Symbol	Flag	Name	Acronym	Year[3]	Party leader
		Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP[A]	1995	Mayawati
		Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	1980	Rajnath Singh
		Communist Party of India	CPI	1925[B]	A.B. Bardhan
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI (M)	1964	Prakash Karat
		Indian National Congress	INC	1885	Sonia Gandhi
		Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	1999	Sharad Pawar
		Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD	1997	Lalu Prasad Yadav

[edit] State

If a party is recognised as a state party by the Election Commission, it can reserve a symbol for its exclusive use in the state. The following are a list of recognised state parties as of April 2009.^[4]

Symbol	Name	Acronym	Year[3]	Party leader	States
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	1972	J. Jayalalitha	Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
	All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	1939	Debabrata Biswas	West Bengal
	All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	2004	Mamta Banerjee	Meghalaya, West Bengal
	Arunachal Congress	AC	1996	Kamen Ringu	Arunachal Pradesh
—	Asom Gana Parishad	AGP	1985	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta	Assam
—	Assam United Democratic Front	AUDF	2004	Badruddin Ajmal	Assam
	Biju Janata Dal	BJD	1997	Naveen Patnaik	Orissa
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	1949	M Karunanidhi	Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
None	Indian Federal Democratic Party[5]	IFDP		M.P. George	Kerala
	Indian National Lok Dal	INLD	1999	Om Prakash Chautala	Haryana
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	JKNC	1932	Omar Abdullah	Jammu and Kashmir
	Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party	JKNPP	NA[D]	Bhim Singh	Jammu and Kashmir
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party	PDP	1998	Mufti Mohammed Sayeed	Jammu and Kashmir
	Janata Dal (Secular)	JD (S)	1999	H.D. Deve Gowda	Karnataka, Kerala
	Janata Dal (United)	JD (U)	1999	Nitish Kumar	Bihar, Jharkhand
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	1972	Shibu Soren	Jharkhand, Orissa
	Kerala Congress	KEC	1964	P.J. Joseph	Kerala
	Kerala Congress (Mani)	KEC (M)	1979	C.F Thomas	Kerala
	Lok Jan Shakti Party	LJSP	2000	Ram Vilas Paswan	Bihar
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MAG	1963	Shashikala Kakodkar	Goa
	Manipur People's Party	MPP	1968	O. Joy Singh	Manipur
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	MDMK	1993	Vaiko	Tamil Nadu
	Mizo National Front	MDF	1959	Pu Zoramthanga	Mizoram
	Mizoram People's Conference	MPC	1972	Pu Lalhmingthanga	Mizoram
	Muslim League Kerala State Committee	MUL	1948	G.M. Banatwalla	Kerala
	Nagaland People's Front	NPF	2002	Neiphiu Rio	Nagaland
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	1989	G. K. Mani	Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
	Pudhucherry Munnetra Congress	PMC	2005	P. Kannan	Puducherry
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	1940	T.J. Chandrachoodan	West Bengal
	Samajwadi Party	SP	1992	Mulayam Singh Yadav	Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
	Save Goa Front	SGF	NA	Churchill Alemao	Goa
	Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	1920	Parkash Singh Badal	Punjab
	Shiv Sena	SHS	1966	Uddhav Thackeray[C]	Maharashtra
	Sikkim Democratic Front	SDF	1993	Pawan Kumar Chamling	Sikkim
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	TRS	2001	K. Chandrashekar Rao	Andhra Pradesh
	Telugu Desam Party	TDP	1982	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Andhra Pradesh
	United Democratic Party	UDP	NA	Donkupar Roy	Meghalaya
	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	UKKD	1979	Bipin Chandra Tripathi	Uttarakhand
	Zoram Nationalist Party	ZNP	1997	Lalduhoma	Mizoram

[edit] See also

• List of political parties in India – complete list of all registered parties.
• List of political party symbols in India

[edit] Notes

• ^A , the BSP may use its symbol in all states except Sikkim and Assam, where its candidates have to choose another symbol.^[2] The BSP at the moment does not have a presence in these two states.
• ^B According to the CPI(M), the breakaway faction, the CPI was founded in 1920 in Tashkent.^[6]
• ^C Uddhav Thackeray is the working president of the Shiv Sena. The overall command is held by his father and party founder Bal Thackeray.^[7]
• ^D NA – The exact year of formation is not available
• ^E This listing is based on the situation at the Indian general election, 2009. Source:^[4]

[edit] References