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{{Short description|Political party in India}}
{{Short description|Political party in India}}
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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name            = Samajwadi Party
| party_name            = Samajwadi Party
| flag                  = Samajwadi (Socialist) Party rally - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
| flag                  = Samajwadi (Socialist) Party rally - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
| logo                  = [[File:Samajwadi Party Flag.jpg|200px|Flag of the Samajwadi Party]]
| logo                  = [[File:Samajwadi Party Flag.jpg|250px|Flag of the Samajwadi Party]]
| abbreviation          = SP
| abbreviation          = SP
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| colorcode            = {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}
| 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      = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| founder              = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| founder              =  
| predecessor          = [[Janata Dal]]
[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
|  
| foundation            = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1992|10|4}}
| foundation            = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1992|10|4}}
| students              = Samajwadi Chatra Sabha<ref>{{cite news|title=SP chatra sabha declares 70 district unit presidents name|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/03/17/sp-chatra-sabha-declares-70-district-unit-presidents-name-1205773388.html}}</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>
| youth                = Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha<ref>{{cite news|title=SP reinstates youth wings' office-bearers with a rider|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/SP-reinstates-youth-wings-office-bearers-with-a-rider/articleshow/19606629.cms}}</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>
| women                = Samajwadi Party Mahila Sabha<ref>{{cite news|title=SP appoints presidents of nine frontal organisations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sp-appoints-presidents-of-nine-frontal-organisations-114070201133_1.html}}</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>
| 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>
| alliance              =
| position              = {{nowrap|[[Centre|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>
| position              = {{nowrap|[[Centre-left]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Sagarika|last=Dutt|title=UNESCO and a Just World Order|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FjuAAAAMAAJ&q=UNESCO+and+a+Just+World+Order+Samajwadi+Party|page=170|year=2003|publisher=[[Nova Science Publishers]]|location=[[University of Michigan]]|isbn=978-1-590-33468-3}}</ref> to [[left-wing]]<ref name="SP1">
{{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>
* {{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}}
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* {{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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| state_seats_name      = [[Vidhan Sabha]] & [[Vidhan Parishad]]
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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|[[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 />[[Left-wing populism]]<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>}}  
|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>
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| colours              = Red and Green {{Colorsample|#ed0e0e}} {{Colorsample|#0c7c0c}}
| headquarters          = 18 Copernicus Lane, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| headquarters          = 18 Copernicus Lane, [[New Delhi]], India
| publication          = ''Samajwadi Bulletin''<ref>{{cite news|title=Command performance:The Samajwadi Party has national general secretary and Mulayam clan-member Ramgopal Yadav as editor of the Samajwadi Bulletin.|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/command-performance-can-a-party-mouthpiece-question-its-leaders/story-UT9ZjxmzGuzYkJHGL7TsUM.html}}</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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|symbol                = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|150px|center]]
| website              = {{URL|http://www.samajwadiparty.in/}}
| website              = {{URL|http://www.samajwadiparty.in/}}
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'''Samajwadi Party''' ('''SP''' ; [[translation]]: ''Socialist Party'',  founded 4 October 1992) is a political party in India headquartered in [[New Delhi]]. It is mainly based in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16330708|title=Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state|work=BBC News}}</ref>
'''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>


==History==
==History==


Originally, 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&q=caste+based+samajwadi+party&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 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 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 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>
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 ===
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>
=== 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.


