List of National Democratic Alliance members

The NDA is the ruling coalition in India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (pictured).

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right political alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[1] As of 2015, it is the ruling coalition in the Parliament of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,^[2][3] and rules over 13 state governments.^[4] The NDA was formed by the BJP in the 1998 general elections; it consisted of its existing allies like the Samata Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Shiv Sena in addition to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Biju Janata Dal. Among these regional parties, the Shiv Sena was the only one which had an ideology similar to that of the BJP.^[5][6] The coalition first came to power at the Central Government after the 1998 general elections, and continued to rule till 2004.^[7]

As of September 2015, the NDA has thirty-five member parties (two of them are political fronts and one is an organisation), out of which the BJP is the only national party. Thirteen NDA members (Shiv Sena, Telugu Desam Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, All India N.R. Congress, Naga People's Front, Lok Janshakti Party, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, All Jharkhand Students Union, National People's Party, and Pattali Makkal Katchi) have been granted "State Party" status by the Election Commission of India.^[8] As of September 2015, the NDA has 337 and 64 members in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively.^[9][10] With 280 seats in the Lok Sabha and 48 seats in the Rajya Sabha, the BJP is the largest NDA party in the parliament.^[9][10]

Members

Key

• NK – Not Known

NDA members^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Party	Symbol[lower-alpha 2]	Foundation year	Current Leader	Seats in Lok Sabha[9]	Seats in Rajya Sabha[10]	Seats in the Vidhan Sabhas[11]	ECI Status[8]
Bharatiya Janata Party[12]	Lotus	1980[13]	Amit Shah[14]	280 / 542 (52%)	48 / 244 (20%)	Governing 4 / 175 (2%) Andhra Pradesh 48 / 91 (53%) Chhattisgarh 21 / 40 (53%) Goa 121 / 182 (66%) Gujarat 47 / 90 (52%) Haryana 24 / 87 (28%) Jammu and Kashmir 43 / 82 (52%) Jharkhand 163 / 231 (71%) Madhya Pradesh 122 / 288 (42%) Maharashtra 4 / 60 (7%) Nagaland 1 / 33 (3%) Puducherry 12 / 117 (10%) Punjab 160 / 200 (80%) Rajasthan Opposition 11 / 60 (18%) Arunachal Pradesh 5 / 126 (4%) Assam 53 / 243 (22%) Bihar 3 / 70 (4%) Delhi 27 / 68 (40%) Himachal Pradesh 44 / 225 (20%) Karnataka 10 / 147 (7%) Odisha 5 / 120 (4%) Telangana 40 / 404 (10%) Uttar Pradesh 28 / 71 (39%) Uttarakhand 1 / 295 (0.3%) West Bengal	National Party
Shiv Sena[12]	Bow and Arrow	1966[15]	Uddhav Thackeray[16]	18 / 542 (3%)	3 / 244 (1%)	62 / 288 (22%) Maharashtra	State Party (Maharashtra)
Telugu Desam Party[12]	Bicycle	1983[17]	N. Chandrababu Naidu[17]	16 / 542 (3%)	6 / 244 (2%)	103 / 175 (59%) Andhra Pradesh 15 / 120 (13%) Telangana	State Party (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
Lok Janshakti Party[12]	Bungalow	2000[18]	Ram Vilas Paswan[18]	6 / 542 (1%)	–	2 / 243 (0.8%) Bihar 1 / 60 (2%) Manipur	State Party (Bihar)
Shiromani Akali Dal[12]	Scales	1920[19]	Sukhbir Singh Badal[19]	4 / 542 (0.7%)	3 / 244 (1%)	60 / 117 (51%) Punjab 1 / 87 (1%) Haryana	State Party (Punjab)
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party[12]	Ceiling Fan	2013[20]	Upendra Kushwaha[20]	3 / 542 (0.6%)	–	2 / 243 (0.8%) Bihar	State Party (Bihar)
Apna Dal[12]	–	1995[21]	Krishna Patel[21]	2 / 542 (0.4%)	–	1 / 404 (0.2%) Uttar Pradesh	Registered Unrecognised Party
Naga People's Front[12]	Cock	2002[22]	Shürhozelie Liezietsu[22]	1 / 542 (0.2%)	1 / 244 (0.4%)	38 / 60 (63%) Nagaland 4 / 60 (7%) Manipur	State Party (Nagaland,Manipur)
All India N.R. Congress[12]	Jug	2011[12]	N. Rangaswamy[12]	1 / 542 (0.2%)	–	17 / 33 (52%) Puducherry	State Party (Puducherry)
National People's Party[12]	Book	2013[23]	P. A. Sangma[23]	1 / 542 (0.2%)	–	2 / 60 (3%) Meghalaya 4 / 200 (2%) Rajasthan	State Party (Meghalaya)
Pattali Makkal Katchi[12]	Mango	1989[24]	G. K. Mani[24]	1 / 542 (0.2%)	–	3 / 235 (1%) Tamil Nadu	State Party (Puducherry)
Swabhimani Paksha[12]	–	2004[25]	Raju Shetti[25]	1 / 542 (0.2%)	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Republican Party of India (A)[12]	–	NK	Ramdas Athawale[12]	–	1 / 244 (0.4%)	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
All Jharkhand Students Union[26]	Banana	1986[27]	Sudesh Mahto[28]	–	–	5 / 82 (6%) Jharkhand	State Party (Jharkhand)
Bahujan Republican Ekta Manch[29]	–	2006[30]	Sulekha Kumbhare[29]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam[12]	Nagara	2005[31]	Vijayakanth[31]	–	–	28 / 235 (12%) Tamil Nadu	State Party (Tamil Nadu)
Goa Vikas Party[32]	–	2012[33]	Francisco Pacheco[33]	–	–	2 / 40 (5%) Goa	Registered Unrecognised Party
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha[12]	–	2007[34]	Bimal Gurung[34]	–	–	3 / 295 (1%) West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)[35]	–	2015[36]	Jitan Ram Manjhi[36]	–	–	1 / 243 (0.4%) Bihar	Registered Unrecognised Party
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi[12]	–	2011[37]	T. R. Pachamuthu[37]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Jammu & Kashmir People's Conference[38]	–	2004[38]	Sajjad Lone[38]	–	–	2 / 87 (2%) Jammu and Kashmir	Registered Unrecognised Party
Jana Sena Party[12]	–	2014[39]	Pawan Kalyan[39]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Kamtapur People's Party[32]	–	1996[40]	Atul Roy[40]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Kerala Congress (Nationalist)[12]	–	NK	Nobel Mathew[12]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Kerala Congress (Thomas)[41]	–	NK	P. C. Thomas[41]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi[12]	–	2013[42]	E. R. Eswaran[42]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party[12]	Lion	1963[24]	Deepak Dhavlikar[12]	–	–	3 / 40 (8%) Goa	State Party (Goa)
Manipur Peoples Party[12]	–	1968[12]	Laishram Jatra Singh[43]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
North-East Regional Political Front[44][45][lower-alpha 3]	–	2013[45]	–	–	–	–	–
Puthiya Needhi Katchi[12]	–	2001[12]	A. C. Shanmugam[12]	–	–	–	Registered Unrecognised Party
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha[12]	–	2003[12]	Mahadev Jankar[12]	–	–	1 / 288 (0.3%) Maharashtra	Registered Unrecognised Party
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)[12]	–	2001[12]	A. V. Thamarakshan[46]	–	–	1 / 141 (0.7%) Kerala	Registered Unrecognised Party
Shiv Sangram[29][lower-alpha 4]	–	NK	Vinayak Mete[29]	–	–	–	–
United Democratic Front[12][lower-alpha 5]	–	2015[12]	–	–	–	–	–
Sikkim Democratic Front		2016	Pawan Kumar Chamling

