 2019) {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #3 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. 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The ''Mahagathbandhan'' won 15 seats out of 80 in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 Indian General Election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/mahagathbandhan-in-up-losing-five-seats-because-of-congress-one-because-of-shivpal/articleshow/69461537.cms|title=Mahagathbandhan in UP losing five seats because of Congress, one because of Shivpal|last=Anshuman|first=Kumar|date=2019-05-23|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
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== Election results ==
== Election results ==
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! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Year
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! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats<br />contested
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats<br />won
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats won
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! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats<br />change
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| {{decrease}} 21
| {{decrease}} 21
| 4.19%
| 4.19%
| 4.5%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/16|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014}}</ref>
| 4.5%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/16|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014|access-date=20 May 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520150846/https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/16|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{increase}} 10
| 3.67%
| 3.67%
| 5.1%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019}}</ref>
| 5.1%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17|title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019|access-date=20 May 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520152421/https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/0/17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Uttar Pradesh (10)
| Uttar Pradesh (10)
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=== Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Lower House) ===
=== Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Lower House) ===


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! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  Seats contested
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  Seats<br />won
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  Seats won
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  Seats Gained
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  +/-
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | % of<br /> votes
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Voteshare (%)
! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | % of votes in<br />seats contested
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|[[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
|372
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|{{increase}}13
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|{{increase}}9.41
%
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|[[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|386
|{{Composition bar|12|425|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
|{{decrease}}1
|9.44%
|{{increase}}0.03%
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|-
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| 1993
| 164
| 164
| {{Composition bar|67|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|67|425|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 67
| {{increase}}67
| 11.12%
| 11.12%
| 28.52%
| {{increase}}1.68%
|-
|-
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
| [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 1996
| 299
| 299'


| {{Composition bar|67|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|67|425|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{steady}}
| 19.64%
| 19.64%
| 27.73%
| {{increase}}8.52%
|-
|-
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
| [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
| 401
| 401
|{{Composition bar|98|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|98|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 31
| {{increase}}31
| 23.06%
| 23.06%
| 23.19%
| {{increase}}3.42%
|-
|-
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections|2007]]
| [[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections|2007]]
| 403
| 403
| {{Composition bar|206|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|206|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 108
| {{increase}}108
| 30.43%
| 30.43%
| 30.43%
| {{increase}}7.37%
|-
|-
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012]]
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012]]
| 403
| 403
| {{Composition bar|80|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|80|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 126
| {{decrease}}126
| 25.95%
| 25.95%
| 25.95%
| {{decrease}}4.48%
|-
|-
| 17th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| 403
| 403
| {{Composition bar|19|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|19|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 61
| {{decrease}}61
| 22.24%
| 22.24%
| 22.24%
| {{decrease}}3.71%
|-
|-
| 18th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
| 403
| 403
| {{Composition bar|1|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 18
| {{decrease}}18
| 12.81%
| 12.81%
| 12.81%
|-
| {{decrease}}9.43%
|}
|}


=== Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly ===
=== Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly ===


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! Vidhan Sabha Term
! style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  Year
! Madhya Pradesh<br />Assembly Election
! style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  Seats contested
! Seats<br />contested
! style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  Seats won
! Seats<br />won
! style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |  +/-
! % of<br /> votes
! style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Voteshare (%)
! % of votes in<br />seats contested
! style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | +/-(%)
|-
|-
| 9th Vidhan Sabha
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| 1990
|183
| 183
|{{Composition bar|2|320|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| 2
|{{increase}}2
| 3.54
|3.54%
| 1.09
|{{increase}}3.54%
|-
|-
| 10th Vidhan Sabha
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| 1993
|286
| 286
|{{Composition bar|11|320|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| 2
|{{increase}}9
| 7.05
|7.05%
| 0.69
|{{increase}}3.51%
|-
|-
| 11th Vidhan Sabha
| [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
| 1998
| 170
| 170
| 11
| {{Composition bar|11|320|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| 6.15
| {{steady}}
| 6.47
| 6.15%
| {{decrease}}0.9%
|-
|-
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
| 2003
| 157
| 157
| 2
 
| 7.26
| {{Composition bar|2|230|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| 1.27
|
| 7.26%
|
|-
|-
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
| 2008
| 228
| 230
|{{Composition bar|7|230|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| 7
| {{increase}}5
| 8.97
| 8.97%
| 3.04
| {{increase}}1.71%
|-
|-
| 14th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
| 2013
| 227
| 227
| 4
| {{Composition bar|4|230|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| 6.29
| {{decrease}}3
| 1.76
| 6.29%
| {{decrease}}2.68%
|-
|-
| 15th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| 230
| 227
| 2
| {{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}}
| 5.00
| {{decrease}}4
| 0.86
| 5.01%
| {{decrease}}1.28%
|}
|}


