List of All the Political Parties in India

The National People's Party was founded by P A Sangma after his expulsion from the NCP in July 2013. NPP was accorded the status of national party status on 7 June 2019. The current President of NPP is Conrad Sangma.

The National People's Party's (NPP) influence is mostly concentrated in the state of Meghalaya While the Headquarters of NPP is at M.G. Avenue, Floor, MDU Building, Imphal, Manipur 795001.

If a political party fulfills certain conditions or criteria then it is recognised as the national or state political party by the Election Commission of India.

A recognized party enjoys privileges like reserved party symbol, free broadcast time on state run television and radio in the favour of party.

National Party:

A registered party is recognised as a National Party only if it fulfils any one of the following three conditions:

1. If a party wins 2% of seats in the Lok Sabha (as of 2014, 11 seats) from at least 3 different States. or

2. At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in four States in addition to 4 Lok Sabha seats. or

3. A party is recognised as a State Party in four or more States.

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List of all the National Parties in India are given below:

Source: Election Commission of India

A registered party has to fulfill any of the following conditions to be known as State political Party:

1. A party should win minimum 3% of the total number of seats or a minimum of 3 seats in the Legislative Assembly. or

2. A party should win at least 1 seat in the Lok Sabha for every 25 seats or any fraction there of allotted to that State. or

3. A political party should secure at least 6% of the total valid votes polled during general election to a Lok Sabha or State Legislative Assembly and should, in addition, win at least 1 Lok Sabha, and 2 Legislative Assembly seats in that election. or

4. Under the liberalized criteria, one more clause has been added to provide that even if a Party fails to win any seat in a State in a general election to the Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly of the State, the party will still be eligible for recognition as State Party if it secures 8% or more of the total valid votes polled in the State. As on April 13, 2018 some parties in the list given below is no more state parties.

Source: Election Commission of India

A political party is a group of people who share similar political views, come together to contest elections and try to hold power in the government. The members of the political parties agree on some policies and programmes for the society with a view to promote the collective good.

Political parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India (EC). The number/status of national, state and regional parties increases or decreases on the basis of their performance in the elections.

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