:Samajwadi Alliance
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{{Infobox Indian political party
| name =Samajwadi Alliance
| colorcode = {{Party color|Samajwadi Party}}
| leader = Akhilesh Yadav
| foundation = {{start date|2022}}
| ideology = Big tent
Majority:
Secularism{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-obituary-ajit-singh-never-sacrificed-his-secular-ideology-or-farmers-interest/382276 | title=Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology | date=11 January 2022 }}
Socialism{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/mulayam-singh-lays-emphasis-on-socialist-ideology-118112200636_1.html|title=Mulayam Singh lays emphasis on socialist ideology|newspaper=Business Standard India |date=22 November 2018 }}
Left wing populism{{cite book|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies|author=Chakrabarty, Bidyut|isbn=978-0-1999-7489-4|lccn=2014003207|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEtRBAAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press }}
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| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|5|31|hex={{party color|Samajwadi Party}}}} {{small|(SP:4,IND:1){{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-leader-kapil-sibal-joins-samajwadi-party/articleshow/91759117.cms|title=Kapil Sibal files Rajya Sabha nomination as SP-backed Independent}}}}
{{small|(Uttar Pradesh)}}
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| state_seats_name = Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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|eci=Alliance
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Samajwadi Alliance (SP+;{{cite web |last= Bisen |first=Ankur |url= https://thewire.in/politics/heres-what-the-samajwadi-party-alliance-in-up-needs-to-focus-on-now |title= Here's What the Samajwadi Party Alliance in UP Needs to Focus on Now |date= 15 March 2022 |website= The Wire |access-date= 25 November 2024 |archive-date= 16 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220316060051/https://thewire.in/politics/heres-what-the-samajwadi-party-alliance-in-up-needs-to-focus-on-now |url-status= live}} {{langx|en|Socialist Alliance}}), is a major political alliance led by the Samajwadi Party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.{{cite web |last=ABP Ganga |date=1 December 2021 |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/up-assembly-election-2022-samajwadi-party-alliance-with-which-parties-know-here-2008280 |title=UP Election 2022: समाजवादी पार्टी के साथ कौन कौन से दल हैं, यहां जानिए |trans-title=UP Election 2022: Learn About the Parties Allied With the Samajwadi Party |language=hi |website=ABP Live |access-date=25 November 2024 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201162232/https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/up-assembly-election-2022-samajwadi-party-alliance-with-which-parties-know-here-2008280 |url-status=live}}Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance{{circular reference|date=November 2024}}
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
RLD was the first to join the alliance. The NCP and RJD too joined the alliance later.{{cite web|date=27 July 2021|title=NCP to tie up with SP for UP assembly polls|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/ncp-to-tie-up-with-sp-for-up-assembly-polls-101627408459880.html|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} Various other smaller parties too joined while SBSP broke away from its alliance to join SP alliance.{{Cite news|title=SP-SBSP join hands, give slogan 'Khadeda Hobe' on lines of Mamata's 'Khela Hobe' battle cry|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/sp-sbsp-join-hands-give-slogan-khadeda-hobe-on-lines-of-mamatas-khela-hobe-battle-cry/articleshow/87314480.cms|access-date=4 December 2021}} During the first seat sharing talks, SP agreed to give RLD 36 seats. Initially, RLD demanded 60 seats while SP were willing to give up to 30, later both the parties finalised at 33 with RLD mostly competing in West UP. RLD gave 8 symbol of SP candidates.{{Cite news|last=Anshuman|first=Kumar|title=SP, RLD strike poll alliance|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sp-rld-strike-poll-alliance/articleshow/87839894.cms|access-date=4 December 2021}} Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party began talks for alliance,{{cite web|date=24 November 2021|first=Kumar|last=Abhishek|title=AAP heading for alliance with SP, Sanjay Singh says after meeting Akhilesh Yadav|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-2022/story/aap-samajwadi-party-alliance-sanjay-singh-arvind-kejriwal-akhilesh-yadav-1880244-2021-11-24|access-date=5 December 2021|website=India Today|language=en}}{{cite web|date=25 November 2021|title=AAP, SP discuss seat-sharing for UP polls|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/aap-samajwadi-party-alliance-up-elections-7639022/|access-date=7 December 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} however they couldn't agree on seat sharing.{{Cite news|title=AAP-SP deadlock over seat sharing, AAP to go it alone in UP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/aap-sp-deadlock-over-seat-sharing-aap-to-go-it-alone-in-up/articleshow/88274708.cms|access-date=17 December 2021}} Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) joined the alliance later. On 13 January 2022, the alliance announced its initial candidates for the first few phases of the election.{{Cite web |last=Bajpai |first=Namita |date=2022-01-13 |title=SP-RLD alliance announces first list of 29 candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/Jan/13/sp-rld-alliance-announces-first-list-of-29-candidates-for-uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2406496.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} SP and SBSP would have a friendly fight on 1 seat while SP and AD(K) would have a friendly fight on 2 seats.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
2024 Parliamentary election
=Attempted alliance with Left=
CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that his party will ally with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/jan/10/cpm-focusing-on-5-poll-bound-states-to-build-anti-bjp-front-yechury-2405095.html|title = CPM focusing on 5 poll-bound States to build anti-BJP front: Yechury|quote = He made it clear that the party would form an alliance with like-minded parties strong enough to defeat BJP in their states — like RJD in Bihar and SP in UP.|access-date=2023-02-04}} Akhilesh Yadav said that the Gathbandhan will contest all 80 seats in 2024 election and detailed elaboration regarding alliance will be made at the end of 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/sp-alliance-will-contest-all-80-up-ls-seats-declares-akhilesh-1503159468.html | title=SP, alliance will contest all 80 UP LS seats, declares Akhilesh | website=The Statesman | date=4 March 2023 }}
=Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance=
However, soon Akhilesh Yadav joined with the Indian National Congress to form the INDIA to contest the 2024 polls together.Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
The alliance got landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh winning 43 out of 80 seats.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
Current members
Past members
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