Indian National Parties

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Ram Tiwari

Research Anal st

National Parties in India


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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 whichparticipate in different elections held all

over India.

Criteria:

Political parties that wish to contestnational elections are required to beregistered by more than three states, to

declared as a "National party" otherwise,"


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History

1885-INC was established as a pro-BritishIndian organization.

1959-The first political party which, was

seen as challenging the Congresscontinuous rule was Swatantra Party.

1966-Congress lost its stability

1969-The Congress split and heropponents established a new Congressparty

1977-Janta Party was formed government.


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National Parties in India

There are only six national parties inIndia. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),which was earlier considered a national

party, will henceforth be only a recognisedState level party as Its recognition inNagaland has been withdrawn in view ofits poor performance in the 2008

Assembly election there.

1. Indian National Congress

2. Bhartiya Janata Party

3. Bahu an Sama Part


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Indian nationalCongress(INC)

The oldest Indian political party, theIndian National Congress was formedin 1885 and was the most powerful

force behind the country's strugglefor independence.

The Party boasts of the leadership ofwhat can be said the first politicalfamily of the country.

The Congress popularity nose-divedmainly due to the involvement of its

leaders, including Narasimha Rao, in


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Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP)

Jana Sangha was a political partyfounded in 1951 which later came tobe known as Bhartiya Janata Party.

In 1996 it emerged as a singlelargest party in a hung parliamentand then in 1999 came into power asa part of NDA Alliance under theleadership of Shri. Atal BihariVajpayee.

The aim of the party is to establish a

democratic state guaranteeing


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Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)

The BSP was formed in 1984 byKanshi Ram who has remained partyleader ever since.

BSP is recognised by the ElectionCommission as a national party iteffectively functions on certain NorthIndian states only

Its ideology is based on theargument that the majority areoppressed by the select upper class.

The BSP first entered the election


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Communist Party ofIndia(CPI)

The Communist Party of India wasfounded in December 1925 to be apart of the nations freedom struggle

and also to envision a socialist India. In 1957, CPI emerged as the

strongest opposition party in theassembly elections in Kerala andwon.

This was the first time inindependent Indian history that an

opposition party won control over an


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Communist Party ofIndian(Marxist)

The party emerged out of a split fromthe Communist Party of India in 1964

CPI (M) is a left-wing Marxist politicalparty in India. It has a strongpresence in the states of Kerala,West Bengal and Tripura

The party was founded with anobjective:

achieving socialism.

implementing reservations for the


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Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)

NCP is a centre to centre left politicalparty primarily based in the state ofMaharashtra, India.

NCP was formed on 25 May 1999, bySharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and

Tariq Anwar after they were expelledfrom the Indian National Congress,for disputing the right of Italian-bornSonia Gandhi to lead the party.

The NCP has made different alliances

in different states.


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Presence of National Partiesin India


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