The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra with a recognised state party status in Nagaland and Kerala. The party has its presence in legislative assemblies of Maharashtra,Nagaland,and Arunachal Pradesh,with being in the governing coalition in all of these states. Besides this,the party is also part of the current governing coalition National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The National Democratic Alliance is an Indian big tent multi-party political alliance,led by country's biggest political party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded on 15 May 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 19 Indian states and one Union territory.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The Baramati Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 parliamentary constituencies in the state of Maharashtra,India. Located in the Pune district,it comprises six Vidhan Sabha segments:Daund,Indapur,Baramati,Purandar,Bhor,and Khadakwasala. The constituency has been a stronghold of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Pawar family since the 1960s. Sharad Pawar,the founder of the NCP,represented the seat from 1996 to 2004. Since 2009,his daughter Supriya Sule has held the seat,winning consecutive elections in 2009,2014,2019,and 2024.
Kannoth Muraleedharan is an Indian National Congress politician. He was the MP from Vatakara,Kerala. He is the son of Congress leader K. Karunakaran. He was elected as an MP from Kozhikode constituency and from Vatakara constituency (2019). He was elected as an MLA from Vattiyoorkkavu constituency. He lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Thrissur constituency.
Ganesh Ramchandra Naik is an Indian politician. He is the Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 150-Airoli Assembly constituency. He represented Thane constituency in the past,and was the Thane Guardian Minister in the state government. He was the minister of Labour,Excise and Environment in the previous government.
The National People's Party is a national-level political party in India,though its influence is mostly concentrated in the state of Meghalaya. The party was founded by P. A. Sangma after his expulsion from the NCP in July 2012. It was accorded national party status on 7 June 2019. It is the first political party from Northeastern India to have attained this status.
Manihari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled tribes now,but earlier was an open seat.
Kunwar Singh Tekam is and Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh. He became a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the fourth time from Dhauhani Assembly constituency in Sidhi district representing the Bharatiya Janata Party winning the 2023 Assembly election.
Chhedi Paswan is a former member of 16th Lok Sabha and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2024. At various points,he has been with Janata Party,then its Charan Singh faction,then the reunited Janata Dal,Bahujan Samaj Party,Nationalist Congress Party,Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U).
Sanjay Ramchandra Patil is a politician from Tasgaon of Sangli district of Maharashtra state in India.
Bhaskar Jadhav is an Indian politician and former Minister for Labour &Special Assistance,Maharashtra State. He is also the ex-president of Maharashtra state unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and MLA of Maharashtra from Guhagar. Formerly he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development,Forest,Port,Sports,Parliamentary Affairs,Youth Welfare,Ex-Defence Welfare,Law &Order,Fisheries and Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.
The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015.
The key political players in Himachal Pradesh state in north-west India are the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kamlesh Pratap Shah is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh. He is a three time MLA from Amarwara Assembly constituency,which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community,in Chhindwara District. He won the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,representing Indian National Congress,but later shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party necessitating a by-election and won the 2024 by-election.
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election,the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. Following differences over the government formation,the alliance was dissolved,precipitating a political crisis.
Randhir Kumar Singh is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a two time MLA from Sarath Assembly constituency in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He won the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election,representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 20 November 2024 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly to elect 288 members of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The turnout for the election was 66.05%,the highest since 1995. The ruling Maha Yuti alliance won a landslide victory,winning 235 seats. None of the parties in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance won the necessary number of seats to obtain the position of leader of opposition,a first in six decades..
The 2024 elections in India includes the general election and elections to the Rajya Sabha,to state legislative assemblies,to Panchayats and urban local bodies.
Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a three-time MLA from Hussainabad Assembly constituency in Palamu District. He won the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election,representing the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
