List of National Democratic Alliance members

Last updated July 26, 2024

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian national Parliamentary group in the country of India. It is the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance founded by the former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of India L. K. Advani in 1998. The NDA faced the general elections of 1998 and 1999 by having Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the prime ministerial candidate, won both elections, and formed the government. In 2004 under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and 2009, under the leadership of L. K. Advani as the prime ministerial candidate and lost both elections. In 2014, 2019 and 2024 the alliance had Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, won the elections with a great majority, and formed the government.

Past members

Past NDA members
Party	Abbreviation	Withdrawal Year	Reason
Jannayak Janta Party ^[1]	JJP	2024	Disagreement over seat sharing for Lok Sabha elections
All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi ^[2]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	AISMK	2024	Merged with BJP
Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)	SAD(S)	March 2024	Merge into SAD
Puthiya Tamilagam ^[3]	PT	2024	Allied with AIADMK
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	2023
Mizo National Front	MNF	2023
Kuki People's Alliance	KPA	2023	Manipur Violence
People's Democratic Front ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	PDF	2023	Merger with NPP
Goa Forward Party	GFP	2021	Allied with INC
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	DMDK	2021	Allied with AIADMK
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha	GJM	2020
Rastriya Loktantrik Party	RLP	2020
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	2020	Farmers Law
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	JKPDP	2018	Support withdrawn by BJP
Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) ^[4]	HJCBL	2014	Merged with INC
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ^[5]	MDMK	2014
Janata Party ^[6]^[7]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	JP	2013
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ^[8]	JMM	2012	Allied with INC
Ladakh Union Territory Front ^[9]^[10]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	LUTF	2010
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal ^[11]	UKD	2010
Indian National Lok Dal ^[8]	INLD	2009
Indian Federal Democratic Party ^[8]^{[lower-alpha 3]}	IFDP	2004
All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	2006
Lok Shakti ^[12]^[13]	LS	2003
Samata Party	SP	2003	Merger which Janata Dal (United)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ^[8]	DMK	2002
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference ^[8]	JKNC	2002
Haryana Vikas Party ^[14]	HVP	1999

Notes

1 2 3 Merged with the BJP.
↑ Merged with NPP.
↑ Merged with the Kerala Congress.

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↑ "How Hisar, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Seats Scripted End of BJP-JJP Alliance in Haryana". News18. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
↑ Bureau, The Hindu (12 March 2024). "Sarathkumar merges his party, AISMK, with BJP". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 12 March 2024.
↑ "அ.தி.மு.க.வுடனான பேச்சுவார்த்தை சுமுகமாக இருந்தது - கிருஷ்ணசாமி பேட்டி". Daily Thanthi (in Tamil). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
↑ "Haryana Janhit Congress snaps ties with BJP". Hindustan Times . New Delhi. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
↑ Karthick S (8 December 2014). "Vaiko's MDMK snaps ties with NDA, hits out at Modi govt". Times of India. Chennai . Retrieved 5 September 2015.
↑ "NDA finds a new ally in Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy". New Delhi: Mail Today. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
↑ "Janata Party merged with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)". jagranjosh.com. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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↑ "Amid strife, Ladakh party merges with BJP". Rediff.com. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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[mergebjp-3] 1 2 3 Merged with the BJP.

[5] Merged with NPP.

[14] Merged with the Kerala Congress.

[1] "How Hisar, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Seats Scripted End of BJP-JJP Alliance in Haryana". News18. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[2] Bureau, The Hindu (12 March 2024). "Sarathkumar merges his party, AISMK, with BJP". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[4] "அ.தி.மு.க.வுடனான பேச்சுவார்த்தை சுமுகமாக இருந்தது - கிருஷ்ணசாமி பேட்டி". Daily Thanthi (in Tamil). Retrieved 5 March 2024.

[6] "Haryana Janhit Congress snaps ties with BJP". Hindustan Times . New Delhi. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[7] Karthick S (8 December 2014). "Vaiko's MDMK snaps ties with NDA, hits out at Modi govt". Times of India. Chennai . Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[8] "NDA finds a new ally in Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy". New Delhi: Mail Today. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[9] "Janata Party merged with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)". jagranjosh.com. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[past-10] 1 2 3 4 5 "NDA camp left almost empty as JD-U leaves". Business Standard. New Delhi. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[11] "NDA gets one more ally". Business Standard. New Delhi. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[12] "Amid strife, Ladakh party merges with BJP". Rediff.com. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[13] "UKD withdraws support from state BJP govt". The Tribune . Dehradun. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[frontline-15] Ramakrishnan, Venkitesh (August 1999). "A 'united' Dal and a divided NDA". Frontline . Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[jdumerge-16] "SJ(D) merges with JD(U)". The Hindu. Thrissur. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015. The JD(U) was formed on October 30, 2003, with the merger of the Sharad Yadav faction of the Janata Dal, Lokshakti Party and the Samata Party.

[17] "BJP withdraws support to Bansi Lal govt in Haryana". Rediff.com. 22 June 1999. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

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