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Political Party - Why Is It Formed?

Political Party - Why Is It Formed?

Complete List of Important Political Parties in

India is the largest democracy in the world and therefore its political system is made of multitude of factions and political parties. While some of these parties rooted from the Independence Struggle, some others were born to revolutionize the new age India and free it from the shackles of Corruption. At the same time, some of the currently more powerful and politically strong parties raised when the country was going through a state of emergency! So let's take a look at the chronology, relevance and importance of the many political parties that India saw arise and fall. Here is the list of Political Parties in India along with their history and prominent leaders to boost your preparation of Awareness section for various banking, SSC, Railway & Government Exams.

But before we start with the Political System of India, you should know a few terms associated with politics.

Political Party - Why is it Formed?

Definition - A is a group of people, with similar political aim , coming together to contest election. Now let’s delve into the types of Indian Political Parties one by one.All parties that desire to contest have to register themselves with the Election Commission of India or ECI. Generally, in a political party, you will find that all party members have a common goal. Such goals are listed down in a political manifesto.

List of Political Parties in India

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In India, there are mainly 3 types of political parties – 1. National Parties 2. State Recognized Parties 3. Unrecognized Parties

1) Types of Political Parties in India - National Parties

What is a National Political Party?

A registered party is taken in as a National Party only when it fulfills any of the following conditions:

• If the party wins 2% of seats from at least three different states in India • If the party is recognized as a state party in four or more states in India • If the party polls 6% of votes in 4 states in addition to four seats in the Lok Sabha, at the general election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly.

There are 7 National Parties in India. Have a look a the list of these parties along with their year of foundation.

Foundation S.No. Name of Party Abbreviation year

1. Bharatiya BJP 1980

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2. Indian National INC 1885

3. (Marxist) CPI-M 1964

4. Communist Party of India CPI 1925

5. BSP 1984

6. Nationalist Congress Party NCP 1999

7. All India Trinamool Congress AITC 1998

Given below is the list of the National Political Parties and their leaders.

S.No. Name of Party Leader

1.

2.

3. Communist Party of India (Marxist)

4. Communist Party of India Suravaram Sudhakar

5. Bahujan Samaj Party Prabhu Das

6. Nationalist Congress Party

7. All India Trinamool Congress

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2) Types of Political Parties in India - State Recognized Parties

What is a State Political Party?

To be called as a State Political Party, a political party needs to fulfill any of the following conditions

• The political party needs to win a minimum of 3% of the total number of seats in the legislative assembly • For every 25 seats in the Lok Sabha, the political party must win at least one seat. Alternatively, it needs to win any fraction there of allotted to that State. • The political party should win at least 6% of the total valid votes that are polled during the general election towards the Lok Sabha or State Legislative Assembly. And, in addition, it should win at least one Lok Sabha seat and two Legislative Assembly seats in that particular election. • As per the liberalized criteria, if a political party fails to win a seat in the State general elections to the Legislative Assembly of the State or the Lok Sabha, then, it needs to secure 8% or more of the total valid votes polled in the State.

There are 49 State Recognized Parties in India. Here is a list of all those political parties.

Foundation S.No. Name Abbreviation States/UT Year

1. AAP 2012 , Punjab

2. All India Anna Dravida AIADMK 1972 Puducherry, Tamil

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Munnetra Kazhagam Nadu

3. AIFB 1939 West

All India Majlis-e- 4. AIMIM 1927 Ittehadul Muslimeen

5. All India N.R. Congress AINRC 2011 Puducherry

All India United 6. AIUDF 2004 Democratic Front

All Students 7. AJSU 1986 Jharkhand Union

8. AGP 1985 Assam

9. Biju BJD 1997

10. Bodoland People's Front BPF 1985 Assam

Desiya Murpokku 11. DMDK 2005

Dravida Munnetra Puducherry, Tamil 12. DMK 1949 Kazhagam Nadu

Haryana Janhit Congress 13. HJC(BL) 2007 (BL)

Hill State People's 14. HSPDP 1968 Democratic Party

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15. Indian National INLD 1999 Haryana

Indian Union Muslim 16. IUML 1948 League

Jammu & Kashmir 17. JKNC 1932 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

Jammu & Kashmir 18. JKNPP 1982 Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party

