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Political parties in India lists political parties in India. India has a multi-party system with a predominance of small regional parties. National parties are those that are recognized in four or more states. They are accorded this status by the Election Commission of India, which periodically reviews the election results in various states. This recognition helps the political parties to claim unique ownership of certain identities, such as the party symbol, until the next review of their status. Below are national parties as per October 2004. The Constitution of India stipulates that India be a federal polity with a central government in New Delhi, and state governments for the various states and Union territories. Consequently, political parties in India are classified as national and state (regional) parties based on their realms of influence. See list of recognised political parties in India

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[edit] National parties

[edit] State parties

Parties that have received certain amount of votes or seats in a state might be recognized as a state party by the Election Commission. Recognition as a state party given the party the possibility to reserve a particular election symbol in the concerned state. A party might be recognized in more than one state. A party recognized in four states is automatically recognized as a national party. Below is the list of recognized state parties ahead of the Gujarat & Himachal Pradesh state assembly elections in December 2007.[1] The states where the party has gained recognition is also stated, although the party may very well be active in more states and territories than that.

Indian state governments led by various political parties as of date
Indian state governments led by various political parties as of date

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[edit] Other parties represented in the Lok Sabha

[edit] Other parties represented in the Rajya Sabha

[edit] Registered Unrecognized Parties

The large number of political parties are registered at the Election Commission, without having gained any recognition as National or State parties. In many cases registrations remain, although the party in question might have disbanded or merged into another formation several years ago. Below is the list of 730 registered unrecognized parties as published by the Election Commission in ahead of October 2005 elections:

[edit] A

  • Antash Chetan
  • Akhand Bharti
  • Akhil Bharatiya Aman Committee
  • Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena
  • Akhil Bharatiya Bharat Mata – Putra Paksha
  • Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Nirmoolan Sena
  • Akhil Bhartiya Berozgaar Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Congress Dal (Ambedkar)
  • Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha
  • Akhil Bharatiya Dastkar Morcha
  • Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Utthan Party
  • Akhand Bharat Ekta Andolan
  • Akhil Bharatiya Gareeb Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
  • Akhil Bharatiya General Labour Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Garib Mazdoor Kisan Party
  • Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
  • Akhil Bharatiya Sena
  • Akhil Bharatiya Janata Congress
  • Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh
  • Akhil Bhartiya Janata Vikas Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Mazdoor Morcha
  • Akhil Bharatiya Lokraj Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Alp-Sankhyak Jan Morcha
  • Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress
  • Akhil Bharatiya Loktantra Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Manav Adhikar Dal
  • Akhil Bharatiya Muslim League (Secular)
  • Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Dal
  • Akahand Bharat Maha Sangh Sarvahara Krantikari Party
  • Akhand Bharat National Party
  • Ambedkarbadi Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party
  • Akhil Bharatiya Rajivwadi Congress (Dubey)
  • Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Ballabh Vyas)
  • Akhil Bharatiya Rajarya Sabha
  • Akhil Bharatiya Revolutionary Shoshit Samaj Dal
  • Akhil Bharatiya Sangharsh Dal
  • Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi
  • Akhil Bharatiya Sindhi Samaj Party
  • Apna Bharat
  • Apna Dal
  • Anndata Party
  • Agar Jan Party
  • All Party Hill Leaders Conference(Armison Marak Group)
  • Apna Hindu Ram Bhakat Party
  • All India Athithanar Makal Katchi
  • All India Babu Jagjivan Ram Saheb National Congress
  • Advait Ishwasyam Congress
  • All India Christian Democratic and Backward People’s Party
  • All India Dalit Welfare Congress
  • All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist)
  • All India Gareeb Congress
  • All India Homeless People Congress
  • All India Indira Congress (Secular)
  • All India Krantikari Congress
  • All India Lok Raj Party
  • All India Minorities Front
  • All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
  • All India Muslim Forum
  • All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam
  • All India Mahila Raj Party
  • All India Progressive Janata Dal
  • All India People's Party
  • All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress
  • All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhabi Dal
  • All India Sadguna Party
  • All India Tribes and Minorities Front
  • All India Tafsili United Party
  • Ajeya Bharat Party
  • All J & K Peoples Patriotic Front
  • Akhand Jharkhand People's Front
  • Alpjan Samaj Party
  • All Jharkhand Students Union
  • Akhil Jan Vikas Dal
  • All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party
  • Adarsh Lok Dal
  • Amra Bangalee
  • Anaithindhia MGR Katchi
  • Ambedkar National Congress
  • Andhra Nadu Party
  • Andaman Nicobar Vikas Congress
  • Awami Party
  • Ati Pichhra Jan Dal
  • Ambedkar Peoples Movement
  • Andhra Pradesh Navodaya Praja Party
  • Adarsh Political Party
  • Ambedkar Pragatisheel Republican Dal
  • Ambedkarist Republican Party
  • Arya Sabha
  • Akhil Rashtrawadi Party
  • Ali Sena
  • Autonomous State Demand Committee
  • Ambedkar Samaj Party
  • Anna Telugu Desam Party
  • Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam
  • Adarshwadi Dal

