The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav. As of 2024,it is currently the third-largest political party in India,and the largest party in Uttar Pradesh.
Ram Gopal Yadav is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha,since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008.
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.
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 the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38,he is the youngest person to have held the office till date. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kannauj in the 18th Lok Sabha. He is the parliamentary party leader of Samajwadi Party in 18th Lok Sabha. Earlier,he was elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha,before resigning and has also been the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2022 to June 2024.
Shivpal Singh Yadav is a politician and educationist 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.
Dara Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician,currently serving as member of legislative council,and formerly represented the Madhuban in Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bharatiya Janata 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 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 Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. 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 several times as well. Yadav was a prominent figure of his time in Indian politics,and was often referred to as Netaji and sometimes Dhartiputra by his party leaders and workers. In 2023,he was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan,India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
Sunil Singh Yadav also known as Sunil Singh Sajan is an Indian politician. Sunil was elected as Member of Legislative Council from Lucknow-Unnao seat (2016-2022). He was assigned Dairy And Milk State Minister in Akhilesh Yadav's cabinet in Uttar Pradesh. He was National President of Samajwadi Party Kshatra Sabha.
Mohammed Ziauddin Rizvi is an Indian politician. He is the Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Sikanderpur Assembly constituency. He had served as the Minister of Panchayati Raj in Samajwadi Party Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Akhilesh Yadav. He got elected for the third term in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election succeeding Sanjay Yadav of Bharatiya Janata 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.
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.
Haji Ikram Qureshi is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing the Moradabad constituency on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He is also the district president of the party.
Shakir Ali was an Indian politician and cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government. He served as the MLA from Pathardeva in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after being elected in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a Samajwadi Party candidate.
Narendra Singh Yadav is a prominent Indian politician,statesman,and philanthropist hailing from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He is the son of the distinguished Indian politician and statesman,Mr. Rajendra Singh Yadav,one of the founding members of Praja Socialist Party,who served as a minister and was elected as an MLA seven times from the Shamshabad and Mohammadabad assembly constituencies in the Farrukhabad District.
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.
Dr. Masood Ahmad is an Indian politician and a member of 1993 Legislative Assembly of Tanda,Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Tanda,Ambedkar Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a state President of Rashtriya Lok Dal of Uttar Pradesh since August 2016 to March 2022. He was former Education Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1993.
Kashinath Yadav is an Indian folk singer and politician from Ghazipur,Uttar Pradesh,who is famous for singing Biraha,an ethnic Bhojpuri folk genre of Ahir communities. He held the position of Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh in Samajwadi Party's rule. He served as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council three times. With the support of Bahujan Samaj Party's founder Kanshiram,he was made an MLC for the first time. Later,Kashinath left BSP and joined the Samajwadi Party. He was a Member of the UP's Legislative Council twice from Samajwadi Party. He was appointed as the National President of Samajwadi Party's Cultural Cell in March 2021.
Rajpal Kashyap is an Indian politician who is serving as a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council since 2016 representing the Samajwadi Party. He was vice-president of Lucknow University Students' Union in year 2003–2004 and President in year 2004–2005. He is State President of Backward Cell of Samajwadi Party.
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Uttar Pradesh in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 80 members of the 18th Lok Sabha,with the results declared on 4 June. Bypolls for Dadraul,Lucknow East,Gainsari,and Duddhi assembly constituencies were held alongside this election.
Awadhesh Prasad is an Indian politician who is a founding member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and an MP in the 18th Lok Sabha representing Faizabad. He is presently the general secretary of the national executive of SP and he was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly till 11 June 2024 when he was elected as an MP. He has been a nine time MLA elected from the erstwhile Sohawal (SC) constituency in 1977,1985,1989,1993,1996,2002 and 2007 and as of latest from Milkipur (SC) in 2012 and 2022. He has become a minister for six times in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and been a cabinet minister in four of them.
