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Political Parties in India(National and State) and their Current Leaders – Updated on March 2017

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India has a multi-party system with recognition accorded to national and state level parties. The status is reviewed periodically by the Election Commission of India. Other political parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Registered parties are upgraded as recognized national or state level parties based upon objective criteria.

We have provided you List of Political Parties (National and State) and their Current Leaders Name for competitive exams.

NATIONAL PARTIES

No.NameAbbreviationSymbolFoundation
year
Current leader(s)
1Bharatiya Janata PartyBJPLotus1980Amit Shah
2Indian National CongressINCHand1885Sonia Gandhi
3Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI-MHammer,
sickle and star
1964Sitaram Yechury
4Communist Party of IndiaCPIEars of corn
and sickle
1925Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
5Bahujan Samaj PartyBSPElephant1984Mayawati
6Nationalist Congress PartyNCPClock1999Sharad Pawar
7All India Trinamool CongressAITCFlowers and Grass1998Mamata Banerjee

STATE PARTIES

No.NameAbbreviation Foundation
Year
Current leader(s)States/UT
1Aam Aadmi PartyAAP2012Arvind KejriwalDelhi, Punjab
2All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMK1972Edappadi K. PalanisamyPuducherry, Tamil Nadu
3All India Forward BlocAIFB1939Debabrata BiswasWest Bengal
4All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenAIMIM1927Asaduddin OwaisiTelangana
5All India N.R. CongressAINRC2011N. RangasamyPuducherry
6All India United Democratic FrontAIUDF2004Badruddin AjmalAssam
7All Jharkhand Students UnionAJSU1986Sudesh MahtoJharkhand
8Asom Gana ParishadAGP1985Prafulla Kumar MahantaAssam
9Biju Janata DalBJD1997Naveen PatnaikOdisha
10Bodoland People’s FrontBPF1985Hagrama MohilaryAssam
11Desiya Murpokku Dravidar KazhagamDMDK2005VijayakanthTamil Nadu
12Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK1949M. KarunanidhiTamil Nadu, Puducherry
13Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)HJC(BL)2007Pawan PanditHaryana
14Hill State People’s Democratic PartyHSPDP1968H.S. LyngdohMeghalaya
15Indian National Lok DalINLD1999Om Prakash ChautalaHaryana
16Indian Union Muslim LeagueIUML1948E. AhamedKerala
17Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJKNC1932Omar AbdullahJammu & Kashmir
18Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers PartyJKNPP1982Bhim SinghJammu & Kashmir
19Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic PartyJKPDP1998Mehbooba MuftiJammu & Kashmir
20Janata Dal (Secular)JD(S)1999H.D. Deve GowdaKarnataka, Kerala
21Janata Dal (United)JD(U)1999Nitish KumarBihar
22Jharkhand Mukti MorchaJMM1972Shibu SorenJharkhand
23Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)JVM(P)2006Babu Lal MarandiJharkhand
24Kerala Congress (M)KC(M)1979C.F. ThomasKerala
25Lok Janshakti PartyLJP2000Ram Vilas PaswanBihar
26Maharashtra Navnirman SenaMNS2006Raj ThackerayMaharashtra
27Maharashtrawadi Gomantak PartyMGP1963Shashikala KakodkarGoa
28Manipur State Congress PartyMSCP1997Wahengbam NipamachaManipur
29Mizo National FrontMNF1959LalduhawmaMizoram
30Mizoram People’s ConferenceMPC1972Pu LalhmingthangaMizoram
31Naga People’s FrontNPF2002Neiphiu RioManipur, Nagaland
32National People’s PartyNPP2013P.A. SangmaMeghalaya
33Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK1989G. K. ManiPuducherry
34People’s Party of ArunachalPPA1987Tomo RibaArunachal Pradesh
35Rashtriya Janata DalRJD1997Lalu Prasad YadavBihar, Jharkhand
36Rashtriya Lok DalRLD1996Ajit SinghUttar Pradesh
37Rashtriya Lok Samta PartyRLSP2013Upendra KushwahaBihar
38Revolutionary Socialist PartyRSP1940T. J. ChandrachoodanKerala, West Bengal
39Samajwadi PartySP1992Mulayam Singh YadavUttar Pradesh
40Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)SJP1990Chandra ShekharUttar Pradesh
41Shiromani Akali DalSAD1920Parkash Singh BadalPunjab
42Shiv SenaSS1966Uddhav ThackerayMaharashtra
43Sikkim Democratic FrontSDF1993Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim
44Sikkim Krantikari MorchaSKM2013Prem Singh TamangSikkim
45Telangana Rashtra SamithiTRS2001Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar RaoTelangana
46Telugu Desam PartyTDP1982N. Chandra Babu NaiduAndhra Pradesh, Telangana
47United Democratic PartyUDP1972Donkupar RoyMeghalaya
48YSR Congress PartyYSRCP2009Y. S. Jaganmohan ReddyAndhra Pradesh, Telangana
48Zoram Nationalist PartyZNP1997LalduhawmaMizoram