Janata Dal (United)

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The Janata Dal (United) ( Hindi जनता दल (यूनाइटेड) ), abbreviated JD (U) is an Indian party . It is mainly present in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand . It is based in Patna . The chairman is Nitish Kumar (as of 2018).

Party history

Origin and development until 2015

The party emerged as one of the so-called Janata parivar parties in 1999 when the Janata Dal split up . A Janata Dal group wanted to support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the upcoming parliamentary election . Another faction rejected the Hindu nationalist ideas of the BJP and wanted to maintain a strict equidistance between the BJP and the Congress Party . The Janata Dal (United) emerged from the first faction , the Janata Dal (Secular) emerged from the second . The Janata Dal (United) developed its focus mainly in the northern state of Bihar, while the Janata Dal (Secular) was mainly active in southern Karnataka .

On October 30, 2003, the Samata Party merged with the JD (U), with the latter's party name being retained. Ram Sundar Das and George Fernandes were major founding members. The main competitor of the JD (U) is the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar.

Janata Dal (United) was a member of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance until 2013 , but then left the alliance after Narendra Modi became the BJP's top candidate for the 2014 general election . In the 2014 parliamentary elections, the party only won two seats.

Developments since 2015

On April 4, 2015, several Janata Dal successor parties announced that they wanted to unite into a single “Janata Parivar” party. In addition to the Janata Dal (United), the six parties were the Samajwadi Party , Janata Dal (Secular) , Rashtriya Janata Dal , Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party . The union took place on April 15, 2015. However, the Samajwadi Party split off again and the merger was reversed. A subsequent unification conference came to nothing.

After the election to the parliament of Bihar between October 12 and November 5, 2015, JD (U) party chairman Nitish Kumar was re-elected Chief Minister. The JD (U) had contested the election in alliance with the Congress Party and the RJD. The “grand alliance” ( Mahagathbandhan ) formed by the three parties broke up at the end of July 2017. After that, the JD (U) formed a coalition with the BJP and the smaller Lok Janshakti Party . Nitish Kumar remained Chief Minister.

A section of the party, led by ex-party chairman Sharad Yadav, did not agree with these developments and criticized party chairman Kumar, whom they accused of betraying the interests of the electorate. As a result, a wing of the party under Sharad Yadav split off and a dispute ensued as to which party faction - that of Nitish Kumar or that of Sharad Yadav - was the legitimate JD (U) and should continue to use its party symbols. On November 17, 2017, the Indian Central Election Commission granted Nitish Kumar's faction the right to continue to use the symbols of the JD (U). On May 18, 2018, Sharad Yadav's former JD (U) faction became a new party, the Loktantrik Janata Dal .

Election results

The following are the election results for the Lok Sabha , based on the whole of India, and for the Parliament of Bihar. After the 2004 election, JD (U) did not win any mandates outside of Bihar.

Previous election results
year choice be right % Parliament seats
1999 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 1999 11,282,084 3.10%
21/543
2000 General election in Bihar 2000 2,396,677 6.47%
21/324
2004 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 2004 9,144,963 2.35%
8/543
2005 General election in Bihar Feb. 2005 3,564,930 14.6%
55/243
2005 General election in Bihar Oct 2005 4,819,759 20.5%
88/243
2009 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 2009 6,331,079 1.52%
20/543
2010 General election in Bihar 2010 6,561,906 22.6%
115/243
2014 IndiaIndia Election for Lok Sabha 2014 5,992,281 1.08%
2/543
2015 General election in Bihar 2015 6,417,041 16.8%
71/243
  1. ↑ 18 in Bihar, 3 in Karnataka
  2. ↑ 6 of them in Bihar, 1 in Uttar Pradesh , 1 in Lakshadweep

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Srinand Jha: Six parties unite to form the Janata Parivar; Mulayam is the new party chief. Hindustan Times, April 16, 2015, accessed May 18, 2015 .
  2. ^ The Janata Parivar in electoral politics: a timeline. The Hindu, April 15, 2015, accessed November 25, 2018 .
  3. ^ Bihar election: Voting ends in the first phase of Indian state polls. BBC News, October 12, 2015, accessed October 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Grand Alliance secures majority in Bihar. The Hindu, November 8, 2015, accessed November 15, 2015 .
  5. ↑ 14 are from CM Nitish Kumar's party, 12 from the BJP and one from National Democratic Alliance partner LJP. July 30, 2017, accessed September 18, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Prabhash K Dutta: Sharad Yadav's revolt against Nitish Kumar: How Janata Parivar unites to split. August 11, 2017, accessed November 25, 2018 .
  7. ^ JD (U) suspends 21 Sharad Yadav loyalists. The Hindu BusinessLine, August 14, 2017, accessed November 25, 2018 .
  8. ↑ EC recognizes Nitish Kumar's faction as claimant to JDU arrow symbol. livemint, November 17, 2017, accessed on November 25, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Ex-Janata Dal Member Sharad Yadav Launches' Loktantrik Janata Dal "Party. NDTV, July 5, 2018, accessed on November 25, 2018 (English).
  10. ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed on November 25, 2018 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).
  11. ↑ On November 15, 2000, the southern part of Bihar became a separate new state of India under the name Jharkhand . This reduced the number of parliamentary seats in the Legislative Assembly of Bihar from 324 to 243.