Talk:List of political parties in India/Archive 1

Naming
I dread to think how many duplicates we have here. I will attempt to work on it - unless any Indian wikipedians can sort it. Secretlondon 14:58, Dec 19, 2003 (UTC)

We need to work out which are more commonly known in English by their Indian names, and which should be translated (re: Naming conventions (use English)). Secretlondon 15:14, Dec 19, 2003 (UTC)

Google Directory might be a good yardstick. See which uses Bharatiya Janata Party in English Google directory. Anjouli 15:21, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I have put all the party names that I know are definitely known by their local languages in front. KRS 15:34, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I removed three repetitions - Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam, National People's Party and Pattali Makkal Katchi from the list of unrecognised parties as they are also given under state parties. I think there are no more repetitions.

Most Indian parties (except the Congress-based and Communist parties) are known in English by their vernacular names (and there is no such thing as an 'Indian name' - a name is in Hindi or Tamil or some other language, not in 'Indian'). Also, usually a party is known by only one name, so for example the BJP would never be translated as 'Indian People's Party'. In fact, if you ever find an 'Indian People's Party', it is more likely to be a different group. Neither would 'Indian National Congress' be translated into each Indian language. Jose Mathew C (talk) 11:42, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Please don't disturb Peoples Party United,

PPU Jammu and Kashmir is a Voice of Needy and poor Peoples GAFAR KISHTWARI (talk) 16:12, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Regional parties
I would dispute the assertion that many regional parties are "wannabes". Many of them are very influential within their own regions, and are capable of defeating even the national parties in a head-on contest. In fact, national parties are actually building up alliances with strong regional parties in order to swing votes in their favour in the upcoming General Elections. It is however true that regional parties have little, if any, influence outside their states, and thus they fully deserve their epithet 'regional'. Gokul 18:12, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Is Kamala Suraiya's national Lok Seva Party listed?

WOW. Thnks to Wikipedia, we know how many parties there are in India. I was expecting this page to be bigger than that on India.

Maybe it's me, but I couldn't find Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh. It comes up in Google searches and seems to be an active political group. I am no expert on Inia, so apologies in adavance if this causes confusion. --Peterk2 10:30, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * as far as i know RSS(Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) is not a political party. it does not contest elections Jay (talk) 05:11, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


 * RSS is not a political party. It is an organisation and does not contest polls. Jose Mathew C (talk) 11:11, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Coalitions
The coalition section says:

"Since 1990, the Indian electorate has consistently thrown fragmented verdicts both at the state and national levels."

However coalition governments were did exist earlier, althought not as much as they have been since the 1989 General Election. There was the Janata Government at the centre from 1977-1979, and various coalitions in UP and Bihar that are not mentioned. I don't know of any online source about these, this might take some digging in a library. Gautambas 13:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

PRISM doesn't point to a political party
The name PRISM inserted as a political party points to something that has nothing to do with a political party. Thanks. Sunil 21:47, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

All India Citizen Azad Party
What is this AICAP? Is this a National Party? I believe this is incorrect and has been mistakenly added. The person adding AICAP is vandalising this page. I am removing the same.Circumcised (talk) 09:51, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Democratic Janata Dal
Does Democratic Janata Dal belong here? It's an orphaned page, and while I think this is a good page to link to it, I am not an expert on the subject and don't want to add it if it doesn't belong. PaintedCarpet (talk) 19:32, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * PaintedCarpet you can link that page here and if possible, put some references too. Logical1004 (talk) 19:03, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Merge
List of recognised political parties in India lists the recognized political parties by election commission of India. I think that article can be brought here under a section with recognized parties and other parties can be under accepted but non-recognized parties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Logical1004 (talk • contribs) 09:02, 5 March 2014 (UTC)


 * See some responses here : Talk:List of recognised political parties in India and Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics Logical1004 (talk) 19:01, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

INDIAN UNION MUSLIM LEAGUE
1. INDIAN UNION MUSLIM LEAGUE is included in both State party list and un ecognized Political parties from Kerala. 2. Total number of state parties shown on the top is 47 and in the list it is 56. kindly check this two matters.- Syam Kumar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.215.42.63 (talk) 05:29, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

National parties is still six
Per the Electoral Commission of India's list, the number of nation parties should be six. The news reports added here only mention three parties are going to lose their national status. Nothing seems to have happened as of now. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 14:29, 6 December 2014 (UTC)


