Political parties in Jharkhand
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A number of political parties operate in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Some of them are organised nationally, and others within the region.
Major national parties
| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Strength (in recent elections) |
Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | |||||
| 1 |  |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | Babulal Marandi | 21 / 81 |
8 / 14 |
3 / 6 |
[1] |
| 2 |  |
Indian National Congress (INC) | Keshav Mahto Kamlesh | 16 / 81 |
2 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[2] |
Minor national-level parties
| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Strength (in recent elections) |
Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | |||||
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) | Prakash Viplab | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[3] |
| 2 |  |
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | Mayawati | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|
| 3 |  |
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh[verification needed] | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[4] |
Regional parties
| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Strength (in recent elections) |
Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | |||||
| 1 |  |
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) | Hemant Soren | 34 / 81 |
3 / 14 |
2 / 6 |
[5] |
| 2 |  |
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) | Abhay Kumar Singh | 4 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[6] |
| 3 |  |
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIMLL) | Manoj Bhakt | 2 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|
| 4 |  |
All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) | Sudesh Mahto | 1 / 81 |
1 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[7] |
| 5 |  |
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) | Jairam Kumar Mahato | 1 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[8][9][10] |
| 6 |  |
Janata Dal (United) (JDU) | Khiru Mahto | 1 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[11] |
| 7 | Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | Birendra Prasad Pradhan | 1 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 8 |  |
All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) | Kameshwar Baitha | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[12] |
| 9 |  |
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP)) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[13] | |
| 10 |  |
Communist Party of India (CPI) | Mahendra Pathak | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[14] |
| 11 | Jharkhand People's Party (JPP) | Surya Singh Besra | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[15] | |
| 12 |  |
Jharkhand Party | Ajit Kumar | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|
| 13 | Jharkhand Party (Anosh Ekka) | Anosh Ekka | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[16] | |
| 14 | Jharkhand Party (Horo) | Late Niral Enem Horo | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[17] | |
| 15 | Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Naren | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[18] | |
| 16 | United Jharkhand Party (UJP) | Late Justin Richard | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 17 | All India Jharkhand Party (AIJP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 18 | Hul Jharkhand Party (HJP) | Late Justin Richard | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 19 | Birsa Seva Dal (BSD) | Lalit Kuzur | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 20 |  |
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[19] | |
| 21 |  |
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | Arun Mondal | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|
| 22 | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C)) | Robin Samajpati | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 23 | Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 24 | Aam Awam Morcha (AAM) | Ram Naresh Yadav | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 25 |  |
Rashtriya Jankranti Morcha (RJM) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[20] | |
| 26 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Ulgulan (JMM-U) | Krishna Mardi | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[citation needed] | |
| 27 | Jharkhand Jan Kranti Morcha (JJKM) | Amrendra Kumar (Munni) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[citation needed] | |
| 28 | Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (PHJP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[citation needed] | ||
| 29 | Rajya Hul Jharkhand Party (RHJP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[citation needed] | ||
| 30 | Rashtriya Sengel Party (RSP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[citation needed] | ||
| 31 | Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASP-KR) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 32 |  |
Samajwadi Party (SP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 33 | Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) | Prem Shankar Shahi Munda | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 34 | Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party (SBKP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[21] | ||
| 35 | Adivasi-Moolvasi Janadhikar Manch (AMJM) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[citation needed] | ||
| 36 | Ambedkar National Congress (ANC) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 37 | Rashtriya Samanta Dal (RSD) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 38 | Samata Party (SP) | Uday Mandal | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
||
| 39 | Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 40 | Right to Recall Party (RTRP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 41 | Ambedkarite Party of India (API) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 42 | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) (PPID) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
[22] | ||
| 43 | Lokhit Adhikar Party | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 44 | Azad Adhikar Sena (AAS) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 45 | Bhartiya Azad Sena (BAS) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 46 | Hindustani Awam Manch (United) (HAM-U) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 47 | Rashtriya Deshaj Party (RDP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 48 | Bhartiya Janjagran Gandhiwadi Party (BJGP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 49 | Indian National Socialistic Action Forces (INSAF) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 50 | Rashtriya Jansangharsh Swaraj Party (RJSP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 51 | Republican Party of India (A) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 52 | Swatantra Rashtravadi Party (SRP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 53 | Bhagidari Party(P) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 54 | Rashtriya Suraksha Party (RSP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 55 | Rashtriya Jaihind Party (RJP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 56 | Mera Adhikaar Rashtriya Dal (MARD) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 57 | Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 58 | Bharatiya Sarvjan Vikas Party (BSVP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 59 | Abua Jharkhand Party (AJP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 60 | Sadan Vikas Party (SVP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 61 | Akhil Bhartiya Aarakshit Samaj Party (ABASP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 62 | Aadarsh Sangram Party (ASP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 63 | Hindustan Peoples Party (Democratic) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 64 | Rashtriya Republican Party (RRP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 65 | Akhil Bharatiya Jharkhand Party (ABJP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 66 | Lok Jan Vikas Morcha | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 67 | Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 68 | Navyug Pragatisheel Morcha (NPM) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 69 | Johaar Party (JP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 70 | Jagrook Janta Party (JJP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 71 | Swabhiman Party (SP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 72 | Jai Maha Bharath Party (JMBP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
|||
| 73 | Aapki Vikas Party (AVP) | 0 / 81 |
0 / 14 |
0 / 6 |
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Defunct regional parties
| No. | Party | Founder | Leader | Defunct Year | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC) | A. K. Roy | Arup Chatterjee | 2024 | Merged into CPI(ML)L | |
| 2 | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P) | Babulal Marandi | Babulal Marandi | 2020 | Merged into BJP | |
| 3 | Jai Bharat Samanta Party (JBSP) | Madhu Koda | Madhu Koda | 2018 | Merged into INC | |
| 4 | Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) | Salkhan Murmu | Salkhan Murmu | 2014 | Merged into BJP | |
| 5 | Jharkhand Vananchal Congress (JVC) | Samresh Singh | Samresh Singh | Merged into BSP | ||
| 6 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B) (JMM-B) | Binod Bihari Mahato | Binod Bihari Mahato | Merged into JMM | ||
| 7 | Jharkhand Vikas Dal (JVD) | Suraj Mandal | Suraj Mandal | Merged into BJP | ||
| 8 | Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch (JJM) | Bandhu Tirkey | Bandhu Tirkey | Merged into INC | ||
| 9 | United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) | Anaclato Vigaus | Najm Ansari | 2015 | ||
| 10 | Rastriya Kalyan Pakshya (RKP) | Chamra Linda | Chamra Linda | Merged into JMM | ||
| 11 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Suraj Mandal) (JMM-SM) | Suraj Mandal | Suraj Mandal | Merged into JMM | ||
| 12 | Bihar Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (BPHJP) | Shibu Soren | Shibu Soren | Merged into JMM | ||