Recognized Political Parties in India:
According to one estimate, there have been over 200 political parties in India since Independence. But the country has experienced single-party dominance. A large number of regional parties exist in India. The political parties in the country may be classified into three major groups based on their ideologies.
(A) Rightist
(B) Leftist
(C) Centrist and Left of Centre.
What is the Difference between a National and a State Political Party?
A recognized political party has been classified either as a ‘national party’ or a ‘state party’, the norm being: If a political party is recognized in four or more States, it is deemed a ‘national party’ and one recognized in less than four States, is a ‘State Party’ in the State/s in which it is recognized as such. A party which state/s in which it is recognized as such. A party which secures at least 6 percent of the votes polled in the state can be recognized as a state or regional party. Currently there are 8 national political parties in India: BJP, INC, CPI, CPI (M), NCP, BSP, TMC and NPP.
National Political Parties:
National People’s Party (NPP)
State: Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
Party Leader: Conrad K. Sangma
Party Headquarters: M.G. Avenue, Floor, MDU Building, Imphal- 795001, Manipur
Founded: 2012
Current Leadership (Key Leaders): James Sangma, Sasank Ghatraj, Agatha K Sangma
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Party Leader: Amit Shah
Party Headquarters: 11 Ashoka Road,New Delhi 110001
Founded: 1980
Current Leadership (Key Leaders): Narender Modi, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Indian National Congress (INC or Congress)
Party Leader: Rahul Gandhi
Party Headquarters: 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001
Founded: 1885
Current Leadership (Key Leaders): Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, P. Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel, A. K. Antony, Ashok Gehlot, Jairam Ramesh
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)
Party Leader: Sitaram Yechury
Party Headquarters: Gole Market, New Delhi, India
Founded: 1964
Current Leadership (Key Leaders): P. Karunakaran, T. K. Rangarajan, Prakash Karat, Manik Sarkar, S. Ramachandran Pillai
Communist Party of India (CPI)
Party Leader: Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
Party Headquarters: New Delhi, India
Founded: 1925
Current Leadership (Key Leaders): C. N. Jayadevan, D. Raja
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
Party Leader: Mayawati
Party Headquarters: 2, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road,New Delhi – 110001
Founded: 1984
Key leaders: Satish Chandra Mishra, R Sridhar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Party Leader: Sharad Pawar
Party Headquarters: 10, Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi, 110001
Founded: 1999
Current Leadership (Key Leaders): Supriya Sule, P. A. Sangma, Tariq Anwar
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)
State: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal
Party Leader: Mamata Banerjee
Party Headquarters: 30B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata-700 026
Founded: 1998
Current Leadership (Key Leaders): Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Bakshi, Saugata Roy, Derek O’Brien, Partha Chatterjee
State Political Parties in North India
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
State: Delhi, Punjab
Party Leader: Arvind Kejriwal
Party Headquarters: 28/8, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi-08
Founded: 2012
Key Leaders: Manish Sisodia, Asim Ahmed Khan, Gopal Rai, Saurabh Bhardwaj
Haryana Janhit Congress-BL (HJC -BL)
State: Haryana
Party Leader: Kuldeep Bishnoi
Party Headquarters: New Delhi
Founded: 2007
*This party is merged with the Indian National Congress (INC)
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Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)
State: Haryana
Party Leader: Om Prakash Chautala
Party Headquarters: 18, Janpath, New Delhi-110011
Founded: 1999
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC)
State: Jammu & Kashmir
Party Leader: Omar Abdullah
Party Headquarters: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Founded: 1932
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP)
State: Jammu & Kashmir
Party Leader: Bhim Singh
Party Headquarters: 17 VP House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
Founded: 1982
Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP)
State: Jammu & Kashmir
Party Leader: Mahbuba Mufti
Party Headquarters: 2, Circuit House, Emporium Lane, Residency Road, Srinagar
Founded: 1998
Janata Dal-United (JDU)
State: Bihar
Party Leader: Sharad Yadav
Party Headquarters: 7, Jantar Mantar Road, New Delhi-110001
Founded: 1999
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)
State: Bihar
Party Leader: Ram Vilas Paswan
Party Headquarters: 12, Janpath, New Delhi
Founded: 2000
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
State: Bihar, Jharkhand
Party Leader: Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party Headquarters: 13, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi – 110001
Founded: 1997
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
State: Uttar Pradesh
Party Leader: Ajit Singh
Party Headquarters: Baghpat, UP
Founded: 1996
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP)
State: Bihar
Party Leader: Upendra Kushwaha
Party Headquarters:
Founded: 2013
Samajwadi Party (SP)
State: Uttar Prades
Party Leader: Akhilesh Yadav
Party Headquarters: 18 Copernicus Lane, New Delhi
Founded: 1992
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
State: Punjab, Delhi
Party Leader: Parkash Singh Badal
Party Headquarters: Block #6, Madhya Marg Sector 28, Chandigarh
Founded: 1920
Samajwadi Janata Party- Rashtriya (SJPR)
State: Uttar Pradesh
Party Leader: Chandra Shekhar
Party Headquarters: Narendra Niketan, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi
Founded: 1990
State Political Parties in West India:
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
