{"id":29786,"date":"2026-09-28T10:40:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29786"},"modified":"2026-09-28T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:40:55","slug":"will-contest-at-least-150-seats-in-up-congress-discusses-seat-share-with-ally-sp-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29786","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Will contest at least 150 seats in UP\u2019: Congress discusses seat share with ally SP | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134536408,imgsize-60664,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sp-chief-akhilesh-yadav-and-congress-mp-rahul-gandhi.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Will contest at least 150 seats in UP\u2019: Congress discusses seat share with ally SP\" title=\"SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi\">SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Congress will contest at least 150 seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early next year, a party leader said on Monday, asserting that the Congress is \u201centitled\u201d to contest half the seats in its alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Seat-sharing talks with the SP are likely to be finalised in October, according to Rajendra Pal Gautam, the Congress\u2019 Uttar Pradesh in-charge.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cSeat-sharing will likely be finalised in October. Congress has candidates available to contest all 403 seats. Under the alliance, the Congress is entitled to 50% of the seats. We will not contest fewer than 150 seats,\u201d Gautam told ANI.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>\u201cFor the last two months, Congress has been working on seat-sharing in Uttar Pradesh. <!-- -->Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi, KC Venugopal and I are looking after this work,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The Congress and the SP are key constituents of the Opposition INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh. The two parties contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state as alliance partners, winning 43 of the 80 seats. The SP won 37 seats \u2014 its best performance in a Lok Sabha election \u2014 while the Congress secured six. The BJP, which rules both the Centre and the state, finished second with 33 seats, down from 62 in 2019.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The previous SP-Congress alliance in Uttar Pradesh, for the 2017 assembly elections, was less successful. The SP won 47 seats and was voted out of power, while the Congress secured only seven seats.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/will-contest-at-least-150-seats-in-up-congress-discusses-alliance-talks-with-sp\/articleshow\/134535661.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Congress will contest at least 150 seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early next year, a party leader said on Monday, asserting that the Congress is \u201centitled\u201d to contest half the seats in its alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP).Seat-sharing talks with 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