Indian politics

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India has a multi-party system with a predominance of small regional parties. The Election Commission of India (ECI) requires political parties to register in order to contest local, state, or national elections. The ECI registers political parties that wish to contest elections, and if a party meets the necessary criteria, the ECI declares it a “National party” if it is registered in four or more states ¹. Alternatively, the ECI recognizes a party as a “State Party” if it doesn’t meet the national party criteria”^[1]

National political parties

Party	Abbreviation	General Secretary / President
Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	Mayawati
Indian National Congress	INC	Sonia Gandhi
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Nitin Gadkari
Communist Party of India	CPI	Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	Prakash Karat

Source: Election Commission of India^[2]

[edit]State political parties (State wise list)

State	Party name	Election symbol	Abbr.	Political Alliance
Andhra Pradesh
	Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	Kite	AIMIM
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	Car	TRS	NDA
	YSR Congress party
	Telugu Desam Party	Bicycle	TDP	Third Front
	Arun Khitoliya National Party	cealing Fan	YSRCP
Assam	All India United Democratic Front	Lock & Key
	Asom Gana Parishad	Elephant		NDA
	Bodoland People’s Front	Nangol		UPA
Bihar	Janata Dal (United)	Arrow	JD(U)	NDA
	raman party	Bungalow	LJP
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Hurricane Lamp	RJD	Fourth Front
Goa	ZGE	Goa Map
	Save Goa Front	Aeroplane
Haryana	Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)	Tractor	HJC	NDA
	Indian National Lok Dal	Eyeglasses	INLD
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	Plough		UPA
	Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party	Bicycle
	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Ink Pot & Pen
Jharkhand	AJSU Party	Banana
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Bow & Arrow	JMM	NDA
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	Comb		NDA
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Hurricane Lamp	RJD	Fourth Front
Karnataka	Janata Dal (Secular)	A Lady Farmer carrying Paddy on her head	JD(S)
	Karnataka Janata Party		KJP
	BSR Congress
	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
	Kannada Nadu	Coconut
Kerala	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Spade & Stoker		LDF, Third Front
	Janata Dal (Secular)	A Lady Farmer carrying Paddy on her head	JD(S)
	Kerala Congress	Leaf		UDF, UPA
	IUML	Ladder		UDF, UPA
Maharashtra	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	Railway Engine	MNS
	Shiv Sena	Bow and Arrow	SS	NDA
Manipur	Manipur People’s Party	Bicycle
	National People’s Party	Book
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Hurricane Lamp	RJD	Fourth Front
	All India Trinamool Congress	Flowers and Grass	TMC	UPA
Meghalaya	United Democratic Party	Drum
Mizoram	Mizo National Front	Star	MNF	NDA
	Mizoram People’s Conference	Electric Bulb	MPC
	Zoram Nationalist Party	Sun (without rays)	ZNP
Nagaland	Nagaland Peoples Front	Cock		NDA
Orissa	Biju Janata Dal	Conch	BJD	Third Front
Pondicherry	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Two Leaves	AIADMK	Third Front
	All India N.R. Congress	jug
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Rising Sun	DMK	UPA
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	nagara	DMDK
Punjab	Shiromani Akali Dal	Scales	SAD	NDA
	People’s Party of Punjab	kite
Sikkim	Sikkim Democratic Front	Umbrella		UPA
Tamil Nadu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Two leaves	AIADMK	Third Front
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Rising Sun	DMK	UPA
	Moovendar makkal katchi
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	blue and red flag with star	VCK
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	Mango		Third Front
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	nagara	DMDK
Uttar Pradesh	Rashtriya Lok Dal	Hand Pump	RLD	UPA
	Peace Party	Ceiling Fan
	Samajwadi Party	Bicycle	SP	Third Front
Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	Chair		NDA
West Bengal	All India Forward Bloc	Lion		Third Front
	All India Trinamool Congress	Flowers & Grass	TMC
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Spade & Stoker	RSP	Third Front

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