List of Political Parties in Uttar Pradesh - National

National

Five parties are recognised as national parties. They are sorted into the name, acronym, year of formation and the party leader.

SYMBOL NAME ACR. YEAR CHIEF FOUNDER
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 1984 Mayawati Kanshiram
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 1980 Rajnath Singh
Communist Party of India CPI 1925 Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) 1964 Prakash Karat
Congress-I INC 1885 Sonia Gandhi

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