Samajwadi Party: Difference between revisions

| party_name            = Samajwadi Party  

| 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 Prahari<ref>{{cite web|url=https://samajwadiprahari.in/हमारे-बारे-में|title=About Samajwadi Prahari|date=10 March 2021|website=Samajwadi Prahari}}</ref>

Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-reinstates-youth-wings-office-bearers-with-a-rider/articleshow/19606629.cms|title=SP reinstates youth wings' office-bearers with a rider &#124; Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />Lohiya vahini

| position              = {{nowrap|[[Centre-left]]<ref name="scroll.in">{{cite news|date=16 May 2021|title=Which political party has most clearly and consistently opposed women's rights?|work=[[scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/article/666351/which-political-party-has-most-clearly-and-consistently-opposed-womens-rights}}</ref><ref name="sagepub44">{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018762675|doi = 10.1177/2321023018762675|title = Conservative in Practice: The Transformation of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh|year = 2018|last1 = Verniers|first1 = Gilles|journal = Studies in Indian Politics|volume = 6|pages = 44–59|s2cid = 158168430}}</ref> to [[left-wing]]<ref>

{{cite news|work=[[Financial Times]]|title=Left wing triumphs in Uttar Pradesh election|date=6 March 2012|quote=The big winner in the Uttar Pradesh state election was the regional leftwing Samajwadi party|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7c9c93d4-67b1-11e1-978e-00144feabdc0}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=21 June 1995|title=Indian MPs held hostage in caste struggle|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/indian-mps-held-hostage-in-caste-struggle-1587521.html}}</ref>}}

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{{Composition bar|111|403|hex={{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}} <small>([[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]])</small>

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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 />[[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><br/ >[[Social conservatism]]<ref name="scroll.in"/><ref name="sagepub44"/>}}

| headquarters          = 18 Copernicus Lane, [[New Delhi]]

| publication          = ''Samajwadi Bulletin''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/command-performance-can-a-party-mouthpiece-question-its-leaders/story-UT9ZjxmzGuzYkJHGL7TsUM.html|title=Command performance: Can a party mouthpiece question its leaders?|date=10 January 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

'''Samajwadi Party''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''SP'''; [[translation]]: ''Socialist Party'',  founded 4 October, 1992) is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]] political party in [[India]], headquartered in [[New Delhi]]. It is mainly based in [[Uttar Pradesh]], with a significant presence in other states as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16330708|title=Why Uttar Pradesh is India's battleground state|work=BBC News|date=26 December 2011}}</ref>

The Samajwadi Party 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 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012 legislative assembly elections]] of Uttar Pradesh, SP registered a landslide victory with a clear majority in the House, thus enabling it to form a government in the state. This was expected to be the fifth term of Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister of state, but he selected his son, Akhilesh Yadav, instead. 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> However, the party suffered a landslide defeat in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]], slumping to only 47 seats as the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] swept to victory.

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 |date=27 December 2014 |title=Merger of RJD, JD-U, SP would take place after Kharmas: Lalu |url=http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/10305-merger-of-rjd-jd-u-sp-would-take-place-after-kharrmas-lalu.html |website=Patna Daily}}</ref>

=== National Convention of January 2017 ===

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

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

 

The Samajwadi Party has Samajwadi Prahari <ref>{{cite web|url=https://samajwadiprahari.in/|title=About Samajwadi Prahari|date=10 March 2021|website=Samajwadi Prahari}}</ref> frontline groups.Party has leading leaders from different fields Through '''Samajwadi Sanwad''', the revolutionary ideas of these leaders will be spread in the society. Some of them are:

# Chhatra Sabha Sanwad

# Yuvjan Sabha Sanwad

# Samajwadi prahari Sanwad

# Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade Sanwad

# Lohiya Vahini Sanwad

# Shikshak Sabha Sanwad

# Vyapar Sabha Sanwad

# Adhivakta Sabha Sanwad

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* [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], founder and former President of Samajwadi Party, former Defence minister of India and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=About The Party {{!}} Samajwadi Party|url=https://www.samajwadiparty.in/about-the-party|access-date=2021-09-24|website=www.samajwadiparty.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ministry of Defence|url=https://www.mod.gov.in/former-raksha-mantri|access-date=2021-09-24|website=www.mod.gov.in}}</ref><ref>[http://up.gov.in/upexcms.aspx Former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh] ''up.gov.in''.</ref>

* [[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]], 9 time [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], Member of Parliament [[Loksabha]] [[Rampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rampur]] former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 18, 2012 |title=Azam Khan takes oath as Cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/uttar-pradesh-azam-khan-oath-96276-2012-03-18|access-date=2021-09-24|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 24, 2019 |title=Election Results 2019: Azam Khan wins big from Rampur against Jaya Prada|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/rampur-election-results-2019-azam-khan-jaya-prada-1533349-2019-05-24|access-date=2021-09-24|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

* [[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>

*[[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]].

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