[edit] B

  • Bharatiya Ambedkar Party
  • Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha
  • Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal
  • Bharatiya Backward Party
  • B. C. United Front
  • Bhrashtachar Virodhi Dal
  • Bharat Dal
  • Bharat Vikas Party
  • Bhartiya Deshbhakt Party
  • Bharatiya Democratic Dal
  • Bharatiya Ekta Dal
  • Bharatiya Eklavya Party
  • Bahujan Ekta Party ( R )
  • Bharatiya Grameen Dal
  • Bhartiya Gorkha Janashakti
  • Bharatiya Gaon Taj Dal
  • Bharatiya Jan Congress
  • Bharat Jan Party
  • Bhomi Jotak Samooh
  • Bharatiya Jan Vikas Party
  • Bhartiya Harit Kranti Dal
  • Bharatiya Rashtriya Parishad
  • Bharatiya Hindu Sena
  • Bharatiya Jan Berojgar Chhatra Dal
  • Bhartiya Jana Congress (Rashtriya)
  • Bharatiya Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Party
  • Bharatiya Jan Jagriti Party
  • Bhartiya Jan Kalyan Party
  • Bharatiya Jan Kisan Party
  • Bajjikanchal Vikas Party
  • Bharatiya Jankranti Party
  • Bahujan Republican Party
  • Bharatiya Jan Sabha
  • Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad
  • Bharatiya Janvadi Party
  • Bahujan Kisan Dal
  • Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party
  • Bharatiya Krantikari Kammand Party
  • Bharat Ki Lok Jimmedar Party
  • Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Party
  • Bharatiya Kisan Parivartan Party
  • Bharat Kranti Rakshak Party
  • Bharatiya Kushal Samaj Party
  • Bharti Krishak Seva Samaj
  • Bundelkhand Vikas Dal
  • Bharatiya Lok Kalyan Dal
  • Bharti Lok Lehar Party
  • Bharatiya Lok Nyay Party
  • Bharatiya Labour Party
  • Bahujan Loktantrik Party
  • Bharatha Makkal Congress
  • Bharatiya Momin Front
  • Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha
  • Bharat Mangalam Parishad
  • Bharatiya Muhabbat Party (All India)
  • Bharatiya Muslim Party (Siddiqui)
  • Bharatiya Manav Raksha Dal
  • Bhartiya Mahashakti Morcha
  • Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh
  • Bahujan Mahasangha Paksha
  • Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Party
  • Bhartiya Nojawan Dal
  • Bharathiya Nethaji Party
  • Bharat Nav Jyoti Sangh
  • Bharatiya Navshakti Party
  • Bharatiya Nagrik Party
  • Bharti Nari Sangathan
  • Bira Oriya Party
  • Bhartiya Pragatisheel Congress
  • Bharat Pensioner’s Front
  • Bolshevik Party of India
  • Bharatiya Praja Paksha
  • Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha
  • Brij Pradesh Nirman Sangh
  • Bharatiya Peoples and National Security National Party
  • Bharatiya Prajatantrik Shudh Gandhiwadi Krishak Dal
  • Bihar People’s Party
  • Bharatiya Prajatantra Party
  • Bharatiya Rajiv Congress
  • Bharatiya Rashtriya Janhit Party
  • Bhartiya Rakshak Party
  • Bharatiya Rashtriya Morcha
  • Bharatiya Rashtriya Mazdoor Dal
  • Bharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha
  • Bharatiya Republican Paksha
  • Bharatiya Rashtriya Swadeshi Congress Paksh
  • Bhartiya Vikas Party
  • Bharat Srijan
  • Bharatiya Samaj Dal
  • Bharti Sarvadarshi Parishad
  • Bharatiya Shramik Dal
  • Bharatiya Surajya Manch
  • Bhartiya Santaji Party
  • Bharatiya Sarvkalayan Kranti Dal
  • Bharatiya Samaj Kalyan Party Bharat
  • Bharteey Samajvadi Morcha
  • Bharatiya Samata Party
  • Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
  • Bharatiya Subhash Sena
  • Bharatiya Satyarth Sangathan
  • Bharatiya Sadbhawna Samaj Party
  • Bharatiya Seva Dal
  • Bharatiya Samajwadi Vikas Party
  • Bihar Vikas Party
  • Bharat Vishal Party
  • Bahujan Vikas Party
  • Barak Valley Territory Demand Committee
  • Buddhiviveki Vikas Party
  • Bharatiya Yuva Shakti