== Position in state and national politics ==
== Position in state and national politics ==
The Samajawadi 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|title=SP, RJD, LJP Front to kickstart UP campaign on Apr 9|date=5 April 2009|newspaper=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 2014, it won only 5 seats, while the [[Indian National Congress]] gained 44 seats and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] obtained a clear mandate with 282 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 MLA each in [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Maharashtra]].
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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>
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>


The Samajwadi Party has called [[homosexuality]] "unethical and immoral."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/videos/politics/samajwadi-party-on-section-377-655768.html|title=Homosexuality Is Unethical And Immoral: Samajwadi Party|date=12 December 2013|website=News 18|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref>
The Samajwadi Party has various frontline groups. some of them are listed as:
# Chhatra Sabha
# Yuvjan Sabha
# Samajwadi prahari
# Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade
# Lohiya Vahini
# Shikshak Sabha
# Vyapar Sabha
# Adhivakta Sabha


== Muzzaffarnagar case ==
==Electoral performances==
{{Main|2013 Muzaffarnagar riots}}
The clashes between the Hindu and Muslim communities in [[Muzaffarnagar district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India in August - September 2013, resulted in at <ref name="Business News, India Stock Market, Personal Finance, IPO, Financial News Headlines - The Financial Express">{{cite news|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/uttar-pradesh-akhilesh-yadav-government-to-provide-jobs-to-muzaffarnagar-riot-victims/1175575|title=Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav government to provide jobs to Muzaffarnagar riot victims|work=The Financial Express|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> least 9 deaths and injured 34 after which an indefinite [[curfew]] was imposed.<ref name="hindu2">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/9-killed-in-communal-riots-in-muzaffarnagar-curfew-clamped-army-deployed/1166053/|title=9 killed in communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, curfew clamped, army deployed|author=Ahmed Ali Fayyaz|date=8 September 2013|work=The Indian Express|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> By 17 September, the curfew was lifted from all riot affected areas and the army was also withdrawn.
 
Akhilesh Yadav warned of strict action against those found guilty.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/muzaffarnagar-riots-akhilesh-yadav-warns-strict-action-against-those-guilty-637826.html|title=Muzaffarnagar riots: Akhilesh Yadav warns strict action against those guilty|work=News18|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> He also blamed a political conspiracy behind these riots.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Akhilesh-alleges-political-conspiracy-behind-Muzaffarnagar-riots/2013/09/09/article1776170.ece|title=Akhilesh alleges political conspiracy behind Muzaffarnagar riots|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> He also announced jobs to the kins of the people who were killed during the riots<ref name="Business News, India Stock Market, Personal Finance, IPO, Financial News Headlines - The Financial Express" />
 
== 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>
 
== Family feud ==
 
Since Akhilesh Yadav became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the [[Yadava|Yadav]] family has been divided into two feuding groups. One of the groups is led  by him with the support of  his father's cousin, [[Ram Gopal Yadav]]. The rival group is led by [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]] and a friend, [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]]. Akhilesh Yadav has  fired his uncle twice from his cabinet as it was seen by many as a direct challenge to his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has steadily supported his younger brother Shivpal over him.<ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53902522.cms</ref>
 
Battle in the family fired up when Akhilesh Yadav released a parallel list of 235 candidates for 2017 Uttar Pradesh election. Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav already has released list of 325 candidates few days before.<ref>[http://www.news18.com/news/politics/akhilesh-tipu-yadav-emerges-as-new-sultan-of-samajwadi-party-1329985.html Akhilesh 'Tipu' Yadav Emerges as New Sultan of Samajwadi Party]</ref>
 
On 30 December 2016, Mulayam Singh Yadav expelled his son Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years on the grounds of indiscipline but re-inducted within 24 hours after a meet of 200 of the party's 229 MLAs at Akhilesh residence.
 
=== National Convention of January  2017 ===
 
In a National Convention held on 1 January 2017 called by Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav was declared the National President of Samajwadi Party. [[Naresh Chandra Uttam]] was named as Uttar Pradesh state president of the party.
 