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| 4th Vidhan Sabha
| 2014
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File:Dileep vimal.jpg|BSP cadre camp
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[BAMCEF]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/back-to-basics-maya-to-hold-cadre-camp-in-delhi/articleshow/62764707.cms|title=Back to basics, Mayawati to hold cadre camp in Delhi|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref>
* [[BAMCEF]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/back-to-basics-maya-to-hold-cadre-camp-in-delhi/articleshow/62764707.cms|title=Back to basics, Mayawati to hold cadre camp in Delhi|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-11|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803154644/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/back-to-basics-maya-to-hold-cadre-camp-in-delhi/articleshow/62764707.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article5102.html|title=Journey of a Dalit Party: Why is the BSP Not Able to Extend beyond (...) - Mainstream Weekly|website=mainstreamweekly.net|language=en|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref>
* [[Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article5102.html|title=Journey of a Dalit Party: Why is the BSP Not Able to Extend beyond (...) - Mainstream Weekly|website=mainstreamweekly.net|language=en|access-date=2018-07-11|archive-date=21 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521021819/http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article5102.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Republican Party of India]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/kanshi-ram-india-dalit-movement-mayawati-bsp|title=Kanshi Ram worked for the Republican Party of India for eight years|work=The Quint|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Republican Party of India]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/kanshi-ram-india-dalit-movement-mayawati-bsp|title=Kanshi Ram worked for the Republican Party of India for eight years|work=The Quint|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135337/https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/kanshi-ram-india-dalit-movement-mayawati-bsp|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Samata Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAMATA PARTY – Official Website |url=https://samataparty.org/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Samata Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAMATA PARTY – Official Website |url=https://samataparty.org/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215101928/https://samataparty.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Kanshi Ram]]
* [[Kanshi Ram]]
* [[Mayawati]]
* [[Mayawati]]
* [[Jai Bhim]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stop-touching-my-feet-mayawati-tells-bsp-workers-1665399.html|title=Stop Touching My Feet, BSP Chief Mayawati Tells Party Workers|website=News18|date=19 February 2018|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
* [[Jai Bhim]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stop-touching-my-feet-mayawati-tells-bsp-workers-1665399.html|title=Stop Touching My Feet, BSP Chief Mayawati Tells Party Workers|website=News18|date=19 February 2018|access-date=2019-01-03|archive-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210618/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stop-touching-my-feet-mayawati-tells-bsp-workers-1665399.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[R. S. Praveen Kumar]]
* [[R. S. Praveen Kumar]]
* [[Bahujan Volunteer Force]]
* [[Bahujan Volunteer Force]]
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==


* Chandra, Kanchan. 2004. ''Why Ethnic Parties Succeed''. Cambridge University Press.
* [[Kanchan Chandra|Chandra, Kanchan]]. 2004. ''Why Ethnic Parties Succeed''. Cambridge University Press.


== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 12:48, 22 July 2023

For the Nepalese party, see Bahujan Samaj Party, Nepal.


Bahujan Samaj Party
AbbreviationBSP
PresidentMayawati[1]
General Secretary
Lok Sabha leaderKunwar Danish Ali
Rajya Sabha leaderRamji Gautam
FounderKanshi Ram
Founded14 April 1984 (42 years ago) (1984-04-14)
Preceded byDSSSS or DS4
Headquarters12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi, India-110001
NewspaperBahujan Samaj Bulletin
IdeologySocial equality[3]
Social justice[4]
Colours  Blue
ECI StatusNational Party
AllianceSAD+ (2021—present)
(Punjab)
Seats in Lok Sabha
9 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 245
Seats in Vidhan Sabha & Vidhan Parishad
7 / 4,036

(3987 MLAs & 49 Vacant)

1 / 426

(400 MLCs & 26 Vacant)

List
1 / 403
(Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha)
1 / 100
(Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad)
2 / 90
(Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha)
1 / 230
(Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha)
2 / 70
(Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha)
1 / 117
(Punjab Vidhan Sabha)
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31
Election symbol
Website
www.bspindia.co.in

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with religious minorities.[5] According to Kanshi Ram, when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes.[6][7] The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Gautama Buddha, B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, and Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj.

