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Congress, Samajwadi Begin Uttar Pradesh 2027 Seat-Sharing Talks

By Drooid · Oct 25, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC · How we work

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Winnable Seats Priority

Congress and the Samajwadi Party opened seat-allocation talks for Uttar Pradesh’s 2027 Assembly election.
A list of 175-200 constituencies was supplied and state chief Ajay Rai was replaced by legislator Aradhana Misra Mona to aid talks.
Samajwadi leader demanded Congress name candidates deemed winnable in the shared constituencies.
MP Ramashankar Rajbhar said the formula will prioritize winning seats over the total number contested.

Right

Seat Targets Unclear

Congress and the Samajwadi Party began seat-sharing talks for Uttar Pradesh’s 2027 Assembly election.
The party divided roughly 170 constituencies into four categories (A-D) and seeks a respectable 115-120 seats, about half the assembly.
Akhilesh Yadav dismissed speculation about seat numbers, saying the exact sharing formula remains unknown.
Congress cited its six Lok Sabha seats won in 2024 as a bargaining boost.

Blindspot

Congress replaced former Uttar Pradesh state unit chief Ajay Rai with legislator Aradhana Misra Mona, a change described as helping to advance the seat-sharing negotiations.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Right-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

In the 2004 Lok Sabha election, Congress and Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party split Uttar Pradesh’s 80 seats 45-35, winning 32 seats together. The deal signaled Congress’s turn to regional pre-poll alliances, a pattern repeated in 2024 when the Congress-SP tie secured 43 seats and now shapes talks for the 2027 UP assembly.

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Winnable Seats Priority

Congress and the Samajwadi Party opened seat-allocation talks for Uttar Pradesh’s 2027 Assembly election.
A list of 175-200 constituencies was supplied and state chief Ajay Rai was replaced by legislator Aradhana Misra Mona to aid talks.
Samajwadi leader demanded Congress name candidates deemed winnable in the shared constituencies.
MP Ramashankar Rajbhar said the formula will prioritize winning seats over the total number contested.

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