Bahujan Samaj Party
Indian political party
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| 2024 | BSP suffered a historic electoral defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, losing all ten of its previously held seats in Uttar Pradesh and failing to secure any new seats nationally. The party's vote share dramatically dropped to 2.07%, less than half of its 2014 performance. |
| December 10 2023 | Mayawati declared her nephew Akash Anand as the party's successor, but he was immediately sacked after comments on the ruling BJP Party |
| July 19 2023 | The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced its decision to contest the 2024 Indian General Election independently, refusing to align with either the INDIA or NDA alliances. |
| 2019 | Bahujan Samaj Party formed the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) with Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal, and other political parties for the Lok Sabha elections, led by Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav to create an anti-Congress and anti-BJP coalition. |
| 2019 | BSP contested 38 seats in Uttar Pradesh as part of the Mahagathbandhan alliance, significantly improving their performance by winning 10 seats compared to zero seats in the 2014 elections. |
| May 26 2018 | Ram Achal Rajbhar is replaced by R S Kushwaha as the president of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party. |
| 2012 | BSP wins 80 seats in the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, a significant reduction from 206 seats in the 2007 elections. Despite the reduced seat count, the party forms the first government in Uttar Pradesh's history to complete a full five-year term. |
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