List of United Progressive Alliance members

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a centre-left alliance of political parties in India formed after the 2004 general election.[1] 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 the Indian National Congress. 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 MLA in state legislature Base state
1 INC 50 31 737 National Party
2 DMK 24 10 139 Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
3 JD(U) 16 5 52 Bihar
Arunachal Pradesh
Manipur
4 SHS(UBT) 6 3 17 Maharashtra
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
5 NCP 5 4 59 Maharashtra
6 RJD 0 6 80 Bihar
Jharkhand
Kerala
7 IUML 3 1 15 Kerala
8 JKNC 3 0 0 Jammu and Kashmir
9 JMM 1 2 30 Jharkhand
10 MDMK 0 1 0 Tamil Nadu
11 RSP(I) 1 0 0 Kerala
12 VCK 1 0 4 Tamil Nadu
13 HAM 0 0 4 Bihar
14 GFP 0 0 1 Goa
15 KEC 0 0 2 Kerala
16 RMPI 0 0 1 Kerala
17 AGM 0 1 0 Assam
18 KEC(J) 0 0 1 Kerala
19 NCK 0 0 1 Kerala
20 Independent 0 0 26 None
Total 114 64 1123 India

Past members
Party Base State Withdrawal Date Reason for Withdrawal
BRS Telangana 2006 Differences over proposed statehood for Telangana[2]
MDMK Tamil Nadu 2007 Allied with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led Front[3]
BSP National Party 2008 Congress opposed the UP government where the BSP was the ruling party
JKPDP Jammu and Kashmir 2009 Congress decided to support National Conference Government in Jammu and Kashmir[4]
PMK Tamil Nadu 2009 PMK declared that it would join the AIADMK led front
AIMIM Telangana 2012 Accused Congress led State Government of Communalism[5][6]
AITC West Bengal 2012 TMC's demands on rollbacks and reforms not met, including the governments decision to allow FDI in retail[7][8]
JVM(P) Jharkhand 2012 Opposition to the governments decision to allow FDI in retail
SJ(D) Kerala 2014 It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014.[9][10]

References
  1. "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.
  2. TRS withdraws support to the UPA.
  3. Vaiko withdraws support. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
  4. PDP withdraws from UPA, The Indian Express. 5 January 2009
  5. "Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen withdraws support to Andhra Pradesh government and UPA". The Times of India. 13 November 2012.
  6. "MIM withdraws support to UPA, Congress in Andhra Pradesh". dna.
  7. "Rupee falls after TMC pulls out from government". Monetcontrol.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  8. "Mamata's party ready to meet President tomorrow to officially quit UPA". NDTV. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  9. "Nitish Kumar hails SJD's merger with JD-U in Kerala". India Today.
  10. "SJD Merges with Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal (United)". The New Indian Express.

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