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 the ruling power in the state of Uttar Pradesh for four terms –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.
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.
Dharam Pal Yadav,also known as D. P. Yadav,is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He belongs to Sarfabad village of Noida in Gautam Buddha Nagar district. D. P. Yadav has served 4 times as MLA.
Shivpal Singh Yadav is a politician from Uttar Pradesh,India. He was born in Saifai village,Etawah district,and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav. He is a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly,representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district,from 1996 till now. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.
Kapil Muni Karwariya is an Indian Politician and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Phulpur of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.
Mulayam Singh Yadav 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.
Ram Lal Akela represents Bachhrawan Vidhansabha of Raebareli as a member of the legislative assembly. He is an Indian politician and member of the Samajwadi Party.
Hariom Yadav is an Indian politician and served as MLA of the Sirsaganj Assembly constituency from 2012 to 2022 as member of the Samajwadi Party. In March 2022,he contested Sirsaganj constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but lost the election.
Ansar Ahmad is an Indian politician from Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh. He has been Minister of state for Livestock under Mulayam Singh Yadav led Government of Uttar Pradesh from 2003 to 2007. He has been twice Member of the Legislative Assembly from Phaphamau in Prayagraj. He won Assembly elections of 2002 and 2012 Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Elections. He is member of Samajwadi Party.
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.
Vikramjeet Maurya was an Indian politician who was a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Phaphamau,Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Phaphamau constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Ujjwal Raman Singh is an Indian politician and a former member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He represents the Karachana constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi party. He is the son of senior Samajwadi party leader Rewati Raman Singh.
Shailendra Yadav Lalai is an Indian politician and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Shahganj constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh,India. He was 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.
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.
Vinod Kumar Singh alias Pandit Singh was an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. A three-time legislator and a senior member of the Samajwadi Party,Pandit Singh represented Gonda assembly constituency in the 13th,14th and 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly which is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. He also served as a cabinet minister in the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh under the chief ministership of Akhilesh Yadav. He also contested the 2019 parliamentary elections from Gonda but lost to Kirti Vardhan Singh of BJP. He died on 7 May 2021 from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 59 years.
Jawahar Yadav,alias Pandit,was an Indian politician. He was leader of the Samajwadi Party. He was elected as Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Jhunsi Vidhansabha of Allahabad district. Jawahar was originally from Jaunpur who came to neighboring district Allahabad in search of employment and started the business of liquor and extracting morang sand from the Ganga-Yamuna basin.
Sandeep Singh Patel,also known as Sandeep Singh,is an Indian politician of the Samajwadi Party,currently serving as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly,representing Meja. He defeated incumbent BJP MLA Neelam Karwariya by 3,441 votes in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
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