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- Recently, National People’s Party (NPP) has been recognised as a national party. It is the 8th party to get national party recognition-after- Congress, BJP, BSP, NCP, CPI, CPI (M) and Trinamool Congress. NPP is the first political party from north-east to get national party status.
- The Election Commission lists political parties as a) “national party”, b) “state party” or c) “registered (unrecognised) party”. The conditions for being listed as a national or a state party are specified under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.
- For recognition as a national party, a political party has fulfil any of the following conditions- a) a 6% vote share in the last Assembly polls in each of any four states, as well as four seats in the last Lok Sabha polls; or b) 2% of all Lok Sabha seats in the last such election, with MPs elected from at least three states; or c) recognition as a state party in at least four states
- For recognition as a state party, a political party has to fulfil any of the following conditions: a) At General Elections or Legislative Assembly elections, the party has won 3% of seats in the legislative assembly of the State (subject to a minimum of 3 seats) or b) At a Lok Sabha General Elections, the party has won 1 Lok sabha seat for every 25 Lok Sabha seat allotted for the State, or c) At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly , the party has polled minimum of 6% of votes in a State and in addition it has won 1 Lok Sabha or 2 Legislative Assembly seats or d) At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party has polled 8% of votes in a State.
- The recognition as a national or state party gives the right to certain privileges like allocation of the party symbols, provision of time for political broadcasts on the state-owned television and radio stations and access to electoral rolls.
- National and state political parties are also entitled to nominate “Star Campaigners” during General Elections. A recognized National or State party can have a maximum of 40 “Star campaigners” and a registered un-recognised party can nominate a maximum of 20 ‘Star Campaigners”.
- A national or state party loses its status if it fails to fulfil any of the conditions for two successive Assembly and two successive Lok Sabha elections.




