NATIONAL PARTY
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About
- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is on track to be recognized as a national party by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
- The Party was founded in 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement.
- The AAP is currently ruling in Delhi and Punjab.
- The party's election symbol is a broom.
- National Party
- As the name suggests that a national party would have a presence ‘nationally’, as opposed to a regional party whose presence is restricted to only a particular state or region.
- At present, there are eight national political parties in India. They are;
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Communist Party of India
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Indian National Congress
- Nationalist Congress Party
- National People’s Party
- All India Trinamool Congress
- Bahujan Samaj Party
National Party enjoys the following benefits;
- The election symbol of the National parties can't be used by any other political party in voting across India.
- National Parties get the time slot on national and state television and Radio to address the people and convey their message to people.
- National parties receive land or building from the government to establish their party office.
- National parties require only one proposer to file a nomination.
- National Parties are given two sets of electoral rolls free of cost by the Election Commission.
- The candidates contesting on the ticket of a National party get a copy of the electoral roll free of cost during the general elections.
- National parties can have up to 40-star campaigners while others can have up to 20-star campaigners.
- The expenditure incurred on the travelling and other expenses of star campaigners is not included in the election expenditure of the party candidate.
How a National party is defined
● The ECI has laid down some criteria for a party to be recognised as a National party, it’s not a permanent tag and a party may gain or lose national party status from time to time, depending on the fulfilment of the conditions.
● As per the ECI’s Political Parties and Election Symbols, 2019 handbook, a political party would be considered a national party if it meets any one of the following conditions:
○ It is a ‘recognised’ party in four or more states, or
○ If its candidates polled at least 6% of total valid votes in any four or more states in the last Lok Sabha or Assembly elections and have a minimum of four MPs in the last Lok Sabha polls, or
○ If it has won at least 2% of the total seats in the Lok Sabha from not less than three states.
● To be recognized as a state party, a party needs to meet any one of the following conditions:
○ At least 6% vote-share in the last Assembly election and have at least 2 MLAs, or
○ Have a 6% vote share in the last Lok Sabha elections from that state and at least one MP from that state; or
○ At least 3% of the total number of seats or three seats, whichever is more, in the last Assembly elections; or
○ At least one MP for every 25 members or any fraction allotted to the state in the Lok Sabha; or
○ Have at least 8% of the total valid votes in the last Assembly election or Lok Sabha election from the state.
● AAP is soon to be officially recognized as the 9th National Party, as;
○ The AAP is in power in Delhi and Punjab.
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In the Goa Assembly elections, it received 6.77% of the vote and 2 seats.
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In the Gujarat Assembly elections, it received nearly 13% of Votes and 5 seats.
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