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

[edit] G

[edit] H

[edit] I

[edit] J

  • jago party
  • Jai Bharat Party
  • Jan Chetna Party
  • Janata Congress Party of Bharat Varsha
  • Jharkhand Disom Party
  • Jana Hitkari Party
  • Janhit Morcha
  • Jai Hind Party
  • Janhit Samaj Party
  • Jebamani Janata
  • Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Mazdoor Congress
  • Jammu And Kashmir Awami League
  • Jammu & Kashmir Awami National Conference
  • Jharkhand Ki Krantikari Party
  • Jawan Kisan Morcha
  • Jharkhand Party
  • Jharkhand Party (Naren)
  • Jammu And Kashmir Peoples Front
  • Jharkhand People’s Party
  • Jan Lok Kalyan Party
  • Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan)
  • Janmangal Paksh
  • Jananishta
  • Jan Kranti Morcha
  • Janata Party
  • Jammu & Kashmir People Conference
  • Jai Prakash Janata Dal
  • Jana Priya
  • Jan Sewa Party
  • Jan Samarthan Dal
  • Jan Samanta Party
  • Jansatta Party
  • Jan Surajya Shakti
  • Jansevak Samaj Party
  • Jaghat Telugu Munnetra Kazhggam
  • Jai Telangana Party
  • Jana Unnayan Mancha
  • Janata Uday Party
  • Jai Vijaya Bharathi Party
  • Jharkhand Vananchal Congress
  • Jharkhand Vikas Dal
  • Janata Vikas Party

[edit] K

[edit] L

[edit] M

[edit] N

[edit] O

[edit] P

[edit] Q

  • Quami Janta Dal
  • Quami Party

[edit] R

  • Rajyadhikara Party
  • Rashtriya Aikta Manch
  • Rashtriya Bahujan Congress Party
  • Rashtriya Bahujan Ekta Party
  • Rashtriya Bhrasthachar Virodhi Morcha
  • Rashtravadi Communist Party
  • Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)
  • Rashtriya Dehat Morcha Party
  • Rashtriya Dharmanirpeksha Nava Bharat Party
  • Rashtriya Deshbhakt Party
  • Rajasthan Dev Sena Dal
  • Rashtriya Garib Dal
  • Rashtriya Gurujan Party
  • Rashtriya Gramin Party
  • Rajdal Haryana
  • Rashtriya Hith Congress
  • Rashtriya Hamara Dal
  • Rashtriya Hindu Sangathan
  • Rashtriya Indira Party
  • Rashtriya Janadhikar Party
  • Rashtriya Janta Congress
  • Rashtriya Janandholan Paksha
  • Rashtriya Janata Janardan Party
  • Rashtriya Jan Kalyan Party
  • Republican Janata Party
  • Rashtriya Jan Sangam
  • Rashtriya Jansevak Parishad
  • Rashtriya Jantantrik Dal
  • Rajasthan Vikas Party
  • Rashtriya Krantikari Dal
  • Rashtriya Komi Ekta Party
  • Rashtriya Kisan Party
  • Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party
  • Rashtriya Kamjor Varg Party
  • Rashtriya Lok Seva Morcha
  • Rashtriya Manav Adhikar Party
  • Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party
  • Rashtriya Manav Kalyan Sangh
  • Rashtriya Matrabhoomi Party
  • Rashtriya Mahasangh
  • Rajiv Makkal Congress
  • Rashtriya Nayay Party
  • Rashtrotthan Party
  • Rashtriya Praja Congress (Secular)
  • Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
  • Republican Movement
  • Republican Party of India
  • Republican Party of India (Athvale)
  • Republican Party Of India (Democratic )
  • Republican Party Of India(Khobragade)
  • Republican Party of India (Kamble)
  • Republican Party of India (Sivaraj)
  • Republican Presidium Party of India
  • Rashtriya Rajdhani Congress Delhi
  • Rashtriya Raksha Dal
  • Ramrajya Marg
  • Rashtra Shakti
  • Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party
  • Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress
  • Rashtriya Sawarn Dal
  • Rashtriya Garima Party
  • Rashtriya Swajan Party
  • Rashtriya Sakar Party
  • Rashtriya Samanta Dal
  • Rashtriya Samadhaan Party
  • Rajasthan Samajik Nyaya Manch
  • Rashtriya Samajik Nayak Paksha
  • Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (United)
  • Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik)
  • Rashtriya Samajwadi Party 'Pragatisheel'
  • Rashtriya Samaj Paksha
  • Ram Sena Rashtravadi
  • Rashtriya Surajya Parishad
  • Rashtriya Samaj Sevak Dal
  • Rashtriya Samaj Sudhar Party
  • Rashtriya Kranti Party
  • Rashtriya Party
  • Rashtra Suraksha Parishad
  • Rashtriya Unnatisheel Dal
  • Rashtravadi Vikas Dal
  • Rashtravadi Janata Party
  • Rashtriya Vikas Party
  • Rajasthan Veer Sena
  • Rashtrawadi Samaj Party
  • Rashtriya Yuva Loktantrik Party

