Major National Parties in India for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.

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Table of National Party
S. N.SymbolFlagNameAcronymYearParty Leader
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Illustration: Major National Parties in India for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc
Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP1984Mayawati
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Illustration: Major National Parties in India for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc
Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP1980Rajnath Singh
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Illustration: Major National Parties in India for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc
Communist Party of IndiaCPI1925Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
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Illustration: Major National Parties in India for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc
Communist Party of India

(Marxist)

CPI (M)1964Prakash Karat
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Illustration: Major National Parties in India for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc
Indian National CongressINC1885Sonia Gandhi

State Parties in India

If a party is recognized as a state party by the Election Commission, it can reserve a symbol for its exclusive use in the state. The following are a list of recognized state parties as of September 2009.

Table of List of Recognized State Parties as of September 2009
SymbolNameAcronymYearParty leaderStates
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMKOctober 1972J. JayalalitaTamilnadu, Puducherry
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All India Forward BlocAIFB1939Debabrata BiswasWest Bengal
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All India Trinamool CongressAITC1998Mamata BanerjeeArunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur
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All India United Democratic FrontAUDF2004Badruddin AjmalAssam
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All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU party)AJSU1986Sudesh MahtoJharkhand
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Asom Gana ParishadAGP1985Prafulla Kumar MahantaAssam
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Biju Janata DalBJD1997Naveen PatnaikOdisha
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Bodoland People՚s FrontBPFMay 2008Biswajit DaimaryAssam
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Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamDMDKSeptember 14,2005Vijaya KanthTamil Nadu
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Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK1949M KarunanidhiTamil Nadu, Puducherry
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Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)HJC (BL)December 2007Bhajan LalHaryana
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Hill State People՚s Democratic PartyHSPDPH. S. LyngdonMeghalaya
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Indian National Lok DalINLD1999Om Prakash ChautalaHaryana
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Indian Union Muslim LeagueIUML1948G. M. BanatwallaKerala
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Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJKNC1932Omar AbdullahJammu and Kashmir
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Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers PartyJKNPPNA [D]Bhim SinghJammu and Kashmir
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Jammu and Kashmir People՚s Democratic PartyPDP1998Mufti Mohammed SeyeedJammu and Kashmir
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Janata Dal (United)JD (U)1999Sharad YadavBihar
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Jharkhand Mukti MorchaJMM1972Shibu SorenJharkhand
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Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)JVM (P)2006Babulal MarandiJharkhand
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Janata Dal

(Secular)

JD (S)1999H. D. Deve GowdaKarnataka, Kerala
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Kerala Congress (M)KEC (M)1979C. F. ThomasKerala
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Lok Jan Shakti PartyLJSP2000[ [Ram Vilas Paswan { { {last} } } | Ram Vilas Paswan { { {last} } } ] ]Bihar
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Maharashtra Navnirman SenaMNS2006Raj ThackerayMaharashtra
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Maharashtrawadi Gomati PartyMAG1963Shashikala KakodkarGoa
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Manipur People՚s PartyMPP1968O. Joy SinghManipur
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Manipur State Congress PartyMSCP1997Wahengbam Nipamacha SinghManipur
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Mizoram National FrontMNF1959Pu ZoramthangaMizoram
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Mizoram People՚s ConferenceMPC1972Pu LalhmingthangaMizoram
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Naga People՚s FrontNPF2002Neiphiu RioManipur, Nagaland
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National People՚s PartyNPPJanuary 2013Conrad SangmaManipur
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Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK1989G. K. ManiPuducherry
CrownPeople՚s Democratic AlliancePDAManipur
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People՚s Party of ArunachalPPA1987Kamen RinguArunachal Pradesh
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All India N. R.AINRC2011N. RangaswamyPuducherry
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Rashtriya Janata DalRJDJuly 1997Lalu Prasad YadavBihar, Jharkhand, Manipur
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Rashtriya Lok DalRLD1996Ajit SinghUttar Pradesh
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Revolutionary Socialist PartyRSP1940T. J. ChandrachoodanWest Bengal
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Samajwadi PartySP1992Mulayam Singh YadavUttar Pradesh
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Shiromani Akali DalSAD1920Parkash Singh BadalPunjab
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Shiv SenaSHS1966Bal Thackeray [C]Maharashtra
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Sikkim Democratic FrontSDF1993Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim
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Telangana Rashtra SamithiTRS2001K. Chandrasekhar RaoAndhra Pradesh
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Telugu Desam PartyTDP1982N. Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh
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United Democratic PartyUDPNADonkupar RoyMeghalaya
Zoram Nationalist PartyZNP1997LalduhomaMizoram