List of United Progressive Alliance members

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a coalition of centre-left political parties in India formed after the 2004 general election.[1] The largest member party of the UPA is the Indian National Congress, whose Former National President 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 Base State
1 Indian National Congress 52 46 National Party
2 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 24 5 Tamil Nadu
3 Nationalist Congress Party 5 4 National Party
4 Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 4 Bihar
5 Indian Union Muslim League 3 1 Kerala
6 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 3 0 Jammu and Kashmir
7 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1 0 Jharkhand
8 Kerala Congress (M) 1 1 Kerala
9 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 0 1 Tamil Nadu
10 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 0 Kerala
11 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 1 0 Tamil Nadu
12 All India United Democratic Front 1 0 Assam[2]
13 Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 0 0 Bihar[3]
Total 92 62 India

Past members
No Party Base State Withdrawal Date Reason for Withdrawal
1 Telangana Rashtra Samithi Telangana 2006 Differences over proposed statehood for Telangana[4]
2 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Nadu 2007 Allied with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led Front[5]
3 Bahujan Samaj Party National Party 2008 Congress opposed the UP government where the BSP was the ruling party
4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) National Party 2008 Due to Indo-US nuclear deal.[6]
5 Communist Party of India National Party 2008 Due to Indo-US nuclear deal[6]
6 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party Jammu and Kashmir 2009 Congress decided to support National Conference Government in Jammu and Kashmir[7]
7 Pattali Makkal Katchi Tamil Nadu 2009 PMK declared that it would join the AIADMK led front
8 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Telangana 2012 Accused Congress led State Government of Communalism[8][9]
9 All India Trinamool Congress National Party 2012 TMC's demands on rollbacks and reforms not met, including the governments decision to allow FDI in retail[10][11]
10 Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Jharkhand 2012 Opposition to the governments decision to allow FDI in retail
11 Socialist Janata (Democratic) Kerala 2014 It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014.[12][13]

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. "AIUDF Says Yes to Congress-led 'Grand Alliance' in Assam".
  3. "RLSP's Upendra Kushwaha joins UPA, becomes part of grand alliance in Bihar".
  4. TRS withdraws support to the UPA.
  5. Vaiko withdraws support. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
  6. "Left pulls out, will meet President Patil on Wednesday". expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012.
  7. PDP withdraws from UPA, The Indian Express. 5 January 2009
  8. "Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen withdraws support to Andhra Pradesh government and UPA". The Times of India. 13 November 2012.
  9. "MIM withdraws support to UPA, Congress in Andhra Pradesh". dna.
  10. "Rupee falls after TMC pulls out from government". Monetcontrol.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  11. "Mamata's party ready to meet President tomorrow to officially quit UPA". NDTV. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  12. "Nitish Kumar hails SJD's merger with JD-U in Kerala". India Today.
  13. "SJD Merges with Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal (United)". The New Indian Express.
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