Samajwadi Alliance
Samajwadi Alliance | |
|---|---|
Samajwadi Alliance
PDA Alliance[1] | |
| Leader | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Ideology | Big tent Majority: Secularism[2] Socialism[3] Left wing populism[4] |
| Colours | Red |
| ECI status | Not required |
| Alliance | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (National) |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 6 / 31 (SP:5,IND:1")[5][6](Uttar Pradesh) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 43 / 80 (SP:37, INC:6) (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 102 / 403 (SP:100, INC:2) |
Samajwadi Alliance (SP+; English: Socialist Alliance), is a major political alliance led by the Samajwadi Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[7][8][9][10]
History
[edit]2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
[edit]RLD was the first to join the alliance. The NCP and RJD too joined the alliance later.[11] Various other smaller parties too joined while SBSP broke away from its alliance to join SP alliance.[12] During the first seat sharing talks, SP agreed to give RLD 36 seats. Initially, RLD demanded 60 seats while SP were willing to give up to 30, later both the parties finalised at 33 with RLD mostly competing in West UP. RLD gave 8 symbol of SP candidates.[13] Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party began talks for alliance,[14][15] however they couldn't agree on seat sharing.[16] Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) joined the alliance later. On 13 January 2022, the alliance announced its initial candidates for the first few phases of the election.[17] SP and SBSP would have a friendly fight on 1 seat while SP and AD(K) would have a friendly fight on 2 seats.[citation needed]
2024 Parliamentary election
[edit]Attempted alliance with the Left
[edit]CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that his party will ally with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.[18] Akhilesh Yadav said that the alliance will contest all 80 seats in 2024 election and detailed elaboration regarding alliance will be made at the end of 2023.[19]
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
[edit]However, soon Akhilesh Yadav joined with the Indian National Congress to form the I.N.D.I.A alliance to contest the 2024 polls together. The alliance got landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh winning 43 out of 80 seats.[20][21]
Current members
[edit]| Party[22][23] | Symbol | Flag | MLAs in Uttar Pradesh Assembly | MLCs in Uttar Pradesh Council | MPs in Lok Sabha | MPs in Rajya Sabha | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samajwadi Party |  |
 |
100 / 403 |
10 / 100 |
37 / 80 |
4 / 31 | |
| Indian National Congress |  |
 |
2 / 403 |
0 / 100 |
6 / 80 |
0 / 31 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | _Election_symbol.png) |
 |
0 / 403 |
0 / 100 |
0 / 80 |
0 / 31 | |
| Communist Party of India |  |
 |
0 / 403 |
0 / 100 |
0 / 80 |
0 / 31 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |  |
 |
0 / 403 |
0 / 100 |
0 / 80 |
0 / 31 | |
| Jan Adhikar Party | 0 / 403 |
0 / 100 |
0 / 80 |
0 / 31 | |||
| Lok Dal[24] | 0 / 403 |
0 / 100 |
0 / 80 |
0 / 31 | |||
| Independents | 0 / 403 |
0 / 100 |
0 / 80 |
1 / 31 | |||
| Total | 102 / 403 |
10 / 100 |
43 / 80 |
5 / 31 | |||
Electoral performance
[edit]Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election
[edit]| Year | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Popular vote | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 125 / 403 |
 71 |
36.60% | 8.53% |
33,729,510 | Opposition |
Past members
[edit]| Party[25][26] | Year of withdrawal | |
|---|---|---|
| Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | 2022 | |
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | 2024 | |
| Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) | 2024 | |
| Janvadi Party(Socialist) | 2024 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Decoding UP's Political Battle: Can BJP Counter Samajwadi's PDA Formula?". NDTV. 5 June 2026.
- ↑ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
- ↑ "Mulayam Singh lays emphasis on socialist ideology". Business Standard India. 22 November 2018.
- ↑ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1999-7489-4. LCCN 2014003207.
- ↑ "Kapil Sibal files Rajya Sabha nomination as SP-backed Independent". The Economic Times. 25 May 2022.
- ↑ "BJP gets 8 Rajya Sabha MPs from UP, Akhilesh's SP wins two". The Week. 9 October 2026.
- ↑ Bisen, Ankur (15 March 2022). "Here's What the Samajwadi Party Alliance in UP Needs to Focus on Now". The Wire. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ "'SP-led alliance to form govt in UP'". Millennium Post. 7 March 2022.
- ↑ "Samajwadi Party-Congress Alliance Will Continue, Focus Will Be On Victory Not Seats: Akhilesh Yadav". ETV Bharat. 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav: Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance will continue, focus will be on victory not seats". The Economic Times. 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "NCP to tie up with SP for UP assembly polls". Hindustan Times. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "SP-SBSP join hands, give slogan 'Khadeda Hobe' on lines of Mamata's 'Khela Hobe' battle cry". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ Anshuman, Kumar. "SP, RLD strike poll alliance". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ Abhishek, Kumar (24 November 2021). "AAP heading for alliance with SP, Sanjay Singh says after meeting Akhilesh Yadav". India Today. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ↑ "AAP, SP discuss seat-sharing for UP polls". The Indian Express. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ↑ "AAP-SP deadlock over seat sharing, AAP to go it alone in UP". The Economic Times. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ Bajpai, Namita (13 January 2022). "SP-RLD alliance announces first list of 29 candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "CPM focusing on 5 poll-bound States to build anti-BJP front: Yechury". Retrieved 4 February 2023.
He made it clear that the party would form an alliance with like-minded parties strong enough to defeat BJP in their states — like RJD in Bihar and SP in UP.
- ↑ "SP, alliance will contest all 80 UP LS seats, declares Akhilesh". The Statesman. 4 March 2023.
- ↑ "UP Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: INDIA bloc wins 43 seats, Akhilesh Yadav's SP emerges as single largest party; BJP slips to 33". Times of India. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ "How the SP-Congress alliance in Uttar Pradesh became a sponge that soaked in people's discontent against BJP and Modi". The Hindu. 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Alliance with partners to continue with focus on victory not seats: Akhilesh". Hindustan Times. 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav vows to unify INDIA bloc together, affirms SP-Congress alliance". Hindustan Times. 13 December 2025.
- ↑ https://www.aajtak.in/uttar-pradesh/story/lokdal-joins-india-alliance-sunil-singh-meets-rahul-gandhi-ntcpvp-rpti-2650306-2026-09-22
- ↑ "From RLD to Mahan Dal, SP's new allies: the smaller parties". The Indian Express. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ↑ "SP & Allies Parade Strength & Unity, Chalk Out Consensus On Seat-sharing". The Times of India. 13 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
