The Jan Adhikar Party was founded on 9 December 2016 by Babu Singh Kushwaha with the ideology to provide equal rights to all sections of society according to their population. The party aims to empower all the deprived, exploited, labourers, farmers, poor, and women and to provide them with their rights. The main objective of the party is to release the caste census report and to give a share in all the resources of the country to all the sections in proportion to the population.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh formed an electoral alliance with the Jan Adhikar Party.
His Jan Adhikar Party was a part of the coalition Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. The party did not manage to win any seats in the elections of Uttar Pradesh.
Office holders +President S.No.PortraitName(born /death)Term in officeAssumed officeLeft officeTime in office1 Babu Singh Kushwahaborn 7 May 1966 9 December 2016 4 August 20242 Shivkanya Kushwahaborn 1974 4 August 2024Incumbent
2024 General elections Kushwaha won the 2024 general election from Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency on Samajwadi Party Symbol. His Jan Adhikar Party is a part of the INDIA Alliance .
After his victory, it was reported that despite being supported by muscleman politician Dhananjay Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kripa Shankar Singh was unable to take an edge over Kushwaha. He was defeated by over 99,000 votes. Sitting member of parliament and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shyam Singh Yadav finished in third position.
Soon after his election to Lok Sabha, he was made the deputy leader of Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha by Akhilesh Yadav.
Uttar Pradesh Electoral performance
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of India, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president of India on the advice of the union council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha chamber of the Parliament House in New Delhi.
++Members of the Lok Sabha Election Year Leader Alliance seats contested seats won +/- in seats Overall votes votes % +/- in vote share Sitting side2019Babu Singh KushwahaUPA3 2,03,369 0.24% 2024 INDIA 1 1 5,09,130 0.56% 0.32%
List of Members of the Lok Sabha Sr. No.PortraitMember of ParliamentWinnerTerm in officeElecation Year ConstituencyWinner Margin Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office1 Babu Singh Kushwahaborn 7 May 1966 2024 Jaunpur 99,335✓ 4 June 2024 Incumbent
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Electoral performance The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the Governor on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Vidhan Sabha Chambers of the Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow is the capital.
History
++Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election Year Leader Alliance seats contested seats won +/- in seats Overall votes votes % +/- in vote share Sitting side2017Babu Singh KushwahaNONE39 22,466 0.4% 2022 BPM 137 1,80,645, 0.19% 0.15%2027 INDIATBA
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