List of State Parties in India
Last Updated :
29 Aug, 2022
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 |
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