Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party
Samajwadi Party
Abbreviation	SP
President	Akhilesh Yadav
Chairperson	Akhilesh Yadav
Secretary	Kiranmoy Nanda
General Secretary	Ram Gopal Yadav; Azam Khan; Shivpal Singh Yadav; Lalji Verma; Indrajit Saroj; Ram Achal Rajbhar; Balram Yadav; Vishambhar Prasad Nishad; Ram Ji Lal Suman; Harendra Singh Malik
Lok Sabha Leader	S. T. Hasan
Rajya Sabha Leader	Ram Gopal Yadav
Founder	Mulayam Singh Yadav; Beni Prasad Verma
Founded	4 October 1992
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; Lohiya vahini
Women's wing	Samajwadi Mahila Sabha
Ideology	Socialism; Democratic socialism; Left-wing populism; Social conservatism
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance
Colours	Red and Green
ECI Status	State Party
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A. (2023-present)
Seats in Lok Sabha	3 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	3 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	112 / 4,036 (3987 MLAs & 49 Vacant) Indian states 109 / 403 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly) 2 / 288 (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly) 1 / 182 (Gujarat Legislative Assembly)
Number of states and union territories in government	0 / 31
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	www.samajwadiparty.in
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Samajwadi Party (abbr. SP; translation: Socialist Party, founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India. It was founded by formerly Janata Dal politicians Mulayam Singh Yadav and Beni Prasad Verma and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav after he was chosen as the President at the party's national convention held in 2017.

While the party is largely based in Uttar Pradesh, it has minor presence in other states as well. The party has been the ruling power 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. The coalition of the 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.

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