List of political party symbols
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[edit] Colours
- red - Socialism, Communism
- pink - Socialism,Homosexuality, Women
- blue - Conservatism, Jews, Men
- green - Environmentalism, Islam, Capitalism, Agrarianism
- black - Anarchism, Fascism, Catholicism, Monarchism, Blacks
- orange - Liberalism, Ulster loyalism, Hindu Nationalism
- white - Monarchism, Whites
- purple - Monarchism
- brown - Nazism, Hispanics
- yellow - Capitalism, Banking Interests, Asians
- lavender - Homosexuality
[edit] Colors (United States)
- red - conservatives and the U.S. Republican party
- blue - liberals and the U.S. Democratic Party
- Green - Environmentalism, and often Liberalism, and the U.S. Green Party
- purple - politically mixed or moderate areas of the country, and the U.S. Moderate Party
- white - (sometimes) third parties (other than the Greens or Moderates) and independent candidates and voters
[edit] Directions
- left - Communism, Revolution
- centre - Moderate socialism, Labourism, Social Democracy, Reformist
- right - Conservatism, Capitalism
[edit] Icons (worldwide)
- swastika - Nazism
- hammer, sickle, and star - Communism
- Fasces - Fascism
- red rose - socialism
- crown - Monarchism
[edit] Icons (India)
- lotus - Bharatiya Janata Party
- ears of maize and sickle - Communist Party of India
- hand - Indian National Congress
- clock - Nationalist Congress Party
- elephant - Bahujan Samaj Party (with the exception of the states of Assam and Sikkim where certain state parties use the elephant)
- bicycle - Telugu Desam Party (Andhra Pradesh)
- elephant - Asom Gana Parishad (Assam)
- arrow - Janata Dal (United) (Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Nagaland)
- hurricane lamp - Rashtriya Janata Dal (Bihar, Jharkhand)
- spectacles - Indian National Lok Dal (Haryana)
- telephone - Himachal Vikas Congress (Himachal Pradesh)
- plough - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)
- ink pot and pen - People's Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
- bow and arrow - Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha (Jharkhand)
- lady farmer carrying paddy on her head - Janata Dal (Secular) (Karnataka)
- two leaves - Kerala Congress (Mani faction) (Kerala)
- ladder - Muslim League (Kerala)
- bow and arrow - Shiv Sena (Maharashtra)
- conch - Biju Janata Dal (Orissa)
- scales - Akali Dal (Punjab)
- umbrella - Sikkim National Front (Sikkim)
- two leaves - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
- rising sun - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
- hand pump - Rashtriya Lok Dal (Uttar Pradesh)
- bicycle - Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh)
- lion - All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal)
- flowers and grass - Nationalist Trinamool Congress
[edit] Icons (United States)
- Abraham Lincoln - Republican Party, used on some paper ballots in US
- donkey - Democratic Party
- eagle - Constitution Party
- elephant - Republican Party
- owl - Moderate Party
- Statue of Liberty - Libertarian Party
- sunflower - Green Party
- Thomas Jefferson - Democratic Party, used on some paper ballots in US
