Political Parties in India
National Parties
Name Abbreviation Foundation year Founder Party Supremo Party symbol Headquarters All India Trinamool Congress AITC 1998 Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee 36G Tapsia Road, Kolkata-700039, (West Bengal) Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 1984 Kanshi Ram Mayawati 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi-11000, (Delhi) Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 1980 Syama Prasad Mukherjee Amit Shah 6 - A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi -110002, (Delhi) Communist Party of India CPI 1925 Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi-110002, (Delhi) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 1964 Sitaram Yechury Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi-110 001, (Delhi) Indian National Congress INC 1885 Allan Octavian Hume Rahul Gandhi 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001, (Delhi) Nationalist Congress Party NCP 1999 Sharad Pawar
P. A. Sangma
Tariq AnwarSharad Pawar 10, Bishmabhar Marg, New Delhi-110001, (Delhi) Recognised State Parties
Name Abbreviation Foundation year Current leader(s) States/UT Symbol Aam Aadmi Party AAP 2012 Arvind Kejriwal Delhi, Punjab Broom All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 1972 Edappadi K. Palaniswami and O. Paneerselvam Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Two leaves All India Forward Bloc AIFB 1939 Debabrata Biswas West Bengal Lion All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen AIMIM 1927 Asaduddin Owaisi Telangana, Maharashtra Kite All India N.R. Congress AINRC 2011 N. Rangasamy Puducherry Jug All India United Democratic Front AIUDF 2004 Badruddin Ajmal Assam Lock and 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 Nangal Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam DMDK 2005 Vijayakanth Tamil Nadu Nagara Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 1949 M. K. Stalin Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Rising sun Goa Forward Party GFP 2016 Vijai Sardesai Goa Coconut Hill State People's Democratic Party HSPDP 1968 H.S. Lyngdoh Meghalaya Lion Indian National Lok Dal INLD 1999 Om Prakash Chautala Haryana Spectacles Indian Union Muslim League IUML 1948 Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal Kerala Ladder Indigenous People's Front of Tripura IPFT 2009 Mevar Kumar Jamatia Tripura Dao Jammu & Kashmir National Conference JKNC 1932 Omar Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir Plough Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party JKNPP 1982 Bhim Singh Jammu & Kashmir Bicycle Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party JKPDP 1998 Mehbooba Mufti Jammu & Kashmir Inkpot and pen Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) 1999 H.D. Deve Gowda Karnataka, Kerala Lady farmer carrying paddy on her head Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 1999 Nitish Kumar Bihar 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 Bihar Bunglow Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS 2006 Raj Thackeray Maharashtra Railway engine Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 1963 Deepak Dhavalikar Goa Lion Mizo National Front MNF 1959 Pu Zoramthanga Mizoram Star Mizoram People's Conference MPC 1972 Pu Lalhmingthanga Mizoram Electric bulb Naga People's Front NPF 2002 T.R. Zeliang Manipur, Nagaland Rooster National People's Party NPP 2013 Agatha Sangma Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh Book