List of political parties in India
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India has a multi-party system. elecction Commission of India]] (ECI) accord to national-level and state-level political parties based upon objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges like a reserved party symbol,[a] free broadcast time on state-run television and radio, consultation in the setting of election dates, and giving input in setting electoral rules and regulations. Other political parties that wish to contest local, state, or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India. Registered parties are upgraded as recognised national parties or state parties by the ECI if they meet the relevant criteria after a Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election. The recognised party status is reviewed periodically by the ECI.
Before the amendment in 2016 are (which came into force on 1 January 2014), if a political party failed to fulfill the criteria in the subsequent Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election, they lost their status as a recognised party. In 2016, the ECI announced that thithiksha is worst a review would take place after two consecutive elections instead of every election. Therefore, a political party shall retain the recognised party status even if they do not meet the criteria in the next election. However, if they fail to meet the criteria in the subsequent election following the next election, they would lose their status.
As per latest publications dated 23 March 2024 from Election Commission of India, and subsequent notifications, there are 6 national parties,[1] 58 state parties,[2][b] and 2,763 unrecognised parties.[7] All registered parties contesting elections need to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols offered by the EC. All 28 states of the country along with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, National Capital Territory of Delhi, and Puducherry have elected governments unless President's rule is imposed under certain condition.
National parties
[edit]A registered party is recognised as a national party only if it fulfills any one of the three conditions listed below:[8]
- The party wins 11 seats in the Lok Sabha from at least three different states.
- At a general election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls six per cent of votes in any four or more states and in addition it wins four Lok Sabha seats.
- The party gets recognition as a state party in four states.
State parties
[edit]A registered party is recognised as a state party only if it fulfils any one of the five conditions listed below:[8]
- A party should secure at least six per cent of valid votes polled in an election to the state legislative assembly and win at least two seats in that state assembly.
- A party should secure at least six per cent of valid votes polled in an election to Lok Sabha and win at least one seat in Lok Sabha.
- A party should win at least three per cent of the total number of seats or any fraction thereof allotted to that state.
- At least one MP for every 25 members or any fraction allotted to the state in the Lok Sabha.[9]
- Under the liberalised criteria, one more clause that it will be eligible for recognition as state party if it secures eight per cent or more of the total valid votes polled in the state.
Party | Flag | Election symbol |
Founded | Leader(s) | Recognised in state(s) | Government in states/UTs | Seats | |||||||
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Chief minister | Alliance partner | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | State assemblies |
State councils | |||||||||
State party in three or more states | ||||||||||||||
All India Trinamool Congress | 1998 | Mamata Banerjee | Meghalaya Tripura West Bengal |
1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
29 / 543
|
13 / 245
|
228 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Communist Party of India | 1925 | D. Raja | Kerala Manipur Tamil Nadu |
0 / 31
|
3 / 31
|
2 / 543
|
2 / 245
|
22 / 4,123
|
1 / 426
| |||||
Janata Dal (Secular) | 1999 | H. D. Deve Gowda | Arunachal Pradesh Karnataka Kerala |
0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
2 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
21 / 4,123
|
8 / 426
| |||||
Janata Dal (United) | 2003 | Nitish Kumar | Arunachal Pradesh Bihar Manipur |
1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
12 / 543
|
5 / 245
|
46 / 4,123
|
26 / 426
| |||||
State party in two states | ||||||||||||||
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1972 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Puducherry Tamil Nadu |
0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
3 / 245
|
62 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1949 | M. K. Stalin | Puducherry Tamil Nadu |
1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
22 / 543
|
10 / 245
|
139 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | 2021 | Chirag Paswan | Nagaland Bihar |
0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
5 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
3 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Naga People's Front | 2002 | Kuzholuzo Nienu | Manipur Nagaland |
0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
7 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Nationalist Congress Party | 1999 | Ajit Pawar | Maharashtra Nagaland |
0 / 31
|
2 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
3 / 245
|
51 / 4,123
|
8 / 426
| |||||
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | 2024 | Sharad Pawar | Maharashtra Nagaland |
0 / 31
|
2 / 31
|
8 / 543
|
2 / 245
|
14 / 4,123
|
3 / 426
| |||||
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 1997 | Lalu Prasad Yadav Tejashwi Yadav |
Bihar Jharkhand |
0 / 31
|
2 / 31
|
4 / 543
|
6 / 245
|
81 / 4,123
|
5 / 426
| |||||
Telugu Desam Party | 1982 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Andhra Pradesh Telangana |
1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
16 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
135 / 4,123
|
15 / 426
| |||||
YSR Congress Party | 2011 | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | Andhra Pradesh Telangana |
0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
4 / 543
|
8 / 245
|
11 / 4,123
|
36 / 426
| |||||
State party in one state | ||||||||||||||
All India Forward Bloc | 1939 | Debabrata Biswas | West Bengal | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1927 | Asaduddin Owaisi | Telangana | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
10 / 4,123
|
2 / 426
| |||||
All India N.R. Congress | 2011 | N. Rangaswamy | Puducherry | 1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
10 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
All India United Democratic Front | 2005 | Badruddin Ajmal | Assam | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
15 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
All Jharkhand Students Union | 1986 | Sudesh Mahto | Jharkhand | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
2 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Apna Dal (Sonelal) | 2016 | Anupriya Patel | Uttar Pradesh | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
2 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
12 / 4,123
|
1 / 426
| |||||
Asom Gana Parishad | 1985 | Atul Bora | Assam | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
9 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Bharat Rashtra Samithi | 2001 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Telangana | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
3 / 245
|
39 / 4,123
|
34 / 426
| |||||
Biju Janata Dal | 1997 | Naveen Patnaik | Odisha | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
8 / 245
|
51 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Bodoland People's Front | 2005 | Hagrama Mohilary | Assam | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
3 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 1974 | Dipankar Bhattacharya | Bihar | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
2 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
