Rashtriya Samaj Paksha

Rashtriya Samaj Paksha
राष्ट्रीय समाज पक्ष
President Mahadev Jankar
Headquarters 17, Raghunath Dadoji Street, Mumbai - 400 001, Maharashtra
Alliance NDA (2014 – present)

Rashtriya Samaj Paksha ("National Social Party") is an Indian political party based in Maharashtra and founded in 2003. Mahadev Jankar is the founder and national president.

In the 2004 Maharashtra Assembly elections the party fielded 38 candidates and received 144,753 votes, 0.35% of the total. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections the party fielded 12 candidates in Maharashtra and one in Karnataka state. The party received 146,571 votes, 0.04% of the total.[1] In the 2009 Loksabha elections they fielded 29 candidates in Maharashtra, two in Assam, one in Gujarat and one in Karnataka, being 23rd in number of candidates.[2] They received 190,743 votes in Maharashtra and 201,065 in total. Mahadeo Jankar stood against Sharad Pawar and Subhash Deshmukh in Madha and received 10.76% of the vote.[3]

Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2009

In Maharashtra Assembly Elections Rashtriya Samaj Paksha was part of Republican Left Democratic Front popularly known as RIDALOS. RSP candidate Babasaheb Patil won from Ahmedpur.

Lok Sabha Election 2014

Rashtriya Samaj Paksha joined NDA in January 2014. So in General Election 2014,Rashtriya Samaj Paksha fought with NDA along with its allies BJP, Shiv Sena, Republican Party of India (Athvale) and Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana .[4]

Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2014

In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections Rashtriya Samaj Paksha was parts of the MAHAYUTI alliance. They fielded 6 candidates in Maharashtra Assembly Elections, out of which RSP candidate Rahul Kul from Daund won.

Prominent leaders

References

  1. "Votes Polled by Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSPS) In 2004". IBN Politics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  2. "Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSPS) 2009 Candidates". IBN Politics. Archived from the original on 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  3. Kothari, Vishwas (17 May 2009). "Pawar gets over 3.14 lakh victory margin". Times of India. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  4. Setback to AAP plans as Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana joins Sena-BJP led combine - Economic Times Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.


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