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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

How Samajwadi Party plans to sharpen Brahmin outreach ahead of 2027 Assembly polls?

June 17, 2026 4:52 am

Party convenes meeting on June 17 of leaders from the community, also plans to showcase work done for Brahmins during previous tenures

Delhi Confidential: Guess Who?

June 11, 2026 4:06 am

Akhilesh is learnt to have told a few Congress leaders that he knew who all from their party were speaking against him.

Sambhal admin refutes Samajwadi Party leaders’ charge on mosque demolition

June 08, 2026 4:53 am

Samajwadi Party MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq, in a post on X, alleged that the mosque was demolished despite "countless efforts, appeals, and legal attempts" by local residents. He accused the administration of targeting the religious place without giving the affected parties an adequate opportunity to be heard.

Delhi Confidential: Top Secret 

June 05, 2026 4:03 am

WITH UTTAR Pradesh Assembly polls 2027 approaching, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has told party leaders to keep conversations held during meetings “confidential” and not share the details with people outside the party ecosystem, especially journalists.

SP alleges detention of MP Iqra Hassan, police deny charge

May 20, 2026 6:01 am

“Jab janata ki awaaz uthane ke liye kisi ki hirasat mein liya jata hai, tab samajh lijiye ki satta ghabra gayi hai,” Akhilesh wrote, alleging misuse of police by the state government.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan gets two-year jail term in ‘shoe cleaning’ remark case

May 17, 2026 4:59 am

The senior Samajwadi Party leader has been convicted in eight cases including the current one. Since 2017, more than 81 cases have been registered against him.

Akhilesh Yadav's 'difficult times' swipe at Congress amid Tamil Nadu drama

May 08, 2026 1:16 pm

Leaders of the Samajwadi Party have defended Akhilesh Yadav’s post, saying the Congress has not led the INDIA bloc the way it should and has ditched DMK, its longstanding ally in Tamil Nadu.

👁 Ram Charan in a still from Peddi
Ram Charan’s Peddi defies the odds to blast past Rs 400 crore globally in just 14 days
Entertainment1 hr ago

Ram Charan's sports drama Peddi, directed by Buchi Babu Sana, has become a massive success, earning over Rs 400 crore worldwide in just 14 days. It has broken records for the actor, becoming his highest grossing solo film and the second to cross Rs 200 crore domestically. Despite controversy, Peddi has been a significant milestone in Ram Charan's career.

SAMAJWADI PARTY PHOTOS

Women Reservation Bill: SP MLAs stage protest against BJP in UP Assembly premises

April 30, 2026 3:04 pm

Samajwadi Party legislators protested in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly premises, accusing the BJP of misleading people on women's reservations

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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