Indian General Elections 2009-Special Section

POLITICAL PARTIES

At present in India there are more than 1000 political parties-

• 7 National Parties namely, Bhartiya Janata Party , Bahujan Samaj Party , Communist Party of India , Communist Party of India ( Marxist), Indian National Congress , Nationalist Congress Party and Rashtriya Janta Dal.

• 40 State Parties .

• 975 Registered Unrecognised Parties.

IMPORTANT PROVISIONS

Conditions for recognition as a State Party –

A political party shall be eligible for recognition as a State party in a State, if, and only if, any of the following conditions is fulfilled:

(i) At the last general election to the Legislative Assembly of the State, the candidates set up by the party have secured not less than six percent of the total valid votes polled in the State; and, in addition, the party has returned at least two members to the Legislative Assembly of that State at such general election; or

(ii) At the last general election to the House of the People from that State, the candidates set up by the party have secured not less than six percent of the total valid votes polled in the State; and, in addition, the party has returned at least one member to the House of the People from that State at such general election; or

(iii) At the last general election to the Legislative Assembly of the State, the party has won at least three percent of the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly, (any fraction exceeding half being counted as one), or at least three seats in the Assembly, whichever is more; or

(iv) At the last general election to the House of the People from the State, the party has returned at least one member to the House of the People for every 25 members or any fraction thereof allotted to that State.

Conditions for continued recognition as a National or State party. –

If a political party is recognised as a State party under paragraph 6A, or as a National party under paragraph 6B, the question whether it shall continue to be so recognised after any subsequent general election to the House of the People or, as the case may be, to the Legislative Assembly of the State concerned, shall be dependent upon the fulfilment by it of the conditions specified in the said paragraphs on the results of that general election.

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