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In SSC, Banking, LIC, Railways, and other competitive exams, the Polity General Awareness section plays an important role nowadays since it is a very scoring section. In this article, we will cover one of the topics of this section i.e List of State Political Parties in India. This is an important topic; if students read it comprehensively, it will enhance their preparation and the possibility of their selection.

Political Party: An Introduction

  • Political parties are registered by the Electoral Commission for electoral purposes and are recognized as federal or state parties based on their election results. 
     
  • The other parties are simply declared as unrecognized registered parties. 
     
  • Recognition determines their right to certain privileges such as the assignment of party symbols, allocation of time for political broadcasts on radio and television stations, and access to electoral rolls.  
     
  • Each national party and state party is assigned a symbol reserved for national or state use only. In other words, the Commission designates certain symbols as “reserved symbols” intended for candidates proposed by recognized parties.

Criteria for Becoming a State Party:

A party is recognized as a State Party if it meets any of the following requirements: 
 

  • If it obtains at least 6% of the valid votes in a general election to the Lok Sabha or the State Legislative Assembly and also at least 1 seat in the Lok Sabha or 2 seats in the state legislature.  
     
  • If he wins, at least 8% of the valid votes will be cast in a general election held in the Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly of a state. 
     
  • If it wins at least 3% of the total number of seats in a state’s legislature or 3 seats in the legislature, whichever is greater. 
     
  • If it wins at least 1 seat in the Lok Sabha out of  25 seats allotted to states in the  Lok Sabha. 
     
  • The Electoral Commission currently recognizes 64 political parties as state political parties.

List of State Parties in India:

Political Party

State

Year     

Aam Aadmi Party Delhi, Punjab 2012
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Puducherry, Tamil Nadu 1972
All India Forward Bloc West Bengal 1939
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Telangana 1927
All India N.R. Congress Puducherry 2011
All India United Democratic Front Assam 2004
All Jharkhand Students Union Jharkhand 1986
Asom Gana Parishad Assam 1985
Biju Janata Dal Odisha 1997
Bodoland People’s Front Assam 1985
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Tamil Nadu 2005
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Puducherry, Tamil Nadu 1949
Indian Union Muslim League Kerala 1948
Hill State People’s Democratic Party Meghalaya 1968
Indian National Lok Dal Haryana 1999
Indian Union Muslim League Kerala 1948
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Jammu & Kashmir 1932
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party Jammu & Kashmir 1982
Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party Jammu & Kashmir 1998
Janata Dal (Secular) Karnataka, Kerala 1999
Janata Dal (United) Bihar 1999
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand 1972
People’s Democratic Front Meghalaya 2017
Kerala Congress (M) Kerala 1979
Lok Janshakti Party Bihar 2000
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Maharashtra 2006
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Goa 1963
United People’s Party Liberal Assam 2015
Mizo National Front Mizoram 1959
Mizoram People’s Conference Mizoram 1972
Naga People’s Front Manipur, Nagaland 2002
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Nagaland 2017
Pattali Makkal Katchi Puducherry, Tamil Nadu 1989
People’s Party of Arunachal Arunachal Pradesh 1977
Rashtriya Janata Dal Bihar, Jharkhand 1997
Rashtriya Loktantrik Party Rajasthan 2020
Zoram Nationalist Party Mizoram 1997 
Revolutionary Socialist Party Kerala, West Bengal 1940
Samajwadi Party Uttar Pradesh 1992
Shiromani Akali Dal Punjab 1920
Shiv Sena Maharashtra 1966
Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim 1993
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Sikkim 2013
Telangana Rashtra Samithi Telangana 2001
Telugu Desam Party Andhra Pradesh, Telangana 1982
United Democratic Party Meghalaya 1972
YSR Congress Party Andhra Pradesh, Telangana 2011
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Uttar Pradesh 1990
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation  Bihar 1974
Goa Forward Party (GFP) Goa 2016
Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) Tripura 2009
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) Chhattisgarh 2016
Jan Nayak Janta Party (JJP) Haryana 2018

Last Updated : 29 Aug, 2022
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