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.
The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal,is a registered unrecognised regional political party in Uttarakhand,India. It bills itself as the only regional party of the Uttarakhand in contrast to the national parties that dominate the state's politics.
Narayan Datt Tiwari was an Indian politician who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He was first Indian Chief Minister who served for two states.He formerly in the Praja Socialist Party and later joined the Indian National Congress.
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.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 1st State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh;he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh.
The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly,also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha,is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand,one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun,the winter capital,and Gairsain,the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Ch. Birender Singh is a senior Indian political leader and a well-known face in Indian Politics. He lately served as Minister of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj,Sanitation &Drinking Water from 2014 to 2016 and later as the Union Minister of Steel from 2016 to 2019 in the Narendra Modi led NDA Government in India.
The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted. The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the legislative assemblies of Goa,Gujarat,Himachal Pradesh,Manipur,Punjab,Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur,Punjab,Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.
Yashpal Arya is a 7-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh (twice) and Uttarakhand combined. He is a former Minister of Transportation,Social Welfare,Minority and Students' Welfare in the Government of Uttarakhand under Bharatiya Janata Party's rule. Currently,he is an Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly under Indian National Congress' rule. He was elected from Mukteshwar constituency in the 2007 Uttarakhand state assembly elections.
Dr. Harak Singh Rawat is a prominent political leader of the Uttarakhand state in India. He is a member of Indian National Congress after being expelled from the BJP in 2022. After joining Congress he negotiated an MLA ticket for his daughter in law,Anukriti Gusain,from Congress party and worked as a star campaigner in 2022 Uttarakhand General Elections. He became the youngest Minister of Uttar Pradesh State in the year 1991 and also won assembly election from Pauri. He has also won as an MLA from Rudraprayag,Lansdowne and Kotdwar and is one of the few leaders in the state with a wide appeal in a large area. He was the candidate of Indian National Congress from Garhwal in 2014 Indian general election. He was expelled from BJP and the Cabinet led by Pushkar Singh Dhami stating that he has indulged in anti-party activities and he is demanding ticket for his daughter in law (Anukriti) as well for the Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022. He later joined Congress in the presence of former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat.
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.
Indira Hridayesh was an Indian politician,from the state of Uttarakhand. She was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Hridayesh was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council for four terms,from 1974 to 2000. She was elected to the Uttarakahand Legislative Assembly in 2002,2012,and 2017,and between 2002 and 2017,was the State Finance Minister for Uttarakhand. From 2017 onward,she was the leader of the Opposition for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.
Tirath Singh Rawat is an Indian politician,a sitting Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from the Garhwal constituency in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the party chief of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand from 9 February 2013 to 31 December 2015 and former member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Chaubattakhal constituency from 2012 to 2017. He was also the first Education Minister of Uttarakhand.
Narayan Singh Rana is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rana was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from the Garhwal Division in Uttarakhand. He is father and first coach of an Indian shooter Jaspal Rana. He was first sports minister of the Uttarakhand from 2000 to 2002. He also served Indo-Tibetan Border Police in 1967 and served in Jammu and Kashmir during the 1971 war and was also selected in the Special Protection Group in 1985. He also trains young shooter at Jaspal Rana Shooting Academy.
Hira Singh Bisht is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand and a three term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Bisht represents the Doiwala. Bisht is a member of the Indian National Congress. He has served as the Cabinet minister in the Cabinet of former Chief Minister Shri N. D. Tiwari. With portfolios of transport,Labour,technical education
Gulab Singh is an Indian politician. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for eight terms. He served as a minister during the congressional government.
