Socialist Party (India)

This article is about the original Socialist Party (1948–1952). For its predecessor, see Congress Socialist Party.

The Socialist Party was an Indian political party. It won 12 seats at the 1951 Indian general election, coming third.^[1] Despite Jayaprakash Narayan's personal popularity, its electoral fortunes did not improve. It merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, which was formed by J.B. Kripalani, to form the Praja Socialist Party.

Socialist Party
Founder	Jayaprakash Narayan Ram Manohar Lohia
Founded	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Dissolved	September 1952; 72 years ago (1952-09)
Preceded by	Congress Socialist Party
Succeeded by	Praja Socialist Party
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours
ECI Status	Dissolved
Politics of India Political parties Elections

A poster of the Socialist Party