Political Parties in India
18-Jun-2019
India
Political Parties
Politics

National Parties

Name

Abbreviation

Foundation
Year

Founder(s)

Party Supremo

Headquarters

Symbol

All India Trinamool Congress

AITC

1998

Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal

Flowers and Grass

Bahujan Samaj Party

BSP

1984

Kanshi Ram

Mayawati

Delhi

Elephant

Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP

1980

· Syama Prasad Mookerjee(Bharatiya Jana Sangh)

· Atal Bihari Vajpayee

· L. K. Advani

Amit Shah

Delhi

Lotus

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

CPIM

1964

· A. K. Gopalan

· B. T. Ranadive

· E. M. S. Namboodiripad

· Harkishan Singh Surjeet

· Jyoti Basu

· M. Basavapunnaiah

· P. Ramamurthi

· Promode Dasgupta

· P. Sundarayya

Sitaram Yechury

Delhi

Hammer, Sickle and Star

Indian National Congress

INC

1885

· Allan Octavian Hume

· Dadabhai Naoroji

· Dinshaw Wacha

· Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

Rahul Gandhi

Delhi

Hand

Nationalist Congress Party

NCP

1999

· P. A. Sangma

· Sharad Pawar

· Tariq Anwar

Sharad Pawar

Delhi

Clock

National People's Party (India)

NPP

2013

P. A. Sangma

Conrad Sangma

Manipur

 

 

State Parties

Name

Abbreviation

Foundation
Year

Current leader(s)

States/UT

Symbol

Aam Aadmi Party

AAP

2012

Arvind Kejriwal

Punjab

Broom

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

AIADMK

1972

O. Paneerselvam

Puducherry

Two Green Leaves

All India Forward Bloc

AIFB

1939

Debabrata Biswas

Telengana

Lion

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

AIMIM

1927

Asaduddin Owaisi

Telangana

Kite

All India N.R. Congress

AINRC

2011

N. Rangaswamy

Puducherry

Jug

All India United Democratic Front

AIUDF

2004

Badruddin Ajmal

Assam

Lock & Key

All Jharkhand Students Union

AJSU

1986

Sudesh Mahto

Jharkhand

Banana

Asom Gana Parishad

AGP

1985

Atul Bora

Assam

Elephant

Biju Janata Dal

BJD

1997

Naveen Patnaik

Odisha

Conch

Bodoland People's Front

BPF

1985

Hagrama Mohilary

Assam

Plough

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

DMK

1949

M. K. Stalin

Puducherry

Sun behind Mountain

Goa Forward Party

GFP

2016

Vijai Sardesai

Goa

Coconut

Hill State People's Democratic Party

HSPDP

1968

Hopingstone Lyngdoh

Meghalaya

Lion

Indian National League

INL

1994

Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait

Tamil Nadu

Half moon

Indian National Lok Dal

INLD

1999

Om Prakash Chautala

Rajasthan

Spectacle

Indian Union Muslim League

IUML

1948

Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal

Tamil Nadu

Ladder

Indigenous People's Front of Tripura

IPFT

2009

Mevar Kumar Jamatia

Tripura

 

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

JKNC

1932

Omar Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir

Plough

Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party

JKNPP

1982

Bhim Singh

Jammu and Kashmir

Bicycle

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party

JKPDP

1998

Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir

Inkpot and Pen

Janta Congress Chhattisgarh

JCC

2016

Ajit Jogi

Chhattisgarh

Farmer ploughing within square

Janata Dal (Secular)

JD(S)

1999

H. D. Deve Gowda

Kerala

Woman with harvested crop

Janata Dal (United)

JD(U)

1999

Nitish Kumar

Arunachal Pradesh

Arrow

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

JMM

1972

Shibu Soren

Jharkhand

Bow and Arrow

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

JVM(P)

2006

Babu Lal Marandi

Jharkhand

Comb

Kerala Congress (M)

KC(M)

1979

C. F. Thomas

Kerala

Two Leaves

Lok Janshakti Party

LJP

2000

Ram Vilas Paswan

Manipur

Bangalow

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

MNS

2006

Raj Thackeray

Maharashtra

Railway engine

Athmeeya Munnettam

AMM

2006

Aji Kallumkal

Kerala

Banana

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

MGP

1963

Deepak Dhavalikar

Goa

Lion

Mizo National Front

MNF

1959

Zoramthanga

Mizoram

Star

Mizoram People's Conference

MPC

1972

Lalhmingthanga

Mizoram

Light Bulb

Naga People's Front

NPF

2002

T. R. Zeliang

Manipur

Rooster

National People's Party

NPP

2013

Conrad Sangma

Arunachal Pradesh

Book

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

NDPP

2018

Neiphiu Rio

Nagaland

Globe

People's Democratic Alliance

PDA

2012

Bd. Behring Anal

Manipur

Crown

People's Democratic Front

PDF

2017

P. N. Syiem

Meghalaya

Candles

People's Party of Arunachal

PPA

1987

Tomo Riba

Arunachal Pradesh

Corn

Rashtriya Janata Dal

RJD

1997

Lalu Prasad Yadav

Jharkhand

Hurricane lamp

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party

RLP

2018

Hanuman Beniwal

Rajasthan

Bottle

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party

RLSP

2013

Upendra Kushwaha

Bihar

Ceiling fan

Revolutionary Socialist Party

RSP

1940

T. J. Chandrachoodan

West Bengal

Spade and stoker

Samajwadi Party

SP

1992

Akhilesh Yadav

Madhya Pradesh

Bicycle

Shiromani Akali Dal

SAD

1920

Sukhbir Singh Badal

Haryana

Weighing Scale

Shiv Sena

SS

1966

Uddhav Thackeray

Maharashtra

Bow and Arrow

Sikkim Democratic Front

SDF

1993

Pawan Kumar Chamling

Sikkim

Umbrella

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

SKM

2013

Prem Singh Tamang

Sikkim

Table lamp

Telangana Rashtra Samithi

TRS

2001

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao

Telangana

Car

Telugu Desam Party

TDP

1982

N. Chandra Babu Naidu

Telangana

Bicycle

United Democratic Party

UDP

1972

Donkupar Roy

Meghalaya

Upright Drum

YSR Congress Party

YSRCP

2011

Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

Telengana

Ceiling Fan

Zoram Nationalist Party

ZNP

1997

Lalduhawma

Mizoram

Dish
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