The United Opposition was an electoral alliance formed between various opposition parties in India ahead of the 2022 elections in India. The United Opposition was first proposed by the former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.
Foundation To fight against NDA in 2022 Indian presidential election, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, TMC supremo, Mamata Banerjee proposed an electoral alliance.
Member parties
Party MPs in Lok Sabha MPs in Rajya Sabha MLAs Base State Indian National Congress (INC) 53 36 692 National Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) 4 5 87 National Party Communist Party of India (CPI) 2 2 21 National Party Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 5 4 58 National PartyAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 23 13 233 National Party Aam Aadmi Party 1 10 156 Delhi, Punjab, Goa Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 24 10 139 Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Samajwadi Party (SP) 3 3 112 Uttar Pradesh Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 3 1 15 Kerala Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) 3 — — Jammu and KashmirViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) 1 — 4Tamil NaduRevolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 1 — —Kerala, West BengalShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (SS(UBT)) 5 1 16 Maharashtra Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) — 6 80 Bihar Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) — 1 9 Uttar Pradesh Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) — 1 — Unrecognised Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPIML) — 0 13 Bihar Total 121 92 1619 India
2022 Presidential elections The United Opposition nominated Yashwant Sinha, former External Affairs Minister, former Finance Minister, and Trinamool Congress leader, as their presidential candidate for the 2022 Indian presidential election. Later Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and both factions of Shiv Sena (SS) supported the NDA nominated candidate Droupadi Murmu for the presidential election instead. Sinha finished in second place in the elections. Name Born Current or previous positions Home state Date announced Result Yashwant Sinha Patna, Bihar External Affairs Minister of India Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha) Finance Minister of India Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Hazaribagh Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Bihar Jharkhand21 June 2022Lost with 35.97% votes against Droupadi Murmu with 64.03%
2022 Vice Presidential election The United Opposition nominated Margaret Alva, former Governor of Uttarakhand and Rajasthan, former Union Minister and Congress leader, as their Vice Presidential candidate for the 2022 Indian Vice Presidential election. However, the leading party of the Opposition, AITC, decided to abstain from voting due to insult of the dignity of the party by other parties as they did not consult or seek consent before declaring a VP candidate. Alva finished in second place in the elections. Name Born Positions held Home state Date announced Result Margaret AlvaMangalore, Karnataka Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka (1974-1998) MP from Kanara (1999-2004) Governor of Rajasthan (2012-2014) Governor of Uttarakhand (2009-2012) Governor of Gujarat and Governor of Goa (2014)Karnataka17 July 2022Lost with 25.63% votes against Jagdeep Dhankhar with 74.37%
See also Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance United Progressive Alliance
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