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India has a multi-party system.The Election Commission of India (ECI) grants recognition to national-level and state-level political parties based on objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges such as a reserved party symbol, [a] free broadcast time on state-run television and radio, consultation in the setting of election dates, and giving input in setting electoral ...
The following is a list of current Indian ruling and opposition parties. ... Notes References. This page was last edited on 1 March 2025, at 18:15 ...
Party Year founded Political position Ideology Membership [c] Presidential vote (2024) [3] Ballot access [11] American Independent Party: 1967 Far-right: Paleoconservatism [27] 861,468 754,980 (0.49%) [D] California Liberal Party: 2022 Center: Classical Liberalism [28] 15,940 859 (0.0006%) New Mexico Working Class Party: 2016 Left-wing ...
Every political party in India, whether a national or regional/state party, must have a symbol and must be registered with the Election Commission of India. Symbols are used in the Indian political system to identify political parties in part so that illiterate people can vote by recognizing the party symbols. [16]
[2013] After the CIC ruling, all the political parties banded together and backed "The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2013" which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 12, 2013, amending the original act (RTI 2005). The Amendment removes political parties from the scope of the definition of "public authorities".
The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Syama Prasad Mukherjee, after he left Hindu Mahasabha to form a party as the political wing of RSS. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] After the Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party ; it ...
The law was sought to limit such defections in India. In 1985, the Tenth Schedule of the 52nd Amendment to the Constitution of India was passed by the Parliament of India to achieve this, which resulted in the introduction of the new word 'Political Party' in the Constitution of India. Thus, political parties got recognition in the Constitution.
Politics in South India are heavily influenced by the language-based state divisions of India, from which several state parties have formed their identities, and popular opposition to the use of Hindi as an official language, along with demographic differences such as the higher population of Christians and historically lower population of Muslims.