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Samajwadi Party

Furthest from the middle on Recognition, toward Group remedies.

Where they stand

Samajwadi Party on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.

  • Welfare

    −5.5
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision
  • Markets

    −3.5
    State-led developmentMarket-led development
  • Formal equalityGroup remedies
  • Nation

    −6.0
    PluralistMajoritarian
  • Authority

    −3.5
    Civil libertiesStrong state
  • Personal autonomyTraditional norms
  • CentreStates

The record, axis by axis

Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.

  1. Welfare

    −5.5
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision

    Placement confidencemedium

    Lohiaite provision — laptops, Samajwadi pension, the 108 ambulance service — now joined to old-pension restoration and a legal MSP demand

  2. Markets

    −3.5
    State-led developmentMarket-led development

    Placement confidencemedium

    Opposes privatisation and the labour codes and wants MSP in law, having built expressways on PPP terms in office

  3. Formal equalityGroup remedies

    Placement confidencehigh

    PDA is the whole platform: caste census, 50%-cap removal, private-sector reservation, proportional share by population

  4. Nation

    −6.0
    PluralistMajoritarian

    Placement confidencemedium

    Opposes CAA-NRC and UCC on a Muslim-Yadav base, hedged since 2022 by temple visits and Parshuram statues

  5. Authority

    −3.5
    Civil libertiesStrong state

    Placement confidencelow

    Attacks bulldozer and encounter policing from a party whose 2012-17 term drew goonda-raj criticism and mishandled Muzaffarnagar

  6. Personal autonomyTraditional norms

    Placement confidencelow

    A rural-conservative base with no autonomy agenda, still carrying Mulayam's remarks on rape law in public memory

  7. CentreStates

    Placement confidencemedium

    Opposes ONOE and central-agency use against opposition states, without a southern party's structural anti-Centre incentive

And where do you stand?

Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.

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