13 / 4,123
|
1 / 426
| |||||
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 2005 | Premallatha Vijayakant | Tamil Nadu | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Goa Forward Party | 2016 | Vijai Sardesai | Goa | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
1 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Hill State People's Democratic Party | 1968 | KP Pangniang | Meghalaya | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
2 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Indian National Lok Dal | 1996 | Om Prakash Chautala | Haryana | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
2 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Indian Union Muslim League | 1948 | Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal | Kerala | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
3 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
15 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura | 2009 | N.C. Debbarma | Tripura | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
1 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 1932 | Farooq Abdullah | Jammu and Kashmir | 1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
2 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
42 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | 1982 | Bhim Singh | Jammu and Kashmir | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | 1999 | Mehbooba Mufti | Jammu and Kashmir | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
3 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh | 2016 | Renu Jogi | Chhattisgarh | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Jannayak Janta Party | 2018 | Dushyant Chautala | Haryana | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1972 | Shibu Soren Hemant Soren |
Jharkhand | 1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
3 / 543
|
2 / 245
|
30 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Kerala Congress (M) | 1979 | Jose K. Mani | Kerala | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
5 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena | 2006 | Raj Thackeray | Maharashtra | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
1 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 1963 | Deepak Dhavalikar | Goa | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
2 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Mizo National Front | 1961 | Zoramthanga | Mizoram | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
10 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | 2017 | Neiphiu Rio | Nagaland | 1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
25 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
People's Party of Arunachal | 1977 | Kamen Ringu | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
1 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Rashtriya Loktantrik Party | 2018 | Hanuman Beniwal | Rajasthan | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Revolutionary Goans Party | 2022 | Viresh Borkar | Goa | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
1 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1940 | Manoj Bhattacharya[10] | Kerala | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Samajwadi Party | 1992 | Akhilesh Yadav | Uttar Pradesh | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
37 / 543
|
4 / 245
|
112 / 4,123
|
9 / 426
| |||||
Shiromani Akali Dal | 1920 | Sukhbir Singh Badal | Punjab | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
3 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Sikkim Democratic Front | 1993 | Pawan Kumar Chamling | Sikkim | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
1 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | 2013 | Prem Singh Tamang | Sikkim | 1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
19 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Shiv Sena | 1966 | Eknath Shinde | Maharashtra | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
7 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
40 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | 2022 | Uddhav Thackeray | Maharashtra | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
9 / 543
|
3 / 245
|
17 / 4,123
|
12 / 426
| |||||
Tipra Motha Party | 2019 | Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma | Tripura | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
13 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
United Democratic Party | 1997 | Metbah Lyngdoh | Meghalaya | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
11 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
United People's Party Liberal | 2015 | Urkhao Gwra Brahma | Assam | 0 / 31
|
1 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
1 / 245
|
7 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Voice of the People Party | 2021 | Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit | Meghalaya | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
4 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Zoram Nationalist Party | 1997 | H. Lalrinmawia | Mizoram | 0 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
0 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
0 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
| |||||
Zoram People's Movement | 2017 | Lalduhoma | Mizoram | 1 / 31
|
0 / 31
|
1 / 543
|
0 / 245
|
27 / 4,123
|
0 / 426
|
Unrecognised parties
[edit]Defunct political parties
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ If a party is recognised as a national or state party, its symbol is reserved for its exclusive use in the country or in the state.[1][2]
- ^ a b There were 60 state parties listed in publication issued by the Election Commission of India on 23 March 2024. However 2 out of 60 parties (Rashtriya Lok Samata Party[3] and People's Democratic Front[4]) have merged with other parties. Additionally, the name and symbol of Lok Janshakti Party has been frozen until final order is passed by ECI regarding its split into two new parties.[5] After winning 21/21 contested seats (equal to 13% of the seats in the legislative assembly) in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Janasena Party achieved the recognised party status.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "List of National Parties" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 March 2024. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "List of State Parties" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 23 March 2024. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party merges with JD(U)". The Economic Times. 15 March 2021. ISSN 0013-0389. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "PDF merges with ruling NPP in Meghalaya". The Economic Times. 7 May 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Lok Janshakti Party - Interim Order". Election Commission of India. 2 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Now, recognised party status for Jana Sena". The Times of India. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ a b "List of RUPPs" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b "The Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ admin1 (11 April 2023). "Recognition of National or State Party - Current Affairs". Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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- ^ "June 2015 Notification" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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- ^ "Allotment of Common Symbol -10B letter dt 15.9.15" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 15 September 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Subrata K. Mitra and V. B. Singh. 1999. Democracy and Social Change in India: but parties have to be 70per of decision A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Electorate. New Delhi: Sage Publications. ISBN 81-7036-809-X (India HB) ISBN 0-7619-9344-4 (U.S. HB).
- Subrata K. Mitra, Mike Enskat, Clemens Spiess (eds.). 2004. Political Parties in South Asia. Greenwood: Praeger.
- Political Parties, Democratic Politics II, Textbook in Political Science for Class X, NCERT