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This article lists political parties in India. India has a multi-party system. 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.

Recognised national parties

The following parties currently participate in Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha, sorted by the number of their factions' seats (refer to the following links for details):

Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Position	Political Alliance	Votes (2009)	Seats in Lok Sabha
Indian National Congress	INC	Sonia Gandhi	Social democracy and social liberalism	centre-left / centrist	UPA	28.55%	206
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Nitin Gadkari	Conservatism and free market	centre-right	NDA	18.80%	116
Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	Mayawati	Dalit Socialism and secularism	centrist	Third Front	6.17%	21
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	Prakash Karat	Communism and Marxist-Leninist	Far left	Third Front	5.33%	16
Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	Sharad Pawar	Secular democracy	centrist	UPA	2.04%	9
Communist Party of India	CPI	A.B. Bardhan	Communism	Far left	Third Front	1.43%	4

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 September 2009 state assembly elections.^[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 2007

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK, "All India Anna Federation for Progress of Dravidians") (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry)
All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal)
All India Trinamool Congress ("All India Grassroots Congress") (Meghalaya, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh)
All India United Democratic Front (Assam)
Arunachal Congress (Arunachal Pradesh)
Biju Janata Dal (Orissa)
Bodoland People's Front (Assam)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ("Federation for Progress of Dravidians") (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry)
Haryana Janhit Congres (BL) (Haryana)
Indian National Lok Dal ("Indian National People's Party") (Haryana)
Indian Union Muslim League (Kerala, registered as 'Muslim League Kerala State Committee')
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
Janata Dal (Secular) ("People's Party (Secular)") (Karnataka, Kerala)
Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)") (Bihar, Jharkhand)
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) ("Jharkhand Liberation Front") (Jharkhand, Orissa)
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) ("Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)") (Jharkhand)
Kerala Congress (Kerala)
Kerala Congress (Mani) (Kerala)
Lok Jan Shakti Party (Bihar)
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (Goa)
Manipur People's Party (Manipur)
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
Mizo National Front (Mizoram)
Mizoram People's Conference (Mizoram)
Nagaland Peoples Front (Nagaland)
National People's Party (Manipur)
Pattali Makkal Katchi (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry)
Praja Rajyam Party ("People's Rule Party") (Andhra Pradesh)
Rashtriya Lok Dal ("National People's Party") (Uttar Pradesh)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (West Bengal)
Samajwadi Party ("Socialist Party") (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand)
Save Goa Front (Goa)
Shiromani Akali Dal (Party of Akal - Authority for the Political matters of Sikhs) (Punjab)
Shiv Sena ("Army of Shivaji") (Maharashtra)
Sikkim Democratic Front (Sikkim)
Telangana Rashtra Samithi ("Telengana National Association") (Andhra Pradesh)
Telugu Desam Party ("Telugu Nation Party") (Andhra Pradesh)
United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal ("Uttarakhand Revolution Party") (Uttarakhand)
Zoram Nationalist Party (Mizoram)

Other parties represented in the Lok Sabha

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen

Other parties represented in the Rajya Sabha

Swatantra Bharat Paksh

Registered unrecognized parties

A 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:

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 Dance 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
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

C

Christian Democratic Front
Christhava Makkal Katchi
Congress Jananayaka Peravai
Chhattisgarh Kisan Mazdoor Party
Christian Mannetra Kazhagam
Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha
Communist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee
Congunadu Makkal Katchi
Congress of People
Chhattisgarhi Samaj Party
Chhattisgarh Vikas Party
Champaran Vikas Party

D

Desh Bachao Jan Morcha
Desh Bhakt Party
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Democratic Bahujan Samaj Morcha
Democratic Bharatiya Samaj Party
Democratic Congress Party
Democratic Dal of Haryana
Democratic Forward Bloc
Democratic Insaf Party
Democratic Janta Dal (J & K)
Democratic Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Democratic Movement
Dravida Makkal Congress
Dalit Mazdoor Kishan Party
Dalit Muslim Vikas Party
Dravida Peravai
Democratic Party of India
Desia Pathukappu Kazhagam
Delhi Parivartan Party
Deseeya Praja Socialist Party
Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party
Dev Sena Party
Dalit Samaj Party
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
Dhiravida Thelugar Munnetra Kalagam
Dravida Vizhipunarchi Kazhagam
Delhi Vikas Party
Divya Shakti Party
Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam
dalit muslim suraksha mhasangh[haji mastan mirza]

