POLITICAL PARTIES

National Parties:-

Seven parties are recognised as national parties.^[E] They are listed by name, together with acronym, year of formation and the party leader.^[2]

S.N.	Symbol	Flag	Name	Acronym	Year[3]	Party leader
1.			Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	1984	Kanshiram
2.			Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	1980	Gadkari, NitinNitin Gadkari
3.			Communist Party of India	CPI	1925[B]	Bardhan, A.B.A.B. Bardhan
4.			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI (M)	1964	Karat, PrakashPrakash Karat
5.			Indian National Congress	INC	1885	Gandhi, SoniaSonia Gandhi
6.			Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	1999	Pawar, SharadSharad Pawar
7.			Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD	1997	Yadav, Lalu PrasadLalu Prasad Yadav

Chairperson	Mayawati
Secretary-General	Satish Chandra Mishra
Leader in Lok Sabha	Rajesh Verma
Leader in Rajya Sabha	Urmilesh Kumar Bharti
Founded	1984
Headquarters	12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi - 110001
Newspaper	Adil Jafri, Mayayug
Ideology	Dalit Socialism, Ambedkarite, Secularism, Social Engineering, Centre-Left
Seats in Lok Sabha	21
Seats in Rajya Sabha	6

Bharatiya Janata Party
Chairperson	Nitin Gadkari
Leader in Lok Sabha	Sushma Swaraj
Leader in Rajya Sabha	Arun Jaitley
Founded	1980
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Newspaper	Kamal Sandesh
Ideology	Progressivism Hindu Nationalism Integral humanism Nationalism Economic liberalism Free market Anti-communism
ECI Status	National Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Seats in Lok Sabha	114
Seats in Rajya Sabha	55
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Communist Party of India
Secretary-General	A.B. Bardhan
Founded	1920 Tashkent, Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Headquarters	Ajoy Bhavan Kotla Marg New Delhi, India 110002 28°37′54.9″N 77°14′22.5″E / 28.631917°N 77.239583°E / 28.631917; 77.239583
Newspaper	New Age (English), Mukti Sangharsh (Hindi) Janayugam daily (malayalam)
Ideology	Communism
Alliance	Left Front
Website
http://www.cpindia.org/
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Secretary-General	Prakash Karat
Leader in Lok Sabha	Basudev Acharia[1]
Leader in Rajya Sabha	Sitaram Yechuri[1]
Founded	1964
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Newspaper	People's Democracy (English), Lok Lehar (Hindi)
Student wing	Students Federation of India
Youth wing	Democratic Youth Federation of India
Women's wing	All India Democratic Womens Association
Labour wing	Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant's wing	All India Kisan Sabha
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism
ECI Status	Recognised Party
Alliance	Left Front
Seats in Lok Sabha	16
Seats in Rajya Sabha	14
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Website
Official Website
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Indian National Congress
Chairperson	Sonia Gandhi
Parliamentary Chairperson	Sonia Gandhi
Leader in Lok Sabha	Pranab Mukherjee (Finance Minister)
Leader in Rajya Sabha	Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister)
Founded	1885
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Newspaper	Congress Sandesh
Ideology	Populism Indian Nationalism Social liberalism Anti-communism Democratic socialism Social democracy Secularism
ECI Status	National Party
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Seats in Lok Sabha	206
Seats in Rajya Sabha	72
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Website
Official Website
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Nationalist Congress Party
Leader	Sharad Pawar
Headquarters	10, Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi - 110001
Ideology	Populist
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
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Website
http://www.ncp.org.in
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Rashtriya Janata Dal
Leader	Laloo Prasad Yadav
Founded	1997
Headquarters	13, V P House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110001
Ideology	Populism
Alliance	Fourth Front
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