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Blue |seats1_title = Seats in the Rajya Sabha |seats1 = |seats2_title = Seats in the Lok Sabha |seats2 = |seats3_title = Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |seats3 = |seats4_title = Vidhan Parishads |seats4 = |seats5_title = Vidhan Sabhas |seats5 = |website = |country = India }} The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national political party in India. It was formed mainly to represent Bahujans (literally meaning "People in majority"), referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes (OBC) as well as minorities. The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy & Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj. The BSP was founded by charismatic leader Kanshi Ram in 1984, who was succeeded by his protégé Mayawati in 2003. The party's political symbol is an elephant. The party was the third most voted-for party in the 2014 Indian general election, but still failed to win any seats in the 16th Lok Sabha.〔ZeeNews. ''(Lok Sabha polls: Parties corner vote share, but fail to win seats )''〕 The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. == Origin of the word ''Bahujan'' == The Pali word Bahujan is notably found in the literature of Buddhist texts. Gautama Buddha used this word to guide his disciples to work for the ''Bahujan Hitay Bahujan Sukhay'' (tran. Benefit and prosperity of majority people). The word Bahujan also refers to those people who are in the majority. However, the BSP has historically drawn a loyal base of voters from Dalits. It has attempted to grow nationally as well and has met with steady success. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bahujan Samaj Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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