Recognised political parties in India

Recognised political parties in India

List of political parties in India - National parties

* Bahujan Samaj Party ("Majority Society Party", BSP, led by Mayawati)

* Bharatiya Janata Party ("Indian People's Party", BJP, led by Rajnath Singh)

* Communist Party of India (CPI, led by Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan)

* Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M), led by Prakash Karat)

* Indian National Congress (INC, led by Sonia Gandhi)

* Nationalist Congress Party (NCP, led by Sharad Pawar)

List of political parties in India - State parties

• All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal)
• All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK, "All India Anna Federation for Progress of Dravidians") (Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry)
• Arunachal Congress (Arunachal Pradesh)
• Asom Gana Parishad ("Assam People's Federation") (Assam)
• Biju Janata Dal (Orissa)
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (Assam)
• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK, "Federation for Progress of Dravidians") (Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry)
• Federal Party of Manipur (Manipur)
• Haryana Vikas Party (Haryana)
• Himachal Vikas Congress (Himachal Pradesh) (has merged with Congress)
• Hill State People's Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
• Indian National Lok Dal ("Indian National People's Party") (Haryana)
• Indian Union Muslim League (Kerala)
• Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (Tripura)
• Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)
• Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
• Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
• Janata Dal (Secular) ("Peoples' Party (Secular)") (Karnataka)
• Janata Dal (United) ("Peoples' Party (United)") (Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Nagaland)
• Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy ("Association for Defence of Democracy") (Kerala)
• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) ("Jharkhand Liberation Front") (Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa)
• Kerala Congress (Kerala)
• Kerala Congress (Mani) (Kerala)
• Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (Goa)
• Manipur People's Party (Manipur)
• Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
• Meghalaya Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
• Mizo National Front (Mizoram)
• Mizoram People's Conference (Mizoram)
• Nagaland Peoples Front (Nagaland)
• Nationalist Democratic Movement (Nagaland)
• Nationalist Trinamool Congress ("Nationalist Grassroots Congress", also called Rashtravadi Trinamool Congress, recognized as AITC) (West Bengal)
• Pattali Makkal Katchi (Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry)
• Rashtriya Janata Dal ("National People's Party") (Bihar, Jharkhand)
• Rashtriya Lok Dal ("National People's Party") (Uttar Pradesh)
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (West Bengal)
• Samajwadi Party ("Socialist Party") (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal)
• Shiromani Akali Dal (Party of Akal - Authority for the Political matters of Sikhs) (Punjab)
• Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) (Punjab)
• Shiv Sena ("Army of Shivaji") (Maharashtra)
• Sikkim Democratic Front (Sikkim)
• Telangana Rashtra Samithi ("Telengana National Association") (Andhra Pradesh)
• Telugu Desam Party ("Party of the Telugu Land") (Andhra Pradesh)
• United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)
• United Goans Democratic Party (Goa)
• Uttarakhand Kranti Dal ("Uttarakhand Revolution Party") (Uttaranchal)
• Zoram Nationalist Party (Mizoram)