Samajwadi Alliance Explained

Samajwadi Alliance
Leader:Akhilesh Yadav
Ideology:Big tent
Majority:
Secularism[1]
Socialism[2]
Left wing populism[3]
Rajyasabha Seats:
Eci:Alliance
Dissolution:2023

Samajwadi Alliance (SP+;[4] English: Socialist Alliance), was a major political alliance led by Samajwadi Party in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[5] It is now part of Opposition-led INDIA to contest unitedly in the Next Indian general election.[6]

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

RLD was the first to join the alliance. The NCP and RJD too joined the alliance later.[7] Various other smaller parties too joined while SBSP broke away from its alliance to join SP alliance.[8] 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.[9] Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party began talks for alliance,[10] [11] however they couldn't agree on seat sharing.[12] 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.[13] SP and SBSP would have a friendly fight on 1 seat while SP and AD(K) would have a friendly fight on 2 seats.

2024 Parliamentary election

Attempted alliance with Left

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]

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

However, soon Akhilesh Yadav joined with the Indian National Congress to form the INDIA to contest the 2024 polls together.[16] The alliance got landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh winning 43 out of 80 seats.

Current members

No.Party[17] [18] FlagSymbolLeader
1.Samajwadi PartyAkhilesh Yadav
2.Indian National Congress
3.Jan Adhikar PartyBabu Singh Kushwaha
6.Communist Party of India (Marxist)Dr. Hiralal Yadav
7.Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)K. K. Sharma

Past members

No.Party[19] [20] FlagLeader
1.Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj PartyOm Prakash Rajbhar
2.Rashtriya Lok DalJayant Chaudhary
3.Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)Pallavi Patel
4.Janvadi Party(Socialist)Sanjay Chauhan

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology . 11 January 2022 .
  2. News: Mulayam Singh lays emphasis on socialist ideology. Business Standard India . 22 November 2018 .
  3. Book: Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Chakrabarty, Bidyut. 978-0-1999-7489-4. 2014003207. 2014. .
  4. Web site: Here's What the Samajwadi Party Alliance in UP Needs to Focus on Now . 15 March 2022 . The Wire . Ankur Bisen .
  5. Web site: Samajwadi Party Alliance.
  6. [Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]
  7. Web site: 27 July 2021. NCP to tie up with SP for UP assembly polls. 4 December 2021. Hindustan Times. en.
  8. News: SP-SBSP join hands, give slogan 'Khadeda Hobe' on lines of Mamata's 'Khela Hobe' battle cry. The Economic Times. 4 December 2021.
  9. News: Anshuman. Kumar. SP, RLD strike poll alliance. The Economic Times. 4 December 2021.
  10. Web site: 24 November 2021. Kumar. Abhishek. AAP heading for alliance with SP, Sanjay Singh says after meeting Akhilesh Yadav. 5 December 2021. India Today. en.
  11. Web site: 25 November 2021. AAP, SP discuss seat-sharing for UP polls. 7 December 2021. The Indian Express. en.
  12. News: AAP-SP deadlock over seat sharing, AAP to go it alone in UP. The Economic Times. 17 December 2021.
  13. Web site: Bajpai . Namita . 2022-01-13 . SP-RLD alliance announces first list of 29 candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections . 2024-06-07 . The New Indian Express . en.
  14. News: CPM focusing on 5 poll-bound States to build anti-BJP front: Yechury. 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.. 2023-02-04.
  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. Web site: 23 December 2021. From RLD to Mahan Dal, SP's new allies: the smaller parties. 21 January 2022. The Indian Express. en.
  18. Web site: 13 January 2022. SP & Allies Parade Strength & Unity, Chalk Out Consensus On Seat-sharing . live. 21 January 2022. The Times of India. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20220113013532/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-allies-parade-strength-unitychalk-out-consensus-on-seat-sharing/articleshow/88865020.cms . 13 January 2022 .
  19. Web site: 23 December 2021. From RLD to Mahan Dal, SP's new allies: the smaller parties. 21 January 2022. The Indian Express. en.
  20. Web site: 13 January 2022. SP & Allies Parade Strength & Unity, Chalk Out Consensus On Seat-sharing . live. 21 January 2022. The Times of India. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20220113013532/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-allies-parade-strength-unitychalk-out-consensus-on-seat-sharing/articleshow/88865020.cms . 13 January 2022 .

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