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India has a multi-party system. The Election Commission of India (ECI) grants recognition to national-level and state-level political parties based on objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges such as 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 wishing to contest local, state, or national elections must be registered with the ECI. Registered parties can be upgraded to recognized national or state parties by the ECI if they meet the relevant criteria after a Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election. The ECI periodically reviews the recognized party status.

Before the amendment in 2016 (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, it would lose its status as a recognized party. In 2016, the ECI announced that a review would take place after two consecutive elections instead of after every election. Therefore, a political party will retain its recognized party status even if it does not meet the criteria in the next election. However, if it fails to meet the criteria in the election following the next one, it would lose its 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 29 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.

## Criteria for recognition

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### National party status

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A registered party is recognised as a national party only if it fulfills any one of the three conditions listed below:[8]

* If its candidates have secured at least 6% of total valid votes in at least 4 states (in latest Lok Sabha or Assembly elections) and the party has at least 4 MPs in the last Lok Sabha polls.
* If it has won at least 2% of the total seats in the Lok Sabha from at least 3 states.
* It is ‘recognised’ in four or more states.

### State party status

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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.

## National parties

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6 recognised national parties[1] Party  | Flag  | Election
symbol  | Political
position  | Ideology  | Founded  | Leader  | Government in states/UTs  | Seats

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Chief ministers  | Alliance partner  | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | State
assemblies | State
councils
| Aam Aadmi Party | AAP |  |  | Centre[10][11] to centre-left[12][13] |

* Welfarism[13]
* Indian nationalism[14][15][16]
* Populism[17][18][19]
* Secularism[20]

| 26 November 2012
(12 years ago) (2012-11-26) | Arvind Kejriwal |

1 / 31

1 / 31

3 / 543

10 / 245

122 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Bahujan Samaj Party | BSP |  |  | Centre-left[21] |

* Social justice[22]
* Self-respect[22]

| 14 April 1984
(41 years ago) (1984-04-14) | Mayawati |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

1 / 245

3 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP |  |  | Right-wing[c] to far-right[d] |

* Conservatism[e]
* Neoliberalism[f]
* Hindutva[41][42][43]
* Hindu nationalism[44][45]
* Right-wing populism[46][47]

| 6 April 1980
(45 years ago) (1980-04-06) | J. P. Nadda |

14 / 31

5 / 31

240 / 543

96 / 245

1,481 / 4,123

165 / 426

| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) |  |  | Left-wing[g] | Communism[55][56]
Marxism-Leninism[57]
Secularism[58] | 7 November 1964
(60 years ago) (1964-11-07) | M. A. Baby |

1 / 31

2 / 31

4 / 543

5 / 245

80 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Indian National Congress | INC |  |  | Centre[62] |

* Big tent[59][63]
* Liberalism[64][65][66]
* Social democracy[59][67]
* Secularism[68]
* Civic nationalism[68]

| 28 December 1885
(139 years ago) (1885-12-28) | Mallikarjun Kharge |

3 / 31

3 / 31

101 / 543

27 / 245

689 / 4,123

60 / 426

| National People's Party | NPP |  |  | Centre-right[69] |

* Conservatism[70]
* Regionalism[71][72]

| 6 January 2013
(12 years ago) (2013-01-06) | Conrad Sangma |

1 / 31

2 / 31

0 / 543

1 / 245

44 / 4,123

0 / 426

## State parties

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67 recognised state parties[2][b] 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 states
| All India Trinamool Congress |  |  | 1998  | Mamata Banerjee | Meghalaya
Tripura
West Bengal |

1 / 31

0 / 31

29 / 543

13 / 245

230 / 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

18 / 4,123

8 / 426

| Janata Dal (United) |  |  | 2003  | Nitish Kumar | Arunachal Pradesh
Bihar
Manipur |

1 / 31

0 / 31

12 / 543

4 / 245

46 / 4,123

26 / 426

| Nationalist Congress Party |  |  | 1999  | Ajit Pawar | Arunachal Pradesh
Maharashtra
Nagaland |

0 / 31

3 / 31

1 / 543

3 / 245

51 / 4,123

8 / 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

4 / 245

61 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  |  | 1949  | M. K. Stalin | Puducherry
Tamil Nadu |

