National Political Parties in India JYOTI Assistant Professor Department of Political Science PGGC-11 Chandigarh

National Political Party: Under the new scheme, that Political Party will be accorded the status of National Political by the Election Commission- Which during the Lok Sabha or State Legislative Assembly Elections gets 6% of the total valid votes polled in at least four States and apart from it, it gets 4 seats in Lok Sabha in one or more than one states. or Which gets 2% (11 seats out of total 543) of the Lok Sabha in at least 3 states. For such a Political Party it is not essential to get 6% of the total valid votes.

or iii. That Political Party must be recognized as a state level political party in at least four states. State Political Party : State Political Parties are those Parties, whose influence is limited to one or two States or is limited to specific area. It gets 6% of the total valid votes of the Lok sabha or state legislative assembly elections and apart from it, it gets 2 seats of the concerned state legislative assembly.

ii. 3% share of the total seats of the state legislative assembly ii. 3% share of the total seats of the state legislative assembly. or iii. 3 seats of the legislative assembly, whichever is more. iv. One seat after 25 seats in the elections to the Lok Sabha in a state. v. 6% share of the total valid votes polled in all the Parliamentary areas of the Lok-Sabha elections in the concerned state as well as it gets one seat in the Lok Sabha.

Indian National Congress The Bhartiya Janta Party UPA NDA The Communist Party of India(CPI) The Communist Party of India(Marxist) The Bahujan Samaj Party The Nationalist Congress Party Origin of the Parties Ideology Social and Support Base Policies and Programmes Achievments