Samajwadi Alliance

Indian political party

Political party in India

Samajwadi Alliance

Leader| Akhilesh Yadav
Founded| 2022; 2 years ago (2022)
Merged into| I.N.D.I.A
Ideology| Big tent
Majority:
Secularism[1]
Socialism[2]
Left wing populism[3]
ECI Status| Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha|

3 / 80

(Uttar Pradesh)
Seats in Rajya Sabha|

4 / 31

(SP:3,IND:1)[4]
(Uttar Pradesh)
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|

119 / 403

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Samajwadi Alliance (SP+;[5] English: Socialist Alliance), a political alliance led by Samajwadi Party in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[6] Now it is part of Opposition-led I.N.D.I.A to contest unitedly the Next Indian general election.[7]

## 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[edit]

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. 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]

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that his party will ally with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.[14] 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.[15] But soon Akhilesh Yadav joined with Indian National Congress to form INDIA Alliance to contest 2024 polls together.[16]

## Current members[edit]

No.  | Party[17][18] | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader

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1. | Samajwadi Party |  |  | Akhilesh Yadav
2. | Mahan Dal |  | Keshav Dev Maurya
3. | Janvadi Party (Socialist)  |  | Sanjay Chauhan
4. | Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) |  | Dr. Pallavi Patel
| Krishna Patel
6. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |  | Dr. Hiralal Yadav
7. | Nationalist Congress Party |  |  | K. K. Sharma

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
2. ^ "Mulayam Singh lays emphasis on socialist ideology". Business Standard India. 22 November 2018.
3. ^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1999-7489-4. LCCN 2014003207.
4. ^ "Kapil Sibal files Rajya Sabha nomination as SP-backed Independent".
5. ^ Ankur Bisen (15 March 2022). "Here's What the Samajwadi Party Alliance in UP Needs to Focus on Now". The Wire.
6. ^ "Samajwadi Party Alliance".
7. ^ Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
8. ^ "NCP to tie up with SP for UP assembly polls". Hindustan Times. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
9. ^ "SP-SBSP join hands, give slogan 'Khadeda Hobe' on lines of Mamata's 'Khela Hobe' battle cry". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
10. ^ Anshuman, Kumar. "SP, RLD strike poll alliance". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
11. ^ Abhishek, Kumar (24 November 2021). "AAP heading for alliance with SP, Sanjay Singh says after meeting Akhilesh Yadav". India Today. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
12. ^ "AAP, SP discuss seat-sharing for UP polls". The Indian Express. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
13. ^ "AAP-SP deadlock over seat sharing, AAP to go it alone in UP". The Economic Times. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
14. ^ "CPM focusing on 5 poll-bound States to build anti-BJP front: Yechury". Retrieved 2023-02-04. "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."
15. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/sp-alliance-will-contest-all-80-up-ls-seats-declares-akhilesh/ar-AA18dAHT
16. ^ Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
17. ^ "From RLD to Mahan Dal, SP's new allies: the smaller parties". The Indian Express. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
18. ^ "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.