1 / 31

0 / 31

22 / 543

10 / 245

137 / 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 (Sharadchandra Pawar) |  |  | 2024  | Sharad Pawar | Maharashtra
Nagaland |

0 / 31

1 / 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

5 / 245

81 / 4,123

5 / 426

| Telugu Desam Party |  |  | 1982  | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Andhra Pradesh
Telangana |

1 / 31

0 / 31

16 / 543

2 / 245

135 / 4,123

10 / 426

| YSR Congress Party |  |  | 2011  | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | Andhra Pradesh |

0 / 31

0 / 31

4 / 543

7 / 245

11 / 4,123

35 / 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

0 / 543

0 / 245

15 / 4,123

0 / 426

| All Jharkhand Students Union |  |  | 1986  | Sudesh Mahto | Jharkhand |

0 / 31

0 / 31

1 / 543

0 / 245

1 / 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 Adivasi Party |  |  | 2023  | Mohan Lal Roat  | Rajasthan |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

0 / 245

0 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Bharat Rashtra Samithi |  |  | 2001  | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Telangana |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

4 / 245

39 / 4,123

19 / 426

| Biju Janata Dal |  |  | 1997  | Naveen Patnaik | Odisha |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

7 / 245

51 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Bodoland People's Front |  |  | 2005  | Hagrama Mohilary | Assam |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

0 / 245

3 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Citizen Action Party – Sikkim |  |  | 2023  | Ganesh Kumar Rai  | Sikkim |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

0 / 245

0 / 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

2 / 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

| Janasena Party |  |  | 2014  | Pawan Kalyan | Andhra Pradesh |

0 / 31

0 / 31

2 / 543

0 / 245

21 / 4,123

2 / 426

| Jannayak Janta Party |  |  | 2018  | Dushyant Chautala | Haryana |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

0 / 245

0 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Janta Congress Chhattisgarh |  |  | 2016  | Renu Jogi | Chhattisgarh |

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

3 / 245

34 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Kerala Congress |  |  | 1964  | P. J. Joseph | Kerala |

0 / 31

0 / 31

1 / 543

0 / 245

0 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Kerala Congress (M) |  |  | 1979  | Jose K. Mani | Kerala |

0 / 31

1 / 31

0 / 543

1 / 245

5 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Maharashtra Navnirman Sena |  |  | 2006  | Raj Thackeray | Maharashtra |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

0 / 245

0 / 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

0 / 543

0 / 245

25 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Naam Tamilar Katchi |  |  | 1958  | Seeman | Tamil Nadu |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 543

0 / 245

0 / 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

| Republican Party of India (Athawale) |  |  | 1999  | Ramdas Athawale | Manipur |

0 / 31

0 / 31

0 / 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 | 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

0 / 245

0 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Sikkim Krantikari Morcha |  |  | 2013  | Prem Singh Tamang | Sikkim |

1 / 31

0 / 31

1 / 543

0 / 245

32 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Shiv Sena |  |  | 1966  | Eknath Shinde | Maharashtra |

0 / 31

1 / 31

7 / 543

0 / 245

57 / 4,123

0 / 426

| Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) |  |  | 2022  | Uddhav Thackeray | Maharashtra |

0 / 31

0 / 31

9 / 543

2 / 245

20 / 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

| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi |  |  | 1990  | Thol. Thirumavalavan | Tamil Nadu |

0 / 31

2 / 31

2 / 543

0 / 245

4 / 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

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Notable registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs)[7] Party  | Founded  | Leader(s)  | States

