United Opposition (India)

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United Opposition
AbbreviationUO
Founded2022
Dissolved2023
Succeeded by Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Ideology
Political position Centre-left to left-wing
Seats in  Lok Sabha
121 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
92 / 245
Seats in  State Legislative Assemblies
1,619 / 4,036

The United Opposition [5] was an electoral alliance formed between various opposition parties in India ahead of the 2022 elections in India. [6] [7] [8] The United Opposition was first proposed by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. [9]

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Foundation

To fight against NDA in 2022 Indian presidential election, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, TMC supremo, Mamata Banerjee proposed an electoral alliance. [10]

Member parties

Party [a] MPs in Lok SabhaMPs in Rajya SabhaMLAsBase State
Indian National Congress (INC)5336692 National Party
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM)3587 National Party
Communist Party of India (CPI)2221 National Party
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)5458 National Party
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)2313233 National Party
Aam Aadmi Party 110156 Delhi, Punjab, Goa
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)2410139 Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Samajwadi Party (SP)33112 Uttar Pradesh
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)3115 Kerala
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC)3-- Jammu and Kashmir
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)1-4 Tamil Nadu
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)1-- Kerala, West Bengal
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-680 Bihar
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)-19 Uttar Pradesh
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)-1-Unrecognised
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPIML)-013 Bihar
Total121921619 India

2022 Presidential elections

The United Opposition nominated Yashwant Sinha, former External Affairs Minister, former Finance Minister, and Trinamool Congress leader, as their presidential candidate for the 2022 Indian presidential election. Later Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and both factions of Shiv Sena (SS) supported the NDA nominated candidate Droupadi Murmu for the presidential election instead. [11] Sinha finished in second place in the elections.

NameBornCurrent or previous positionsHome stateDate announcedResultRef
Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg
Yashwant Sinha
6 November 1937 (age 87)
Patna, Bihar
Jharkhand 21 June 2022Lost

with 35.97% votes against Droupadi Murmu with 64.03% [12]

[13]

2022 Vice Presidential election

The United Opposition nominated Margaret Alva, former Governor of Uttarakhand and Rajasthan, former Union Minister and Congress leader, as their Vice Presidential candidate for the 2022 Indian Vice Presidential election. However, the leading party of the Opposition, AITC, decided to abstain from voting due to insult of the dignity of the party by other parties as they did not consult or seek consent before declaring a VP candidate. [14] [15] [16] Alva finished in second place in the elections.

NameBornPositions heldHome stateDate announcedResultRef
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg
Margaret Alva
14 April 1942 (age 82)
Mangalore, Karnataka
Karnataka 17 July 2022Lost

with 25.63% votes against Jagdeep Dhankhar with 74.37% [17]

[18]

See also

References

  1. "UPA and secularism".
  2. Agrawal, S. P.; Aggarwal, J. C., eds. (1989). Nehru on Social Issues. New Delhi: Concept Publishing. ISBN   978-817022207-1.
  3. Lowell Barrington (2009). Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices. Cengage Learning. p. 379. ISBN   978-0-618-49319-7.
  4. Meyer, Karl Ernest; Brysac, Shareen Blair (2012). Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds . PublicAffairs. p.  50. ISBN   978-1-61039-048-4 . Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. "President Election 2022 : United Opposition nominates Yashwant Sinha as its candidate". 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. "Presidential candidate | Both Sinha and Murmu has Jharkhand connection". eNewsroom India. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. "Presidential Polls: 17 Opposition Parties Promise to 'Consolidate' Unity". Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. Nair, Sobhana K. (21 June 2022). "With Yashwant Sinha on board, the Opposition hopes to bring Nitish Kumar to tilt scales in presidential polls". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  9. "United Opposition: Congress welcomes Mamata Banerjee's call, but say it has to play 'pole position'". The New Indian Express. April 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  10. "United Opposition: Congress welcomes Mamata Banerjee's call, but say it has to play 'pole position'". The New Indian Express. April 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. "NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu set to get over 60 per cent votes in presidential poll". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  12. Live, A. B. P. (21 July 2022). "64 फीसदी वोट के साथ द्रौपदी मुर्मू की शानदार जीत, यशवंत सिन्हा को तीन राज्यों में नहीं मिला वोट". www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  13. "Presidential Election Live Updates: Droupadi Murmu to be NDA's presidential candidate". The Times of India . 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  14. Singh, Shiv Sahay (21 July 2022). "TMC to abstain from voting in vice-president polls". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  15. "A Peek into Mamata's Mind: Why TMC Is Abstaining from Voting in Vice Presidential Election". News18. 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  16. "Not consulted on Margaret Alva, so will skip V-P poll: TMC; not true, say Cong, CPM". The Indian Express. 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  17. "Jagdeep Dhankhar defeats Margaret Alva, elected Vice President of India". Hindustan Times. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  18. "Margaret Alva is Opposition's choice for Vice President, says Sharad Pawar". Hindustan Times. 17 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

Notes

  1. The member party's MPs, MLAs and ECI recognition is added according to July, 2022