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  • Abbreviation SP
  • President Akhilesh Yadav
  • Founder Mulayam Singh Yadav
  • Founded 4 October 1992 (32 Years Ago) (1992-10-04)
  • Country India
  • Headquarters 18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi
  • Eci Status State Party
  • Ideology Socialism, Left-wing Populism, Secularism

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Samajwadi Party (SP) BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 06 Feb 2025
Samajwadi Party or SP is a state party that has strong roots in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The party is represented through the election symbol 'cycle'. Mulayam Singh Yadav or 'netaji' founded the party and is its current chief. However, on January 1, 2017, his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief ...Minister Akhilesh Yadav, took over the party as its president in what is being termed as a coup. The party is currently in power in Uttar Pradesh and has five seats in the 16th Lok Sabha and 19 seats in Rajya Sabha. In 2014, ahead of Lok Sabha elections, there was a proposal to merge like-minded parties that include the JD(U) and RJD, but the plan did not materialise.

SAMAJWADI PARTY NEWS

Delhi Confidential: Special Appearance

April 04, 2026 6:08 am

AMID THE political row over his sudden removal as the Aam Aadmi Party’s Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, an embattled Raghav Chadha is set to appear on a popular Hindi news show on Saturday.

Delhi Confidential: Feast Forward

April 01, 2026 4:38 am

Targeted by his political opponents for attending only Eid Milan programmes and ‘iftars’ and allegedly ignoring Holi milan, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday organised ‘gujia-sewaiyan’ social harmony feast at the party headquarters in Lucknow.

UP 2027 polls: Akhilesh Yadav promises Rs 40,000 annual aid for women, revival of Samajwadi Pension and more

March 30, 2026 1:24 pm

The Samajwadi Party chief called the BJP ‘dryclean ki dukan’; promised higher compensation for farmers who gave land for Noida Airport.

Delhi Confidential: Gorakhpur Seat ‘Scare’

March 27, 2026 2:20 am

BJP’s Gorakhpur MP Ravi Kishan went through anxious moments at an event the other day when Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath suggested that a woman could be fielded from his seat in the next Lok Sabha elections.

Congress admits failure, SP accommodates him — Kanshi Ram still matters in UP politics

March 24, 2026 12:29 pm

The contemporary tendency to interpret Bahujan merely as a coalition of SCs, STs, OBCs and minorities weakens the originality of Kanshi Ram’s political language

Delhi Confidential: Credit Claim

March 20, 2026 4:44 am

The Samajwadi Party’s ‘Digital Democracy Dialogue’ with social media influencers and YouTubers recently is being said to be the brainchild of party president Akhilesh Yadav, but BJP veteran Vinay Sahasrabuddhe believes it is a copy of an initiative taken by his party.

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SAMAJWADI PARTY PHOTOS

Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over inflation, governance and environmental concerns

March 26, 2026 6:54 pm

Questioning the government's preparedness in dealing with rising costs and supply issues, he alleged that changes in LPG cylinder supply were not matched with adequate production planning

Samajwadi Party workers protest in Lucknow over Sonu Kashyap murder

January 13, 2026 4:17 pm

Samajwadi Party workers staged a protest at Hazratganj in Lucknow against the murder of Sonu Kashyap in Meerut and were taken into custody by police

Remembering Mulayam Singh Yadav: A life in pictures

October 10, 2022 10:55 am

Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939- 2022)

As cops stop Samajwadi Party's march to Vidhan Sabha, Akhilesh & MLAs sit in protest

September 19, 2022 3:34 pm

During the protest march, SP leaders raised issues of law and order, unemployment, and farmers’ woes.

First SP-Congress roadshow in Lucknow in pictures

January 29, 2017 8:04 pm

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are due to start on February 3. SP and Congress have agreed to sharing the 403 assembly seats in the state, with SP contesting from 298 seats and Congress from 105 seats.

Mulayam's birthday bash: Rides imported buggy, cuts 75 kg cake

November 22, 2014 2:29 pm

Mulayam Singh Yadav marked his 75th birthday in style, riding an imported Victorian- style ‘buggy’ in Rampur on Friday. However, controversy followed when party leader and minister Azam Khan, when asked about the funding for the event, quipped that the money has come from the Taliban and Dawood Ibrahim.

SAMAJWADI PARTY VIDEOS

Samajwadi Party Government Moved To Bury 19 Cases Against Political Leaders For UP Polls

June 22, 2020 7:12 pm

An investigation of official records has revealed that over the years, the SP government moved to bury at least 19 cases against senior political leaders from the state.

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav Claims Samajwadi Party Would Have Won More Than 250 Seats On Its Own

June 22, 2020 7:12 pm

Speaking at Sultanpur, Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the SP would have won more than 250 seats on its own to form a majority government again but now that the alliance had been formed, the SP-Congress combine would win more than 300 of 403 seats in the House.

Samajwadi Party's First List Of Candidates Creates Uncertainty Over Alliance With Congress

June 22, 2020 7:13 pm

The Samajwadi Party released its first list of 191 candidates for the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Samajwadi Party Rules Out Alliance With Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal For Uttar Pradesh Elections

June 22, 2020 7:13 pm

National vice-president Kironmoy Nanda issued the official statement that the The Samajwadi Party ruled out any alliance with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal for the upcoming assembly elections

Mulayam Singh Yadav Announces Akhilesh As CM Candidate For Samajwadi Party

June 22, 2020 7:14 pm

Declaring himself as the national president of Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav, took a softening of stand on Monday evening as he announced Akhilesh Yadav would be the Chief Minister candidate for the party

Samajwadi Party Soap Opera⁠⁠⁠⁠

June 22, 2020 7:15 pm

While Akhilesh Yadav has been declared the Samajwadi Party’s national working president, his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav has challenged the same calling it unconstitutional.

Shocking Remark By Samajwadi Party Leader Abu Azmi's On Bengaluru Mass Molestation

June 22, 2020 7:15 pm

Samajwadi Party Mumbai unit chief Abu Azmi courted controversy as he suggested that the reason behind 'mass molestation' of women in Bengaluru was because of them 'straying away' from Indian culture.

Ramgopal Yadav: 90 Per Cent Of Samajwadi MPs, MLAs, MNCs Are In Akhilesh's Favour

June 22, 2020 7:15 pm

The election symbol of Samajwadi Party formally came under dispute with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s camp telling the Election Commission that the party is “actually” headed by him now and not its founder Mulayam Singh.

Samajwadi Party Crisis: UP Congress MLAs In Favour Of Pre-Poll Pact With Akhilesh Yadav

June 22, 2020 7:15 pm

A majority of Congress MLAs in UP spoke in favour of a pre-poll pact with the SP under Akhilesh Yadav saying he is “popular”, has a “clean image” and that “secular parties should unite to defeat communal forces”

Samajwadi Party Symbol Is My Identity, I have Done Nothing Wrong: Mulayam Singh Yadav

June 22, 2020 7:15 pm

Claiming his authority over the Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav said the party symbol is his identity. He added that nobody can accuse him of doing anything illegal.

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