Samajwadi Alliance | |
---|---|
Leader | Akhilesh Yadav |
Founded | 2022 |
Ideology | Big tent Majority: Secularism[1] Socialism[2] Left wing populism[3] |
ECI Status | Alliance |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 43 / 80 (Uttar Pradesh) |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 5 / 31 (SP:4,IND:1)[4](Uttar Pradesh) |
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 110 / 403 |
Samajwadi Alliance (SP+;[5] English: Socialist Alliance), was a major political alliance led by Samajwadi Party in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[6] [7]
RLD was the first to join the alliance. The NCP and RJD too joined the alliance later.[8] Various other smaller parties too joined while SBSP broke away from its alliance to join SP alliance.[9] 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.[10] Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party began talks for alliance,[11][12] however they couldn't agree on seat sharing.[13] 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.[14] 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]
CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that his party will ally with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.[15] Akhilesh Yadav said that the Gathbandhan will contest all 80 seats in 2024 election and detailed elaboration regarding alliance will be made at the end of 2023.[16]
However, soon Akhilesh Yadav joined with the Indian National Congress to form the INDIA to contest the 2024 polls together.[17] The alliance got landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh winning 43 out of 80 seats.
No. | Party[18][19] | Flag | Symbol | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Samajwadi Party | Akhilesh Yadav | ||
2. | Indian National Congress | Ajay Rai | ||
3. | Jan Adhikar Party | Babu Singh Kushwaha | ||
6. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Dr. Hiralal Yadav | ||
7. | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | K. K. Sharma |
No. | Party[20][21] | Flag | Leader |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | Om Prakash Rajbhar | |
2. | Rashtriya Lok Dal | Jayant Chaudhary | |
3. | Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) | Pallavi Patel | |
4. | Janvadi Party(Socialist) | Sanjay Chauhan |
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.