Jan Adhikar Party
Jan Adhikar Party[1] | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Abbreviation | JAP |
| President | Shivkanya Kushwaha |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Babu Singh Kushwaha |
| Founder | Babu Singh Kushwaha |
| Founded | 9 December 2016 |
| Headquarters | Offices in New Delhi: Kothi No-11A, Near Copernicus Marg, Balwant Rai Mehta Lane, New Delhi India-110001 |
| Ideology | Kushwahs Interest |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Yellow Maroon |
| ECI status | registered unrecognised party |
| Alliance | B.P.M(2022) I.N.D.I.A. (2024-Present) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543
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| Seats in Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha | 0 / 403
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| Seats in Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad | 0 / 100
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| Website | |
| https://www.janadhikarparty.org | |
The Jan Adhikar Party was founded on 9 December 2016 by Babu Singh Kushwaha with the ideology to provide equal rights to all sections of society according to their population. The party aims to empower all the deprived, exploited, labourers, farmers, poor, and women and to provide them with their rights. The main objective of the party is to release the caste census report and to give a share in all the resources of the country to all the sections in proportion to the population.[2]
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh formed an electoral alliance with the Jan Adhikar Party.[3]
His Jan Adhikar Party was a part of the coalition Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. The party did not manage to win any seats in the elections of Uttar Pradesh.[4][5]
Office holders
| S.No. | Portrait | Name (born /death) |
Term in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 |  |
Babu Singh Kushwaha born 7 May 1966 |
9 December 2016 | 4 August 2024 | 7 years, 239 days |
| 2 | Shivkanya Kushwaha born 1974 |
4 August 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 27 days | |
2024 General elections
Kushwaha won the 2024 general election from Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency on Samajwadi Party Symbol.[6] His Jan Adhikar Party is a part of the INDIA Alliance .[7][8]
After his victory, it was reported that despite being supported by muscleman politician Dhananjay Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kripa Shankar Singh was unable to take an edge over Kushwaha. He was defeated by over 99,000 votes. Sitting member of parliament and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shyam Singh Yadav finished in third position.[9]
Soon after his election to Lok Sabha, he was made the deputy leader of Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha by Akhilesh Yadav.[10]
Uttar Pradesh Electoral performance
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of India, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president of India on the advice of the union council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha chamber of the Parliament House in New Delhi.
| Election Year | Leader | Alliance | seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Overall votes | votes % | +/- in vote share | Sitting side |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Babu Singh Kushwaha | UPA | 3 | 0 / 543 |
 |
2,03,369 | 0.24% | |
Others |
| 2024 | INDIA | 1 | 1 / 543 |
 1 |
5,09,130 | 0.56% | 0.32% |
Opposition |
| Sr. No. | Portrait | Member of Parliament | Winner | Term in office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elecation Year | Constituency | Winner Margin | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 | |
Babu Singh Kushwaha born 7 May 1966 |
2024 | Jaunpur | 99,335✓ | 4 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 88 days |
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Electoral performance
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh.[11] There are 403 seats in the house. Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the Governor on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Vidhan Sabha Chambers of the Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow is the capital.
History
The Legislative Assembly for the United Provinces was constituted for the first time on 1 April 1937 in accordance with the Government of India Act, 1935 with a strength of 228. The size of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was decided as 403 members after the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. There is one nominated Anglo-Indian member in addition to 403 members.[12] The first session of the provisional Uttar Pradesh Legislature under the new Constitution of India that established the country as a republic began on 2 February 1950. After the first elections the newly elected Assembly of Uttar Pradesh met on 19 May 1952.
| Election Year | Leader | Alliance | seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Overall votes | votes % | +/- in vote share | Sitting side |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Babu Singh Kushwaha | NONE | 39 | 0 / 403 |
|
22,466 | 0.4% | |
Others |
| 2022 | BPM | 137[13] | 0 / 403 |
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1,80,645, | 0.19% | 0.15% |
Opposition | |
| 2027 | INDIA[14][15] | TBA | |||||||
References
- ↑ "About Jan Adhikar Party". www.janadhikarparty.org. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ "Manifesto of Jan Adhikar Party". Archived from the original on 22 March 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ↑ Singh, Rajesh Kumar (18 March 2019). "Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress ally JAP enjoys OBC support in three regions". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "नोटा के वोट प्रतिशत का आंकड़ा तोड़ नही पाए छोटे दल". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election trends". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ↑ "Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: Babu Singh Kushwaha Wins by a Margin of 99335 Votes". India Today. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Babu Singh Kushwaha to contest from Jaunpur". Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ↑ "Jaunpur Election Result 2024 Live Updates: SP's Babu Singh Kushwaha Has Won This Lok Sabha Seat". The quint. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ↑ "Jaunpur Results 2024: जौनपुर लोकसभा सीट पर धनंजय सिंह का साथ भी नहीं आया काम, भाजपा के कृपाशंकर सिंह हारे, सपा के बाबू जीते". Hindustan. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ↑ "Babu Singh Kushwaha made the deputy leader of Samajwadi Party". Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". uplegisassembly.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
auto8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ↑ "SP-Congress alliance will continue, focus will be on victory not seats: Akhilesh Yadav". The Hindu. 2026-05-19. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ "Samajwadi Party To Fight 2027 UP Polls With INDIA Bloc? Akhilesh Yadav Says..." www.ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2026-06-07.