List of National and Regional Political Parties in India

List of National and Regional Political Parties in India: 

             This listing is according to the Indian general election, 2014 and Legislative Assembly elections and any party aspiring to state or national party status must fulfil at least one of the concerned criteria. In addition, national and state parties have to fulfill these conditions for all subsequent Lok Sabha or State elections, or else they lose their status. As per latest publication from Election Commission(13th Dec 2016 and 5 May 2017), the total number of parties registered was 1841, with 7 national, 49 state and 1785 unrecognized parties

In India, only 6 parties were recognized as national parties by 2016, but this number has now become 7 due to the recognition of Mamta Banerjee's party 'All India Trinamool Congress' as a national party in 2016.

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Sl. N.	Name of the Party	Symbol	Foundation Year
1.	All India Trinamool Congress	Flowers & Grass	1998
2.	Bahujan Samaj Party	Elephant	1924
3.	Bharatiya Janata Party	Lotus	1980
4.	Communist Party of India	Ears of Corn and Sickle	1925
5.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Hammer, Sickle and Star	1964
6.	Indian National Congress	Hand	1885
7.	Nationalist Congress Party	Clock	1999

Name of the State/Union Territory

Sl. No.	State/Union Territory	Name of the State Party	Symbol
1.	Andhra Pradesh	1. Telangana Rashtra Samithi	Car
		2. Telugu Desam	Bicycle
		3. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	Ceiling Fan
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	1. People’s Party of Arunachal	Maize
3.	Assam	1. All India United Democratic Front	Lock & Key
		2. Asom Gana Parishad	Elephant
		3. Bodoland Peoples Front	Nangol
4.	Bihar	1. Janata Dal (United)	Arrow
		2. Lok Jan Shakti Party	Bungalow
		3. Rashtriya Janata Dal	Hurricane Lamp
		4. Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	Ceiling Fan
5.	Goa	1. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	Lion
		2. Goa Forward Party	Coconut
6.	Haryana	Indian National Lok Dal	Spectacles
7.	Jammu & Kashmir	1. Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	Plough
		2. Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party	Bicycle
		3. Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Ink Pot & Pen
8.	Jharkhand	1. AJSU Party	Banana
		2. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Bow & Arrow
		3. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	Comb
		4. Rashtriya Janata Dal	Hurricane Lamp
9.	Karnataka	1. Janata Dal (Secular)	A Lady Farmer carrying Paddy on her head
10.	Kerala	1. Janata Dal (Secular)	A Lady Farmer carrying Paddy on her head
		2. Kerala Congress (M)	Two Leaves
		3. Indian Union Muslim League	Ladder
		4. Revolutionary Socialist Party	Spade & Stoker
11.	Maharashtra	1. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	Railway Engine
		2. Shiv Sena	Bow and Arrow
12.	Manipur	1. Naga Peoples Front	Cock
		2. People's Democratic Alliance	Crown
		3. National People’s Party	Book
13.	Meghalaya	1. United Democratic Party	Drum
		2. Hill State People’s Democratic Party	Lion
		3. National People’s Party	Book
14.	Mizoram	1. Mizo National Front	Star
		2. Mizoram People’s Conference	Electric Bulb
		3. Zoram Nationalist Party	Sun (without rays)
15.	Nagaland	Naga Peoples Front	Cock
16.	N.C.T. of Delhi	Aam Aadmi Party	Broom
17.	Odisha	Biju Janata Dal	Conch
18.	Puducherry	1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Two Leaves
		2. All India N.R. Congress	Jug
		3. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Rising Sun
		4. Pattali Makkal Katchi	Mango
19.	Punjab	1. Shiromani Akali Dal	Scales
		2. Aam Aadmi Party	Broom
20.	Sikkim	1. Sikkim Democratic Front	Umbrella
		2. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	Table Lamp
21.	Tamil Nadu	1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Two leaves
		2. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Rising Sun
		3. Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	Nagara
22.	Telangana	1. All India Majlis-EIttehadul Muslimeen	Kite
		2. Telangana Rashtra Samithi	Car
		3. Telugu Desam	Bicycle
		4. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	Ceiling Fan
23.	Uttar Pradesh	1. Rashtriya Lok Dal	Hand Pump
		2. Samajwadi Party	Bicycle
24.	West Bengal	1. All India Forward Bloc	Lion
		2. Revolutionary Socialist Party	Spade & Stoker