United Progressive Alliance

The **United Progressive Alliance** (**UPA**; Hindi: संयुक्त प्रगतशील गठबंधन) was a political alliance in India led by the Indian National Congress. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party got the majority.

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governed India for two terms from 2004 to 2014. After that, it lost power to its main political rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Before it was dissolved, the UPA had control over seven states and union territories in India. On 18 July 2023, the UPA was officially replaced by a new political coalition called the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), which was formed in preparation for the 2024 general election.

## Former Members

Current Members at the time of dissolution.
|colspan="2" style="width:30px;"|Party|style="width:170px;"|Base state||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|1|Indian National Congress|style="text-align: center;"|National Party|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|2|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|style="text-align: center;"|Tamil Nadu, Puducherry|
|style="background-color:;  text-align: center;color:white;"|4|Shiv Sena (UBT)|style="text-align: center;"|Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|5|Nationalist Congress Party|style="text-align: center;"|Maharashtra|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|6|Rashtriya Janata Dal|style="text-align: center;"|Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|7|Indian Union Muslim League|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|
|style="background:; text-align:center; color:white;"|8|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference|style="text-align: center;"|Jammu and Kashmir|
|style="background:; text-align:center; color:white;"|9|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|style="text-align: center;"|Jharkhand|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|10|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|style="text-align: center;"|Tamil Nadu|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|11|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|12|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi|style="text-align: center;"|Tamil Nadu|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"|13|Assam Jatiya Parishad|style="text-align: center;"|Assam|
|style="background:#353982; text-align:center; color:white;"|14|Goa Forward Party|style="text-align: center;"|Goa|
|style="background:#c60; text-align:center; color:white;"|15|Kerala Congress|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|
|style="background:#ccf; text-align:center; color:white;"|16|Revolutionary Marxist Party of India|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|
|style="background:#FD5B78; text-align:center; color:white;"|17|Anchalik Gana Morcha|style="text-align: center;"|Assam|
|style="background:#CC6600; text-align:center; color:white;"|18|Kerala Congress (Jacob)|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|
|style="background:teal; text-align:center; color:white;"|19|Nationalist Congress Kerala|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|
|20|Peasants and Workers Party of India|style="text-align: center;"|Maharashtra||
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:black;"|20|Independent|style="text-align: center;"|None|
|style="background-color:; "||style="text-align: center;"|**Total**|India|
Members left before dissolution.
|colspan="2"|Political Party|State|Date|Reason for withdrawal|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background-color:;"||style="text-align: center;"|BRS|style="text-align: center;"|Telangana|style="text-align: center;"|2006|Differences over proposed statehood for Telangana|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;"||style="text-align: center;"|BSP|style="text-align: center;"|National Party|style="text-align: center;"|2008|Congress opposed the UP government where the BSP was the ruling party|
|style="background-color:; text-align:center;"||style="text-align: center;"|JKPDP|style="text-align: center;"|Jammu and Kashmir|style="text-align: center;"|2009|Congress decided to support National Conference Government in Jammu and Kashmir|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;"||style="text-align: center;"|PMK|style="text-align: center;"|Tamil Nadu|style="text-align: center;"|2009|PMK declared that it would join the AIADMK led front|
|style="background-color:; text-align:center;"||style="text-align: center;"|AIMIM|style="text-align: center;"|Telangana|style="text-align: center;"|2012|Accused Congress led State Government of Communalism|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;"||style="text-align: center;"|AITC|style="text-align: center;"|West Bengal|style="text-align: center;"|2012|AITC's demands on rollbacks and reforms not met, including the governments decision to allow FDI in retail and hike in the prices of railway tickets.|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;"||style="text-align: center;"|SJ(D)|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|style="text-align: center;"|2014|It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014.|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;"||style="text-align: center;"|RLD|style="text-align: center;"|Uttar Pradesh|style="text-align: center;"|2014|Decided to leave after 2014 election performance.|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"||style="text-align: center;"|JD(S)|style="text-align: center;"|Karnataka|style="text-align: center;"|2019|After JD(S)-INC alliance govt fell in Karnataka, two parties decided to end alliance.|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;"||style="text-align: center;"|RLSP|style="text-align: center;"|Bihar|style="text-align: center;"|2020|Withdrawn support before Bihar Assembly Election 2020 & Allied with BSP+ on 29 September 2020.|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"||style="text-align: center;"|VIP|style="text-align: center;"|Bihar|style="text-align: center;"|2020|Withdrawn support before Bihar Assembly Election 2020 & Allied with NDA|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;"||style="text-align: center;"|KC(M)|style="text-align: center;"|Kerala|style="text-align: center;"|2020|Decided to join LDF|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"||style="text-align: center;"|BPF|style="text-align: center;"|Assam|style="text-align: center;"|2021|Withdrew due to performance in 2021 Assam election.|
|style="background-color:; text-align: center;color:white;"||style="text-align: center;"|AIUDF|style="text-align: center;"|Assam|style="text-align: center;"|2021|Party was expelled from the alliance.|

