About National Political Parties in India:
India has a multi-party system with recognition accorded to national and state and district level parties. The status is reviewed periodically by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Currently six national political parties is there.
Other political parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India.
Registered parties are upgraded as recognized national or state level parties based upon objective criteria.
A recognized party enjoys privileges like a reserved party symbol, free broadcast time on state run television and radio, a consultation in setting of election dates and giving input in setting electoral rules and regulations.
List of National Political Parties:
- Bahujan Samaj Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Communist Party of India
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Indian National Congress
- Nationalist Congress Party
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Key Description
1.) Bahujan Samaj Party ( बहुजन समाज पार्टी ) (BSP)
President: Mayawati
Leader: Mayawati
Headquarters: 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi - 110001
Founder: Kanshi Ram
Newspaper: Mayayug, Bahujan Samaj Bulletin (Punjabi)
Abbreviation: BSP
Secretary:
- Satish Chandra Mishra
- R S Kushwaha
- Munquad Ali
- Ram Achal Rajbhar
- Mewalal Gautam
- R Sridhar
Lok Sabha Leader: Kunwar Danish Ali
Rajya Sabha Leader: Satish Chandra Mishra
Founded: 14 April 1984 (36 years ago)
Ideology:
- Social equality
- Social justice
- Self respect
Political Position: Centre-left
ECI Status: National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha: 10 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha: 2 / 245
Website: www.bspindia.org
Social Network: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn
2.) Bharatiya Janata Party (भारतीय जनता पार्टी) (BJP)
President: Jagat Prakash Nadda
Headquarters: 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi - 110001
Newspaper: Kamal Sandesh
Alliance: National Democratic Alliance
Founders: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Leadership: Jagat Prakash Nadda (President)
Parliamentary Chairperson: Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)
Lok Sabha Leader: Narendra Modi
(Prime Minister)
Rajya Sabha Leader: Thawar Chand Gehlot
(Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment)
Founded: 6 April 1980 (40 years ago)
Split From: Janata Party
Preceded by: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
Janata Party (1977–1980)
Headquarters: 6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg,
New Delhi-110002
Ideology:
- Integral Humanism
- Hindutva
- Conservatism
- Social conservatism
- National conservatism
- Right-wing populism
- Hindu nationalism
- Economic nationalism
- Cultural nationalism
Slogan: The Party with a Difference
ECI Status: National Party Alliance , National Democratic Alliance (All India)
Official Website: www.bjp.org
Social Network: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter
3.) Communist Party of India (भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी) (CPI):
Abbreviation: CPI
General Secretary D. Raja
Lok Sabha :eader: K. Subbarayan
Rajya Sabha Leader Binoy Viswam
Founder:
- S. V. Ghate
- M. Singaravelu
- K.N. Joglekar
- Hasrat Mohani
- Muzaffar Ahmed
- Ayodhya Prasad
Founded: 26 December 1925 (94 years ago) at Cawnpore, United Province, British Raj (presently Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Headquarters: Ajoy Bhavan, 15, Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi, India-110002
Student Wing: All India Students Federation
Youth Wing: All India Youth Federation
Women's Wing: National Federation of Indian Women
Labour Wing:
- All India Trade Union Congress
- Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union
Peasant's Wing: All India Kisan Sabha
- Ideology Communism
- Marxism–Leninism
- Socialism
- Secularism
Political Position: Left-wing
International Affiliation: International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
ECI Status: National Party
Alliance:
- Democratic Progressive Alliance (Tamil Nadu)
- Left Front, Tripura (Tripura)
- Left Front, West Bengal (West Bengal)
- Left Democratic Front, Kerala (Kerala)
- Left Democratic Front, Maharashtra (Maharashtra)
- Left Democratic Manch (Assam)
- Punjab Democratic Alliance (Punjab)
Seats in Lok Sabha: 2 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha: 1 / 245
Website: www.communistparty.in
Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube
4.) Communist Party of India (Marxist) भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी)
Abbreviation: CPI(M)
General Secretary: Sitaram Yechury
Lok Sabha Leader: A. M. Ariff
Rajya Sabha Leader: Vacant
Founders:
- P. Sundarayya
- E. M. S. Namboodiripad
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet
- A. K. Gopalan
- Promode Dasgupta
- B. T. Ranadive
- M. Basavapunnaiah
- Jyoti Basu
- P. Ramamurthi
Founded: 7 November 1964 (55 years ago)
Split From: Communist Party of India
Headquarters: A. K. Gopalan Bhawan, 27-29, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi-110 001
Student Wing: Students' Federation of India
Youth Wing: Democratic Youth Federation of India
Labour Wing: Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant's Wing: All India Kisan Sabha
Ideology:
- Communism
- Marxism–Leninism
- Anti-capitalism
- Anti-imperialism
Political Position: Left-wing to far-left
