List of political parties in India

India has a multi-party system. The Election Commission of India (ECI) accords to national-level and state-level political parties based upon objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges like 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 that wish to contest local, state, or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India. Registered parties are upgraded as recognised national parties or state parties by the ECI if they meet the relevant criteria after a Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election. The recognised party status is reviewed periodically by the ECI.

Before the amendment in 2016 (which came into force on 1 January 2014), in a political party failed to fulfill the criteria in the subsequent Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election, they lost their status as a recognised party. In 2016, the ECI announced that such a review would take place after two consecutive elections instead of every election. Therefore, a political party shall retain the recognised party status even if they do not meet the criteria in the next election. However, if they fail to meet the criteria in the subsequent election following the next election, they would lose their status.

As per latest publications dated 23 March 2024 from Election Commission of India, and subsequent notifications, there are 6 national parties,^[1] 57 state parties,^[2]^[b] and 2,764 unrecognised parties.^[6] All registered parties contesting elections need to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols offered by the EC. All 28 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.

National parties[edit]

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Unrecognised parties[edit]

Notable registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs)^[6]
Party	Founded	Leader(s)	States
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	1915	Jagan b	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 Kazhagam	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	V. L. Matang	Bihar Uttar Pradesh
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^[59]	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^[60]	2015	Gurjeet Singh Azad	Punjab
Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)	2018	Raghuraj Pratap Singh	Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka Rashtra Samithi	2019	Ravi Krishna Reddy	Karnataka
Kerala Congress	1964	P. J. Joseph	Kerala
Kerala Congress (B)	1989	K B Ganesh Kumar	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 Jan Jan Party	2020	Ashutosh Kumar	Bihar
Rashtriya Lok Dal	1996	Jayant Chaudhary	Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan
Rashtriya Mahaswaraj Bhumi Party	2023	Shahid Siddiqui	Maharashtra Gujarat
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	2003	Mahadev Jankar	Maharashtra Kerala
Rashtriya Ulama Council	2008	Aamir Rashadi Madni	Uttar Pradesh
Republican Party of India (Athawale)	1999	Ramdas Athawale	Nagaland
Right to Recall Party	2019	Rahul Chimanbhai Mehta	All-India
Samata Party	1994	Uday Mandal^[61]	Bihar Manipur^[62]
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 Bihar
Swaraj Abhiyan	2016	Yogendra Yadav	Haryana Karnataka Maharashtra
Tamil Maanila Congress	1996	G. K. Vasan	Tamil Nadu
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	2024	Vijay	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	All-India

Defunct political parties[edit]

Party	Ideology	Founded	Dissolved
Gujarat Parivartan Party		2012	2014
Scheduled Castes Federation	Social equality Social justice	1942	1957
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress		1945	1957
Socialist Party of India	Socialism	1948	1952
Lok Sewak Sangh		1948	1971
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	Hindu nationalism	1948	1971
All India Ganatantra Parishad	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		1951	1959
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party	Regionalism	1951	1960
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	Hindu nationalism National conservatism	1951	1977
Praja Socialist Party	Socialism	1952	1972
Swatantra Party	Liberal conservatism Secularism	1959	1974
Samyukta Socialist Party	Socialism	1964	1977
Bangla Congress		1967	1971
Bharatiya Kranti Dal		1967	1974
Utkal Congress		1969	1974
Indian National Congress (Organisation)		1969	1977
Pragati Legislature Party		1973	1974
Congress for Democracy		1977	1977
Janata Party (Secular)	Secularism	1979	1980
Indian Congress (Socialist)		1978	1986
Indian National Congress (U)		1979	1981
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)		1981	1988
Jan Morcha		1987	1988
Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani		1988	1989
Janata Dal		1988	1999
Lok Shakti		1998	2003
Lok Janshakti Party		2000	2021
Loktantrik Janata Dal		2018	2022

Notes[edit]

^ If a party is recognised as a national or state party, its symbol is reserved for its exclusive use in the country or in the state.^[1]^[2]
^ 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 it's split into two new parties.^[5]

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National parties	Aam Aadmi Party Bahujan Samaj Party Bharatiya Janata Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) Indian National Congress National People's Party
State parties	AJSU Party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All India Forward Bloc All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen All India N.R. Congress All India Trinamool Congress All India United Democratic Front Apna Dal (Soneylal) Asom Gana Parishad Bharat Rashtra Samithi Biju Janata Dal Bodoland People's Front Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Goa Forward Party Hill State People's Democratic Party Indian National Lok Dal Indian Union Muslim League Indigenous People's Front of Tripura Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Janata Dal (Secular) Janata Dal (United) Jannayak Janta Party Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Kerala Congress (M) Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Mizo National Front Naam Tamilar Katchi Naga People's Front Nationalist Congress Party Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party People's Party of Arunachal People's Democratic Front Rashtriya Janata Dal Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Rashtriya Loktantrik Party Revolutionary Goans Party Revolutionary Socialist Party Samajwadi Party Shiromani Akali Dal Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Telugu Desam Party Tipra Motha Party United Democratic Party United People's Party, Liberal Voice of the People Party Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party Zoram Nationalist Party Zoram People's Movement
Unrecognized parties	Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi All India Rajakulathor Peravai Ambedkarite Party of India Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam Gana Suraksha Party Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Apna Dal Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Bahujan Mukti Party Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh Bharatiya Tribal Party Communist Marxist Party Congress (Secular) Democratic Azad Party Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi Goa Vikas Party Gondwana Ganatantra Party Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Hamro Sikkim Party Hindustan Janta Party Hindustani Awam Morcha Ikkjutt Jammu Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi Indian National League Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) Jannayak Janta Party Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) Jebamani Janata Jharkhand Party Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai) Kerala Congress (Jacob) Kerala Congress (Thomas) Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi Lok Insaaf Party Loktantrik Janata Dal Mahan Dal Makkal Needhi Maiam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Marxist Co-ordination Committee National Secular Conference NISHAD Party Pattali Makkal Katchi Puratchi Bharatham Katchi Puthiya Needhi Katchi Puthiya Tamilagam Raijor Dal Rashtriya Lok Morcha Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Republican Party of India (Athawale) Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik) Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Shiv Sangram Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) Sikkim National People's Party Social Democratic Party of India Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Swabhimani Paksha Swatantra Bharat Paksh Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam Tamizhaga Murpokku Makkal Katchi Telangana Jana Samithi Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance United Goans Democratic Party Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi Vikassheel Insaan Party Welfare Party of India

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