United Opposition (India)

United Opposition
United Opposition
Abbreviation	UO
Founded	2022
Dissolved	2023
Succeeded by	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Ideology	Secularism; Social democracy; Big tent;
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
Seats in Lok Sabha	121 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	92 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	1,619 / 4,036
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The United Opposition^[5] was an electoral alliance formed between various opposition parties in India ahead of the 2022 elections in India.^[6]^[7]^[8] The United Opposition was first proposed by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.^[9]

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^ Lowell Barrington (2009). Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices. Cengage Learning. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-618-49319-7.
^ Meyer, Karl Ernest; Brysac, Shareen Blair (2012). Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds. PublicAffairs. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-61039-048-4. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
^ "President Election 2022 : United Opposition nominates Yashwant Sinha as its candidate". Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ "Presidential candidate | Both Sinha and Murmu has Jharkhand connection". eNewsroom India. 2022-06-21. Archived from the original on 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
^ "Presidential Polls: 17 Opposition Parties Promise to 'Consolidate' Unity". Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ Nair, Sobhana K. (21 June 2022). "With Yashwant Sinha on board, the Opposition hopes to bring Nitish Kumar to tilt scales in presidential polls". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "United Opposition: Congress welcomes Mamata Banerjee's call, but say it has to play 'pole position'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-24.