Bahujan Samaj Party
Bahujan Samaj Party | |
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Abbreviation | BSP |
President | Mayawati[1] |
General Secretary |
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INLD (2023–) | |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 8 / 543 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
Seats in State Legislative Assembly | 3 / 4,036
List |
Seats in State Legislative Council | 0 / 426 |
Number of states and union territories in government | 0 / 31 |
Election symbol | |
Website | |
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The Bahujan Samaj Party (abbr. BSP) is a political party in
Etymology
"Bahujan" is a
In his writing, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar used the term to refer to the majority of people in society that experienced discrimination and oppression on the basis of caste. Jyotirao Phule used the term in a similar context, and compared the Bahujans of India to Slavery in the United States. Schedule Caste and Bahujan writers have suggested this proportion was 70 percent of the population.[14][15]
History
Bahujan Samaj Party was founded on the birth anniversary of
On 10 Dec 2023, Mayawati declared her nephew Akash Anand as party's successor.[23][24][25]
Silver jubilee
On 14 April 2009, the Bahujan Samaj Party celebrated its silver jubilee.[26] The Manywar Shri Kanshi Ramji Shahri Garib Awas Yojna housing scheme for poor was launched by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).[27] The role of Mayawati was discussed in BSP's success.[28] A mass rally was organised in Lucknow with 10000 police personnel on duty.[29] It was the 305th and largest rally of BSP since 1984.[30] As per Observer Research Foundation, within 25 years BSP became third largest political party of India.[31]
Views
BSP believes in "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj". The Bahujan Samaj signifies the Bahujans as the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST), and the Other Backward Castes (OBC). B. R. Ambedkar, a proponent of Bahujan rights, is their important ideological inspiration. The BSP also speaks in favor of religious minorities. The party claims not to be prejudiced against upper-caste Hindus. In 2008, while addressing the audience, Mayawati said: "Our policies and ideology are not against any particular caste or religion. If we were anti-upper caste, we would not have given tickets to candidates from upper castes to contest elections".[32]
List of chief ministers
Chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh
No | Image | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Tenure length | Assembly | |
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1 | Mayawati | None | 3 June 1995 | 18 October 1995 | 137 days | 12th Assembly (1993 election) | |
Harora
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21 March 1997 | 21 September 1997 | 184 days | 13th Assembly (1996 election) | |||
3 May 2002 | 29 August 2003 | 1 year, 118 days | 14th Assembly (2002 election) | ||||
MLC | 13 May 2007 | 15 March 2012 | 4 years, 307 days | 15th Assembly (2007 election) |
Electoral performances
Success in 2007
The results of the May 2007
The party could manage only 80 seats in 2012, as opposed to 206 in 2007 assembly elections. BSP government was the first in the history of Uttar Pradesh to complete its full five-year term.