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Aam Janta Pragati Party  | 2022  | Ashutosh Narayan Jha  | All-India [73]
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | 1915  | Chakrapani (politician) | All-India
All India Hindustan Congress Party | 2015  | Buddh Prakash Sharma  | Gujarat
Rajasthan
All India Mahila Empowerment Party | 2017  | Nowhera Shaik | Telangana
Karnataka
Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam | 2018  | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | Tamil Nadu
Amra Bangali | 1983  | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar | West Bengal
Tripura
Azad Adhikar Sena | 2022  | Amitabh Thakur, Dr Nutan Thakur | Uttar Pradesh
Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | 2020  | Chanda Shekhar Azad | Uttar Pradesh
Bahujan Mukti Party | 2012  | Pravendra Pratap Singh  | Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 1983  | Sundar Shaekhar  | Maharashtra
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | 2007  | Bimal Gurung  | West Bengal
Goa Suraksha Manch | 2016  | Subhash Velingkar | Goa
Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 1991  | Hira Singh Markam | Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Maharashtra
Hindu Sena | 2011  | Vishnu Gupta | New Delhi
Hindustani Awam Morcha[74] | 2015  | Jitan Ram Manjhi | Bihar
Indiya Jananayaka Katchi | 2010  | T. R. Paarivendhar | Tamil Nadu
Indian Gandhiyan Party | 2012  | Aashin U S  | Kerala
Indian Secular Front | 2021  | Nawsad Siddique | West Bengal
Ittehad-e-Millat Council | 2001  | Tauqeer Raza Khan | Uttar Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party | 2020  | Altaf Bukhari | Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party | 2020  | Mir Junaid  | Jammu and Kashmir
Jan Shakti Party of India[75] | 2015  | Gurjeet Singh Azad  | Punjab
Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) | 2018  | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | Uttar Pradesh
Jan Suraaj Party | 2024  | Prashant Kishore | Bihar
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha | 2024  | Jairam Kumar Mahato  | Jharkhand
Karnataka Rashtra Samithi | 2019  | Ravi Krishna Reddy  | Karnataka
Kerala Congress (B) | 1989  | R. Balakrishna Pillai | Kerala
Kerala Congress (Jacob) | 1991  | Anoop Jacob | Kerala
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi | 2013  | E. R. Eswaran | Tamil Nadu
Kongunadu Makkal Katchi | 2000  | A. M. Raja  | Tamil Nadu
Lok Satta Party | 2006  | Jaya Prakash Narayana | Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Lok Insaaf Party | 2019  | Simarjit Singh Bains | Punjab
Makkal Needhi Maiam | 2018  | Kamal Haasan | Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
Manipur Peoples Party | 1968  | Sovakiran N.  | Manipur
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi | 2009  | M. H. Jawahirullah | Tamil Nadu
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1992  | Vaiko | Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
NISHAD Party | 2016  | Sanjay Nishad  | Uttar Pradesh
Odisha Jan Morcha | 2013  | Pyarimohan Mohapatra | Odisha
Param Digvijay Dal | 2014  | Krishna Mohan Shankar Yogi  | Uttar Pradesh
Pattali Makkal Katchi | 1989  | S. Ramadoss | Puducherry
Tamil Nadu
Peace Party of India | 2008  | Mohamed Ayub | Uttar Pradesh
People's Democratic Alliance (Manipur) | 2012  | Bd. Behring Anal  | Manipur
People's Democratic Front | 2001  | Ajoy Biswas | Tripura
Plurals Party | 2020  | Pushpam Priya Choudhary  | Bihar
Puthiya Tamilagam | 1996  | K. Krishnasamy | Tamil Nadu
Raijor Dal | 2020  | Akhil Gogoi | Assam
Rashtriya Lok Dal | 1996  | Jayant Chaudhary | Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Rashtriya Lok Morcha | 2023  | Upendra Kushwaha | Bihar
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | 2003  | Mahadev Jankar | Maharashtra
Kerala
Rashtriya Ulama Council | 2008  | Aamir Rashadi Madni | Uttar Pradesh
Labour Party (India) | 2019  | Rahul Chimanbhai Mehta  | All-India
Samata Party | 1994  | Uday Mandal[76] | Bihar
Manipur[77]
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) | 1994  | Simranjit Singh Mann | Punjab
Social Democratic Party of India | 2009  | M. K. Faizy  | Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Socialist Party (India) | 2011  | Thampan Thomas | Uttar Pradesh
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 1948  | Provash Ghosh | All-India
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | 2002  | Om Prakash Rajbhar | Uttar Pradesh
Swaraj India | 2016  | Yogendra Yadav | Haryana
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | 1996  | G. K. Vasan | Tamil Nadu
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | 2024  | Vijay | Puducherry
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai | 2001  | U. Thaniyarasu | Tamil Nadu
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | 1979  | Kashi Singh Airy | Uttarakhand
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 2018  | Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar | Maharashtra
Vikassheel Insaan Party | 2018  | Mukesh Sahani | Bihar
Welfare Party of India | 2011  | S. Q. R. Ilyas  | Kerala