E

Ekta Kranti Dal U.P.
Ekta Shakti
Ekta Samaj Party
Ephraim Union

F

Forward Bloc (Socialist)
Federal Congress of India
Farmers Developments Party
Federation of Sabhas

G

Gujarat Adijati Vikash Paksh
Garib Ekta Party
Gondvana Gantantra Party
Golden India Party
Garib Janata Party
Grama Munnetra Kazhagam
Gommant Lok Pokx
Garo National Council
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
Gorakha National Liberation Front
Goa Pokx
Goa People's Congress
Gandhiwadi Rashtriya Congress
Goa Rajiv Congress Party
Gujarat State Janta Congress
Gareebjan Samaj Party
Goa Su-raj Party
Goa Vikas Party
Gujarat Swarajya Sangh
Gujarat Yuva Vikas Party

H

Hind Vikas Party
Hindu Ekta Andolan Party
Hindustani Gareebwadi Party
Haryana Gareeb Pichhra Yuva Sangathan
Haryana Janrakshak Dal
Hindustan Janta Party
Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party
Himachal Kranti Party
Haryana Lok Dal
Hind Morcha
Hmar Peoples Convention
Hill State People's Democratic Party
Himachal Pradesh State Akali Dal
Haryana Republican Party
Hind Swarajya Ganatantra Party
Hindusthan Suraksha Party
Hindu Samaj Party
Hindustan Party
Himachal Vikas Congress
Haryana Vikas Party
Haryana Raksha Party
Haryana Svatantra party
Humanist party india

I

Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party
Indian Christian Front
Indian Christian Secular Party
Indian Ekta Party
Indian Justice Party
Indian Liberation Front
Ikkiya Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
Indian National Green Party
Indian National League
Indian National Labour Party
Indian People's Congress
Islam Party Hind
Indian Peace Party
Indian Republican Front
Indian Secular Congress
Indian Union Muslim League
Indian Victory Party
indian people's front
Er.Israr Amrohi front of India

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
Jebamani Janata Katchi
Jai Bharat Samanta Party
JAI Amroha front

K

KASANI GYANESHWAR MUDIRAJ ZINDABAD,NAYAKTTVAM VARDALALI
Kamarajar Adithanar Kazhakam
Krantikari Berozgar Party
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
Kamarajar Deseeya Congress
Kerala Janapaksham
Kerala Congress(B)
Kerala Congress (Jacob)
Khasi Farmers Democratic Party
Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement
Karnataka Kranthi Dal
Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena
Kisan Mazdoor Bahujan Party
Kaivinayger Munnetra Kazhagam
Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha
Kuki National Assembly
Kannada Nadu Party
Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai
Kisan Naujawan Party
Kannada Paksha
Kranti Dal
Kranti Parishad
Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha
Kamgar Samaj Dal
Kosal Party
Krantikari Samajwadi Party Lohia
Krantikari Samyavadi Party
Kisan Kranti Dal
Karnataka Thamizhar Munnetra Kazhagam
Kudi Makkal Katchi
Kisan Vyawasayee Mazdoor Party
Kujan Pillia's Group
Kisan Vikas Party
Kamjor Varg Sangh,Bihar

L

Lok Bhalai Party
Lok Bharati
Lok Paritran Party
Lattin Congress
Loktantrik Chetna Party
Lok Dal
Life Peaceful Party
Lok Hit Party
Loktantrik Jan Samta Party
Labour And Job Seeker's Party Of India
Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh
Labour Party (Secular)
Labour Party Of India (V.V. Prasad)
Lairam People Party
Lokpriya Samaj Party
Lok Rajya Party
Lok Satta Party
Lok Shakti
Lok Sewa Dal
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party
Loktrantrik Janata Front
Loktantrik Samata Dal
Lok Vikas Party
Labour Vikas Party