Kanshi Ram named his protégée, Mayawati, as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where it was the second-largest party in the 2019 Indian general election with 19.3% of votes[8] and third-largest in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 12.88% of votes.[9] Its election symbol is an elephant which is the same symbol historically used by Dr. Ambedkar's Scheduled Castes Federation.[10]

Etymology

BSP Cadre Camp, Faizabad

"Bahujan" is a Sanskritic term found in Hindu and Buddhist texts, and literally refers to "many people", or "the majority". It connotes the combined population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled tribes, Other Backward Classes, Muslims, and minorities who together constitute the demographic majority of India.[11][12] The word "Bahujan" appears in the dictum "Bahujana Hitaya Bahujana Sukhaya", or "The benefit and prosperity of the many", articulated by Gautama Buddha.[13][14][15]

In his writing, Dr.B. R. Ambedkar used the term to refer to the majority of people in society that experienced discrimination and oppression on the basis of caste. Jyotirao Phule used the term in a similar context, and compared the Bahujans of India to Slavery in the United States.Schedule Caste and Bahujan writers have suggested this proportion was 70 percent of the population.[15][16]

History

File:Manyasri Kanshi Ram.jpg
Kanshi Ram, founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party

Bahujan Samaj Party was founded on the birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar (14 April 1984) by Kanshi Ram,[17] who named former school teacher, Mayawati, as his successor of BSP in 2001.[18] The party's power grew quickly with seats in the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. In 1993, following the assembly elections, Mayawati formed a coalition with Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister. On 2 June 1995, she withdrew support from his government, which led to a major incident where Yadav was accused of sending his zealots to keep her party legislators hostage at a Lucknow guest house and shout casteist abuses at her.[19] Since this incident, they have regarded each other publicly as chief rivals.[20] Mayawati then obtained support from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to become Chief Minister on 3 June 1995. In October 1995, the BJP withdrew their support and fresh elections were called after a period of President's Rule. In 2003, Mayawati resigned from her own government to prove that she was not "hungry for power"[21] and asked the BJP-run Government of India to remove Union Tourism and Culture Minister, Jagmohan.[22] In 2007, she began leading a BSP-formed government with an absolute majority for a full five-year term.[23]

Silver jubilee

The Bahujan Samaj Party on 14 April 2009 celebrated its silver jubilee.[24] The Manywar Shri Kanshi Ramji Shahri Garib Awas Yojna housing scheme for poor was launched by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).[25] The role of Mayawati was discussed in BSP's success.[26] A mass rally was organised in Lucknow with 10000 police personnel on duty.[27] It was the 305th and largest rally of BSP since 1984.[28] As per Observer Research Foundation, within 25 years BSP became third largest political party of India.[29]

Views

BSP believes in "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj". The Bahujan Samaj signifies the Bahujans as the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST), and the Other Backward Castes (OBC). B. R. Ambedkar, a proponent of Bahujan rights, is their important ideological inspiration. The BSP also speaks in favor of religious minorities. The party claims not to be prejudiced against upper-caste Hindus. In 2008, while addressing the audience, Mayawati said: "Our policies and ideology are not against any particular caste or religion. If we were anti-upper caste, we would not have given tickets to candidates from upper castes to contest elections".[30]

List of chief ministers

Chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

No Image Name Constituency Term of office Tenure length Assembly
1 Mayawati None 3 June 1995 18 October 1995 137 days 12th Assembly
(1993 election)
Harora 21 March 1997 21 September 1997 184 days 13th Assembly
(1996 election)
3 May 2002 29 August 2003 1 year, 118 days 14th Assembly
(2002 election)
MLC 13 May 2007 15 March 2012 4 years, 307 days 15th Assembly
(2007 election)

Electoral performances

Success in 2007

The results of the May 2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election saw the BSP emerge as a sole majority party, the first to do so since 1991. Mayawati began her fourth term as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and took her oath of office along with 50 ministers of cabinet and state rank on 13 May 2007, at Rajbhawan in the state capital of Lucknow.[31] Most importantly, the majority achieved in large part was due to the party's ability to take away majority of upper castes votes from their traditional party, the BJP.[32]

Flags of "Bahujan Samaj Party" at Shivaji Park, Mumbai.