Jammu and Kashmir 19. People's Democratic JKPDP 1998 Jammu & Kashmir Party

20. Janata Dal (Secular) JD (S) 1999 , Kerala

21. Janata Dal (United) JD (U) 1999

22. JMM 1972 Jharkhand

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha 23. JVM(P) 2006 Jharkhand (Prajatantrik)

24. (M) KC(M) 1979 Kerala

25. LJP 2000 Bihar

Maharashtra Navnirman 26. MNS 2006 Sena

27. Maharashtrawadi MGP 1963

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Gomantak Party

Manipur State Congress 28. MSCP 1997 Party

29. Mizo MNF 1959

Mizoram People's 30. MPC 1972 Mizoram Conference

31. Naga People's Front NPF 2002 Manipur,

32. National People's Party NPP 2013 Meghalaya

Puducherry, Tamil 33. PMK 1989 Nadu

People's Party of 34. PPA 1987 Arunachal

35. RJD 1997 Bihar, Jharkhand

36. RLD 1996

Rashtriya Lok Samta 37. RLSP 2013 Bihar Party

Revolutionary Socialist 38. RSP 1940 Kerala, Party

39. SP 1992 Uttar Pradesh

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40. Shiromani SAD 1920 Punjab

41. SS 1966 Maharashtra

42. Democratic Front SDF 1993 Sikkim

Sikkim Krantikari 43. SKM 2013 Sikkim Morcha

Telangana Rashtra 44. TRS 2001 Telangana Samithi

Andhra 45. TDP 1982 Pradesh, Telangana

46. United Democratic Party UDP 1972 Meghalaya

Andhra 47. YSR Congress Party YSRCP 2011 Pradesh, Telangana

Samajwadi Janata Party 48. SJP 1990 Uttar Pradesh (Rashtriya)

All India Public 49 AIPFP 2016 Tamil Nadu Party

3) Types of Political Parties in India - Unrecognized Parties

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What is an Unrecognized Party?

• An Unrecognized Political Party is the one who do not have the privilege of contesting the elections on a symbol of its own. • This[party have to choose one symbol out of the list of ‘free symbols’ issued by the poll panel.

There are more than hundred Unrecognized Political Parties in India, some of them are enlisted below:

S. Foundation Name Abbreviation States No. Year

Bhartiya Gramin Samaj 1 BGSP 2015 Party

2 Amra Bangali AMB 1983 West Bengal

Bhartiya Minorities 3 BMSM 1994 Maharashtra Suraksha Mahasangh

4 HAM 2015 Bihar

5 Indhiya Jananayaga Party IJK 2010 Tamil Nadu

6 Indian Bold Citizen Party IBCP 2016 Kerala

7 Jan Samaikyanshra Party JSP 2014

Jan Adhikar Party 8 JAP 2015 Bihar Loktantrik

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Andhra Pradesh, 9 JSP 2014 Telangana

10 Kerala Congress (Jacob) KCJ 1991 Kerala

11 Kerala (B) KCB 1989 Kerala

Kongynadu Makkal Desia 12 KMDK 2001 Tamil Nadu Katchi

Namathu Kongu Munnetra 13 MKMK 2016 Tamil Nadu Kalagam

14 Kisan Party of India KPI 2014 Bihar

Andhra Pradesh, 15 LSP 2006 Telangana

16 Manipur Peoples Party MPP 1968 Manipur

17 Manithaneya Makkal Katchi MMK 2009 Tamil Nadu

Marumalarchi Dravida 18 MDMK 1992 Tamil Nadu Munnetra Kazhgam

19 Janta Dal JD 2017 Bihar, Jharkhand

20 Odisha Janmorcha OJM 2013 Odisha

21 Param Digvijay Dal PDD 2014 Uttar Pradesh

22 Peace Party of India PPI 2008 Uttar Pradesh

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23 PTK 1996 Tamil Nadu

24 RSP 2003 Maharashtra

25 Rashtriya Ulama Council RUC 2008 Uttar Pradesh

Rashtriya Parirakshana 26 RPS 2013 Andhra Samiti

Delhi, UP, , , Social Democratic Party of Bihar, Madhya 27 SDPI 2009 India Pradesh, Jharkhand, Goa, Tamil Nadu

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