Past members

Past NDA members^{[lower-alpha 6]}

Party	Withdrawal year
All India Trinamool Congress[47]	2007
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[47]	2004
Asom Gana Parishad[48]	2011
Biju Janata Dal[47]	2009
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[47]	2002
Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)[49]	2014
Haryana Vikas Party[50]	1999
Indian Federal Democratic Party[47][lower-alpha 7]	2004
Indian National Lok Dal[47]	2009
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference[47]	2002
Janata Dal (Secular)[51]	2007
Janata Dal (United)[47]	2013
Janata Party[52][53][lower-alpha 8]	2013
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha[47]	2012
Kamtapur Progressive Party[54][55][lower-alpha 9]	2010
Ladakh Union Territory Front[56][57][lower-alpha 8]	2010
Lok Shakti[58][59][lower-alpha 10]	2003
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[60]	2014
Rashtriya Lok Dal[47]	2012
Samata Party[58][59][lower-alpha 10]	2003
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal[61]	2010

Notes

1. The list includes all the member parties/fronts of the NDA, listed by the number of seats the party has in the Lok Sabha. If the numbers of seats in the Lok Sabha for two parties is equal, then number of seats in the Rajya Sabha is taken into consideration; and in case both the parties have got same number of seats in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, then they are listed alphabetically.
2. Permanent symbol is allotted to only national and state parties.
3. North-East Regional Political Front is a front of ten political parties (Naga People's Front, Manipur Peoples Party, Mizo National Front, Manipur State Congress Party, Manipur Democratic People's Front, People's Party of Arunachal, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, United Democratic Party, Hill State People's Democratic Party, and Asom Gana Parishad).
4. Shiv Sangram is a Maratha organization.
5. United Democratic Front is a front of eight political parties (Mizo National Front, Mizoram People's Conference, Zoram Nationalist Party, Maraland Democratic Front, Hmar People's Convention, Paite Tribes Council, BJP, and the Mizoram state unit of Nationalist Congress Party).
6. The list includes all the past members of the NDA, listed alphabetically.
7. Merged with the Kerala Congress.
8. Merged with the BJP.
9. Merged with the Kamtapur People’s Party.
10. Merged with the Janata Dal (United).

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External links

• Official website of the BJP