Political parties in Jharkhand

Overview of the political parties in Jharkhand

A number of political parties operate in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Some of them are organised nationally, and others within the region.

## Major national parties

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No.  | Symbol  | Party  | Leader  | Strength
(in recent elections) | Ref.

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Vidhan Sabha  | Lok Sabha  | Rajya Sabha
1  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  | Babulal Marandi |

21 / 81

8 / 14

3 / 6

| [1]
2  |  | Indian National Congress (INC)  | Keshav Mahto Kamlesh |

16 / 81

2 / 14

0 / 6

| [2]

## Minor national-level parties

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No.  | Symbol  | Party  | Leader  | Strength
(in recent elections) | Ref.

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Vidhan Sabha  | Lok Sabha  | Rajya Sabha
1  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM)  | Prakash Viplab  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [3]
2  |  | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)  | Mayawati |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

3  |  | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)  | Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh[verification needed] |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [4]

## Regional parties

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No.  | Symbol  | Party  | Leader  | Strength
(in recent elections) | Ref.

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Vidhan Sabha  | Lok Sabha  | Rajya Sabha
1  |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)  | Hemant Soren |

34 / 81

3 / 14

3 / 6

| [5]
2  |  | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)  | Abhay Kumar Singh  |

4 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [6]
3  |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIMLL)  | Manoj Bhakt  |

2 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

4  |  | All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU)  | Sudesh Mahto |

1 / 81

1 / 14

0 / 6

| [7]
5  |  | Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM)  | Jairam Kumar Mahato |

1 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [8][9][10]
6  |  | Janata Dal (United) (JDU)  | Khiru Mahto |

1 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [11]
7  |  | Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | Birendra Prasad Pradhan  |

1 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

8  |  | All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC)  | Kameshwar Baitha |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [12]
9  |  | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP))  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [13]
10  |  | Communist Party of India (CPI)  | Mahendra Pathak  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [14]
11  |  | Jharkhand People's Party (JPP)  | Surya Singh Besra |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [15]
12  |  | Jharkhand Party | Ajit Kumar  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

13  |  | Jharkhand Party (Anosh Ekka) | Anosh Ekka |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [16]
14  |  | Jharkhand Party (Horo) | Late Niral Enem Horo |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [17]
15  |  | Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Naren  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [18]
16  |  | United Jharkhand Party (UJP)  | Late Justin Richard  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

17  |  | All India Jharkhand Party (AIJP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

18  |  | Hul Jharkhand Party (HJP)  | Late Justin Richard  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

19  |  | Birsa Seva Dal (BSD)  | Lalit Kuzur  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

20  |  | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [19]
21  |  | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)  | Arun Mondal  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

22  |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C))  | Robin Samajpati  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

23  |  | Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

24  |  | Aam Awam Morcha (AAM)  | Ram Naresh Yadav |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

25  |  | Rashtriya Jankranti Morcha (RJM)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [20]
26  |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Ulgulan (JMM-U)  | Krishna Mardi  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [citation needed]
27  |  | Jharkhand Jan Kranti Morcha (JJKM)  | Amrendra Kumar (Munni)  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [citation needed]
28  |  | Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (PHJP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [citation needed]
29  |  | Rajya Hul Jharkhand Party (RHJP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [citation needed]
30  |  | Rashtriya Sengel Party (RSP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [citation needed]
31  |  | Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASP-KR)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

32  |  | Samajwadi Party (SP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

33  |  | Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP)  | Prem Shankar Shahi Munda  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

34  |  | Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party (SBKP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [21]
35  |  | Adivasi-Moolvasi Janadhikar Manch (AMJM)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [citation needed]
36  |  | Ambedkar National Congress (ANC)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

37  |  | Rashtriya Samanta Dal (RSD)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

38  |  | Samata Party (SP)  | Uday Mandal  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

39  |  | Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

40  |  | Right to Recall Party (RTRP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

41  |  | Ambedkarite Party of India (API)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

42  |  | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) (PPID)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [22]
43  |  | Lokhit Adhikar Party  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

44  |  | Azad Adhikar Sena (AAS)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

45  |  | Bhartiya Azad Sena (BAS)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

46  |  | Hindustani Awam Manch (United) (HAM-U)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

47  |  | Rashtriya Deshaj Party (RDP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

48  |  | Bhartiya Janjagran Gandhiwadi Party (BJGP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

49  |  | Indian National Socialistic Action Forces (INSAF)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

50  |  | Rashtriya Jansangharsh Swaraj Party (RJSP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

51  |  | Republican Party of India (A)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

52  |  | Swatantra Rashtravadi Party (SRP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

53  |  | Bhagidari Party(P)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

54  |  | Rashtriya Suraksha Party (RSP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

55  |  | Rashtriya Jaihind Party (RJP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

56  |  | Mera Adhikaar Rashtriya Dal (MARD)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

57  |  | Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

58  |  | Bharatiya Sarvjan Vikas Party (BSVP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

59  |  | Abua Jharkhand Party (AJP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

60  |  | Sadan Vikas Party (SVP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

61  |  | Akhil Bhartiya Aarakshit Samaj Party (ABASP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

62  |  | Aadarsh Sangram Party (ASP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

63  |  | Hindustan Peoples Party (Democratic)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

64  |  | Rashtriya Republican Party (RRP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

65  |  | Akhil Bharatiya Jharkhand Party (ABJP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

66  |  | Lok Jan Vikas Morcha  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

67  |  | Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

68  |  | Navyug Pragatisheel Morcha (NPM)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

69  |  | Johaar Party (JP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

70  |  | Jagrook Janta Party (JJP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

71  |  | Swabhiman Party (SP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

72  |  | Jai Maha Bharath Party (JMBP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

73  |  | Aapki Vikas Party (AVP)  |  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

74  |  | Jharkhand Bachao Kranti Sena Samiti (JBKSS)  | Sanjay Mehta  |

0 / 81

0 / 14

0 / 6

| [23]

## Defunct regional parties

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No.  | Party  | Founder  | Leader  | Defunct Year  | Reason

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1  | Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC)  |  | A. K. Roy | Arup Chatterjee | 2024  | Merged into CPI(ML)L
2  | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P)  |  | Babulal Marandi | Babulal Marandi | 2020  | Merged into BJP
3  | Jai Bharat Samanta Party (JBSP)  |  | Madhu Koda | Madhu Koda | 2018  | Merged into INC
4  | Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP)  |  | Salkhan Murmu | Salkhan Murmu | 2014  | Merged into BJP
5  | Jharkhand Vananchal Congress (JVC)  |  | Samresh Singh | Samresh Singh |  | Merged into BSP
6  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B) (JMM-B)  |  | Binod Bihari Mahato | Binod Bihari Mahato |  | Merged into JMM
7  | Jharkhand Vikas Dal (JVD)  |  | Suraj Mandal | Suraj Mandal |  | Merged into BJP
8  | Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch (JJM)  |  | Bandhu Tirkey | Bandhu Tirkey |  |
9  | United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP)  |  | Churchill Alemao |  |  |
10  | Rastriya Kalyan Pakshya (RKP)  |  | Chamra Linda | Chamra Linda |  | Merged into JMM
11  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Suraj Mandal) (JMM-SM)  |  | Suraj Mandal | Suraj Mandal |  | Merged into JMM
12  | Bihar Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (BPHJP)  |  | Shibu Soren | Shibu Soren |  | Merged into JMM

## See also

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* Political parties in India
* Political families of Jharkhand

## References

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* List of parties in Jharkhand