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, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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] [lower-alpha 2]} 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

A registered party is recognised as a national party only if it fulfils any one of the three conditions listed below: ^[7]

• The party gets recognition as a state party in four states.
• The party polls six per cent of votes in any four or more states and in addition it wins four Lok Sabha seats.
• The party wins at least 2% of the total seats in the Lok Sabha from not less than three states.

6 recognised national parties ^[1]

Party		Flag	Election symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	Government in states/UTs		Seats
								Chief ministers	Alliance partner	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha	State assemblies	State councils
	Aam Aadmi Party			Centre-left to Left-wing	Socialism Progressivism Welfarism Social liberalism Left-wing nationalism Populism Anti-corruption Indian nationalism	2012 November (11 years ago) (2012 November)	Arvind Kejriwal	2 / 31	0 / 31	3 / 543	10 / 245	160 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Bahujan Samaj Party			Centre-left	Constitutionalism Republicanism Ambedkarism Progressivism Secularism Egalitarianism Self-Respect	1984 April (40 years ago) (1984 April)	Mayawati	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	1 / 245	5 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Right-wing to far-right	Conservatism (India) Hindutva Hindu nationalism Integral humanism Right-wing populism Neoliberalism	1980 April (44 years ago) (1980 April)	J. P. Nadda	13 / 31	5 / 31	240 / 543	93 / 245	1,481 / 4,123	165 / 426
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Left-wing to far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism	1964 November (59 years ago) (1964 November)	Sitaram Yechury	1 / 31	2 / 31	4 / 543	5 / 245	79 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Indian National Congress			Centre	Big tent Secularism Civic nationalism Social democracy Liberalism (India)	1885 December (138 years ago) (1885 December)	Mallikarjun Kharge	3 / 31	3 / 31	102 / 543	29 / 245	676 / 4,123	55 / 426
	National People's Party			Centre-right	Christian democracy Conservatism Liberal conservatism Cultural conservatism	2013 January (11 years ago) (2013 January)	Conrad Sangma	1 / 31	3 / 31	0 / 543	1 / 245	44 / 4,123	0 / 426

State parties

A registered party is recognised as a state party only if it fulfils any one of the four conditions listed below: ^[7]

• 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.
• 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.

