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1975 parties have contested a Lok Sabha election. Most never win a seat — search or filter by recognition to find any of them.

Lok SabhaVidhan Sabha
Total parties
1,975
have contested
National parties
22
State parties
81
Registered, unrecognised
1,871
Clear all
All1975National22State81Unrecognised1871

Ranked by Lok Sabha seats won, all time

Registered, unrecognised

PartyTypeSeats wonContestedBest resultActive
TMCMTMCMRegistered, unrecognised236920in 19961996–2019
TPSTPSRegistered, unrecognised101410in 19711971
SHS(UBT)SHS(UBT)Registered, unrecognised9219in 20242024
NCP(SP)NCP(SP)Registered, unrecognised8128in 20242024
PWPPWPRegistered, unrecognised8585in 19771962–1991
WBTCWBTCRegistered, unrecognised7297in 19981998
SADMSADMRegistered, unrecognised7476in 19891989–2019
ADADRegistered, unrecognised52933in 19621962–2014
AIFBAIFBRegistered, unrecognised51393in 20042004–2024
HVPHaryana Vikas PartyRegistered, unrecognised5233in 19961991–2004
LJP(RV)LJP(RV)Registered, unrecognised555in 20242024
VCKViduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiRegistered, unrecognised4252in 20242009–2024
HLDRHLDRRegistered, unrecognised474in 19981998
GPGPRegistered, unrecognised4104in 19621962
LKDLok DalRegistered, unrecognised32533in 19841984–1991
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)Registered, unrecognised33952in 20241996–2024
LSLSRegistered, unrecognised3443in 19981998–2014
BLSPBLSPRegistered, unrecognised393in 20142014–2019
SJPRSJPRRegistered, unrecognised3661in 20041998–2014
ADALApna Dal (Soneylal)Registered, unrecognised342in 20192019–2024
ADSADSRegistered, unrecognised383in 19671967
RPKRPKRegistered, unrecognised21182in 19771971–2019
SWPSWPRegistered, unrecognised251in 20142009–2019
PWPIPWPIRegistered, unrecognised2141in 19991996–2014
AJSUPAJSUPRegistered, unrecognised2201in 20242009–2024
JSPJanasena PartyRegistered, unrecognised272in 20242004–2024
JKPJKPRegistered, unrecognised2771in 19771971–2019
RLTPRashtriya Loktantrik PartyRegistered, unrecognised221in 20242019–2024
JKDJKDRegistered, unrecognised2501in 19801967–2009
RRPRRPRegistered, unrecognised2832in 19621962–2019
ABLTCABLTCRegistered, unrecognised242in 19991999
ASDCASDCRegistered, unrecognised251in 19981996–2019
KECJKECJRegistered, unrecognised222in 19841984
SKMSikkim Krantikari MorchaRegistered, unrecognised231in 20242014–2024
MSCPMSCPRegistered, unrecognised241in 19991998–1999
LSSLSSRegistered, unrecognised262in 19621962–1971
AHLAHLRegistered, unrecognised231in 19711967–1980
UGSUGSRegistered, unrecognised231in 19711967–1971
JVMJVMRegistered, unrecognised1341in 20092009–2019
BBMBBMRegistered, unrecognised1881in 19991996–2019
AIRJPAIRJPRegistered, unrecognised1381in 19981998
HJCBLHJCBLRegistered, unrecognised1121in 20092009–2014
ICJICJRegistered, unrecognised1351in 19841984
JDGJDGRegistered, unrecognised1101in 19911991
IPFIPFRegistered, unrecognised1361in 19891989–1991
BHRTADVSIPBharat Adivasi PartyRegistered, unrecognised1221in 20242024
KCPKCPRegistered, unrecognised1141in 19961977–1996
BVABVARegistered, unrecognised131in 20092009–2019
UPPLUnited People's Party LiberalRegistered, unrecognised131in 20242019–2024
UMFAUMFARegistered, unrecognised181in 19981996–2004

A party is one row for as long as it keeps its name and symbol. Splits and mergers make new rows: the Congress of 1971 and the Congress (I) of 1980 are recorded separately, because that is how the Election Commission recorded them at the time. “National”, “State” and “Registered, unrecognised” reflect each party’s Election Commission recognition status as recorded in the source data, which can change over a party’s lifetime.