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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