National Parties in India

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Ram Tiwari

Research Analyst

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Definition and Criteria History National Parties in India Indian National Congress Bhartiya Janata Party Bahujan Samaj Party Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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Definition and Criteria

Definition: National parties are political parties which participate in different elections held all over India. Criteria: Political parties that wish to contest national elections are required to be registered by more than three states, to 9/5/12 declared as a "National party" otherwise,

History
1885-INC was established as a pro-British Indian organization. 1959-The first political party which, was seen as challenging the Congress continuous rule was Swatantra Party. 1966-Congress lost its stability 1969-The Congress split and her opponents established a new Congress party
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National Parties in India

There are only six national parties in India. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which was earlier considered a national party, will henceforth be only a recognised State level party as Its recognition in Nagaland has been withdrawn in view of its poor performance in the 2008 Assembly election there.
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Indian National Congress Bhartiya Janata Party Bahujan Samaj Party

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Indian national Congress(INC)

The oldest Indian political party, the Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 and was the most powerful force behind the country's struggle for independence. The Party boasts of the leadership of what can be said the first political family of the country. The Congress popularity nose-dived mainly due to the involvement of its 9/5/12 leaders, including Narasimha Rao, in

Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP)

Jana Sangha was a political party founded in 1951 which later came to be known as Bhartiya Janata Party. In 1996 it emerged as a single largest party in a hung parliament and then in 1999 came into power as a part of NDA Alliance under the leadership of Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The aim of the party is to establish a 9/5/12 democratic state guaranteeing

Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)

The BSP was formed in 1984 by Kanshi Ram who has remained party leader ever since. BSP is recognised by the Election Commission as a national party it effectively functions on certain North Indian states only Its ideology is based on the argument that the majority are oppressed by the select upper class. The BSP first entered the election
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Communist Party of India(CPI)

The Communist Party of India was founded in December 1925 to be a part of the nations freedom struggle and also to envision a socialist India. In 1957, CPI emerged as the strongest opposition party in the assembly elections in Kerala and won. This was the first time in independent Indian history that an opposition party won control9/5/12 an over

Communist Party of Indian(Marxist)

The party emerged out of a split from the Communist Party of India in 1964 CPI (M) is a left-wing Marxist political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura The party was founded with an objective: achieving socialism.
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)

NCP is a centre to centre left political party primarily based in the state of Maharashtra, India. NCP was formed on 25 May 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress, for disputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi to lead the party. The NCP has made different alliances 9/5/12 in different states.

Presence of National Parties in India

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