In the meantime Mulayam Singh Yadav expelled Ram Gopal Yadav for six years for the third time in six months. Expulsion also included vice-president [[Kiranmoy Nanda]] and state general secretary [[Naresh Agarwal]] were also expelled for attending the convention.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/samajwadi-party-akhiesh-yadav-ramgopal-mulayam-singh-party-chief-expels-crisis-4454449/ Akhilesh Yadav is new party chief, Mulayam Singh expels Ramgopal]</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/akhilesh-yadav-uncle-shivpal-factions-fight-for-samajwadi-party-office-1643954 Akhilesh Yadav, Uncle Shivpal Factions Fight Over Samajwadi Party Office]</ref>
 
===Election commission gets involved===
After the national convention was declared illegal by Mulayam Singh Yadav and further truce talks failed Mulayam Singh along with [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]] and [[Jaya Prada]] decided to go to the Election Commission to sort out the matter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/yadav-dangal/2017/01/01/live-samajwadi-party-meetakhilesh-yadav-ram-gopal-yadav-attack-shivpal-mulayam-singh-yadav-amar-singh-uttar-pradesh/|title=Mulayam and Amar singh head to EC|date=January 3, 2017|publisher=The Quint}}</ref>
 
On 16 January, the Election Commission announced its decision and Akhilesh Yadav was declared the rightful owner of his Samajwadi Party's symbol, the cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/up-elections-2017-akhilesh-yadav-gets-samajwadi-partys-cycle-symbol-says-election-commission-1649414/|title=Akhilesh gets the cycle|date=January 16, 2017|publisher=NDTV}}</ref>
 
==Electoral Performances==


=== Lok Sabha (Lower House) ===
=== Lok Sabha (Lower House) ===
 
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|- style="background:#00f;"
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Lok Sabha Term
! Lok Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Indian<br />General Election
! Indian<br />General Election
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />contested
! Seats<br />contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />won
! Seats<br />won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of<br /> votes
! % of<br /> votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of votes in<br />seats contested
! % of votes in<br />seats contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | State (seats)
! State (seats)
|-
|-
| [[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>
| 16
| 16
|  
| 3.3%
|  
|  
| Uttar Pradesh (16)
| Uttar Pradesh (16)
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| [[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>
| 19
| 19
|  
| 4.9%
|  
|  
| Uttar Pradesh (19)
| Uttar Pradesh (19)
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| [[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>
| 26
| 26
|  
| 3.8%
|  
| 14%
| Uttar Pradesh (26)
| Uttar Pradesh (26)
|-
|-
| [[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>
| 36
| 36
|  
| 4.3%
|  
| 10.3%
| Uttar Pradesh (35) Uttarakhand (1)
| Uttar Pradesh (35) <br /> Uttarakhand (1)
|-
|-
| [[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>
| 23
| 23
|  
| 3.4%
|  
| 10.1%
| Uttar Pradesh (23)
| Uttar Pradesh (23)
|-
|-
| [[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>
| 5
| 5
|  
| 3.4%
|
| 9.6%
| Uttar Pradesh (5)
| Uttar Pradesh (5)
|-
|-
| [[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>
| 5
| 5
|  
| 2.6%
|
| 28.9%
| Uttar Pradesh (5)<br />
| Uttar Pradesh (5)<br />
|}
|}


=== Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) ===
=== Uttar 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;"
|-
|- style="background:#00f;"
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Vidhan Sabha Term
! Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | UP <br />elections
! UP <br />elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />contested
! Seats<br />contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Seats<br />won
! Seats<br />won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | % of<br /> votes
! % of<br /> votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Party Votes
! Party Votes
|-
|-
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| 12th Vidhan Sabha
| 1993
| [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| 256
| 256
| 109
| 109
| 17.9
| 17.94
| 89,63,697
| 89,63,697
|-
|-
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
| 13th Vidhan Sabha
| 1996
| [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 281
| 281
| 110
| 110
| 21.8
| 21.80
| 1,20,85,226
| 1,20,85,226
|-
|-
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| 390
| 390
| 143
| 143
| 25.4
| 25.37
| 1,36,12,509
| 1,36,12,509
|-
|-
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| 393
| 393
| 97
| 97
| 25.4
| 25.43
| 1,32,67,674
| 1,32,67,674
|-
|-
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
| 16th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012]]
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012]]
| 403
| 401
| 224
| 224
| 29.2
| 29.15
| 2,21,07,241
| 2,21,07,241
|-
|-
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| 298
| 298
| 47
| 47
| 22.0
| 21.82
| 1,89,23,689  
| 1,89,23,689
|-
|}
'''Madhya Pradesh Vidhan 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" |Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |MP elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seat contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |% of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Party Votes
|-
|11th  Assembly
|1998
|228
|4
|1.58
|
|-
|12th Assembly
|2003
|161
|7
|3.71
|
|-
|13th Assembly
|2008
|187
|1
|1.90
|
|-
|14th Assembly
|2013
|
|0
|1.2
|
|-
|15th Assembly
|2018
|
|1
|1.3
|496025
|}
 
