List of political parties in Uttar Pradesh

This is a list of recognised political parties in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has a multi-party system with a predominance of small regional parties. Parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India (EC).

To gain recognition as a state party, the party must have some kind of political activity for at least five continuous years, and send at least 4% of the state's quota to the Lok Sabha (India's Lower house), or 3.33% of members to the state assembly. If the above conditions are not fulfilled, then a party may gain recognition by garnering not less than 6% of the total votes in a state or national election, polled in by all its contesting candidates. If a party is recognised in four or more states, it is automatically recognised as a national party by the EC.

All parties contesting elections have to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols offered by the Election Commission. All 28 states along with the union territory of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi usually have an elected government unless President's rule is imposed under certain conditions.

National

Five parties are recognised as national parties. They are sorted into the name, acronym, year of formation and the party leader.

Symbol	Name	ACR.	Year	Chief	Founder
	Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	1984	Mayawati	Kanshiram
	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	1980	Rajnath Singh
	Communist Party of India	CPI	1925	Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI (M)	1964	Sitaram Yechury
	Indian National Congress	INC	1885	Sonia Gandhi

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 parties and the state recognised.

SYMBOL	NAME	ACR.	YEAR	CHIEF	STATES
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	RLD	1998	Ajit Singh	Uttar Pradesh
	Samajwadi Party	SP	1992	Mulayam Singh Yadav	Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand Karnataka

See also

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

Notes

1. ^ , the BSP may use its symbol in all states except Sikkim and Assam, where its candidates have to choose another symbol. The BSP at the moment does not have a presence in these two states.
2. ^ According to the CPI(M), the breakaway faction, the CPI was founded in 1920 in the USSR.
3. ^ Uddhav Thackeray is the working president of the Shiv Sena. The overall command and veto is held by his father and party founder Bal Thackeray.
4. NA – The exact year of formation is not available

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