M

Manidaneya Makkal Katchi (Political Party of TMMK, Tamil Nadu)
Makkal Manadu Katchi
Mahila Adhikar Party
Mukt Bharat
Mool Bharati (S) Party
Maatra Bhoomi Raksha Dal
Majlis Bachao Tahreek
Matra Bhoomi Vikas Party
Momin Conference
Marxist Co-Ordination
Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava)
Maraland Democratic Front
M.G.R. Kazhagam
Mahashakti Inqualab Party
Manav Jagriti Manch
Manav Kalyan Sangh Dal
Mahakaushal Vikas Party
M.G.R. Mannetra Kazhagam
Mahabharath Mahajan Sabha
Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh
Manipur National Conference
Makkal Nalaurimaik Kazhagam (People's Liberal Party)
Manuvadi Party
Manava Party
Madhya Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Adivasi Kranti Dal
Maharashtra Pradesh Krantikari Party
Madhya Pradesh Loktantrik Party
Manipur People's Party (Democratic)
Maharashtra Rajiv Congress
Maratha Rashtra Parishad
Mudiraj Rashtriya Samithi
Ministerial System Abolition Party
Manipur State Congress Party
Maharashtra Secular Front
Manav Samaj Party
Manav Sewa Party
Marumalarchi Thamizhakam
Makkal Tamil Desam
Maharashtra Vikas Congress
Makkal Vilipunarvu Eyakkam
Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam
Maharashtra nav nirman sena

N

Naari Shakti Party
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti
Naga National Party
Nagaland Democratic Party
Nagrik Ekta Dal
Namadhu Makkal Katchi
National Bahujan Congress
National Congress of Youth
National Citizens Party
National Democratic Party
National Democratic Peoples Front
National Lokhind Party
National Loktantrik Party
National Minorities Party
National Organisation Congress
National Party
Nationalist Party of India
National People's Party
National Republican Party
National Students Party
Nationalist Charity Congress
Native People's Party
Nav Maharashtra Vikas Party
Nava Nirmana Nagarika Samithi
Nava Telangana Praja Party
Navbharat Nirman Party
Nesavaalar Munnetra Kattchi
Netaji Congress Sena
Netaji Subhash Party
New India National Movement
New India Party
Nidaya Malik (N) Party
Nissabada Bhooripaksham
Niswarth Sewa Party
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)
Nyaynishth Prajatantra
Navid Ayaz ekta front

O

Orissa Congress
Orissa Communist Party
Orissa Gana Parishad
Orissa Socialist Party

P

Puducherry Munnetra Congress
patriot
Puratchi Bharatham
Paschimbanga Ganatantrik Mancha
Phule Bharti Lok Party
Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League
Prithak Bastar Rajya Party
People's Democratic Front
Peoples Democratic League of India
People's Democratic Movement
Peoples Democratic Party
Party for Democratic Socialism
Pavitra Hindustan Kaazhagam
Pichhra Samaj Party
Punjabi Dal
Punjab Janata Morcha
People's Justice Party
Punjab People's Party
Party Kisan Mazdoor Vyapari
Panchal Morcha
Pondicherry Mannila Makkal Munnani
Parmarth Party
Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party
Professional Party of India
Puthiya Needhi Katchi
Praja Party
Praja Rajyam Party
People's Party of Arunachal
Parcham Party of India
Political Party of National Management Service
Pyramid Party of India
Parvatiya Punrutthaan Parishad
Punjab Pradesh Vikas Party
Peoples Republican Party
Prabuddha Republican Party
PRISM
Panchayat Raj Party
Parivartan Samaj Party
Pragatisheel Party
Puthiya Tamilagam
Plains Tribals Council of Assam
Proutist Sarva Samaj Party
Paschimi Uttar Pradesh Swaraja Party
Punjab Vikas Congress Party
Purvanchal Vikas Party
Peasants and Workers Party of India

Q

Quami Janta Dal
Quami Party

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 Saf Niti Party
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
Rashtriya Republican Party

S

Satish Republic Party of India
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)
Samata Party
Sakhthi Baratha Desam
Sachet Bharat Party
Sadbhavana Party
Shikshit Berozgar Sena
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
Shree Bharat Vikas Paksh
Shakti Dal
Sabka Dal Bharatiya Samajwadi Congress
Sanyukt Dastkar Party
Socialistic Democratic Party
Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh)
Samajik Ekta Party
Sarvhara Dal
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad
Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal
Shoshit Samaj Party
Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic
Social Democratic Party of India
Social Justice Party
Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra)
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Sinh Jan Seva Party
Samajik Jantantrik Party
Shubha Karnatak
Swatntra Kranti Dal
Sikkim Janashakti Party
Social Action Party
Socialist Party (Lohia)
Samudaya Munnetra Kazhagam
Swarn Mahasabha
Samata Samaj Party
Satya Mave Party
Secular National Dravida Party
Sikkim National Liberation Front
Samajik Nyaya Party
Samajwadi Party
Sardar Patel Congress Party
Secular Party of India
Sirpanch Samaj Party
Sampurna Vikas Dal
Socialist Republican Party
Sarva Seva Party
Sadan Vikas Party