'''Maharashtra Vidhan 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" |Vidhan Sabha Term
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Maharastra Elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seat contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Seats Won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |% of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |Party votes
|-
|9th Assembly
|1995
|22
|3
|0.93
|356731
|-
|10th Assembly
|1999
|15
|2
|
|227640
|-
|11th Assembly
|2004
|95
|0
|1.13
|471425
|-
|-
|12th Assembly
|2009
|31
|4
|1.11
|337378
|-
|13th Assembly
|2014
|22
|1
|0.17
|92304
|-
|14th Assembly
|2019
|7
|2
|0.22
|123267
|}
|}


== List of Chief Ministers ==
== List of Chief Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable"
[[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"
|-
|-
! No
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | No.
! Name<br />{{small|Constituency}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Name<br />{{small|Constituency}}
!colspan=2| 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>
! Tenure length
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Tenure length
!colspan=2| 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 heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
!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)}}
!Ref
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Ref
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 1
| 1
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| {{age in years and days|1993|12|04|1995|06|03}}
| {{age in years and days|1993|12|04|1995|06|03}}
| Samajwadi Party
| Samajwadi Party
|width=4px style="background-color:{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|Twelfth Assembly]] (1993–95)<br />{{small|(1993 election)}}
| [[Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|Twelfth Assembly]] (1993–95)<br />{{small|(1993 election)}}
|<ref name=":1">"[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2002, to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]" [pdf]. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.</ref>
|<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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| {{age in years and days|2003|08|29|2007|05|13}}
| {{age in years and days|2003|08|29|2007|05|13}}
| Samajwadi Party
| Samajwadi Party
|width=4px style="background-color:{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|Fourteenth Assembly]] (2002–07)<br />{{small|(2002 election)}}
| [[Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|Fourteenth Assembly]] (2002–07)<br />{{small|(2002 election)}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name=":1" />
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| {{age in years and days|2012|03|15|2017|03|19}}
| {{age in years and days|2012|03|15|2017|03|19}}
| Samajwadi Party
| Samajwadi Party
|width=4px style="background-color:{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|Sixteenth Assembly]] (2012–17)<br />{{small|(2012 election)}}
| [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|Sixteenth Assembly]] (2012–17)<br />{{small|(2012 election)}}
|<ref>"[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]" [pdf]. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.</ref>
|<ref>"[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, 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 ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
!No.
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" |No.
! Name
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Name
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! colspan="2"  Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Term of office
! Portfolio
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Portfolio
! colspan="2"|Prime Minister
! colspan="2"  Style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" | Prime Minister
|- align=center
|- align=center
| 1
| 1
| [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| 1 June 1996  
| 1 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
| 19 March 1998
| [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
| [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
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| [[I. K. Gujral]]
| [[I. K. Gujral]]
|}
|}
==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>
*Janeshwar Mishra, founder and former cabinet minister
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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
* [[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]].


