National Parties in india
India has a multi-party system with recognition accorded to
national and state level parties. The status is reviewed periodically by the
Election Commission of India. Other political parties that wish to contest
local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the
Election Commission of India (ECI). Registered parties are upgraded as
recognized national or state level parties based upon objective criteria. A
recognized party enjoys privileges like reserved party symbol, free broadcast
time on state run television and radio, consultation in setting of election
dates and giving inputs in setting electoral rules and regulations.
All registered parties contesting elections need to choose a
symbol from a list of available symbols offered by the EC. All 29 states of the
country along with the union territories of Pondicherry and the National
Capital Territory of Delhi have elected governments unless President's rule is
imposed under certain conditions.
This listing is based on the notification by Election
Commission of India for the Indian general election, 2014 and Legislative
Assembly elections. The criteria for being recognized as a state party or as a
national party has been laid down by the Election Commission of India. Any
party aspiring to state or national party status must fulfill at least one of
the concerned criteria. In addition, national and state parties have to fulfill
these conditions for all subsequent Lok Sabha or State elections, or else they
lose their status.[2] As of 16 September 2014, the total number of parties
registered was 1761, with six national, 49 state and 1706 unrecognized parties
National
A
registered party is recognized as a National Party only if it fulfils any one
of the following three condition
1.
The party wins 2% of seats in the
Lok Sabha (as of now, 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 and in
addition it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats.
3.
A party gets recognition as State
Party in four or more States.
Recognised national parties as of 16
September 2014
|
No.
|
Name
|
Abbreviation
|
Symbol
|
Foundation
year |
Current
leader(s)
|
|
1
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
BJP
|
Lotus
|
1980
|
Amit Shah
|
|
2
|
Indian National Congress
|
INC
|
Hand
|
1885
|
Sonia Gandhi
|
|
3
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
CPI-M
|
Hammer, sickle and star |
1964
|
Sitaram Yechury
|
|
4
|
Communist Party of India
|
CPI
|
Ears of corn and sickle |
1925
|
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
|
|
5
|
Bahujan Samaj Party
|
BSP
|
Elephant |
1984
|
Mayawati
|
|
6
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
NCP
|
Clock |
1999
|
Sharad Pawar
|
