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Revision as of 10:49, 26 September 2021 by 103.8.166.162 (talk) (→Current members)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a coalition of political parties in India formed after the 2004 general election. In India it is generally considered to be rival of NDA government in formation of government at Centre. The most influential party of the UPA alliance is perhaps the Indian National Congress, whose Former National President Sonia Gandhi is chairperson of the UPA. It formed a government with support from some other left-aligned parties in 2004.
Current members
| Party | MPs in Lok Sabha | MPs in Rajya Sabha | Base State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |1 | INC | 52 | 34 | National Party |
| style="background-color:Template:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |2 | DMK | 24 | 10 | Tamil Nadu |
| style="background-color:Template:All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | AITC | 21 | 13 | National Party |
| style="background-color:Template:Shiv Sena/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | SHS | 18 | 3 | Maharashtra |
| style="background-color:Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | BSP | 10 | 3 | Uttar Pradesh |
| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | CPI(M) | 3 | 6 | National Party |
| style="background-color:Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | SP | 5 | 5 | Uttar Pradesh |
| style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | NCP | 5 | 4 | National Party |
| style="background-color:Template:Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |5 | RJD | 0 | 5 | Bihar |
| style="background-color:Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |6 | IUML | 3 | 1 | Kerala |
| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | CPI | 2 | 2 | National Party |
| style="background-color:Template:Aam Aadmi Party/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | AAP | 1 | 3 | New Delhi |
| style="background-color:Template:Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | SAD | 2 | 3 | Punjab |
| 7 | JKNC | 3 | 0 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| style="background-color:Template:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |8 | JMM | 1 | 1 | Jharkhand |
| style="background-color:Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | JD(S) | 1 | 1 | Karnataka |
| style="background-color:Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |4 | KC(M) | 1 | 0 | Kerala |
| style="background-color:Template:Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |9 | MDMK | 0 | 1 | Tamil Nadu |
| style="background-color:Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |10 | RSP | 1 | 0 | Kerala |
| 11 | VCK | 1 | 0 | Tamil Nadu |
| style="background-color:Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/color; text-align: center;color:white;" |12 | AIUDF | 1 | 0 | Assam |
| 19 | Independents | 1 | 1 | None |
| style="background-color:Template:United Progressive Alliance/meta/color; " | | Total | 92 | 62 | India |
Past members
| No | Party | Base State | Withdrawal Date | Reason for Withdrawal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 1 |  Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|
Telangana | 2006 | Differences over proposed statehood for Telangana |
| style="background-color:Template:Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 2 |  Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|
Tamil Nadu | 2007 | Allied with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led Front |
| style="background-color:Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 3 |  Bahujan Samaj Party
|
National Party | 2008 | Congress opposed the UP government where the BSP was the ruling party |
| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color; text-align:center;"| 4 |  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
National Party | 2008 | Due to Indo-US nuclear deal. |
| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color; text-align:center;"| 5 | Communist Party of India
|
National Party | 2008 | Due to Indo-US nuclear deal |
| style="background-color:Template:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party/meta/color; text-align:center;"| 6 | Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | Jammu and Kashmir | 2009 | Congress decided to support National Conference Government in Jammu and Kashmir |
| style="background-color:Template:Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 7 |  Pattali Makkal Katchi
|
Tamil Nadu | 2009 | PMK declared that it would join the AIADMK led front |
| style="background-color:Template:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color; text-align:center;"| 8 | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Telangana | 2012 | Accused Congress led State Government of Communalism |
| style="background-color:Template:All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 9 |  All India Trinamool Congress
|
National Party | 2012 | TMC's demands on rollbacks and reforms not met, including the governments decision to allow FDI in retail |
| style="background-color:Template:Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)/meta/color; text-align:center;"| 10 | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | Jharkhand | 2012 | Opposition to the governments decision to allow FDI in retail |
| style="background-color:Template:Socialist Janata (Democratic)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 11 | Socialist Janata (Democratic) | Kerala | 2014 | It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014. |
References
- "United Progressive Alliance, UPA, UPA Performance General Election 2009, UPA Tally, UPA in Lok Sabha Elections 2009, India Elections 2009, General Elections, Election Manifesto, India Election News, India Elections Results, Indian Election Schedule, 15th Lok Sabha Elections, General Elections 2009, State Assembly Elections, State Assembly Elections Schedule, State Assembly Election Results". electionaffairs.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.
- TRS withdraws support to the UPA.
- Vaiko withdraws support. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
- ^ "Left pulls out, will meet President Patil on Wednesday". expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012.
- PDP withdraws from UPA, The Indian Express. 5 January 2009
- "Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen withdraws support to Andhra Pradesh government and UPA". The Times of India. 13 November 2012.
- "MIM withdraws support to UPA, Congress in Andhra Pradesh". dna.
- "Rupee falls after TMC pulls out from government". Monetcontrol.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- "Mamata's party ready to meet President tomorrow to officially quit UPA". NDTV. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- "Nitish Kumar hails SJD's merger with JD-U in Kerala". India Today.
- "SJD Merges with Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal (United)". The New Indian Express.
External links
- Common Minimum Programme of the UPA.
- Arora, Balveer and Tawa Lama Rewal, Stéphanie. "Introduction: Contextualizing and Interpreting the 15th Lok Sabha Elections". South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 3, 2009
