19-519: Janata Dal ("People’s Party") was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal , Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) , and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh . V. P. Singh united the entire disparate spectrum of parties ranging from regional parties such as
38-509: A multi-party system . The Election Commission of India (ECI) accord to national-level and state-level political parties based upon objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges like a reserved party symbol, free broadcast time on state-run television and radio, consultation in the setting of election dates, and giving input in setting electoral rules and regulations. Other political parties that wish to contest local, state, or national elections are required to be registered by
57-931: A lot of Congress leaders, hoping to gain power with the support of various United Front constituent groups, and I. K. Gujral became the next prime minister. His government too fell in a few months, and in February 1998, the Janata Dal-led coalition lost power to the Bharatiya Janata Party in General Elections. Thakur Ji Pathak (1989 – 1994)- National General Secretary Anantram Jaiswal (1983) B. Rachaiah (1989) Siddaramaiah (Feb 1999) C. Byre Gowda (July 1999) Jeevaraj Alva (1989-1990) C. Narayanaswamy (1999) Sivaji Ganesan (1989-1993) Party List of political parties in India India has
76-620: The Bofors scandal , caused Rajiv Gandhi 's Congress (I) to lose the elections. The National Front coalition that was formed consisted of the Janata Dal and a few smaller parties in the government, and had outside support from the Left Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party . V. P. Singh was the prime minister. In November 1990, this coalition collapsed, and a new government headed by Chandra Shekhar under Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) which had
95-626: The Telugu Desam Party served as the convener of United Front. The United Front was headquartered at the Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi . During its tenure, the government was led by two prime ministers belonging to the Janata Dal – H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral The Indian general election in 1996 returned a fractured verdict. With the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as
114-683: The Telugu Desam Party , the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , and the Asom Gana Parishad , together and formed the National Front with N. T. Rama Rao as President and V. P. Singh as convenor. The front also included outside support from the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party and the left-wing Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) . They defeated Rajiv Gandhi 's Congress (I) in
133-608: The 1989 parliamentary elections. His government fell after Lalu Prasad Yadav got Advani arrested in Samastipur and stopped his Ram Rath Yatra , which was going to Ayodhya on the site of the Babri Masjid on 23 October 1990, and the Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew support. V. P. Singh lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on 7 November 1990. In the 1991 Indian general election the Janata Dal lost power but emerged as
152-525: The Congress (I) withdrew its support. Its second spell of power began in 1996, when the Janata Dal-led United Front coalition came to power, with outside support from the congress under Sitaram Kesri , choosing H. D. Deve Gowda as their prime minister. The Congress withdrew their support in less than a year, after the H. D. Deve Gowda Government restarted probing the corruption cases against
171-487: The EC. All 28 states of the country along with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir , National Capital Territory of Delhi , and Puducherry have elected governments unless President's rule is imposed under certain condition. A registered party is recognised as a national party only if it fulfills any one of the three conditions listed below: A registered party is recognised as a state party only if it fulfils any one of
190-507: The Election Commission of India. Registered parties are upgraded as recognised national parties or state parties by the ECI if they meet the relevant criteria after a Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election. The recognised party status is reviewed periodically by the ECI. Before the amendment in 2016 (which came into force on 1 January 2014), if a political party failed to fulfill
209-542: The coalition and the Congress. It compromised to support a new government under I. K. Gujral , who served as the prime minister from 21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998. Following the collapse of his government, fresh elections were called, and the United Front lost power. Later, when N. Chandrababu Naidu stepped down as convener of the United Front to extend outside support to the National Democratic Alliance ,
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#1732845465860228-498: The coalition, whereas the Communist Party of India (Marxist) agreed to join the coalition with the Janata Dal at its head, named the United Front. With the approval of the Congress and CPI(M), the sitting chief minister of Karnataka , H. D. Deve Gowda, was asked to head the coalition as Prime Minister after V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu declined. His term was from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. The Congress revoked its support for Gowda amidst discontent over communication between
247-408: The criteria in the subsequent Lok Sabha or state legislative assembly election, they lost their status as a recognised party. In 2016, the ECI announced that such a review would take place after two consecutive elections instead of every election. Therefore, a political party shall retain the recognised party status even if they do not meet the criteria in the next election. However, if they fail to meet
266-408: The criteria in the subsequent election following the next election, they would lose their status. As per latest publications dated 23 March 2024 from Election Commission of India, and subsequent notifications, there are 6 national parties, 58 state parties, and 2,763 unrecognised parties. All registered parties contesting elections need to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols offered by
285-575: The five conditions listed below: Minority rights Hindutva Hindu Nationalism Marathi Regionalism Social Conservatism Conservatism Ultranationalism Economic Nationalism Right-wing populism United Front (India, 1996) The United Front was a coalition government of 13 political parties formed in India after the 1996 general elections . It formed two governments in India between 1996 and 1998. N. Chandrababu Naidu of
304-509: The largest party with 161 of 543 seats, it was invited first to form a government. It accepted the offer, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as the prime minister. However, he was unable to get a majority in parliament, and the government dissolved 13 days later. At a meeting of all the other parties, the Indian National Congress , with a substantial 140 seats, declined to head the government and agreed to extend outside support to
323-552: The president that by gaining the backing of the Congress (I) and its electoral allies he enjoyed the support of 280 members of the Lok Sabha, and he demanded the right to constitute a new government. Even though his rump party accounted for only one-ninth of the members of the Lok Sabha, Chandra Shekhar succeeded in forming a new minority Government and becoming Prime Minister (with Devi Lal as deputy prime minister). However, Chandra Shekhar's government fell less than four months later, after
342-555: The support of the congress came to power for a short while. Two days before the vote, Chandra Shekhar , an ambitious Janata Dal rival who had been kept out of the National Front government, joined with Devi Lal, a former deputy prime minister under V. P. Singh, to form the Samajwadi Janata Party, with a total of just sixty Lok Sabha members. The day after the collapse of the National Front government, Chandra Shekhar informed
361-546: The third largest party in Lok Sabha . The Janata Dal-led United Front formed the government after the 1996 Indian general election with the outside support of the Indian National Congress . However, after this the Janata Dal gradually disintegrated into various smaller factions, which largely became regional parties such as Biju Janata Dal , Rashtriya Janata Dal , Janata Dal (Secular) and Janata Dal (United) . It first came to power in 1989, after cases of corruption, known as
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