State: Maharashtra
Party Leader: Raj Thackeray
Party Headquarters: 2nd Floor, Matoshri Towers, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, MH 400028
Founded: 2006
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)
State: Goa
Party Leader: Shashikala Kakodkar
Party Headquarters: 18th June Road, Panaji- 403001 Goa
Founded: 1963
Shiv Sena (SS)
State: Maharashtra
Party Leader: Uddhav Thackeray
Party Headquarters: Shivsena Bhavan, Ram Ganesh Gadkari Chowk, Dadar, Mumbai, 400 028, Maharashtra
Founded: 1966
State Political Parties in South India:
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)
State: Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Party Leader: Edappadi K. Palaniswami & O. Paneerselvam
Party Headquarters: 226, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai – 600014
Founded: 1972
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
State: Telangana
Party Leader: Asaduddin Owaisi
Party Headquarters: Telangana
Founded: 1939
All India N.R. Congress (AINRC)
State: Puducherry
Party Leader: N. Rangasamy
Party Headquarters: Puducherry
Founded: 2011
Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam (DMDK)
State: Tamil Nadu
Party Leader: Vijayakanth
Party Headquarters: Koyambedu, Chennai
Founded: 2005
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
State: Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Party Leader: M. Karunanidhi
Party Headquarters: Anna Arivalayam, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600018
Founded: 1949
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
State: Kerala
Party Leader: E. Ahamed
Party Headquarters: Maraikayar Lebbai Street, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Founded: 1948
Janata Dal-Secular (JDS)
State: Karnataka, Kerala
Party Leader: H.D. Deve Gowda
Party Headquarters: 5, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi 110003
Founded: 1999
Kerala Congress- M (KCM)
State: Kerala
Party Leader: C.F. Thomas
Party Headquarters: State Committee Office, Near Fire Station, Kottayam
Founded: 1979
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)
State: Puducherry
Party Leader: G. K. Mani
Party Headquarters: Chennai
Founded: 1989
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
State: Kerala, West Bengal
Party Leader: T. J. Chandrachoodan
Party Headquarters: 17, Firoz Shah Road, New Delhi – 110001
Founded: 1940
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)
State: Telangana
Party Leader: Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao
Party Headquarters: Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Founded: 2001
Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
State: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Party Leader: N. Chandra Babu Naidu
Party Headquarters: NTR Bhavan, Rd No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana
Founded: 1982
YSR Congress Party (YSRC)
State: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Party Leader: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Party Headquarters: Hyderabad, Telangana
Founded: 2011
State Political Parties in East India:
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
State: West Bengal
Party Leader: Debabrata Biswas
Party Headquarters: 28, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi 110001
Founded: 1939
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All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)
State: Assam
Party Leader: Badruddin Ajmal
Party Headquarters: No.3 Friends Path, Hatigaon, Guwahati-781038
Founded: 2004
All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU)
State: Jharkhand
Party Leader: Sudesh Mahto
Party Headquarters: Poornima Tower,2nd Floor,Room No.- 2A,Opposite Chaganlal Jain, Dharamshala
Founded: 1986
Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)
State: Assam
Party Leader: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Party Headquarters: Gopinath Bordoloi Road, Guwahati
Founded: 1985
Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
State: Odisha
Party Leader: Naveen Patnaik
Party Headquarters: 6R/3,Unit-6, Forest Park, Bhubaneswar
Founded: 1997
Bodoland People’s Front (BPF)
State: Assam
Party Leader: Hagrama Mohilary
Party Headquarters: Kokrajhar, Assam
Founded: 1985
Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP)
State: Meghalaya
Party Leader: H.S. Lyngdoh
Party Headquarters:
Founded: 1968
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
State: Jharkhand
Party Leader: Shibu Soren
Party Headquarters: Bariatu Road, Ranchi-834008
Founded: 1972
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha- Prajatantrik (JVM-P)
State: Jharkhand
Party Leader: Babu Lal Marandi
Party Headquarters: Hazaribagh
Founded: 2006
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Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP)
State: Manipur
Party Leader: Wahengbam Nipamacha
Party Headquarters: People’s Road, Imphal- 795001, Manipur
Founded: 1997
* This party merged with RJD
Mizo National Front (MNF)
State: Mizoram
Party Leader: Pu Zoramthanga
Party Headquarters: Zarkawt, Aizawl, Mizoram
Founded: 1959
Mizoram People’s Conference (MPC)
State: Mizoram
Party Leader: Pu Lalhmingthanga
Party Headquarters: Treasury Square, Aizawl, Mizoram
Founded: 1972
Naga People’s Front (NPF)
State: Manipur, Nagaland
Party Leader: Neiphiu Rio
Party Headquarters: Kohima, Nagaland
Founded: 2002
People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA)
State: Arunachal Pradesh
Party Leader: Tomo Riba
Party Headquarters: P.O. Naharlagun-791110
Founded: 1987
Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)
State: Sikkim
Party Leader: Pawan Kumar Chamling
Party Headquarters: S.D.F Bhawan Indira Byepass Gangtok, Sikkim
Founded: 1993
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)
State: Sikkim
Party Leader: Prem Singh Tamang
Party Headquarters: Gangtok, Sikkim
Founded: 2013
United Democratic Party (UDP)
State: Meghalaya
Party Leader: Donkupar Roy
Party Headquarters: Mawlai Nonglum, Shillong-793008 Meghalaya
Founded: 1972
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