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List of political parties in India

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The Constitution of India stipulates that India be a federal polity with a central government in New Delhi, and state governments for the various states and Union territories. Consequently, political parties in India are classified as national and state (regional) parties based on their realms of influence.

Table of contents
1 National parties
2 State parties
3 Other parties
4 Parties from the past
5 Coalitions
6 Political parties listed by relationship
7 See also
8 External links

National parties

National parties are those that are recognized in four or more states. They are accorded this status by the Election Commission of India, which periodically reviews the election results in various states. This recognition helps the political parties to claim unique ownership of certain identities, such as the party symbol, until the next review of their status.

State parties

Although many parties have terms like "national" or "All India" as part of their name, very few are actually national parties. The rest are called state parties by the Election Commission, though some have influence in more than one state or union territory.

The English translation of vernacular names are enclosed in parentheses, though some of these parties seldom use the English version.

Other parties

Parties from the past

Coalitions

Since 1990, the Indian electorate has consistently thrown fragmented verdicts both at the state and national levels. This has led parties with minimal (and sometimes considerable) ideological differences to come together as a loose federation of parties to stake claim for power. The following are coalitions of political parties in India.

Political parties listed by relationship



Short Indian Political Dictionary (language is Hindi unless mentioned otherwise):


	Abhiyan		Campaign	
	

	Akhil		All	
	

	Bahujan		Majority*	
	

	Bharatiya		Indian	
	

	Biplob		Revolution (Bengali)	
	

	Dal		Party	
	

	Dalit		Scheluded Caste group	
	

	Gana		People (Assamese, Bengali, Oriya)	
	

	Ganatantra		Democracy (Bengali, m.m.)	


	Gorkha		Nepali-speaking ethnic group	
	

	Ekta		United	
	

	Jan		People	
	

	Janata		Popular	
	

	Jantantrik		Democratic	
	

	Katchi		Party (Tamil)	
	

	Kazhagam		Federation (tamil)	
	

	Kisan		Peasant	
	

	Kranti		Revolution	
	

	Lehar		Stream	
	

	Lok		People	
	

	Loktantrik		Democracy	
	

	Maha-		Great	
	

	Manch		Platform	
	

	Makkal		People (Tamil)	
	

	Morcha		Front	
	

	Mukti		Liberation	
	

	Munnetra		Progressive (Tamil)	
	

	Paksha		Party (Marathi, Kannada)	
	

	Parishad		Association	
	

	Peravai		Front (Tamil)	
	

	Pokx		Party (Konkani)	
	

	Praja		People	
	

	Prajatantrik		Democratic	
	

	Rajya		State	
	

	Rashtriya		National	
	

	Samaj		Society	
	

	Samajwadi		Socialist	
	

	Sammelan		Conference	
	

	Samiti		Association	
	

	Samyavadi		Communist	
	

	Samyukt		United	
	

	Sangh		Union	
	

	Shakti		Power	
	

	Suraksha		Defence	
	

	Swatantra		Independence	
	

	Trinamool		Grassroot	
	

	Vikas		Development	
		

*Used in the meaning that 85% of the population of India belongs to lower castes.




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