Samajwadi Party
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Samajwadi Party
"समाजवादी पार्टी" |
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| Abbreviation | SP |
| President | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Lok Sabha leader | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Rajya Sabha leader | Ram Gopal Yadav |
| Founder | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Founded | 10 April 1992 |
| Headquarters | 18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi, India |
| Newspaper | Samajwadi Bulletin |
| Student wing | Samajwadi Chatra Sabha |
| Youth wing | Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade |
| Women's wing | Lohiya Vahini Samajwadi Party Mahila Sabha |
| Ideology | Secularism Liberalism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Center-left |
| Colours | Red and Green |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance |
Left Front (1992-2015) Janata Parivar (2015-2015) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
5 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
19 / 245
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Samajwadi Party (SP; translation: Socialist Party; founded 4 October 1992) is an Indian political party in India headquartered in New Delhi and a recognised state party in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state in India. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party.
The Samajwadi Party was one of several parties that emerged when the Janata Dal (People's League) fragmented into several regional parties. The Samajwadi Party is led by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav after he was chosen as the Party Chief in the National Convention held on 1 January 2017, against the will of his father, the founder of the party.
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 assembly election in Madhya Pradesh in 2003, the Samajwadi Party gained 7 seats, making it the third largest party in the state. When its candidate won the by-election of Lanji (Balaghat) in 2007, its total tally reached 8. 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.
The Samajawadi Party was providing outside support to the United Progressive Alliance government till the sixteenth general election, After sixteenth general election its support becomes insignificant as UPA becomes largest alliance. It contested the 2009 general election in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Lok Janshakti Party of Bihar.
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