LIST OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND SYMBOLS
NATIONAL
Six parties are recognised as national parties.[E] They are listed by name, together with acronym, year of formation and the party leader.[2]
S.N. Symbol Flag Name Acronym Year[3]
Party leader
1.
Bahujan Samaj Party
BSP 1984 Mayawati
2.
Bharatiya Janata Party
BJP 1980 Nitin Gadkari
3.
Communist Party of India
CPI 1925[B]
A.B. Bardhan
4.
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPI (M) 1964 Prakash Karat
5.
Indian National Congress
INC 1885 Sonia Gandhi
6.
Nationalist Congress Party
NCP 1999 Sharad Pawar
State
If a party is recognised 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 recognised state parties as of September 2009.[4]
Symbol Name Acronym Year[3]
Party leader States
AJSU Party
Sudesh Mahto
Jharkhand
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
AIADMK 1972 J. Jayalalitha
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
All India Forward Bloc
AIFB 1939 Debabrata Biswas
West Bengal
All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 1998 Mamata Banerjee
Arunachal Pradesh,West Bengal
Lock & Key All India United Democratic Front
AUDF 2004 Badruddin Ajmal
Assam
Elephant Asom Gana Parishad
AGP 1985 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Assam
Biju Janata Dal
BJD 1997 Naveen Patnaik
Orissa
Nangol Bodoland People's Front
BPF Assam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
DMK 1949 M Karunanidhi
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Paniharin Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)
HJC(BL) Haryana
Indian National Lok Dal
INLD 1999 Om Prakash Chautala
Haryana
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
JKNC 1932 Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party
JKNPP NA[D]
Bhim Singh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
PDP 1998 Mufti Mohammed Sayeed
Jammu and Kashmir
Janata Dal (Secular)
JD (S) 1999 H.D. Deve Gowda
Karnataka, Kerala
Janata Dal (United)
JD (U) 1999 Nitish kumar
Bihar
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
JMM 1972 Shibu Soren
Jharkhand, Orissa
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
JVM(P) Jharkhand
Kerala Congress
KEC 1964 P.J. Joseph
Kerala
Kerala Congress (M)
KEC (M) 1979 C.F. Thomas
Kerala
Bungalow Lok Jan Shakti Party
LJSP 2000 Ram Vilas Paswan
Bihar
Railway Engine Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
MNS 2006 Raj Thackeray
Maharashtra
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
MAG 1963 Shashikala Kakodkar
Goa
Manipur People's Party
MPP 1968 O. Joy Singh
Manipur
Mizo National Front
MDF 1959 Pu Zoramthanga
Mizoram
Mizoram People's Conference
MPC 1972 Pu Lalhmingthanga
Mizoram
Muslim League Kerala State Committee
MUL 1948 G.M. Banatwalla
Kerala
Nagaland People's Front
NPF 2002 Neiphiu Rio
Nagaland
National People's Party
NPP Manipur
Pattali Makkal Katchi
PMK 1989 G. K. Mani
Tamil Nadu
_ Peoples Party of Arunachal
Arunachal Pradesh
Full Sun with rays Praja Rajyam Party
PRP 2008 Chiranjeevi
Andhra Pradesh
— Pudhucherry Munnetra Congress
PMC 2005 P. Kannan
Puducherry
Hurricane Lamp Rashtriya Janata Dal
RJD Bihar,Jharkhand,Manipur
Rashtriya Lok Dal
RLD Uttar Pradesh
Revolutionary Socialist Party
RSP 1940 T.J. Chandrachoodan
West Bengal
Samajwadi Party
SP 1992 Mulayam Singh Yadav
Uttar Pradesh
— Save Goa Front
SGF NA Churchill Alemao Goa
Shiromani Akali Dal
SAD 1920 Parkash Singh Badal
Punjab
Shiv Sena
SHS 1966 Bal Thackeray[C]
Maharashtra
Sikkim Democratic Front
SDF 1993 Pawan Kumar Chamling
Sikkim
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
TRS 2001 K. Chandrashekar Rao
Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Desam Party
TDP 1982 N. Chandrababu Naidu
Andhra Pradesh
United Democratic Party
UDP NA Donkupar Roy
Meghalaya
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
UKKD 1979 Bipin Chandra Tripathi
Uttarakhand
Zoram Nationalist Party
ZNP 1997 Lalduhoma
Mizoram
