Number Of Political Parties Contesting Polls

There has been an increase of 104 per cent in the number of political parties contesting Lok Sabha elections from 2009 to 2024, according to an analysis by poll rights body ADR.

Fifty three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. However, the national party count has gone down to six from 14 in over seven decades.

The most number of rich candidates who will be contesting the 2017 Himachal Pradesh polls will be from the Congress party, data from the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reveals.

Delhi has picked the BJP again to run three key municipal corporations, handing a huge win to the party, which it has credited to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. The only contest today was for a poor number 2 between Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress. AAP gets that consolation prize, with the Congress third in all the mu...

There has been an increase of 104 per cent in the number of political parties contesting Lok Sabha elections from 2009 to 2024, according to an analysis by poll rights body ADR.

Fifty three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. However, the national party count has gone down to six from 14 in over seven decades.

The most number of rich candidates who will be contesting the 2017 Himachal Pradesh polls will be from the Congress party, data from the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reveals.

Delhi has picked the BJP again to run three key municipal corporations, handing a huge win to the party, which it has credited to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. The only contest today was for a poor number 2 between Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress. AAP gets that consolation prize, with the Congress third in all the mu...