Shoshit Samaj Dal
Sehajdhari Sikh Federation
Samata Sangharsh Party
Sanatan Samaj Party
Sikkim Sangram Parishad
Swatantra Bharat Paksha
Samajtantric Party of India
Shetkari Vichar Dal
Sadan Vikas Party
Sarvodaya Party
Shivrajya Party
Savarn Samaj Party
Swaraj Dal
Samajwadi Jan Parishad
Shiromani Youth Akali Dal (Kahlon)
Samajvadi Youva Dal
Satyayug Party

T

Telangana Rastra Samithi
Thamilar Bhoomi
Thondar Congress
Telangana Congress Party
The Consumer Party of India
Tamil Desiyak Katchi
The Great India Revolutioners
Telangana Praja Party
Tharasu Makkal Mandram
The Humanist Party of India
Thesia Jananayaka Makkal Katchi
Tarai Kranti Dal
Tamilar Kazhagam
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
Tamil Maanila Kamraj Congress
Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu Deseeya Grameeya Thozhilalar Congress
Trinamool Gana Parishad
Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress
Tamil Nadu People's Party
Tamil Nadu Peasants & Workers Party
Tribal People Party
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India
Trilok Shakti Congress Bharat
Thaayaga Makkal Katchi
Tamizhaga Munnetra Munnani
Tamizhar Party
Telugu Desam Party

U

United Bodo Nationalist Liberation Front
United Citizen Party
United Communist Party of India
United Indian Democratic Council
United India Peoples Party
Uttarkhand Janwadi Party
United Minorities Front, Assam
Uttar Pradesh Jan Manas Party
Uzhaippalar Katchi
Uzhaippalar Podhu Nalakatchi
United People's Party of Assam
Uttar Pradesh Republican Party
United Reservation Movement Council of Assam
Uttarakhand Sanskriti Parishad
Urs Samyuktha Paksha
United Tribal Nationalists Liberation Front

V

Vivasayi Anbhu Katchi
Vikaswadi Communism Party
Vadival Sijo Paravur and Sons
Vidharbha Janata Congress
Vidhuthalai Siruthaigal Katchi
Vijeta Party
Vidhayak Dal
Viswa Maya Political Party
Vikas Party
Vidharabha Rajya Mukti Morcha
Vidharbha Rajya Party
Vidarbha Vikas Party
Vanchit jamat party

W

West Bengal Socialist Party
Womanist Party of India

Y

Youth Brigade
Yuva Gantantra Party
Yuva Jan Jagriti Party
Youth and Students Party
Youth For Reformation

Other parties

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

Biplobi Bangla Congress
BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Naxalbari
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag
Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists
Communist Party of United States of India
Communist Revolutionary League of India
Communist Workers Party
Dalit Panthers of India (also called Viduthalai Siruthaigal) (Tamil Nadu)
Gana Abhiyan Orissa
Gorkha National Liberation Front (C.K. Pradhan)
International Democratic Party
Kerala Dalit Federation
Kunabi Sena
Lal Nishan Party
Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi)
Marxist-Leninist Committee
Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Savitri Era Party
Shahar Vikas Aghadi
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Telangana Communist Party
Telangana Janata Party
Telangana Praja Samithi
Telangana Rashtra Party
Telangana Sadhana Samithi
Telangana Vikas Party
Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Workers Party of India
Israr Amrohi front

Former parties

All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
All India Jharkhand Party
Nationalist Trinamool Congress
Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
Anna Telugu Desam Party
Arunachal Congress (Mithi)
Bharatiya Jan Congress
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Bihar People's Party (Bihar)
Birsa Seva Dal
Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma
Bolshevik Party of India
Central Reorganization Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Chhotanagpur Front
Chhotanagpur Plateau Praja Parishad
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Second Central Committee
Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Revolutionary Party
Congress (Dolo)
Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party
Desh Sevak Party
Doordarshi Party
Forward Communist Party
Himachal Vikas Congress ("Himachal Welfare Congress")(Himachal Pradesh)
Hul Jharkhand Party
Hyderabad State Praja Party
Indian Congress (Socialist)
Indian National Congress (Organization)
Indian National Congress (Sheik Hassan)
Indian National Congress (Urs)
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B)
Janata Dal (Ajit)
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Krantikari Mukti Morcha
Krishikar Lok Party
Lal Jhanda Dal
Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh
Lok Shakti
Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress
Maharashtra Vikas Party
National Forward Bloc
Natun Asom Gana Parishad
Nikhil Manipuri Mahasabha
Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress
Organizing Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Orissa Jana Congress
Pasumpon Forward Bloc
Peoples Party of Arunachal
Pragati Legislature Party
Puducherry Makkal Congress
Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee
Radical Democratic Party
Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic)
Real Communist Party of India
Revolutionary Communist Party
Revolutionary Communist Unity Centre (Marxist-Leninist)
Revolutionary Forward Bloc
Scheduled Caste Federation
Subhasist Forward Bloc
Telangana Praja Samithi
United Jharkhand Party
United People's Party of Assam
Utkal Congress
Veer Birsa Dal
Vishal Haryana Party