60 recognised state parties ^{[2] [lower-alpha 2]}

Party		Flag/Logo	Election symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader(s)	State(s)	Government in states/UTs		Seats
									Chief minister	Alliance partner	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha	State assemblies	State councils
State party in three states
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen			Right-wing	Majority: Muslim nationalism [8] Conservatism Minority politics [9] Right-wing populism Factions: Dalit Rights [10]	1927	Asaduddin Owaisi	Bihar Maharashtra Telangana	0 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	10 / 4,123	2 / 426
	Communist Party of India			Left-wing to far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism	1925	D. Raja	Kerala Manipur Tamil Nadu	0 / 31	4 / 31	2 / 543	2 / 245	22 / 4,123	1 / 426
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			Left-wing	Socialism (India) Left-wing populism	1997	Lalu Prasad Yadav Tejashwi Yadav	Bihar Jharkhand Kerala	0 / 31	2 / 31	4 / 543	6 / 245	81 / 4,123	5 / 426
State party in two states
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Centre [11] to centre-left [12]	Populism [13] Socialism [14] Welfarism [15] Secularism [16] Regionalism [17] Social justice [18] Tamil nationalism [19] [20]	1972	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Puducherry Tamil Nadu	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	3 / 245	62 / 4,123	0 / 426
	All India Trinamool Congress			Centre to centre-right	Bengali nationalism Regionalism Populism Welfarism Economic liberalism Anti-communism	1998	Mamata Banerjee	Meghalaya West Bengal	1 / 31	0 / 31	29 / 543	13 / 245	228 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation			Far-left	Communism [21] Marxism–Leninism Maoism [21]	1974	Dipankar Bhattacharya	Bihar Jharkhand	0 / 31	1 / 31	2 / 543	0 / 245	14 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Left-wing	Dravidianism [22] Tamil nationalism [23] Regionalism [24] [25] [26] Socialism [27] Left-wing populism [28] Social justice [27] Anti-Brahminism [29]	1949	M. K. Stalin	Puducherry Tamil Nadu	1 / 31	0 / 31	22 / 543	10 / 245	138 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Indian Union Muslim League			Right-wing	Muslim nationalism Conservatism Islamic modernism [30]	1948	Hyderali Shihab Thangal	Kerala Tamil Nadu	0 / 31	0 / 31	3 / 543	1 / 245	15 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Janata Dal (Secular)			Left-wing	Socialism (India)	1999	H. D. Deve Gowda	Karnataka Kerala	0 / 31	1 / 31	2 / 543	1 / 245	21 / 4,123	8 / 426
	Janata Dal (United)			Centre-left	Democratic socialism [31] Populism	2003	Nitish Kumar	Bihar Manipur	1 / 31	0 / 31	12 / 543	5 / 245	46 / 4,123	26 / 426
	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)				Regionalism	2021	Chirag Paswan	Bihar Nagaland	0 / 31	1 / 31	5 / 543	0 / 245	2 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Naga People's Front			Centre-right	Naga nationalism Regionalism Conservatism Christian right	2002	Kuzholuzo Nienu	Manipur Nagaland	0 / 31	1 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	7 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Nationalist Congress Party			Centre	Indian nationalism Gandhism	1999	Ajit Pawar	Maharashtra Nagaland	0 / 31	2 / 31	1 / 543	1 / 245	49 / 4,123	6 / 426
	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)			Centre	Indian nationalism Gandhism	2024	Sharad Pawar	Maharashtra Nagaland	0 / 31	2 / 31	8 / 543	2 / 245	14 / 4,123	3 / 426
	Samajwadi Party			Left-wing	Socialism [32] Democratic socialism Left-wing populism [33]	1992	Akhilesh Yadav	Uttar Pradesh Gujarat	0 / 31	0 / 31	37 / 543	4 / 245	112 / 4,123	9 / 426
	Shiv Sena			Far-right	Conservatism Social conservatism Hindutva Hindu nationalism Marathi nationalism Regionalism Ultranationalism Neo-fascism Economic Nationalism Right-wing Populism	1966	Eknath Shinde	Maharashtra Rajasthan	1 / 31	0 / 31	7 / 543	0 / 245	40 / 4,123	0 / 426
State party in one state
	All India Forward Bloc			Left-wing	Left-wing nationalism Socialism Marxism [34] Anti-imperialism	1939	Debabrata Biswas	West Bengal	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	0 / 4,123	0 / 426
	All India N.R. Congress			Centre-left	Social democracy Populism	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	2 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Apna Dal (Sonelal)			Centre-right	Kurmis Interest	2016	Anupriya Patel	Uttar Pradesh	0 / 31	1 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	12 / 4,123	1 / 426
	Asom Gana Parishad			Centre-right	Assamese nationalism Regionalism Anti-Bengali sentiment	1985	Atul Bora	Assam	0 / 31	1 / 31	0 / 543	1 / 245	9 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Bharat Rashtra Samithi			Centre [35] to centre-right	Regionalism [36] Separatism Federalism Populism [37] Neoliberalism	2001	K. Chandrashekar Rao	Telangana	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	7 / 245	39 / 4,123	34 / 426
	Biju Janata Dal			Centre to centre-left	Odia nationalism Regionalism [38] Social liberalism [39] Economic nationalism [40] Populism	1997	Naveen Patnaik	Odisha	0 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	9 / 245	51 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Bodoland People's Front			Centre-left	Democratic socialism [41]	2005	Hagrama Mohilary	Assam	0 / 31	1 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	3 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam			Centre-left	Dravidian nationalism Social democracy Populism	2005	Premalalatha Vijayakant	Tamil Nadu	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	0 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Goa Forward Party				Regionalism	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				Regionalism	1996	Om Prakash Chautala	Haryana	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	1 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Indigenous People's Front of Tripura			Centre-right	Tripuri nationalism Regionalism Anti-immigration Anti-communism	2009	N.C. Debbarma	Tripura	0 / 31	1 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	1 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference				Kashmiriyat Kashmir autonomy Secularism	1932	Farooq Abdullah	Jammu and Kashmir	0 / 31	0 / 31	2 / 543	0 / 245	0 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party				Kashmiriyat Kashmir autonomy Regionalism	1999	Mehbooba Mufti	Jammu and Kashmir	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	0 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Jana