The 50-year-old political journey of Mulayam Singh Yadav who contested elections on six different symbols

Bayan tree : In 1967, mulayam debuted from jaswantnagar as a samyukta socialist party (ssp) candidate on the “banyan tree’ symbol. in the 1969 d-term elections, he contested again as an ssp candidate, but lost

Famer walking with plough: In 1974, mulayam contested on a bhartiya kranti dal ticket from jaswantnagar, and won. the symbol was also used in 1980, when mulayam contested on a ticket by janata party (secular), led by chaudhary charan singh. this time, mulayam lost

Chakra haldhar: In 1977, Mulayam Singh contested on a Janata Party ticket from Jaswantnagar. he left janta party in 1980 and returned in 1991, successfully contesting election on the same symbol

Farmer ploughing field with a pair of oxen:  in 1985, Mulayam contested on a Lok Dal ticket from Jaswantnagar and won

Wheel with 6 spokes in green background: In 1989 assembly elections saw the formation of janta dal. Mulayam contested again from Jaswantnagar and won

Bicycle: Since the formation samajwadi party in october 1992, mulayam has been contested elections on the bicycle symbol