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हिन्दी में सारांश Summary in Hindi
- खिलेश यादव ने 14 नवंबर 2026 को संकेत दिया कि कांग्रेस ने 2027 के यूपी चुनाव में 403 में से 181 सीटें मांगी हैं।
- उन्होंने यह नहीं बताया कि सपा यह मांग मानेगी या नहीं, लेकिन कहा कि कांग्रेस के साथ गठबंधन पहले जैसा है।
- 2022 में कांग्रेस ने 2 सीटें जीती थीं, सपा ने 111 और भाजपा ने 255।
বাংলায় সারাংশ Summary in Bangla
- খিলেশ যাদব ১৪ নভেম্বর ২০২৬ ইঙ্গিত দিয়েছেন, ২০২৭ সালের উত্তরপ্রদেশ ভোটে কংগ্রেস ৪০৩টির মধ্যে ১৮১টি আসন চেয়েছে।
- সপা এই দাবি মানবে কি না, তা তিনি বলেননি, তবে কংগ্রেসের সঙ্গে জোট আগের মতোই আছে বলে জানিয়েছেন।
- ২০২২ সালে কংগ্রেস ২টি আসন জিতেছিল, সপা ১১১টি এবং বিজেপি ২৫৫টি।
Why it matters
How the SP and the Congress split 403 seats decides whether the main opposition to the BJP in India's most populous state runs as one front in 2027. A large gap between the two sides' numbers can delay candidate lists or lead to friendly contests.
The Congress has asked for 181 of Uttar Pradesh’s 403 Assembly seats in UP seat sharing talks for the 2027 UP election, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav indicated on 14 November 2026. He gave the number in a guessing exchange with an interviewer at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi, and said the opposition alliance would stay together.
Yadav did not say whether the SP would agree to the demand. “We have made up our mind on how many seats we will contest,” he said, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI).
How the 181 figure came out
He never stated the number outright. Asked whether the Congress wanted 100 seats, he said it had asked for more, PTI reported. Asked about 200, he said “a little less than that”. When the interviewer offered 180, he replied: “Add one more.”
India TV, which also reported from the summit, quoted him saying the Congress had “sought one more than 180 seats” and that the relationship between the two parties was “extremely good”. The SP and the Congress are partners in the INDIA bloc (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), the national opposition alliance, and fought the 2024 Lok Sabha election in the state together.
The reports from PTI, India TV and Business Today did not include a response from the Congress to the figure.
UP seat sharing in numbers
A party needs 202 seats for a majority in the 403-member House. Business Today’s report gives the parties’ recent results in the state, which show why the size of the ask stands out.
| Party | 2022 Assembly seats won | 2024 Lok Sabha seats won (of 80) |
|---|---|---|
| BJP | 255 | 33 |
| Samajwadi Party | 111 | 37 |
| Congress | 2 | 6 |
NewsPlainly’s calculation: 181 seats is 44.9% of the Assembly. If the Congress got all of them, 222 seats would be left for the SP and any other partner, only 20 more than the majority mark. The Congress ask is also about 90 times the 2 seats it won in 2022, while its 2024 Lok Sabha result of 6 seats came in alliance with the SP.
None of the reports read says how many seats the SP has offered on the record, so the gap between the two sides is not known.
What he said about the BSP and other allies
Asked about a tie-up with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Yadav said he does not think about other alliances while he is in one, PTI reported. India TV quoted him saying there had been no talks on bringing the BSP into the INDIA bloc, which it is not part of. “The INDIA alliance with the Congress is the same alliance that we had earlier. I do not see any change in it,” he said, according to PTI.
On whether BSP voters could move to the SP, Yadav said people from the Bahujan community, Ambedkarite groups and those who want to protect the Constitution were coming together under the SP’s PDA (Pichhde, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) banner, The New Indian Express reported from the PTI copy. The term covers backward classes, Dalits and minorities. Business Today described it as the SP’s main strategy for the 2027 contest.
He linked the BJP’s lower tally in the state in the 2024 Lok Sabha election to falling support for the party, rejecting the view that the result was only a message to the Centre, according to the same report. In that election the SP’s Awadhesh Prasad won the Faizabad seat, which includes Ayodhya.
Akhilesh Yadav also spoke about his planned visit to the Ram temple in Ayodhya. He said he would first visit Kedareshwar Dham in Etawah. A senior SP leader had earlier said the visit would be on 12 December, PTI reported; we covered that plan in our report on Akhilesh Yadav’s 12 December plan.
What happens next in the UP 2027 alliance talks
No report read gives dates for the 2027 UP election; the current Assembly’s term runs into 2027. UP seat sharing talks between the SP and the Congress continue, and Yadav’s figure is his account of the Congress demand, not an agreed deal.
The full PTI report is on ThePrint. More stories from the state are on our Uttar Pradesh page.
Frequently asked questions
How many seats does the Congress want in UP for 2027?
181 of the 403 Assembly seats, Akhilesh Yadav indicated at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on 14 November 2026.
How many seats did the Congress win in UP in 2022?
Two, according to Business Today. The SP won 111 and the BJP 255.
Is the BSP joining the SP-Congress alliance?
Akhilesh Yadav said there had been no talks on bringing the BSP into the INDIA bloc, India TV reported.