National Parties in India: List of All the Political Parties
2023
List of All the Political Parties in India 2023: As India has a
multi-party system, there are six national parties in the county -
AAP, BSP, BJP, Congress, CPI-M, and NPP (the first national party
from the North-East region). Apart from these, India has more
than 56 recognised state parties as of 2023. Check the complete
list of all the national and state parties in the country below.
List of All the Political Parties in India 2023: India has a multi-party system. As of 2023,
India has six national parties, over 56 recognised state parties, and 2796 unrecognised
parties.
If a political party fulfils certain objectives, it is recognised as a national or state political
party by the Election Commission of India (ECI). A party recognised by the ECI enjoys
certain privileges such as a reserved party symbol, free broadcast time on state-run
television and radio, consultation in the setting of election dates, and more.
National Political Party:
A registered party is recognised as a National Party only if it fulfils any one of the
following three conditions:
1. If a party wins 2% of seats in the Lok Sabha (as of 2014, 11 seats) from at least 3
different States.
2. At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in
four States in addition to 4 Lok Sabha seats
3. A party is recognised as a State Party in four or more States.
List of all the National Parties in India
S. Founding
Name Abbreviation
No. Date
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP
1. 6 April 1980
S. Founding
Name Abbreviation
No. Date
Indian National Congress INC 28 December
2.
1885
Communist Party of India
CPI-M 7 November
3. (Marxist) 1964
Aam Aadmi Party AAP 26 November
4.
2012
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP
5. 14 April 1984
6 January
6. National People's Party NPP
2013
On 10th April 2023, the Election Commission of India (ECI) revoked the national party
status of three former national parties- the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP), and the Communist Party of India (CPI). Subsequently, the ECI
recognised Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party.
State Political Party:
A registered party has to fulfil any of the following conditions to be known as the
State Political Party:
1. A party should win a minimum of 3% of the total seats or 3 seats in the Legislative
Assembly.
2. A party should win at least 1 seat in the Lok Sabha for every 25 seats or any fraction
thereof allotted to that State.
3. A political party should secure at least 6% of the total valid votes polled during the
general election to a Lok Sabha or State Legislative Assembly and should, in addition, win at
least 1 Lok Sabha, and 2 Legislative Assembly seats in that election.
4. Under the liberalized criteria, one more clause has been added to provide that even if a
Party fails to win any seat in a State in a general election to the Lok Sabha or Legislative
Assembly of the State, the party will still be eligible for recognition as State Party if it
secures 8% or more of the total valid votes polled in the State.
Foundation
Name Abbreviation States/UT
Year
All India Anna Dravida Puducherry, Tamil
AIADMK
Munnetra Kazhagam 1972 Nadu
All India Forward Bloc AIFB West Bengal
1939
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul
AIMIM Telangana
Muslimeen 1927
All India N.R. Congress AINRC 2011 Puducherry
All India United
AIUDF Assam
Democratic Front 2004
All Jharkhand Students
AJSU Jharkhand
Union 1986
Asom Gana Parishad AGP Assam
1985
Biju Janata Dal BJD Odisha
1997
Bodoland People's Front BPF Assam
1985
Desiya Murpokku Dravidar
DMDK Tamil Nadu
Kazhagam 2005
Dravida Munnetra Puducherry, Tamil
DMK
Kazhagam 1949 Nadu
Indian Union Muslim
IUML Kerala
League 1948
Hill State People's
HSPDP Meghalaya
Democratic Party 1968
Indian National Lok Dal INLD Haryana
1999
Jammu & Kashmir National
JKNC Jammu & Kashmir
Conference 1932
Jammu & Kashmir National
JKNPP Jammu & Kashmir
Panthers Party 1982
Foundation
Name Abbreviation States/UT
Year
Jammu & Kashmir Apni
JKAP Jammu & Kashmir
Party 2020
Jammu and Kashmir
JKPDP Jammu & Kashmir
People's Democratic Party 1998
Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) 1999 Karnataka, Kerala
Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 1999 Bihar
Lok Jan Shakti Party LJP
2000