The party could manage only 80 seats in 2012 as against 206 in 2007 assembly elections. BSP government was the first in the history of Uttar Pradesh to complete its full five-year term.[33] On 26 May 2018, Ram Achal Rajbhar was replaced by R S Kushwaha as the president of UP unit.[34]

2014 Lok Sabha Elections

The 2014 national Lok Sabha elections saw the BSP become the third-largest national party of India in terms of vote percentage, having 4.2% of the vote across the country but gaining no seats.[35]

2019 Lok Sabha Elections Mahagathbandhan

Prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BSP formed a Mahagathbandhan. The Mahagathbandhan (or Grand Alliance), or simply the Gathbandhan (Alliance),[36][37] is an anti-Congress,[38] anti-BJP[39] Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the 2019 general election under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party, along with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal and several other political parties, contesting in different states of India.[40][41][42][43][44][45]

The Mahagathbandhan won 15 seats out of 80 in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 Indian General Election.[46]

Election results

Lok Sabha (Lower House)

Lok Sabha Term Year Seats
contested 		Seats won Seats
change 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested 		State (seats)
9th Lok Sabha 1989 245
4 / 543
 Increase 4 2.07% 4.53% Punjab (1)
Uttar Pradesh (3)[47]
10th Lok Sabha 1991 231
3 / 543
 Decrease 1 1.61% 3.64% Madhya Pradesh (1)
Punjab (1)
Uttar Pradesh (1)[48]
11th Lok Sabha 1996 210
11 / 543
 Increase 8 4.02% 11.21% Madhya Pradesh (2)
Punjab (3)
Uttar Pradesh (6)
12th Lok Sabha 1998 251
5 / 543
 Decrease 6 4.67% 9.84% Haryana (1)
Uttar Pradesh (4)
13th Lok Sabha 1999 225
14 / 543
 Increase 9 4.16% 9.97% Uttar Pradesh (14)
14th Lok Sabha 2004 435
19 / 543
 Increase 5 5.33% 6.66% Uttar Pradesh (19)
15th Lok Sabha 2009 500
21 / 543
 Increase 2 6.17% 6.56% Madhya Pradesh (1)
Uttar Pradesh (20)
16th Lok Sabha 2014 503
0 / 543
 Decrease 21 4.19% 4.5%[49] N/A
17th Lok Sabha 2019 383
10 / 543
 Increase 10 3.67% 5.1%[50] Uttar Pradesh (10)

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Lower House)

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/-(%)
1989 372
13 / 425
 Increase13 9.41% Increase9.41

%

1991 386
12 / 425
 Decrease1 9.44% Increase0.03%
1993 164
67 / 425
 Increase67 11.12% Increase1.68%
1996 299
67 / 425
 Steady 19.64% Increase8.52%
2002 401
98 / 403
 Increase31 23.06% Increase3.42%
2007 403
206 / 403
 Increase108 30.43% Increase7.37%
2012 403
80 / 403
 Decrease126 25.95% Decrease4.48%
2017 403
19 / 403
 Decrease61 22.24% Decrease3.71%
2022 403
1 / 403
 Decrease18 12.81% Decrease9.43%

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/-(%)
1990 183
2 / 320
 Increase2 3.54% Increase3.54%
1993 286
11 / 320
 Increase9 7.05% Increase3.51%
1998 170
11 / 320
 Steady 6.15% Decrease0.9%
2003 157
2 / 230
 7.26%
2008 228
7 / 230
 Increase5 8.97% Increase1.71%
2013 227
4 / 230
 Decrease3 6.29% Decrease2.68%
2018 227
0 / 230
 Decrease4 5.01% Decrease1.28%

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Rajasthan
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
9th Vidhan Sabha 1990 57 0 0.79 2.54
10th Vidhan Sabha 1993 50 0 0.56 2.01
11th Vidhan Sabha 1998 108 2 2.17 3.81
12th Vidhan Sabha 2003 124 2 3.97 6.40
13th Vidhan Sabha 2008 199 6 7.60 7.66
14th Vidhan Sabha 2013 199 3 3.37 3.48
15th Vidhan Sabha 2018 199 6 4.00

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Chhattisgarh

Assembly Election

Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
2nd Vidhan Sabha 2003 54 2 4.45 6.94
3rd Vidhan Sabha 2008 90 2 6.11 6.11
4th Vidhan Sabha 2013 90 1 4.27 4.27
5th Vidhan Sabha 2018 33 2 3.9 3.9

Bihar Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Bihar
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
10th Vidhan Sabha 1990 164 0 0.73 1.41
11th Vidhan Sabha 1995 161 2 1.34 2.66
12th Vidhan Sabha 2000 249 5 1.89 2.47
13th Vidhan Sabha Feb. 2005 238 2 4.41 4.50
14th Vidhan Sabha Oct. 2005 212 4 4.17 4.75
15th Vidhan Sabha 2010 243 0 3.21 3.27
16th Vidhan Sabha 2015 228 0 2.1 2.2
17th Vidhan Sabha 2020 80 1 1.5 6.1

