8 Recognized National Parties

 

SL No. Name Ideology Founded Party Leader
1 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Hindutva Integral humanism Conservatism Social conservatism Neoliberalism Right-wing populism April 19803 Jagat Prakash Nadda
2 Indian National Congress (INC) Big tent Secularism 28 December 1885 Sonia Gandhi (Interim President)
3 All India Trinamool Congress (AITC/TMC) Secularism Populism Anti-communism Progressivism 1 January 1998 Mamata Banerjee
4 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Social equality Social justice Secularism Self-respect 14 April 1984 Mayawati
5 Communist Party of India (CPI) Communism Marxism–Leninism 26 December 1925 D. Raja
6 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Communism Marxism 7 November 1964 Sitaram Yechury
7 National People's Party (NPP) Regionalism Ethnocentrism 6 January 2013 Conrad Sangma
8 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Liberalism 10 June 1999 Sharad Pawar
52 Recognized State Parties

 

SL No. Name Abbreviation Foundation Year Current Leader Recognised in State/Union Territory
1 Aam Aadmi Party AAP 2012 Arvind Kejriwal Delhi, Punjabl
2 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 1972 O. Panneerselvam, Edappadi K. Palaniswami Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
3 All India Forward Bloc AIFB 1939 Debabrata Biswas West Bengal
4 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen AI MIM 1927 Asaduddin Owaisi Telangana
5 All India N.R. Congress AINRC 2011 N. Rangaswamy Puducherry
6 All India United Democratic Front AIUDFC 2004 Badruddin Ajmal Assam
7 All Jharkhand Students Union AJSU 1986 Sudesh Mahto Jharkhand
8 Asom Gana Parishad AGP 1985 Atul Bora Assam
9 Biju Janata Dal BJD 1997 Naveen Patnaik Odisha
10 Bodoland People's Front BPF 1985 Hagrama Mohilary Assam
11 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L 1974 Dipankar Bhattacharya Bihar
12 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam DMDKL 2006 Vijayakanth Tamil Nadu
13 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 1949 M. K. Stalin Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
14 Goa Forward Party GFP 2016 Vijai Sardesai Goa
15 Hill State People's Democratic Party HSPDP 1968 - - Meghalaya
16 Indian National Lok Dal INLD 1999 Om Prakash Chautala Haryana
17 Indian Union Muslim League IUML 1948 Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal Kerala
18 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference JKNC 1932 Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir
19 Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party JKNPP 1982 Bhim Singh Jammu and Kashmir
20 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party JKPDP 1998 Mehbooba Mufti Jammu and Kashmir
21 Janta Congress Chhattisgarh JCC 2016 Renu Jogi Chhattisgarh
22 Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) 1999 H. D. Deve Gowda Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala
23 Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 1999 Nitish Kumar Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar
24 Jannayak Janta Party JJP 2018 Dushyant Chautala Haryana
25 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 1979 Jose K Mani Kerala
26 Lok Janshakti Party LJP 2000 Chirag Paswan Bihar
27 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS 2006 Raj Thackeray Maharashtra
28 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 1963 Deepak Dhavalikar Goa
29 Mizo National Front MNF 1959 Zoramthanga Mizoram
30 Mizoram People's Conference MPC 1972 Lalhmangaiha Sailo Mizoram
31 Naga People's Front NPF 2002 T. R. Zeliang Manipur, Nagaland
32 Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party NDPP 2018 Neiphiu Rio Nagaland
33 Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK 1989 S. Ramadoss, Anbumani Ramadoss Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
34 People's Democratic Alliance PDA 2012 Bd. Behring Anal Manipur
35 People's Democratic Front PDF 2017 P. N. Syiem Meghalaya
36 People's Party of Arunachal PPA 1987 Arunachal Pradesh
37 Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD 1997 Tejashwi Yadav Bihar, Jharkhand
38 Rashtriya Lok Dal RLD 1998 Chaudhary Ajit Singh Uttar Pradesh
39 Rashtriya Loktantrik Party RLP 2018 Hanuman Beniwal Rajasthan
40 Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 1940 T. J. Chandrachoodan Kerala, West Bengal
41 Samajwadi Party SP 1992 Akhilesh Yadav Uttar Pradesh
42 Shiromani Akali Daly SAD 1920 Sukhbir Singh Badal Punjab
43 Shiv Sena SS 1966 Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra
44 Sikkim Democratic Front SDF 1993 Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim
45 Sikkim Krantikari Morcha SKM 2013 Prem Singh Tamang Sikkim
46 Telangana Rashtra Samithi TRS 2001 K. Chandrashekar Rao Telangana
47 Telugu Desam Party TDP 1982 N. Chandrababu Naidu Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
48 United Democratic Party UDP 1972 Metbah Lyngdoh Meghalaya
49 Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party YSRCP 2011 Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Andhra Pradesh
50 Zoram People's Movement ZPM 2017 Lalduhawma Mizoram
51 Indigenous People's Front of Tripura IPFT 2009 Mevar Kumar Jamatia Tripura
52 Kerala Congress (M) KC (M) 1979 Jose K Mani Kerala