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.
Bahraich is a city and a municipal board in Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh,India. Located on the Saryu River,a tributary of the Ghaghara river,Bahraich is 125 kilometres north-east of Lucknow,the state capital. The districts of Barabanki,Gonda,Balrampur,Lakhimpur Kheri,Shravasti and Sitapur share local boundaries with Bahraich. A fact which makes this town important is the international border shared with Nepal..
Rubab Sayda is an Indian politician from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh. Sayda is retired as Principal of Tara Girls Inter College. She is mother of Yasar Shah former Transport Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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.
Dimple Yadav is an Indian politician. She is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Mainpuri since December 2022,and has earlier served as Member of the Lok Sabha for two terms from Kannauj. She is the wife of Samajwadi Party president and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav.
Dara Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician who represented Madhuban in Uttar Pradesh as a member of Samajwadi party. . He was former Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He also represented Ghosi in the 15th Lok Sabha,where he was leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party. In 16th Lok Sabha,he was defeated by Harinarayan Rajbhar who represented Bharatiya Janata Party by more than 140,000 votes.
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.
Swami Prasad Maurya is an Indian politician and was a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Padrauna constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Samajwadi Party.
Waqar Ahmad Shah was an Indian political leader in the Bahraich district.
Bahraich is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bahraich in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh,India. Bahraich is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008,this assembly constituency is numbered 286 amongst 403 constituencies.
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.
Anupama Jaiswal is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. She represents the Bahraich constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Virendra Kumar Yadav is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Jangipur Assembly constituency in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.
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.
Matera is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Matera in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Ram Prasad Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a member of the 9th Lok Sabha,12th,13th,14th,15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He represents the Kaptanganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. He earlier also served as Minister of State in Mayawati cabinet (1997),Minister of Textile and silk industry in Kalyan Singh government (1997) and Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in Mayawati cabinet (2007–2012).
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.