 * As per ECI, still there are 6 national parties in India. Logical1004 (talk) 20:21, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, over a period of time some editors assumed they already lost their status and removed them from the list. I'll put them back. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 15:17, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/year2014/Notification%20English%2013.01.2015.pdf As of 13/1/2015 the list of national parties are below: 1.Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant [In all States/U.T.s except in the State of Assam, where its candidates will have to choose a symbol from out of the list of free symbols specified by the Commission] 4, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi – 110001. 2.Bharatiya Janata Party Lotus 11, Ashoka Road, New Delhi – 110001. 3.Communist Party of India Ears of Corn and Sickle Ajoy Bhawan, Kotla Marg, New Delhi – 110002. 4.Communist Party of India (Marxist) Hammer, Sickle and Star A.K.Gopalan Bhawan, 27-29, Bhai Vir Singh Marg (Gole Market), New Delhi - 110001. 5.Indian National Congress Hand 24,Akbar Road, New Delhi – 110011. 6. Nationalist Congress Party Clock 10, Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi-110001. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.67.101.130 (talk) 15:13, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes there are 6 national parties in India as of now Dhruv Chourasia (talk) 09:05, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Relevance of registered unrecognised parties list
What is the scope of including the registered unrecognised parties? Per the EIC list, there are 1593 parties...why are only 30 mentioned? -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 14:36, 6 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree. There is no need for registered unrecognised parties on wiki. Currently there are more than 1650 such parties, and the list on wiki is incomplete. There is no preference for adding these particular 30 parties. Logical1004 (talk) 20:29, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * You mentioned : Note that there are also six national parties and 57 state parties. We can start with these & limit it to these 60. Other partiess need be added later only if they are notable. Parties outside these 60 & already existing on en:WP be retained provided they are notable. AshLin (talk) 14:52, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for joining in, AshLin. Keep only the ones which have articles sounds fair enough. I'll later add in-article comments too, discouraging anyone who thinks this a list for non-notable parties. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 15:08, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Priorities upside down
Guys, this article is badly structured, has major copyvio issues & needs a copy-edit. It uses bare urls & these need verification. Please tackle these before worrying about which parties should or should not be in this article. AshLin (talk) 17:03, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * You got that right. This was on my watchlist for long but I only recently checked it after someone removed one addition. I just read WP:STANDALONE because of I never dealt with lists before. I plan to rewrite and merge the criteria sections to the lead for the first copyvio problem. The other one, the ECI warnings, can be removed since we can't add every election result's developments each time. Then of course, the lists are left to be tidied up. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 15:12, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi I want to modify (Registered Unrecognized) portion, add some detail and complete table,may i complete? ThanksDr.Rohit Bhamoura (talk) 11:17, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Be bold. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 11:49, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose that List of political party symbols in India be merged here. I think that the content in there is very similar and that merging it here will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 07:38, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * STRONGLY SUPPORT'. It makes no sense to have a page for symbols alone when it is sufficiently within scope of this one. Moreover, that article needs a lot more work but ends up ignored and merging would concentrate much needed attention & effort in one place. For instance, this article displays a wider selection of symbols, esp. for state parties, than the article dedicated to the same. Facepalm. 45.65.11.53 (talk) 21:20, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Strong Support - No need to keep symbols on a different page when all the parties have been listed here. So merge. Logical1004 (talk) 06:59, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Featured list?
If anybody is willing/interested to getting this to Featured list, here are the obstacles (according to me, also note that I right now have no experience in FLs).
 * The registered unrecognised list is going to be problem sourcing. Especially the foundation year and leaders. I feel that those which cannot get bare references should be removed and nominated for deletion.
 * The symbols: there are a few which are left to be found. Maybe later someone may complete the list of symbols. From what I know, all symbols can be made and submitted, they cannot have a copyright because of the threshold of originality.

I've tried my best and quite honestly, feel the article is good as it is right now. FL is just too strict (and hard) for a page like this. I'll continue trying to maintain it. Not to discourage anyone who wants to nominate it, I'm willing to help in any way I can. &#x2011;Ugog Nizdast (talk) 20:29, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Update on Recognised national parties
I thinks these 3 party's lost its national status. please check and update it And Communist Party of India (Marxist) may lost its national party status, because it doesn't meet criteria in 2016 General Election.
 * Communist Party of India ( CPI had lost its national party status in 2009 )
 * Nationalist Congress Party ( Lost it in 2014 )
 * Bahujan Samaj Party

For 'national' status a party should secure a minimum 6 per cent votes in the Lok Sabha elections and have at least 11 MPs. The CPM failed to achieve this in 2014.

The second option to earn national party status is to win 1 out of every 30 assembly seats in four states. With the CPM tally down to zero from 10 in Tamil Nadu, the party has 1/30 MLAs only in Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura in 2016 General Election.

