The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. Headquartered in New Delhi,the party is based in Uttar Pradesh with a significant presence in other states too. The party has been able to form the government in the state of Uttar Pradesh four times - three times under Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav,the fourth and most recent being Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s full majority government in the 2012-2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The coalition of party and its alliance partners SP+ has one of the largest vote bases in the state of Uttar Pradesh in terms of the collective voting pattern in the state-based electoral system,with more than 37% vote share in the 2022 elections.
Ram Gopal Yadav is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha,since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008.
Parasnath Yadav was an Indian politician and was elected 7 times MLA in Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh,3 times Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh and 2 times Member of Parliament from Jaunpur. He was suffering from bladder cancer for many years,eventually he died on the 12 June 2020 at his residence in Jaunpur district,Uttar Pradesh. He had a problem with Prostate. He went to Mumbai for treatment. He was undergoing treatment at Kokilaben dhirubhai ambani Hospital. He had returned to Jaunpur from Mumbai and after few days he died due to the Corona.
Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38,he is the youngest person to have held the office. Yadav is the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly since March 2022,an elected Member of Parliament for Azamgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha,and the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha.
The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election followed as a result the expiration of the five-year term of the previous legislature elected in Uttar Pradesh,India. The election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held in seven phases from 8 February through 3 March 2012. Uttar Pradesh has the world's largest population for a sub-national democracy. The incumbent chief minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party,which previously won an absolute majority of seats,was defeated by Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party,which gained an absolute majority in the election. Mulayam's son and Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav was nominated as chief minister by the party.
Mulayam Singh Yadav PV was an Indian politician,a socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades,he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,and also as the Minister of Defence in the Union Government. A long-time parliamentarian,he was a seven-time Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri,Azamgarh,Sambhal and Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha,a ten-time member of the Legislative Assembly,member of the Legislative Council and the Leader of Opposition for several times as well. The veteran politician was a prominent figure of his time in Indian Politics,and was often referred to as Netaji and Dhartiputra by party leaders and workers. In 2023,the socialist leader was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan,India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
Ram Govind Chaudhary is one of the prominent socialist leaders of India who has served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022. He was in charge of Basic Education and Child Nutrition and Development Ministries in previous Samajwadi Party Government of Uttar Pradesh led by Akhilesh Yadav. He is Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Bansdih assembly seat,Ballia.
Tej Narayan Pandey is an Indian politician who represents Ayodhya as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is a member of Samajwadi party. He is elected as MLA of 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Ayodhya.
Arun Verma is an Indian musical artist,politician and actor also he is the member of the Samajwadi Party. He was previously MLA of Sadar constituency of Sultanpur,Uttar Pradesh.
Dinanath Bhaskar is an Indian politician active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Once a close associate of Kanshi Ram,he was a founding member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and was Minister for Health during the state's coalition government of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and BSP in 1993. He quit the BSP to join the SP in 1996,rejoined the BSP around 2009 and in 2015 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The partial list of political families of Uttar Pradesh state of India and their notable members:
Mohammed Ziauddin Rizvi is one of the prominent Samajwadi leaders of Uttar Pradesh. He is the Member of Legislative Assembly from Sikanderpur,Uttar Pradesh. He is in panchayti raaj adhyaksh in present Samajwadi Party Government of Uttar Pradesh. Presently,it is his second term as MLA from Sikanderpur constituency. He is one of the oldest Samajwadi leaders from eastern U.P.
Naresh Uttam Patel is a leader of the Samajwadi Party and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He first became an MLA as a Janata Dal candidate in 1989 and is one of the founding members of the Samajwadi Party. Currently,he isUttar Pradesh State President of Samajwadi Party,second only to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the organisational setup in party state unit. With his clean image and educated background (post-graduate from Kanpur University,he has earned a reputation of grass-root leader with wider following among the dominant Kurmi caste voters.
Raj Kishor Singh is an Indian politician who served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the state Samajwadi Party from 2002 to 2017. He was a minister for Panchayati raj. Before the government of Mulayam Singh,Mr Singh was also a cabinet minister.
Aditi Singh is an Indian politician. She is an MLA from the constituency of Rae Bareli in the state of Uttar Pradesh,having won the seat in 2017 and 2022. She was one of the youngest members of Uttar Pradesh's 17th Vidhan Sabha (2017-2022). She left Congress and joined BJP in 2021. In 2019,she was attacked by goons in a report of political rivalry with Dinesh Pratap Singh.
Shailendra Yadav Lalai is an Indian politician and the current Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Shahganj constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh,India. He has been elected as a member of Legislative Assembly,Uttar Pradesh consecutively for the fourth time. He was the Minister of State for Energy and Planning in the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government led by the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The national president of Samajwadi Party (SP) and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has appointed him as the opposition's deputy Chief Whip in the current (17th) Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He is believed to be a close ally of Akhilesh Yadav and the latter counts on him a lot.
Rae Bareli is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Rae Bareli in the Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
The Mahagathbandhan,or MGB,or simply the Gathbandhan (Alliance),was an anti-Congress,anti-BJP,Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the 2019 general election under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party,along with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal.
Manoj Kumar Pandey is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh from Samajwadi Party. He represents Raebareli district's Unchahar in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Narendra Singh Yadav is an Indian politician,statesman and Philanthropist from Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Yadav is the son of Indian Politician and Statesman Mr. Rajendra Singh Yadav,a former minister and seven times MLA from Shamshabad and Mohammadabad assembly constituency in the Farrukhabad District. Mr. Narendra Singh Yadav is himself a six time MLA and former minister. He was first Minister in Mulayam Singh Yadav's Government in 1996 and also in the tenure of Akhilesh Yadav's government in 2012. Mr. Yadav was first elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly in 1985 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections from Indian National Congress defeating opposition candidate by a record margin of 61,950 votes. In that election he got 71,267 votes and his closest opposition candidate Kunwar Amarjeet Singh managed to secure only 9,317 votes. In 1989 UP Assembly Elections he was defeated by a Janta Dal Party candidate Mr. Suresh Chander Singh Yadav by a close margin of 404 votes. After the formation of Samajwadi Party,due to his close relation with Mulayam Singh Yadav,Mr. Yadav joined Samajwadi Party and was subsequently elected as a MLA in 1991,1996,1997,2002 and 2012 from Mohammadabad and Amritpur constituency. Mr. Yadav was sacked as a minister from the UP Government in 2014 when his son Sachin Singh Yadav contested as an independent candidate from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha Constituency,opposing Samajwadi Party candidate. Narendra Singh Yadav is currently affiliated to Samajwadi Party.