[edit] S

[edit] T

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] W

[edit] Y

[edit] Other parties

Many political parties in India are never registered at the Election Commission.

[edit] Parties from the past

[edit] Coalitions

Since 1990, the Indian electorate has consistently thrown fragmented verdicts both at the state and national levels. This has led parties with small (and sometimes fundamental) ideological differences to come together as a loose federation of parties to stake claim for power. The following are coalitions of political parties in India.

[edit] Political parties listed by relationship

Short Indian Political Dictionary (language is Hindi unless mentioned otherwise):
Abhiyan Campaign
Akhil All
Bahujan Majority*
Bharatiya Indian
Biplob Revolution (Bengali)
Dal Party
Dalit Scheluded Caste group
Gana People (Assamese, Bengali, Oriya)
Ganatantra Democracy (Bengali, m.m.)
Gorkha Nepali-speaking ethnic group
Ekta United
Jan People
Janata Popular
Jantantrik Democratic
Katchi Party (Tamil)
Kazhagam Federation (Tamil)
Kisan Peasant
Kranti Revolution
Lehar Stream
Lok People
Loktantrik Democratic
Maha- Great
Manch Platform
Makkal People (Tamil)
Morcha Front
Mukti Liberation
Munnetra Progressive (Tamil)
Paksha Party (Marathi, Kannada)
Parishad Association
Peravai Front (Tamil)
Pokx Party (Konkani)
Praja People
Prajatantrik Democratic
Rajya State
Rashtriya National
Samaj Society
Samajwadi Socialist
Sammelan Conference
Samiti Association
Samyavadi Communist
Samyukt United
Sangh Union
Shakti Power
Suraksha Defence
Swatantra Independence
Trinamool Grassroot
Vikas Development
*Used in the meaning that 85% of the population of India belongs to lower castes.

[edit] Distribution of seats in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Official party sites

[edit] Other sites

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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - All India Forward Bloc - All India Trinamool Congress - Arunachal Congress - Asom Gana Parishad - Biju Janata Dal - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Federal Party of Manipur - Indian Federal Democratic Party - Indian National Lok Dal - Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party - Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party - Janata Dal (Secular) - Janata Dal (United) - Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Kerala Congress - Kerala Congress (Mani) - Lok Jan Shakti Party - Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party - Manipur People's Party - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Meghalaya Democratic Party - Mizo National Front - Mizoram People's Conference - Muslim League Kerala State Committee - Nagaland People's Front - Pattali Makkal Katchi - Rashtriya Janata Dal - Rashtriya Lok Dal - Revolutionary Socialist Party - Samajwadi Party - Shiromani Akali Dal - Shiv Sena - Sikkim Democratic Front - Telangana Rashtra Samithi - Telugu Desam Party - United Democratic Party - United Goans Democratic Party - Uttarakhand Kranti Dal - Zoram Nationalist Party
Other parties in parliament
Other unrecognized, new-born or
parties with limited presence.
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[edit] Further reading

  • Subrata K. Mitra and V.B. Singh. 1999. Democracy and Social Change in India: 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://search.eci.gov.in/eresults/parties/indexSPOS.htm