Sena Party			Right-wing	Right-wing populism	2014	Pawan Kalyan	Andhra Pradesh	0 / 31	0 / 31	2 / 543	0 / 245	21 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Janta Congress Chhattisgarh				Regionalism	2016	Renu Jogi	Chhattisgarh	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	2 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Jannayak Janta Party			Centre-left	Democratic socialism	2018	Dushyant Chautala	Haryana	0 / 31	1 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	10 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha				Regionalism	1972	Shibu Soren Hemant Soren	Jharkhand	1 / 31	0 / 31	3 / 543	2 / 245	30 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Kerala Congress (M)			Centre-left	Democratic socialism [42] Welfarism [43] Christian left	1979	Jose K. Mani	Kerala	0 / 31	1 / 31	1 / 543	1 / 245	5 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena			Far-right	Hindutva [44] Marathi nationalism [45] Regionalism [46] [45] Ultranationalism [47] [45] Right-wing populism [48]	2006	Raj Thackeray	Maharashtra	0 / 31	1 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	1 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party				Populism Regionalism	1963	Deepak Dhavalikar	Goa	0 / 31	1 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	2 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Mizo National Front				Mizo nationalism [49] Conservative Christianity [50] Zo Unification [51]	1961	Zoramthanga	Mizoram	0 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	1 / 245	10 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Naam Tamilar Katchi			Far-right	Tamil nationalism Regionalism Ultranationalism Environmentalism	1968	Senthamizhan Seeman	Tamil Nadu	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	0 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party				Regionalism	2017	Neiphiu Rio	Nagaland	1 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	25 / 4,123	0 / 426
	People's Party of Arunachal				Regionalism	1977	Kamen Ringu	Arunachal Pradesh	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	0 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party				Regionalism	2018	Hanuman Beniwal	Rajasthan	0 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	3 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Revolutionary Goans Party				Regionalism Nativism	2022	Viresh Borkar	Goa	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	1 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Revolutionary Socialist Party			Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism [52] Revolutionary socialism	1940	Manoj Bhattacharya [53]	Kerala	0 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	0 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Shiromani Akali Dal			Centre-right	Punjabiyat [54] [55] Conservatism [56] Federalism [57] [58]	1920	Sukhbir Singh Badal	Punjab	0 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	3 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Sikkim Democratic Front			Centre-left	Democratic socialism	1993	Pawan Kumar Chamling	Sikkim	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	1 / 245	1 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha			Centre-left	Democratic socialism	2013	Prem Singh Tamang	Sikkim	1 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	31 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)			Centre-right	Conservatism Secularism Marathi nationalism Regionalism	2022	Uddhav Thackeray	Maharashtra	0 / 31	0 / 31	9 / 543	3 / 245	17 / 4,123	12 / 426
	Telugu Desam Party			Centre [59] to centre-right [60]	Telugu nationalism Federalism Populism [61] Economic liberalism [62] Neoliberalism	1982	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Andhra Pradesh Telangana	1 / 31 [63]	0 / 31	16 / 543	1 / 245	135 / 4,123	15 / 426
	Tipra Motha Party			Far-right	Tripuri nationalism Regionalism Tipraland statehood Separatism Right-wing populism Anti-immigration	2019	Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma	Tripura	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	13 / 4,123	0 / 426
	United Democratic Party				Regionalism Populism	1997	Metbah Lyngdoh	Meghalaya	0 / 31	1 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	11 / 4,123	0 / 426
	United People's Party Liberal				Regionalism	2015	Urkhao Gwra Brahma	Assam	0 / 31	1 / 31	1 / 543	1 / 245	7 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi			Syncretic	Tamil nationalism Social justice Anti-casteism Anti-classism	1982	Thol. Thirumavalavan	Tamil Nadu	0 / 31	0 / 31	2 / 543	0 / 245	4 / 4,123	0 / 426
	Voice of the People Party				Regionalism Federalism] Anti-corruption Secularism Social justice	2021	Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit	Meghalaya	0 / 31	0 / 31	0 / 543	0 / 245	4 / 4,123	0 / 426
	YSR Congress Party			Centre to centre-left [64]	Regionalism Populism [61] Economic nationalism	2011	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	0 / 31 [65]	0 / 31	4 / 543	9 / 245	11 / 4,123	42 / 426
	Zoram People's Movement			Centre-right	Zoram nationalism Conservatism Christian right	2017	Lalduhoma	Mizoram	1 / 31	0 / 31	1 / 543	0 / 245	27 / 4,123	0 / 426

Unrecognised parties

This list does not show all the unrecognised parties, but only the notable ones. There are more than 2700 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties(RUPPs) in India.

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 [66]	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 [67]	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 [68]	Bihar Manipur [69]
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

Party	flag	Election symbol	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

See also

• Lists of political parties
• List of communist parties in India
• List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties

Notes

1. 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]}
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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Further reading

• Subrata K. Mitra and V. B. Singh. 1999. Democracy and Social Change in India: but parties have to be 70per of decision A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Electorate. New Delhi: Sage Publications. ISBN   81-7036-809-X (India HB) ISBN   0-7619-9344-4 (U.S. HB).
• Subrata K. Mitra, Mike Enskat, Clemens Spiess (eds.). 2004. Political Parties in South Asia. Greenwood: Praeger.
• Political Parties, Democratic Politics II, Textbook in Political Science for Class X, NCERT