Political parties in Jharkhand

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
1 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
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
3 / 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
27 Jharkhand Jan Kranti Morcha (JJKM) Amrendra Kumar (Munni)
0 / 81
0 / 14
0 / 6
28 Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (PHJP)
0 / 81
0 / 14
0 / 6
29 Rajya Hul Jharkhand Party (RHJP)
0 / 81
0 / 14
0 / 6
30 Rashtriya Sengel Party (RSP)
0 / 81
0 / 14
0 / 6
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
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
74 Jharkhand Bachao Kranti Sena Samiti (JBKSS) Sanjay Mehta
0 / 81
0 / 14
0 / 6
 [23]

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
9 United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) Churchill Alemao
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

See also

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