Recognized Political Parties In India - 2009

1027 Parties To Fight For 543 Seats In The Lok Sabha Polls, 2009..The Number Of Unrecognized Has Gone Up To 980 From 173 In 2004.
At Present The National Parties Are Bjp, Congress, Bsp, Ncp, Rjd, Cpi And Cpm.
As Per Election Commission Norms A Party Should Be Recognized As National Party , If Its Candidates In Any Four Or More States In Last Lok Sabha Or Assembly Polls Have Scored Not Less Than 6% Of The Total Valid Votes In Each Of The Respective States.
The Other Criterion To Be In The National Party Category Is That The Party Should Have Won At Least 2% Of Total Number Of Seats Any Fraction Exceeding Half Being Counted As One During The Last Election. More Over The Party Candidate Should Have Been Elected To The House From Not Less Than 3 States.

Election Dates

Election Year ----- Election Dates
1951-52 ----- October, 1951; December,1951. & Feburary, 1952
1957 ----- Feburary 24 To March, 14.
1962 ----- Feburary 19 To 25.
1967 ----- Feburary 17 To 21.
1971 ----- March 1 To 10.
1977 ----- March 16 To 20
1980 ----- January 3 To 6.
1984 ----- Decemer 24 To 28.
1989 ----- November 22 To 26.
1991 ----- May 20 To June 15.
1996 ----- April 27 & May 2 To 30.
1998 ----- Feburary 16 To 23.
1999 ----- September 5,11,18,25 & October 3 To 6..
2004 ----- April, 20 To May, 10..
2009 ----- April,16,22,23,30, May 7 & 13.

Parliament elections

India Parliament elections- voting percentage. ( since 1952 )

1952 - 61.22 % ; 1957 - 62.2% ; 1962 - 55.42%
1967 - 61.33% ; 1971 - 55.29% ; 1977 - 60.49%
1980 - 56.92% ; 1984 - 63.56% ; 1989 - 61.95%
1991 - 56.93% ; 1996 - 57.94% ; 1998 - 61.97%
1999 - 59.99% ; 2004 - 57.65%

(These are calculated on the basis of valid votes.)

parliament election – 2009

dates and constituencies
april 6, 2009 124 constituencies ;
april 22, 2009 2 constituencies ( manipur ) ;
april 23, 2009 141 constituencies ;
april 30, 2009 107 constituencies ;
may 7, 2009 85 constituencies ;
may 13, 2009 86 constituencies ;

states and dates.
Andhra Pradesh, assam , orissa &jharkand - april 16 & 23 ;
Arunachal Pradesh, kerala, chattiskar, megalaya, mizoram , Andaman, nochobar , lakshadeep & nagaland - april 16 ;
Bihar - april 16,23,30 & may 7;
Goa , tripura - april 23 ;
Gujarat, sikkim, daman diau & dadhra nagar haveli - april 30 ;
Haryana, rajasthan & delhi - may 7;
Himachal Pradesh, utterkhand, chandigar , pondichery & tamil nadu - may 13 ;
Jammu Kashmir & utterpradesh - april 16,23,30, may 7 & 13 ;
Karnataka mathya Pradesh - april 23, & 30 ;
Maharashtra - april16,23 & 30;
Manipur - april 22;
Punjab - may 7 & 13 ;West Bengal - april 30, may 7 &13 ;

14 th parliament ; parties position

congress 150;
rjd 24;
dmk 16;
ncp 11;
pmk 6;
jmm 5;
ljp 4;
muslim league 1;
republic party ( athwale ) 1;
other 1;

bjp 113;
shiv sena 12;
biju janatha dal 10;
akali dal 8;
tdp 4;
nagaland people party 2;
trinamool 1;
jd( u ) 1;

cpm 42;
cpi 10;
r.s.p. 3;
forward bloc 3;
kerala congress 2;

s.p. 34;
b.s.p. 16;
mdmk 4;
jd( s ) 3;
rld 3;
t.r.s 3;
agp 2;
national conference 1;
sikkim dem. Front 1;
bharathiya navasakthi 1;
sjp 1;
independents 6;