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


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== References ==
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Samajwadi Party
AbbreviationSP
PresidentAkhilesh Yadav
ChairpersonAkhilesh Yadav
SecretaryKiranmoy Nanda
Lok Sabha leaderMulayam Singh Yadav
Rajya Sabha leaderRam Gopal Yadav
FounderMulayam Singh Yadav
Founded4 October 1992 (32 years ago) (1992-10-04)
Headquarters18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi, India
NewspaperSamajwadi Bulletin[1]
Student wingSamajwadi Chatra Sabha[2]
Youth wingSamajwadi Prahari[3] Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha[4]
Lohiya vahini
Women's wingSamajwadi Mahila Sabha[5]
IdeologySocial democracy[6]
Democratic socialism[7]
Left-wing populism[7][8]
Social conservatism[7][9][10]
Political positionCentre[7][9][11] to centre-left[12][13]
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[14]
ColoursRed and Green    
ECI StatusState Party[15]
Seats in Lok Sabha
5 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
5 / 245
Seats in Vidhan Sabha & Vidhan Parishad
Indian states
50 / 403
(Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly)
48 / 100
(Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad)
2 / 288
(Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
Number of states and union territories in government
1 / 31
Election symbol
Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png
Party flag
Samajwadi (Socialist) Party rally - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
Website
www.samajwadiparty.in

Samajwadi Party (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.[16]

History

The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when the Janata Dal (People's League) fragmented into several regional parties.[17] The party was founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav in 1992. Created just months before the Babri Masjid demolition, the party is said to having played a key role in preventing violence within the state following the event.[18] 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 Samajwadi Party is primarily based in 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 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.[19][20]

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.[21][22]

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.

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.[23]

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.[24] 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 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.[25]

The Samajwadi Party has various frontline groups. some of them are listed as:

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

Electoral performances

Lok Sabha (Lower House)

Lok Sabha Term Indian
General Election 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		% of votes in
seats contested 		State (seats)
11th Lok Sabha 1996 111[26] 16 3.3% Uttar Pradesh (16)
12th Lok Sabha 1998 166[27] 19 4.9% Uttar Pradesh (19)
13th Lok Sabha 1999 151[28] 26 3.8% 14% Uttar Pradesh (26)
14th Lok Sabha 2004 237[29] 36 4.3% 10.3% Uttar Pradesh (35)
Uttarakhand (1)
15th Lok Sabha 2009 193[30] 23 3.4% 10.1% Uttar Pradesh (23)
16th Lok Sabha 2014 197[31] 5 3.4% 9.6% Uttar Pradesh (5)
17th Lok Sabha 2019 49[32] 5 2.6% 28.9% Uttar Pradesh (5)

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Vidhan Sabha Term UP
elections 		Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		Party Votes
12th Vidhan Sabha 1993 256 109 17.94 89,63,697
13th Vidhan Sabha 1996 281 110 21.80 1,20,85,226
14th Vidhan Sabha 2002 390 143 25.37 1,36,12,509
15th Vidhan Sabha 2007 393 97 25.43 1,32,67,674
16th Vidhan Sabha 2012 401 224 29.15 2,21,07,241
17th Vidhan Sabha 2017 298 47 21.82 1,89,23,689

Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Vidhan Sabha Term MP elections Seat contested Seats won % of votes Party Votes
11th Assembly 1998 228 4 1.58
12th Assembly 2003 161 7 3.71
13th Assembly 2008 187 1 1.90
14th Assembly 2013 0 1.2
15th Assembly 2018 1 1.3 496025

Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Vidhan Sabha Term Maharastra Elections Seat contested Seats Won % of votes Party votes
9th Assembly 1995 22 3 0.93 356731
10th Assembly 1999 15 2 227640
11th Assembly 2004 95 0 1.13 471425
12th Assembly 2009 31 4 1.11 337378
13th Assembly 2014 22 1 0.17 92304
14th Assembly 2019 7 2 0.22 123267

List of Chief Ministers

File:UP CM Akhilesh Yadav in a meeting1FB2FBB5-DCA5-45B0-AE7E-9C008212F85D.jpg
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017, Akhilesh Yadav
No. Name
Constituency 		Term of office[33][34] Tenure length Party[lower-alpha 1] Assembly[35]
(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) 		[36]
(1) Mulayam Singh Yadav
Gunnaur 		29 August 2003 13 May 2007 3 years, 257 days Samajwadi Party Fourteenth Assembly (2002–07)
(2002 election) 		[36]
2 Akhilesh Yadav
MLC 		15 March 2012 19 March 2017 5 years, 4 days Samajwadi Party Sixteenth Assembly (2012–17)
(2012 election) 		[37]
  1. ↑ 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.