## Defunct political parties

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Party  | Flag  | Election symbol  | Leader(s)  | State(s)  | Ideology  | Founded  | Dissolved

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Krishak Praja Party |  |  | A. K. Fazlul Haq |  | Populism | 1929  | 1947
Scheduled Castes Federation |  |  | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |  | Social equality
Social justice | 1942  | 1957
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress |  |  | A. Nesamony |  |  | 1945  | 1957
Socialist Party of India  |  |  | Jaya Prakash Narayan |  | Socialism | 1948  | 1952
Lok Sewak Sangh |  |  |  |  |  | 1948  | 1971
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad |  |  | Swami Karpatri |  | Hindu nationalism | 1948  | 1971
All India Ganatantra Parishad |  |  | Rajendra Narayana Singh Deo |  | Liberalism
Agrarianism | 1950  | 1962
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party |  |  |  |  |  | 1951  | 1954
Commonweal Party |  |  |  |  |  | 1951  | 1954
People's Democratic Front |  |  |  |  | Communism
Marxism–Leninism | 1951  | 1958
Krishikar Lok Party |  |  | N. G. Ranga |  |  | 1951  | 1959
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party |  |  |  |  | Regionalism | 1951  | 1960
Bharatiya Jana Sangh |  |  | Shyamaprasad Mukherjee |  | Hindu nationalism
National conservatism | 1951  | 1977
Praja Socialist Party |  |  | J. B. Kripalani |  | Socialism | 1952  | 1972
Swatantra Party |  |  | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |  | Liberal conservatism
Secularism | 1959  | 1974
Samyukta Socialist Party |  |  | George Fernandes |  | Socialism | 1964  | 1977
Bangla Congress |  |  | Ajoy Mukherjee |  |  | 1967  | 1971
Bharatiya Kranti Dal |  |  | Charan Singh |  |  | 1967  | 1974
Utkal Congress |  |  | Biju Patnaik |  |  | 1969  | 1974
Indian National Congress (Organisation) |  |  | K. Kamaraj |  |  | 1969  | 1977
Pragati Legislature Party |  |  | Biju Patnaik  |  |  | 1973  | 1974
Congress for Democracy |  |  | Jagjivan Ram |  |  | 1977  | 1977
Janata Party (Secular) or Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party or Lok Dal |  |  | Charan Singh  |  | Secularism | 1979 (JPE-S),
1984 (DMKP),
1980, 1985 (LD)  | 1988
Indian Congress (Socialist) |  |  | Sarat Chandra Sinha |  |  | 1978  | 1986
Indian National Congress (U) |  |  | D. Devaraj Urs |  |  | 1979  | 1981
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) |  |  | Jagjivan Ram  |  |  | 1981  | 1988
Jan Morcha |  |  | V. P. Singh |  |  | 1987  | 1988
Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani |  |  | Sivaji Ganesan |  |  | 1988  | 1989
Janata Dal |  |  | V. P. Singh  |  |  | 1988  | 1999
Lok Shakti |  |  | Ramakrishna Hegde |  |  | 1998  | 2003
Lok Janshakti Party |  |  | Ramvilas Paswan |  |  | 2000  | 2021
Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)[78] |  |  | Pappu Yadav |  |  | 2015  | 2024

## See also

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* Lists of political parties
* List of communist parties in India
* Conservative Party (India)
* All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
* Labour Party (India)
* Conservatism in India

## Notes

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1. ^ If a party was recognised as a national or state party, its symbol is reserved for its exclusive use in the country or in the state.[1][2]
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]
3. ^ Attributed to multiple sources[23][24][25][26][27][28]
4. ^ Attributed to multiple sources[29][30][31][32]
5. ^ Attributed to multiple sources[33][34][35][36]
6. ^ Attributed to multiple sources[37][38][39][40]
7. ^ Attributed to multiple sources[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]

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