2014 Lok Sabha Elections
The 2014 national Lok Sabha elections saw the BSP become the third-largest national party of India in terms of vote percentage, having 4.2% of the vote across the country but gaining no seats.[37]
2019 Lok Sabha Elections Mahagathbandhan
Prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BSP formed a Mahagathbandhan. The Mahagathbandhan (or Grand Alliance), or simply the Gathbandhan (Alliance),[38][39] is an anti-Congress,[40] anti-BJP[41] Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the 2019 general election under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party, along with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal and several other political parties, contesting in different states of India.[42][43][44][45][46][47]
The Mahagathbandhan won 15 seats out of 80 in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 Indian General Election.[48]
Election results
Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha Term | Year | Seats contested |
Seats won | +/- Seats | vote% | +/- vote% | State (seats) |
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9th | 1989 | 245 | 4 / 543
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4 | 2.07% | - | Punjab(1) UP(3)[49] |
10th | 1991 | 231 | 3 / 543
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1 | 1.61% | 0.46% | MP (1) Punjab (1) UP (1)[50] |
11th | 1996 | 210 | 11 / 543
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8 | 4.02% | 2.41% | MP (2) Punjab (3) UP(6) |
12th | 1998 | 251 | 5 / 543
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6 | 4.67% | 0.65% | Haryana(1) UP(4) |
13th | 1999 | 225 | 14 / 543
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9 | 4.16% | 0.49% | UP(14) |
14th | 2004 | 435 | 19 / 543
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5 | 5.33% | 1.17% | UP(19) |
15th | 2009 | 500 | 21 / 543
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2 | 6.17% | 0.84% | MP(1) UP(20) |
16th | 2014 | 503 | 0 / 543
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21 | 4.19% | 1.98% | — |
17th | 2019 | 383 | 10 / 543
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10 | 3.67% | 0.52% | UP(10) |
Legislative Assembly Elections
Year | Seats contested | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/-(%) |
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Bihar Legislative Assembly | |||||
1990 | 164 | 0 / 324
|
0.73% | ||
1995 | 161 | 2 / 324
|
2 | 1.34% | |
2000 | 249 | 5 / 324
|
3 | 1.89% | |
Feb 2005 | 238 | 2 / 243
|
3 | 4.41% | |
Oct 2005 | 212 | 4 / 243
|
2 | 4.17% | |
2010 | 243 | 0 / 243
|
4 | 3.21% | |
2015 | 228 | 0 / 243
|
2.1% | ||
2020 | 80 | 1 / 243
|
1 | 1.5% | |
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |||||
2003 | 54 | 2 / 90
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2 | 4.45% | |
2008 | 90 | 2 / 90
|
6.11% | ||
2013 | 90 | 1 / 90
|
1 | 4.27% | |
2018 | 33 | 2 / 90
|
1 | 3.9% | |
2023 | 58 | 0 / 90
|
0 | 2.05% | |
Delhi Legislative Assembly | |||||
1993 | 55 | 1 / 70
|
1 | 3.90% | |
1998 | 58 | 0 / 70
|
1 | 3.15% | |
2003 | 40 | 0 / 70
|
5.76% | ||
2008 | 70 | 2 / 70
|
2 | 14.05% | |
2013 | 69 | 0 / 70
|
2 | 5.33% | |
2015 | 70 | 0 / 70
|
1.31% | ||
2020 | 68 | 0 / 70
|
0.71% | ||
Haryana Legislative Assembly | |||||
2000 | 83 | 1 / 90
|
1 | 5.74% | |
2005 | 84 | 1 / 90
|
3.22% | ||
2009 | 86 | 1 / 90
|
6.73% | ||
2014 | 87 | 1 / 90
|
4.4% | ||
2019 | 87 | 0 / 90
|
1 | 4.21% | |
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||
1990 | 35 | 0 / 68
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0.94% | ||
1993 | 49 | 0 / 68
|
2.25% | ||
1998 | 28 | 0 / 68
|
1.41% | ||
2003 | 23 | 0 / 68
|
0.7% | ||
2007 | 67 | 1 / 68
|
1 | 7.40% | |
2012 | 67 | 0 / 68
|
1 | 1.7% | |
2017 | 42 | 0 / 68
|
0.49% | ||
2022 | 53 | 0 / 68
|
0.35% | ||
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |||||
1996 | 29 | 4 / 87
|
4 | 6.43% | |
2002 | 33 | 1 / 87
|
3 | 4.50% | |
2008 | 83 | 0 / 87
|
1 | 3.73% | |