സാജൻ (talk) 10:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * That's true but I still couldn't find any source mentioning that they indeed lost their status, see Talk:List_of_political_parties_in_India. I again did a check at the ECI website but couldn't find anything. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 14:32, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * As per notification issued by ECI on 13 December 2016 AITC, BSP, BJP, CPI, CPI(M), INC and NCP are national parties. See http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/year2016/Notification13.12.2016.pdf --Soman (talk) 13:29, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Good find. Thats solves this issue for the moment. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 17:24, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Bharatiya Janata Party flag
Why isn't the Bharatiya Janata Party flag displayed in the table? It should actually be displayed there, not just a link, unless there is a copyright problem with doing so. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:59, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The file is a non-free image which means each usage of it must satisfy all 10 of the non-free content criteria in WP:NFCCP. Usage for individual entries in tables or list articles is something that is usually not allowed per WP:NFTABLES and WP:NFLISTS because such usage tends to more decorative (I.e., to simply show the flag) than a contextual discussion of the flag. If you feel that this is not the case for this particular usage, then add the separate, specific non-free use rationale required for this usage by WP:NFCC to the file's page and then add the file to the article. Note that each usage requires a rationale, so a single rationale for multiple uses (even on the same page) is not considered complying with NFCCP. Before you add the rationale, however, it might be a good idea to ask about this at WT:NFCC or WP:MCQ. Simply adding a rationale does not automatically mean NFCC compliant, so the file can be removed via WP:FFD if there's a consensus to do so. Another reason for asking is that someone may know of a way to convert the file to a free license. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:43, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Right, so I'm going to delete that whole column for flags which is recently added. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 19:49, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Just for reference only some of the flag files are non-free content. For example, File:Flag of the Bharatiya Janata Party.png is licensed as non-free, but File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg is freely licensed and available at Wikimedia Commons. Freely licensed images are not subject to WP:NFCC and can be used if there's a consensus to do so. Non-free images may be linked using WP:COLON like Flag if desired; they just shouldn't be displayed. Some editors do not like linking some images and displaying others, so in such cases removing all the images like you've done is an option. Personally, I think neither the flags nor election symbols are needed in this article since each party seems to have its own stand-alone article where those images can be seen, but others may feel differently. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:17, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed, that's why I feel that the flags section isn't needed. There are way too many non free ones and it's not feasible to get all of them. For flags, it's more harder to get a free image compared to symbols (where I think there's just 2-3 non-free ones currently blanked for symbols); the symbols section is almost complete otherwise in terms of free images. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 22:23, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually come to think of it, the symbols too seem unrequired per your reasoning. They were added here from merging List of political party symbols in India. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 22:56, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * My concerns about this page have to due with the use of non-free content. I came to this page because I saw non-free files were being used in a way that does not comply with WP:NFCC. Whether the freely licensed images are also needed is probably something for discussion here on the talk page. If the consensus is that they are needed, then they should be used. If it is that they aren't needed, then they shouldn't be used. I've seen both styles in other list articles of this type, so either can be made to work. Since we both seem to agree that the files are not really needed, then I think being bold and removing them is one way to go. Another possibility is to try and get feedback from others, perhaps from WP:PPARTIES or WP:POI, to see if a stronger consensus (or at least stronger than 2 editors) exists for not using them. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:18, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Hmm, there are these IP(s) who refuse to even explain why they revert and I doubt they even looked at this discussion; for quite some time now, they have been at this. So being bold and removing them doesn't work, and they don't care even about the non-free images, they keep adding them back too even when you just ":" linked them. Using their refusal to discuss and addition of non-free images as rationale let's see if my WP:RPP report gets accepted. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 13:47, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Symbols and Flags columns
As discussed above, we have a rough consensus to do away with these two columns from both the "State" and "National" sections and I've removed them boldly now that the page is protected. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 17:20, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I think this version (without the images) is better and perhaps it will stick per WP:EDITCONSENSUS. The IPs, however, will probably be back once the PP runs out, so perhaps the next time the columns are re-added (freely licensed or not), the edit sum should include an invitation (i.e., a link) to this discussion. After all, IPs are people too and I've seen quite a few contribute very positively to Wikipedia. A friendly link to this discussion could also be added to the IPs user talk page as well if they seem really new to editing since they might not be too familiar with Wikipedia. Another benifit of linking to this discussion in the edit sum is that it might also catch the attention of another more established editor who has this article on their watchlist. Just a few suggestions on how to proceed from here on since the issue is no longer just about non-free images, but more about a local consensus to not use any images at all. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:40, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Of course, will do. I recall checking that one of its merged items used to be a FL, see here. I've also posted once at WP:INB when I first came across this page when I was unsure about making a big change, but didn't get much response. Thanks for your input in this, I really hate making such moves alone. Let's see if I get time to work on this and give this issue some more thought or maybe even personally invite more editors etc. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 13:28, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2016
I want to add my party name in this list Ksatyaraju (talk) 07:48, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
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Two new special category sublists
There was a discussion here: Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics where others mentioned about adding two special categories of parties here: This discussion showed support for this, leaving this as a reference in case someone has time to go ahead with this proposal. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 05:56, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Defunct ones
 * Those which have good following but haven't registered.

