Current Affairs / Political Parties List in India

National Parties
Name Foundation year Founder(s) Party Incharge 
All India Trinamool Congress(AITC) 1998 Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee
Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) 1984 Kanshi Ram Mayawati
Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) 1980 Syama Prasad Mukherjee (Bharatiya Jana Sangh), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L. K. Advani Jagat Prakash Nadda
Communist Party of India(CPI) 1925 D. Raja
Communist Party of India (Marxist)( CPI(M)) 1964 P. Sundarayya, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Jyoti Basu Sitaram Yechury
Indian National Congress(INC) 1885 Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee Sonia Gandhi 
National People's Party(NPP) 2013 P. A. Sangma Conrad Sangma
Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) 1999 Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, Tariq Anwar Sharad Pawar


State Parties
Name Foundation year Current leader(s) State/Union Territories Recognized
Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) 2012 Arvind Kejriwal Delhi, Punjab
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) 1972 Edappadi K. Palaniswami Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
All India Forward Bloc(AIFB) 1939 Debabrata Biswas West Bengal
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) 1927 Asaduddin Owaisi Telangana
All India N.R. Congress(AINRC) 2011 N. Rangaswamy Puducherry
All India United Democratic Front(AIUDF) 2004 Badruddin Ajmal Assam
All Jharkhand Students Union(AJSU) 1986 Sudesh Mahto Jharkhand
Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) 1985 Atul Bora Assam
Biju Janata Dal(BJD) 1997 Naveen Patnaik Odisha
Bodoland People's Front(BPF) 1985 Hagrama Mohilary Assam
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation(CPI(ML)L) 1974 Dipankar Bhattacharya Bihar
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam(DMDK) 2005 Vijayakanth Tamil Nadu
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) 1949 M. K. Stalin Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Goa Forward Party(GFP) 2016 Vijai Sardesai Goa
Hill State People's Democratic Party(HSPDP) 1968 Hopingstone Lyngdoh Meghalaya
Indian National Lok Dal(INLD) 1999 Om Prakash Chautala Haryana
Indian Union Muslim League(IUML) 1948 Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal Kerala
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura(IPFT) 2009 Mevar Kumar Jamatia Tripura
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference(JKNC) 1932 Omar Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party(JKNPP) 1982 Bhim Singh Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party(JKPDP) 1998 Mehbooba Mufti Jammu and Kashmir
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh(JCC) 2016 Ajit Jogi Chhattisgarh
Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) 1999 H. D. Deve Gowda Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala
Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) 1999 Nitish Kumar Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar
Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) 2018 Dushyant Chautala Haryana
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) 1972 Shibu Soren , Hemant Soren Jharkhand
Kerala Congress (M) (KC(M)) 1979 C. F. Thomas Kerala
Lok Janshakti Party(LJP) 2000 Ram Vilas Paswan, Chirag Paswan Bihar
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) 2006 Raj Thackeray Maharashtra
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party(MGP) 1963 Deepak Dhavalikar Goa
Mizo National Front(MNF) 1959 Zoramthanga Mizoram
Mizoram People's Conference(MPC) 1972 Lalhmingthanga Mizoram
Naga People's Front(NPF) 2002 T. R. Zeliang Manipur, Nagaland
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party(NDPP) 2018 Neiphiu Rio Nagaland
Pattali Makkal Katchi(PMK) 1989 Anbumani Ramadoss Puducherry
People's Democratic Alliance(PDA) 2012 Bd. Behring Anal Manipur
People's Democratic Front(PDF) 2017 P. N. Syiem Meghalaya
People's Party of Arunachal(PPA) 1987 Kamen Ringu Arunachal Pradesh
Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) 1997 Lalu Prasad Yadav Bihar, Jharkhand
Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD) 1998 Chaudhary Ajit Singh Uttar Pradesh
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party(RLSP) 2013 Upendra Kushwaha Bihar
Rashtriya Loktantrik Party(RLP) 2018 Hanuman Beniwal Rajasthan
Revolutionary Socialist Party(RSP) 1940 T. J. Chandrachoodan Kerala, West Bengal
Samajwadi Party(SP) 1992 Akhilesh Yadav Uttar Pradesh
Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) 1920 Sukhbir Singh Badal Punjab
Shiv Sena(SS) 1966 Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra
Sikkim Democratic Front(SDF) 1993 Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha(SKM) 2013 Prem Singh Tamang Sikkim
Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) 2001 K. Chandrashekar Rao Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Telugu Desam Party(TDP) 1982 N. Chandrababu Naidu Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
United Democratic Party(UDP) 1972 Metbah Lyngdoh Meghalaya
YSR Congress Party(YSRCP) 2011 Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Zoram Nationalist Party(ZNP) 1997 Lalduhawma Mizoram




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