International Affiliation: International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
ECI Status: National Party
Alliance:
- Democratic Progressive Alliance (Tamil Nadu)
- Left Front, Tripura (Tripura)
- Left Front, West Bengal (West Bengal)
- Left Democratic Front, Kerala (Kerala)
- Left Democratic Front, Maharashtra (Maharashtra)
- Left Democratic Manch (Assam)
Seats in Lok Sabha: 3 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha: 5 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies: 99 / 4,119
Number of states and union territories in government:
2 / 31
Website: www.cpim.org
Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube
5.) Indian National Congress (INC) (भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस):
Abbreviation: INC
President: Sonia Gandhi (interim)
Presidium: All India Congress Committee
Parliamentary Chairperson: Sonia Gandhi
Lok Sabha Leader: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Rajya Sabha Leader: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Leader of the Opposition)
Founders:
- Allan Octavian Hume
- William Wedderburn
- W. C. Bonnerjee
- Surendranath Banerjee
- Monomohun Ghose
- Lalmohan Ghosh
- Badruddin Tyabji
- M. G. Ranade
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- Dinshaw Wacha
- Pherozeshah Mehta
Founded: 28 December 1885 (134 years ago)
Headquarters: 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110001
Newspaper: Congress Sandesh
Student Wing: National Students Union of India
Youth Wing: Indian Youth Congress
Women's Wing: All India Mahila Congress
Labor Wing: Indian National Trade Union Congress
Ideology:
- Secularism
- Big tent
- Social liberalism
- Social democracy
- Progressivism
- Civic nationalism
Political Position: Centre to centre-left
International affiliation:
- Progressive Alliance
- Socialist International
ECI Status: National Party
Alliance:
- United Progressive Alliance (All India)
- Democratic Progressive Alliance (Tamil Nadu)
- Maha Vikas Aghadi (Maharashtra)
- Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
- Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
- United Democratic Front (Kerala)
Seats in Lok Sabha: 52 / 542
Seats in Rajya Sabha: 39 / 245 (currently 213 elected members + 12 nominated members)
Number of states and union territories in government: 6 / 31
(currently 28 states + 2 union
Website: www.inc.in
Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn
6.) Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) (राष्ट्रवादी कांग्रेस पार्टी)
Abbreviation: NCP
President: Sharad Pawar
Spokesperson: Nawab Malik
Lok Sabha Leader: Supriya Sule
Rajya Sabha Leader: Sharad Pawar
Founder
- Sharad Pawar
- P. A. Sangma
- Tariq Anwar
Founded: 10 June 1999 (20 years ago)
Split From: Indian National Congress
Headquarters: 10, Bishmabhar Marg, New Delhi, India-110001
Student Wing: Nationalist Student Congress
Youth Wing: Nationalist Youth Congress
Nationalist: Yuvati Congress
Women's Wing: Nationalist Mahila Congress
Ideology
- Liberalism
- Secularism
- Progressivism
- Civic nationalism
- Social justice
- Federalism
Political Position: Centre to centre-left
ECI Status National Party
Alliance: United Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha: 5 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha: 4 / 245
Number of states and union territories in government: 3 / 31
Website: www.ncp.org.in
Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube
7.) All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) अखिल भारतीय तृणमूल कांग्रेस
Abbreviation: AITC
Chairperson: Mamata Banerjee
General Secretary: Subrata Bakshi
Parliamentary Chairperson: Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Lok Sabha Leader: Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Rajya Sabha Leader: Derek O'Brien
Founder: Mamata Banerjee
Founded: 1 January 1998 (22 years ago)
Split: from Indian National Congress
Headquarters: 30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata-700026
Newspaper: Jago Bangla (Bengali)
Student Wing: Trinamool Chhatra Parishad
Youth Wing: Trinamool Youth Congress
Women's Wing: Trinamool Mahila Congress
Labour Wing: Trinamool Trade Union Congress
Peasant's Wing: Trinamool Kisan Congress
Ideology:
- Democratic socialism
- Left-wing populism
- Secularism
- Anti-communism
- Political position Centre-left
ECI Status: National party
Alliance
- NDA (1999–2009)
- UPA (2009–2012)
- Federal Front (2019)
Seats in Lok Sabha: 22 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha: 13 / 245
Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly: 224 / 294
Number of states and union territories in government: 1 / 31
Website: www.aitcofficial.org
Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube
8.) National People's Party (NPP) नेशनल पीपुल्स पार्टी (एनपीपी)
Abbreviation: NPP
President: Conrad Sangma
Lok Sabha Leader: Agatha Sangma
Founder: P. A. Sangma
Founded: 6 January 2013 (7 years ago)
Split From: Nationalist Congress Party
Headquarters: M.G. Avenue, Floor, MDU Building,Imphal, Manipur 795001
Ideology
- Indian nationalism
- Regionalism
- Tribal interests
Political Position: Centre to centre-right
ECI Status: National Party
Alliance: NDA
Seats in Lok Sabha: 1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha: 1 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assembly Meghalaya Legislative Assembly: 21 / 60
Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube