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General Elections Number of Number of State
(Year) | National Parties | Parties |
First (1952) | 14 | 39 |
Second (1957) | 4 | 11 |
Third (1962) | 6 | 11 |
Fourth (1967) | 7 | 14 |
Fifth (1971) | 8 | 17 |
Sixth (1977) | 5 | 15 |
Seventh (1980) | 6 | 19 |
Eighth (1984) | 7 | 19 |
Ninth (1989) | 8 | 20 |
Tenth (1991) | 9 | 28 |
Eleventh (1996) | 8 | 30 |
Twelfth (1998) | 7 | 30 |
Thirteenth (1999) | 7 | 40 |
Fourteenth (2004) | 6 | 36 |
Fifteenth (2009) | 7 | 40 |
Sixteenth (2014) | 6 | 47 |
Seventeenth (2019) | 7 | 52 |
Table 69.2 Recognised National Parties and their Symbols (2019)
Sl. Name of the Party No. (Abbreviation) | Symbol Reserved |
1. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | Elephant* |
2. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | Lotus |
3. Communist Party of India (CPI) | Ears of Corn and Sickle |
4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) | Hammer, Sickle and Star |
5. Indian National Congress (INC) | Hand |
6. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | Clock |
7. All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) | Flowers | and | Grass |
8. National People’s Party (NPP) | Book | ||
*In all States/U.T.s except in Assam, where its candidates will have to choose a symbol out of the list of free symbols specified by the Election Commission.
Table 69.3 Recognised State Parties and their Symbols (2019)
Sl. Name of No. the State / Union Territory | Name of the State Party Symbol (Abbreviation) Reserved |
1. Andhra Pradesh | |
2. Telugu Desam (TDP) Bicycle | |
3. Yuvajana Sramika Ceiling Fan Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) | |
2. Arunachal Pradesh | 1. People’s Party of Maize Arunachal (PPA) |
2. Janata Dal (United) Arrow (JD(U)) | |
3. Janata Dal (Secular) A Lady farmer (JD(S)) carrying Paddy on her head | |
3. Assam | 1. All India United Lock & Key Democratic Front (AUDF) |
2. Asom Gana Elephant Parishad (AGP) | |
3. Bodoland People’s Nangol Front (BPF) | |
4. Bihar | 1. Janata Dal (United) Arrow |
(JD(U))
2. Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJSP)
3. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
4. Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP)
5. Chhattisgarh Janata Congress
Chhattisgarh (JCC)
6. Goa 1. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak (MAG)
2. Goa Forward Party (GFP)
7. Haryana Indian National Lok Dal
(INLD)
Bungalow Hurricane Lamp Ceiling Fan
Farmer Ploughing (within square)
Lion Coconut Spectacles
8. Jammu &
Kashmir
1. Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC)
2. Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP)
3. Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP)
Plough
Bicycle
Ink Pot & Pen
9. Jharkhand 1. All Jharkhand
Students Union (AJSU)
2. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
3. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM(P))
Banana
Bow & Arrow Comb
4. Rashtriya Janata Dal Hurricane Lamp
(RJD)
10. Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular)
(JD(S))
11. Kerala 1. Janata Dal (Secular)
(JD(S))
2. Kerala Congress (M) (KEC(M))
3. Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
4. Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
12. Maharashtra 1. Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS)
A Lady Farmer carrying Paddy on her head
A Lady Farmer carrying Paddy on her head
Two Leaves Ladder
Spade & Stoker
Railway Engine
2. Shiv Sena (SHS) Bow and Arrow
13. Manipur 1. Naga People’s Front
(NPF)
2. People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA)
14. Meghalaya 1. United Democratic
Party (UDP)
2. Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP)
3. People’s Democratic Front (PDF)
15. Mizoram 1. Mizo National Front
(MNF)
2. Mizoram People’s Conference (MPC)
Cock Crown Drum Lion
Candles Star
Electric Bulb
3. | Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) | Sun (without rays) | ||
16. | Nagaland | 1. | Naga People’s Front (NPF) | Cock |
2. | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) | Globe | ||
17. N.C.T. of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Broom Delhi 18. Odisha Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Conch 19. Puducherry 1. All India Anna Two Leaves Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) or (AIADMK) 2. All India N.R. Jug Congress (AINRC) 3. Dravida Munnetra Rising Sun Kazhagam (DMK) 4. Pattali Makkal Katchi Mango (PMK) 20. Punjab 1. Shiromani Akali Dal Scales (SAD) 2. Aam Aadmi Party Broom (AAP) 21. Rajasthan Rashtriya Loktantrik Bottle Party (RLP) 22. Sikkim 1. Sikkim Democratic Umbrella Front (SDF) 2. Sikkim Krantikari Table Lamp Morcha (SKM) 23. Tamil Nadu 1. All India Anna Two leaves Dravida Munnetra | ||||
Kazhagam (ADMK) or (AIADMK) | ||
2. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) | Rising Sun | |
3. Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) | Nagara | |
24. Telangana | 1. All India Majlis-E- Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) | Kite |
2. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) | Car | |
3. Telugu Desam (TDP) | Bicycle | |
Ceiling Fan | ||
25. Tripura | Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) | Dao |
26. Uttar Pradesh | 1. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) | Hand Pump |
2. Samajwadi Party (SP) | Bicycle | |
27. West Bengal | 1. All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | Lion |
2. Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | Spade & Stoker | |
Table 69.4 Formation of Political Parties (Chronological Order)