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Edit request on 23 May 2021
It seems Pattali Makkal Katchi is not listed as a recognized state party in Tamil Nadu as per Election Commission of India. This is the citation# 2. If you open the document in English, you can clearly see Pattali Makkal Katchi is listed as State recognized party only in Pudduchery, not Tamil Nadu. Please remove Tamil Nadu against the PMK record in the column 'recognized in state/union territory'. Also, the parties in the table are rather ordered alphabetically but PMK's entry doesn't follow it. Please move it to the right place of the table. Ihaveabandonedmychild (talk) 12:37, 23 May 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅  TG HL ↗  🍁 17:46, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 June 2021
According to ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, Dated:- 22nd August. 2016 NOTIFICATION, Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) (Amendment) Order: If a political party recognized as a State Party or National Party fails to fulfil the conditions at the next general election to the House of the People or to the Legislative Assembly of the State, following the general election to the House/Assembly concerned on the basis of which it got recognition (hereinafter referred to as "the next election"), it shall continue to be treated as recognized State Party or National Party. Second time failure will not be allowed. Poorva12303 (talk) 16:25, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:36, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Adding of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party
Please Add Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party also. Syed amjad08 (talk) 19:49, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 June 2021 Valid duration of a recognized party
According to ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, Dated:- 22nd August. 2016 NOTIFICATION, Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) (Amendment) Order: If a political party recognized as a State Party or National Party fails to fulfil the conditions at the next general election to the House of the People or to the Legislative Assembly of the State, following the general election to the House/Assembly concerned on the basis of which it got recognition (hereinafter referred to as "the next election"), it shall continue to be treated as recognized State Party or National Party. Second time failure will not be allowed. Poorva12303 (talk) 18:45, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: You have made the same request above. You have not mentioned what changes you wanted to propose. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. -- DaxServer (talk) 19:11, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

It should be included in the article. Reference given including one from official website. Previous request was originally slightly different but edited to make better after getting reply. Poorva12303 (talk) 06:14, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 June 2021: Valid duration of a recognized party
As two days over without any reply, I'm posting it once again. It will be under a new heading. One of the two references from https://eci.gov.in
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Valid duration of a recognized party
According to ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, Dated:- 22nd August. 2016 NOTIFICATION, Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) (Amendment) Order: If a political party recognized as a State Party or National Party fails to fulfil the conditions at the next general election to the House of the People or to the Legislative Assembly of the State, following the general election to the House/Assembly concerned on the basis of which it got recognition (hereinafter referred to as "the next election"), it shall continue to be treated as recognized State Party or National Party. Second time failure will not be allowed. Poorva12303 (talk) 12:44, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 June 2021
Duration of recognized status of a political party if fails to perform

References are given at the end and one of two is from a website like,. No change is needed except inserting this point. Please insert under new heading which is mentioned above ("Duration of recognized status of a political party if fails to perform"). Please view references if you have any doubt before editing and please read the second paragraph with added clarification by editing. The description under the heading will be as below:

According to ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, Dated:- 22nd August. 2016 NOTIFICATION, Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) (Amendment) Order: If a political party recognized as a State Party or National Party fails to fulfil the conditions at the next general election to the House of the People or to the Legislative Assembly of the State, following the general election to the House/Assembly concerned on the basis of which it got recognition (hereinafter referred to as "the next election"), it shall continue to be treated as recognized State Party or National Party.

Second time failure will not be allowed like first time as mentioned above to retain the status of a State Party or National Party. Poorva12303 (talk) 16:51, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

. -- Ab207 (talk) 06:44, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: While its not entirely clear what changes you'd like to see, I added about the review period in this edit. Please review the edit and mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format if needed. -- Ab207 (talk) 07:10, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 July 2021
"If a political party fails to fulfill the criteria in the subsequent Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election, they lose their status as a Recognised Party." in introduction will be replaced as

"Before the amendment in 2016 (came into force with effect from l January, 2014) If a political party failed to fulfill the criteria in the subsequent Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election, they lost their status as a Recognised Party."

Reason for change: already written immediate after it in the article.

