list of political parties in India India has a multi-party system with predominance of small regional parties political parties that wish to contest local state or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India in order to gain recognition in a state the party must have had political activity for at least five continuous years and send at least four percent of the states quota to the Lok Sabha or 3.33 percent of members to the Legislative Assembly of that st
ate these conditions are deemed to have failed if a member of the Lok Sabha or the Legislative Assembly of the state becomes a member of that political party after his election if a party is recognised in four or more states it is declared as a national party by the EC otherwise it is known as a state party all parties contesting the elections have to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols offered by the EC all twenty-eight states of the country along with the Union Territories of Pudu
cherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi have an elected government 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 number of political parties as on March 12 2014 following is the count of political parties in India which are registered with the Election Commission of India National Party's a registered party is recognized as a n
ational party only if it fulfills any of the following three conditions the party wins two percent of seats in the Lok Sabha eleven seats from at least three different states at a general election two Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly the party polls six percent of votes in four states and in addition it wins four Lok Sabha seats a party gets recognition as state party in four or more states both national and state parties have to fulfil these conditions for all subsequent Lok Sabha or state ele
ctions else they lose their status list of state parties if a party is as a state party by the Election Commission it can reserve a symbol for its exclusive use in the state the following are a list of recognized state parties as of January 12 2014 a political party shall be treated as a recognized political party in a state if and only if the political party fulfills any of the following conditions at general elections or legislative assembly elections the party has 1/3 percent of seats in the
Legislative Assembly of the state subject to a minimum of three seats at a Lok Sabha general elections the party has won one Lok Sabha seat for every 25 Lok Sabha seat allotted for the state at a general election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly the party has polled minimum of 6 percent of votes in a state and in addition it has won 1 Lok Sabha or 2 Legislative Assembly seats at a general election 2 Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly the party has polled 8 percent of votes in a state source E
lection Commission of India political parties state wise list
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