2014 | 50 | 0 / 87
|
1.41% | ||
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |||||
2009 | 78 | 0 / 81
|
2.44% | ||
2014 | 61 | 1 / 81
|
1.8% | ||
2019 | 67 | 0 / 81
|
2.5% | ||
Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |||||
2018 | 18 | 1 / 234
|
1 | 0.30% | |
2023 | 133 | 0 / 234
|
1 | 0.31% | |
Kerala Legislative Assembly | |||||
2011 | 122 | 0 / 140
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0.60% | ||
2016 | 74 | 0 / 140
|
0.24% | ||
2021 | 72 | 0 / 140
|
0.23% | ||
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||
1990 | 183 | 2 / 320
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2 | 3.54% | - |
1993 | 286 | 11 / 320
|
9 | 7.05% | 3.51% |
1998 | 170 | 11 / 320
|
6.15% | 0.9% | |
2003 | 157 | 2 / 230
|
9 | 7.26% | 1.11% |
2008 | 228 | 7 / 230
|
5 | 8.97% | 1.71% |
2013 | 227 | 4 / 230
|
3 | 6.29% | 2.68% |
2018 | 227 | 2 / 230
|
2 | 5.01% | 1.28% |
2023 | 181 | 0 / 230
|
2 | 3.40% | 1.61% |
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |||||
1990 | 122 | 0 | 0.42% | ||
1995 | 145 | 0 | 1.49% | ||
1999 | 83 | 0 | 0.39% | ||
2004 | 272 | 0 | 4.0% | ||
2009 | 287 | 0 | 2.35% | ||
2014 | 280 | 0 | 2.33% | ||
2019 | 262 | 0 | 0.92% | ||
Punjab Legislative Assembly | |||||
1992 | 105 | 9 | 9 | 16.32% | |
1997 | 67 | 1 | 8 | 7.48% | |
2002 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 5.69% | |
2007 | 115 | 0 | 4.13% | ||
2012 | 117 | 0 | 4.29% | ||
2017 | 111 | 0 | 1.52% | ||
2022 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1.77% | |
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |||||
1990 | 57 | 0 / 200
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0.79% | ||
1993 | 50 | 0 / 200
|
0.56% | ||
1998 | 108 | 2 / 200
|
2 | 2.17% | |
2003 | 124 | 2 / 200
|
3.97% | ||
2008 | 199 | 6 / 200
|
4 | 7.60% | |
2013 | 199 | 3 / 200
|
3 | 3.37% | |
2018 | 199 | 6 / 200
|
3 | 4.03% | |
2023 [51] | 199 | 2 / 200
|
4 | 1.82% | |
Telangana Legislative Assembly | |||||
2018 | 106 | 0 / 117
|
2 | 2.10% | |
2023 | 106 | 0 / 117
|
1.37% | ||
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |||||
2002 | 68 | 7 / 70
|
7 | 10.93% | - |
2007 | 70 | 8 / 70
|
1 | 11.76% | 0.83% |
2012 | 70 | 3 / 70
|
5 | 12.19% | 0.43% |
2017 | 0 / 70
|
3 | 6.98% | 5.21% | |
2022 | 54 | 2 / 70
|
2 | 4.82% | 1.16% |
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||
1989 | 372 | 13 / 425
|
13 | 9.41% | - |
1991 | 386 | 12 / 425
|
1 | 9.44% | 0.03% |
1993 | 164 | 67 / 425
|
55 | 11.12% | 1.68% |
1996 | 299 | 67 / 425
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19.64% | 8.52% | |
2002 | 401 | 98 / 403
|
31 | 23.06% | 3.42% |
2007
|
403 | 206 / 403
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108 | 30.43% | 7.37% |
2012
|
403 | 80 / 403
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126 | 25.91% | 4.48% |
2017 | 403 | 19 / 403
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61 | 22.23% | 3.71% |
2022 | 403 | 1 / 403
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18 | 12.88% | 9.43% |
Gallery
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BSP Leaders at Bahujan Samaj Prerna Kendra
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BSP Leaders at Bahujan Samaj Prerna Kendra
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BSP cadre camp
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BSP cadre camp
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BSP cadre camp
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BSP cadre camp
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BSP cadre camp
See also
- Bahujan Samaj Party (Kainth), a splinter group
- BAMCEF[52]
- Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti[53]
- Republican Party of India[54]
- Samata Party[55]
- Kanshi Ram
- Mayawati
- Jai Bhim[56]
- Bahujan Volunteer Force
- List of political parties in India
Further reading
- Chandra, Kanchan. 2004. Why Ethnic Parties Succeed. Cambridge University Press.
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