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India is a constitutional democracy with a parliamentary system of government, and at the heart of the system is a commitment to hold regular, free and fair elections. These elections determine the composition of the government, the membership of the two houses of parliament, the state and union territory legislative assemblies, and the Presidency and vice-presidency.(Back)

The country has been divided into 543 Parliamentary Constituencies, each of which returns one MP to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament. The size and shape of the parliamentary constituencies are determined by an independent Delimitation Commission, which aims to create constituencies which have roughly the same population, subject to geographical considerations and the boundaries of the states and administrative areas.(Back)

Political parties are an established part of modern mass democracy, and the conduct of elections in India is largely dependent on the behaviour of political parties. Although many candidates for Indian elections are independent, the winning candidates for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections usually stand as members of political parties, and opinion polls suggest that people tend to vote for a party rather than a particular candidate. Parties offer candidates organisational support, and by offering a broader election campaign, looking at the record of government and putting forward alternative proposals for government, help voters make a choice about how the government is run.

Political parties which participate in different elections all over India and are recognized in four or more states are considered as a National Parties. The National Parties in India are:

Party	Acronym	Year	Symbol	President
Indian National Congress	INC	1885	*	Sonia Gandhi
Bhartiya Janta Party	BJP	1980	*	Nitin Gadkari
Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	1999	*	Sharad Pawar
Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	1984	*	Mayawati
Communist Party of India	CPI	1925	*	Sudhakar Reddy
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI (M)	1964	*	Prakash Karat

The oldest and most popular Indian political party, the Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 and played the major role in the struggle for Indian independence. This is the only party of country having credit of running Govt. for most of the years after independence. Currently the party is the chief member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition. It is the only party to get maximum number of votes about 100 million votes in the past three general elections (1999, 2004, and 2009). The party's political symbol is hand. Current President of the party is Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and main base of the party is at New Delhi.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)

Nationalist leaders Shri Sharad Pawar, Shri P. A. Sangma and Shri Tariq Anwar with hundreds of their political supporters formed the nationalist congress party on 25 May 1999, after being expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) on May 20, 1999. All founders of NCP protested against the leadership of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi over the INC party. The party's political symbol is clock. Current leader of NCP is Shri. Sharad Pawar and main base of the party is at Maharashtra with head quarters at New Delhi.

Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)

Originally, Jana Sangh political party was founded in 1951 by Syama Prasad Mookerjee but later in 1980 party was renamed as Bhartiya Janata Party in 1980. The party remained as one of the major opposition parties, throughout the Congress regime. The party commits itself to 'Sarva Dharma Sambhav' and value based politics. The Party stands for decentralization of economic and political power. The party's political symbol is Lotus flower. Current President of the party is Shri Rajnath Singh and main base of the party is at Uttar Pradesh.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was formed to chiefly represent Bahujan samaj which comprises of   Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Religious Minorities such as Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Buddhists and account for over 85 per cent of the country's total population. The BSP was founded by the high-profile charismatic leader Kanshi Ram in 1984 and is inspired by the philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar. The party's political symbol is an Elephant. Current president of the party is Mayawati and main base of the party is at Uttar Pradesh.

Communist Party of India (CPI)

The Communist Party of India was founded on December 26, 1925, but began functioning legally from July 1942. The party relies mainly on mass organizations for its activities, fronts and movements, guided by it along with other parties. On national level, CPI supports the Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The party is part of the coalition of leftist and communist parties, also known as the Left-Front in national media. The party's political symbol is corn- sickle. Current President of the party is Shri A.B. Bardhan and main base of the party is at New Delhi.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI (M), was founded in 1964 by the split from the Communist Party of India. The party’s main objective is to implement reservations for the disabled in public sector employment, poverty alleviation programs and education for the disabled. The party's political symbol is hammer sickle and star. Current general secretary of CPI (M) is Prakash Karat and main base of the party is at New Delhi. Shri Sitaram Yechury is head of the International Department and Editor of CPI (M) central weekly Peoples’ Democracy.