9. Recognition of Parties

One of the important functions of the Election Commission is to recognise political parties as all India (National) or State (Regional) Political Parties. A political party shall be treated as a recognised political party in a State, if and only if the political party fulfills any of the following conditions:

♤ At General Elections or Legislative Assembly elections, the party has won 3% of seats in the legislative assembly of the State (subject to a minimum of 3 seats).

♤ At a Lok Sabha General Elections, the party has won 1 Lok sabha seat for every 25 Lok Sabha seat allotted for the State.

♤ At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party has polled minimum of 6% of votes in a State and in addition it has won 1 Lok Sabha or 2 Legislative Assembly seats.

♤ At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party has polled 8% of votes in a State.