<Li> At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in four States and in addition it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats . </Li> <Li> A party gets recognition as a State Party in four or more states . </Li> <Table> 7 Recognised national parties as of 2 September 2016 arranged alphabetically <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Abbreviation </Th> <Th> Foundation year </Th> <Th> Current leader (s) </Th> <Th> Party symbol </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> All India Trinamool Congress </Td> <Td> AITC </Td> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Mamata Banerjee </Td> <Td> Flowers & grass </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bahujan Samaj Party </Td> <Td> BSP </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Mayawati </Td> <Td> Elephant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bharatiya Janata Party </Td> <Td> BJP </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Amith Shah </Td> <Td> Lotus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Communist Party of India </Td> <Td> CPI </Td> <Td> 1925 </Td> <Td> Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy </Td> <Td> Ears of corn and sickle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Communist Party of India (Marxist) </Td> <Td> CPI - M </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Sitaram Yechury </Td> <Td> Hammer sickle and star </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> <Td> INC </Td> <Td> 1885 </Td> <Td> Sonia Gandhi </Td> <Td> Hand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Nationalist Congress Party </Td> <Td> NCP </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Sharad Pawar </Td> <Td> Clock </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Abbreviation </Th> <Th> Foundation year </Th> <Th> Current leader (s) </Th> <Th> Party symbol </Th> </Tr>

List of symbols of political parties in india
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