Key facts
- Abbreviation
- SP
- President
- Akhilesh Yadav
- General secretary
- Ram Gopal Yadav , Azam Khan , Shivpal Singh Yadav , Indrajit Saroj , Lalji Verma , Awadhesh Prasad , Ram Achal Rajbhar , Balram Yadav , Vishambhar Prasad Nishad , Ram Ji Lal Suman , Harendra Singh Malik
- Rajya sabha leader
- Ram Gopal Yadav
- Lok sabha leader
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Founders
- Mulayam Singh Yadav
- Founded
- 4 October 1992 (33 years ago) ( 1992-10-04 )
- Split from
- Janata Dal
- Headquarters
- 18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi
- Newspaper
- Samajwadi Bulletin
- Student wing
- Samajwadi Chatra Sabha
- Youth wing
- Samajwadi Prahari Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha
- Women s wing
- Samajwadi Mahila Sabha
- Ideology
- Left-wing populism , Social democracy , Social justice
- Political position
- Left-wing
- International affiliation
- Progressive Alliance
- Colours
- Red Green
- Eci status
- State Party
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Country
- India
- Founded by
- Mulayam Singh Yadav
- Headquarters
- New Delhi
- Chairperson
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Official website
- www.samajwadiparty.in
- Image
- Samajwadi Party.png
- Political ideology
- democratic socialism
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- Commons category
- Samajwadi Party
- topic's main category
- Category:Samajwadi Party
- inception
- 1992-10-04
- member of
- Progressive Alliance
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FF2222
- social media followers
- 3728217
- political alignment
- left-wing
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Encyclopedic overview
The Samajwadi Party (SP; lit. 'Socialist 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. It is the third-largest party in Lok Sabha, and is led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav.
While the party is largely based in Uttar Pradesh, it has significant presence in many other Indian states as well. It has been the ruling party in the state of Uttar Pradesh for four terms – 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samajwadi Party” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.