Source for the date "came into force with effect from l January, 2014": already given an Election Commision link just after it in the article. Poorva12303 (talk) 16:22, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Run n Fly (talk) 14:51, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Please fix the wikitext
Hi everyone,

I have been trying to remove the previous reflabels and put the only present reflabel as a "note", however, there seems to be some error in the wikitext which is not letting it happen. Would be really kind if someone fixes that.

Thanks a lot! Justlookingforthemoment (talk) 18:49, 10 November 2021 (UTC)


 * If you wish to turn a reference into a footnote, replace it with and put  in the notes section.


 * If this is not what you want to do, please reply. YttriumShrew (talk) 19:24, 10 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help! Justlookingforthemoment (talk) 08:07, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Request Edit
Hi I wish to add Jan Sangh Party which is a registered uncecognised political party withElection Commission of India, New Delhi. Our address is A-90, Sector 21, Noida, GB Nagar 201301 (U.P) I can provide copy of registration letter for the same. website www.jansanghparty.com JayendraSi (talk) 07:16, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * @JayendraSi Only parties that are notable enough to have a page on Wikipedia have been added on this page. There are more than 2500 political parties in India and all of them cannot be added. Dhruv edits (talk) 08:27, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Party Color
Who is frequently changing party color & Why it should be needed? Chennai Super Kings Lover|Chennai Super Kings Lover,XYZ 250706,WikiEdits2003,Dhruv edits Mahesh Chhanga 78 (talk) 04:58, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

As said that Party color should be corrected according to their party logo and color, and he changed the color of National People's Party (India) and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, therefore I also changed the color as per party logo or flag color. ThanK You. Chennai Super Kings Lover (talk)

AAP national party status
Isn't AAP a national party at present 45.115.91.32 (talk) 14:40, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Write in order wise
Please wrote in order wise and write you in s.no year wise 106.76.208.109 (talk) 14:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

ECI notification on national/state parties
Notification by ECI 12 - Needs to be updated


 * National Party status of All India Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) has been withdrawn. They should be added back to state parties.
 * ECI also revoked the state party status granted to RLD in Uttar Pradesh, BRS in Andhra Pradesh, PDA in Manipur, PMK in Puducherry, RSP in West Bengal and MPC in Mizoram.
 * AAP has been named as a national party
 * NCP and Trinamool Congress have been given state party status in Nagaland and Meghalaya, respectively.
 * State party status has been given to the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in Nagaland, Voice of the People Party in Meghalaya and the Tipra Motha in Tripura.Dhruv edits (talk) 14:57, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Tagging recent editors @P J Chatterjee @FlyJet777 @XYZ 250706 @Ok123l @Maphumor @Ayushbhardwaj13 Dhruv edits (talk) 15:08, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Dhruv edits CPI and NCP are state party in three states. CPI in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Manipur. NCP in Maharashtra, Lakshadweep and Nagaland. TMC in WB and Meghalaya. XYZ 250706 (talk) 15:17, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Dhruv edits RLD then should be added as unrecognized party. XYZ 250706 (talk) 15:18, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * RSP should be state party in 1 state (Kerala). What about AIFB? According to its poll performances, it should be unrecognized. XYZ 250706 (talk) 15:19, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @XYZ 250706 CPI fulfils state party condition only in Kerala; NCP in Maharashtra and Nagaland. Dhruv edits (talk) 15:40, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Dhruv edits See this. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14890-withdrawal-of-recognition-of-communist-party-of-india-as-national-party-and-state-party-in-west-bengal-and-odisha/ XYZ 250706 (talk) 15:41, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Dhruv edits Read the last page of the file. XYZ 250706 (talk) 15:41, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Dhruv edits I have corrected national parties and some state parties. Can you please correct the state parties because some other editors are properly adding the data. Can you please check party colour of AITC as it is not showing. XYZ 250706 (talk) 16:07, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @XYZ 250706 I believe all changes have been made. Fixed AITC color issue. Dhruv edits (talk) 18:34, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Unrecognised parties table ordering
If we are sorting the table by the year founded and not by the party name, I'd suggest moving the year column to come first. Altho I think sorting the table by party names alphabetically make sense — DaxServer (t · m · c) 12:58, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


 * ...which is also how the national and state parties' tables are arranged — DaxServer (t · m · c) 13:00, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @DaxServer I agree, it should be alphabetically. Dhruv edits (talk) 13:19, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

State governed name
Wow what the great reason for deleting sate names, Wikipedia not made for nice looking, if information is right and usefull then why to deleting everything by giving bullshit reasons. Maphumor (talk) 17:05, 16 April 2023 (UTC)