SOCIAL SCIENCE
PROJECT
INDIAN POLITICAL
PARTIES
PREPARED BY:
ARUSHI
VII ‘B’
CONTENTS
LIST OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDIA
INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES
PARTIES CURRENTLY IN PARLIAMENT
STATE PARTIES
NATIONAL/STATE PARTIES & THEIR SYMBOLS
List of recognised political parties in
India
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Indian state governments led by various political parties as of March 2009
India has a multi-party system with a predominance of small regional parties. Political
parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered
by the Election Commission of India (EC). In order to gain recognition in a state, the
party must have had political activity for at least five continuous years, and send at least
4% of the state's quota to the Lok Sabha (India's Lower house), or 3.33% of members to
that state's assembly. These conditions are deemed to have failed if a member of the Lok
Sabha or the Legislative Assembly of the State becomes a member of that political party
after his election. If a party is recognised in four or more states, it is declared as a
"National party" by the EC. Otherwise, it is known as a "State Party."[1]
All parties contesting elections have to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols
offered by the Election Commission. All 28 states along with the union territory of
Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi usually have an elected
government unless President's rule is imposed under certain conditions.
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):
Seats
Political Votes
Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Position in Lok
Alliance (2009)
Sabha
Indian Social
Sonia centre-left 28.55
National INC democracy and social UPA 206
Gandhi /centrist %
Congress liberalism
Bharatiya Nitin Conservatism and free 18.80
BJP centre-right NDA 116
Janata Party Gadkari market %
Bahujan Dalit Third
BSP Mayawati centrist 6.17% 21
Samaj Party Socialism andsecularism Front
Communist
Party of CPI(M Prakash Communism and marxist- Third
Far left 5.33% 16
India ) Karat leninist Front
(Marxist)
Nationalist
Sharad
Congress NCP N/A centrist UPA 2.04% 9
Pawar
Party
Communist
A.B. Third
Party of CPI Communism Far left 1.43% 4
Bardhan Front
India
Lalu
Rashtriya
RJD Prasad N/A centrist NDA 1.27% 4
Janata Dal
Yadav
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
gaijned recognition is also stated, although the party may very well be active in more
states and territories than that.
State Political Parties
State Parties Party Symbol State Parties Party Symbol
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra All India Forward Bloc
Kazhagam
All India Trinamool Congress Arunachal Congress
Asom Gana Parisad Autonomous State Demand
Committee
Biju Janata Dal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Federal Party of Manipur Goa Rajiv Congress Party
Haryana Vikas Party Hill State People's Democratic
Party
Himachal Vikas Congress Indian National Lok Dal
Jammu & Kashmir National Janata Party
Conference
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Kerala Congress
Kerala Congress (M) Lok Shakti
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Manipur People's Party
Manipur State Congress Party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam
Mizo National Front Mizo National Front (Nationalist)
Mizoram People's Conference Muslim League Kerala State
Committee
Nationalist Congress Party NTR Telugu Desam Party
(Lakshmi Parvathi)
Pattali Makkal Katchi People's Democratic Movement
Rashtriya Janata Dal Republican Party of India
Revolutionary Socialist Party Samajwadi Party
Samata Party Samajwadi Janata Party
(Rashtriya)
Shiromani Akali Dal Shivsena
Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Sangram Parishad
Tamil Maanila Congress Telugu Desam
(Moopanar)
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti United Democratic Party
United Goans Democratic Party United Minorities Front, Assam