## Poll performances

|Sr.no|Party|Seats Won|Seat Change|Vote%|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|Indian National Congress|145|32|26.7%|
|2.|Rashtriya Janata Dal|24|17|2.2%|
|3.|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|16|4|1.8%|
|4.|Nationalist Congress Party|9|1|1.8%|
|5.|Lok Janshakti Party|4||0.6%|
|6.|Telangana Rashtra Samithi|2||0.6%|
|7.|Pattali Makkal Katchi|6|1|0.5%|
|8.|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|5||0.5%|
|9.|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|4||0.4%|
|10.|Indian Union Muslim League|1|1|0.2%|
|11.|Republican Party of India (Athawale)|1||0.1%|
|12.|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|1||0.1%|
|Sr.no|Party|Seats Won|Seat Change|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|Indian National Congress|206|61|
|2.|Rashtriya Janata Dal|4|20|
|3.|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|18|2|
|4.|Nationalist Congress Party|9|1|
|5.|All India Trinamool Congress|19|18|
|6.|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|3|3|
|7.|Bodoland People's Front|1|1|
|8.|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha||3|
|9.|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|1|1|
|10.|Indian Union Muslim League|2|1|
|11.|Kerala Congress (Mani)|1|1|

## List of presidents and vice presidents

Note that it refers to nomination by alliance, as the offices of President and Vice President are apolitical.

### Presidents

|scope="col"||class="unsortable" scope="col"|Portrait|scope="col" style="width:17%;"|Name (birth–death)|colspan="2"|Term of office Electoral mandates Time in office|scope="col"|Previous post|scope="col"|Vice president|colspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col"|Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4" scope="row"|**Pratibha Patil**|25 July 2007|25 July 2012|rowspan="3"|Governor of Rajasthan|rowspan="3"|Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2007–12)|rowspan="8"|Indian National Congress|rowspan="8" style="background:;"||
|colspan="2"|2007|||||||||||||
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|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4" scope="row"|**Pranab Mukherjee**|25 July 2012|25 July 2017|rowspan="3"|Union Minister of Finance|rowspan="3"|Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2012–17)|||||
|colspan="2"|2012|||||||||||||
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### Vice presidents

||class="unsortable"|Portrait|style="width:15%;"|Name|Elected <small>(% votes)</small>|Took office|Left office|Term|President(s)|colspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col"|Party|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Mohammad Hamid Ansari** <small>(b.1937)</small>|2007 <small>(67.21)</small>|11 August 2007|10 August 2012|rowspan="2"||Pratibha Patil|rowspan="2"|Indian National Congress|rowspan="2" style="background:;"||
|2012 <small>(67.31)</small>|11 August 2012|10 August 2017|Pranab Mukherjee|||||||||||

## List of prime ministers

|rowspan="2"|Prime ministers|rowspan="2"|Portrait|colspan="3"|Term in office|rowspan="2"|Lok Sabha|rowspan="2"|Government|rowspan="2"|Cabinet|rowspan="2"|Constituency|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Manmohan Singh|rowspan="2"||22 May 2004|22 May 2009|rowspan="2"||14th|UPA I|Manmohan Singh I|rowspan="2"|Rajya Sabha MP From Assam||
|22 May 2009|26 May 2014|15th|UPA II|Manmohan Singh II||||||||||

## Infobox (indian political party)

- **name**: United Progressive Alliance
 संयुक्त प्रगतशील गठबंधन
- **abbreviation**: UPA
- **founder**: Sonia Gandhi
- **position**: Centrism, Centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left
- **ideology**: Liberalism
Social liberalism