List of Central Ministers

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 21 April 1997 19 March 1998 Minister of Communications I. K. Gujral

Prominent members

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Command performance: Can a party mouthpiece question its leaders?". Hindustan Times. 10 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "SP chatra sabha declares 70 district unit presidents name". www.oneindia.com. 17 March 2008.
  3. ↑ "About Samajwadi Prahari". Samajwadi Prahari. 10 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "SP reinstates youth wings' office-bearers with a rider | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "SP appoints presidents of nine frontal organisations". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2 July 2014 – via Business Standard.
  6. ↑ Singh, Mahendra Prasad; Saxena, Rekha (2003). India at the Polls: Parliamentary Elections in the Federal Phase. Orient Blackswan. p. 78. ISBN 978-8-125-02328-9.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Samajwadi Party (SP)". elections.in. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mulayam's son Prateek Yadav attracts eye balls during ride in Rs 5 crore Lamborghini". Zee News. 14 January 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Which political party has most clearly and consistently opposed women's rights?". scroll.in. 16 May 2021.
  10. ↑ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018762675
  11. ↑ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018762675
  12. ↑ "Left wing triumphs in Uttar Pradesh election". Financial Times. 6 March 2012. The big winner in the Uttar Pradesh state election was the regional leftwing Samajwadi party
  13. ↑ "Indian MPs held hostage in caste struggle". The Independent. 21 June 1995.
  14. ↑ "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state". BBC News. 26 December 2011.
  17. ↑ Kochanek, Stanley A.; Hardgrave, Robert L. (30 January 2007). India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780495007494.
  18. ↑ Dixit, Neha. "Akhilesh Yadav in the family business". The Caravan. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Assembly Elections May 2013 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  20. ↑ "Assembly Elections 2012 - The end of Mayayug in UP". IndiaVoice. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  21. ↑ Gupta, Smita. "Janata Parivar announces merger, Mulayam to head new party". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  22. ↑ "Merger of RJD, JD-U, SP would take place after Kharmas: Lalu". 27 December 2014.
  23. ↑ "SP, RJD, LJP Front to kickstart UP campaign on Apr 9". The Times of India. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
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  27. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1998". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  28. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1999". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  29. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2004". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  30. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  31. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  32. ↑ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2019". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  33. ↑ Chief Ministers. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.
  34. ↑ President's rule. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.
  35. ↑ Date of Constitution & Dissolution of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Archived 12 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002, to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" [pdf]. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.
  37. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" [pdf]. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.
  38. ↑ "About The Party | Samajwadi Party". www.samajwadiparty.in. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  39. ↑ "Ministry of Defence". www.mod.gov.in. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  40. ↑ Former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
  41. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav Re-Elected As Samajwadi Party National President For Five Years". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  42. ↑ "UP elections: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav resigns". Hindustan Times. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  43. ↑ "Akhilesh appoints Mulayam's old loyalist Naresh as president of SP state unit". Hindustan Times. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  44. ↑ LucknowMarch 18, P. T. I.; March 18, 2012UPDATED; Ist, 2012 16:49. "Azam Khan takes oath as Cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh". India Today. Retrieved 24 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  45. ↑ DelhiMay 24, India Today Web Desk New; May 24, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 06:32. "Election Results 2019: Azam Khan wins big from Rampur against Jaya Prada". India Today. Retrieved 24 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  47. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav chooses loyalist Ram Govind Chaudhary as new Leader of Opposition". 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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