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.

Bangla Bachao Front - an opposition front in the 2001 West Bengal state elections. Was headed by All India Trinamool Congress.
Democratic Front - the governing coalition in Maharashtra.
Him Loktantrik Morcha - a now defunct 'third front' in Himachal Pradesh.
National Democratic Alliance - headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
National Front - headed by Janata Dal, governed India 1989-1991. Now defunct.
Left Democratic Front - Opposition front in Kerala, headed by Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPI(M)).
Left Front - headed by CPI(M).
Sikkim United Democratic Alliance - political front in Sikkim, including regional parties, BJP, Indian National Congress (INC).
Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front - a front of pro-Telangana statehood fringe parties.
Third Front/United National Progressive Alliance
United Front - the 'third front' that governed India 1996-1998. Now defunct.
United Progressive Alliance - the current government coalition, headed by the INC.

Distribution of seats in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha

Indian National Congress–145
Bharatiya Janata Party–138
Communist Party of India (Marxist)–43
Samajwadi Party–36
Rashtriya Janata Dal–24
Bahujan Samaj Party–19
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam–16
Shiv Sena–12
Biju Janata Dal–11
Communist Party of India–10
Nationalist Congress Party–9
Janata Dal (United)–8
Shiromani Akali Dal–8
Pattali Makkal Katchi–6
Telugu Desam Party–5
Telangana Rashtra Samithi–5
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha–5
Lok Janashakti Party–4
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam–4
united Of Indian fisher
Independents–5
Others–30

Notes and references

↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/Symbols_Sep_2009.pdf

External links

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Political parties in India

Current national coalitions	National Democratic Alliance - United Progressive Alliance

Former national coalitions	Janata Party - National Front - United Front - Third Front

Recognised national parties	Bahujan Samaj Party - Bharatiya Janata Party - Communist Party of India - Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Indian National Congress - Nationalist Congress Party

Recognized state parties	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - All India Forward Bloc - All India Trinamool Congress - All India United Democratic Front - Asom Gana Parishad - Biju Janata Dal - Bodoland People's Front -Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) - Indian National Lok Dal - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party - Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party - Janata Dal (Secular) - Janata Dal (United) - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) - Kerala Congress - Kerala Congress (Mani) - Lok Jan Shakti Party - Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party - Manipur Peoples Party - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Meghalaya Democratic Party - Mizo National Front - Mizoram People's Conference - Muslim League Kerala State Committee - Nagaland People's Front - National People's Party - Pattali Makkal Katchi - Praja Rajyam Party - Pudhucherry Munnetra Congress - 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 - Uttarakhand Kranti Dal - Zoram Nationalist Party

Other parties in parliament	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi - Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) - Swabhimani Paksha - Swatantra Bharat Paksh - Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katch

Other unrecognized, new-born or parties with limited presence.	All India Muslim Forum - Arunachal Congress - Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh - Communist Marxist Party - Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation - Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) - Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam - Indian Federal Democratic Party - Indian National Congress (Socialist) - Indian National League - Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra - Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy - Jharkhand Party - Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai) - Kerala Congress (Jacob) - Kerala Congress (Secular) - Kerala People's Party - Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai - Lok Satta - Peoples Republican Party - Pragatisheel Indira Congress - Professionals Party of India - Republican Party of India (Gavai) - Republican Party of India (Athvale) - Republican Party of India (B.C. Kamble) - Republican Party of India (Democratic) - Republican Party of India (Khobragade) - Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) - Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) - Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) - United Goans Democratic Party - National Socialist Party

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¹ Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions. ² Officially known as Myanmar. ³ Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste. ⁴ Transcontinental country. ⁵ Commonly known as Taiwan.