Delhi Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Delhi
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
1st Vidhan Sabha 1992 55 1 3.90 2.42
2nd Vidhan Sabha 1998 58 0 3.15 3.63
3rd Vidhan Sabha 2003 40 0 5.76 8.96
4th Vidhan Sabha 2008 70 2 14.05 14.05
5th Vidhan Sabha 2013 69 0 5.33 5.44
6th Vidhan Sabha 2015 70 0 1.31 1.31
7th Vidhan Sabha 2020 68 0 0.71 0.71

Haryana Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Haryana

Assembly Election

Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
10th Vidhan Sabha 2000 83 1 5.74 6.22
11th Vidhan Sabha 2005 84 1 3.22 3.44
12th Vidhan Sabha 2009 86 1 6.73 7.05
13th Vidhan Sabha 2014 87 1[51] 4.37[52] 4.52
14th Vidhan Sabha 2019 87 0 4.14 4.31

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Himachal Pradesh
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
7th Vidhan Sabha 1990 35 0 0.94 1.76
8th Vidhan Sabha 1993 49 0 2.25 3.0
9th Vidhan Sabha 1998 28 0 1.41 3.28
10th Vidhan Sabha 2003 23 0 0.7 2.02
11th Vidhan Sabha 2007 67 1 7.40 7.37
12th Vidhan Sabha 2012 67 0 1.7 2.02
13th Vidhan Sabha 2017 42 0 0.49 0.79

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
9th Vidhan Sabha 1996 29 4 6.43 15.07[53]
10th Vidhan Sabha 2002 33 1 4.50 7.86[54]
11th Vidhan Sabha 2008 83 0 3.73 3.73[55]
12th Vidhan Sabha 2014 50 0 1.41 2.07[56]

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Jharkhand
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
3rd Vidhan Sabha 2009 78 0 2.44 2.55[57]
4th Vidhan Sabha 2014 61[58] 1[59] 1.8 2.4
5th Vidhan Sabha 2019 67 0 2.5 2.6

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Karnataka

Assembly Election

Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		Total of
votes 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
15th Vidhan Sabha 2018 18 1 108592 0.30% 3.72%

Kerala Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Kerala
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
13th Vidhan Sabha 2011 122 0 0.60 0.70
14th Vidhan Sabha 2016 74 0 0.24 0.45

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Maharashtra

Assembly Election

Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
8th Vidhan Sabha 1990 122 0 0.42 0.98
9th Vidhan Sabha 1995 145 0 1.49 2.82
10th Vidhan Sabha 1999 83 0 0.39 1.24
11th Vidhan Sabha 2004 272 0 4.0 4.18
12th Vidhan Sabha 2009 287 0 2.35 2.42
13th Vidhan Sabha 2014 280[60] 0 2.25[61] 2.33
14th Vidhan Sabha 2019 262 0 0.92 1.00

Punjab Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha Term Punjab
Assembly Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested
10th Vidhan Sabha 1992 105 9 16.32 17.59
11th Vidhan Sabha 1997 67 1 7.48 13.28
12th Vidhan Sabha 2002 100 0 5.69 6.61
13th Vidhan Sabha 2007 115 0 4.13 4.17
14th Vidhan Sabha 2012 117 0 4.29 4.30
15th Vidhan Sabha 2017 111 0 1.52 1.59
16th Vidhan Sabha 2022 20 1

Telangana Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance in the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Election Leader Votes Seats Position Resulting government
# % # ±
2014 Mayawati 4,58,762 1.00
2 / 117
  – 7th TRS majority
2018 Mayawati 4,28,430 2.10
0 / 117
 Decrease2 none TRS majority

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Electoral performance in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Election Leader Votes Seats Position Resulting government
# % # ±
2002 Mayawati 3,12,842 10.93
7 / 70
  – 3rd INC majority
2007 Mayawati 4,43,703 11.76
8 / 70
 Increase1 3rd BJP coalition
2012 Mayawati 5,18,227 12.19
3 / 70
 Decrease5 3rd INC coalition
2017 Mayawati 3,47,533 6.98
0 / 70
 Decrease3 none BJP majority
2022 Mayawati 2,59,371 4.82
2 / 70
 Increase2 none BJP majority

Gallery

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    BSP Leaders at Bahujan Samaj Prerna Kendra
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    BSP Leaders at Bahujan Samaj Prerna Kendra
  • BSP cadre camp
    BSP cadre camp
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    BSP cadre camp
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    BSP cadre camp
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    BSP cadre camp
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    BSP cadre camp


See also

Further reading

References

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