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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Political party in India</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_%E2%80%93_Sharadchandra_Pawar" title="Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar">Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Indian political party</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Party_spokesperson" title="Party spokesperson">Spokesperson</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;">Sana Malik Shaikh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Tatkare" title="Sunil Tatkare">Sunil Tatkare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Praful_Patel" title="Praful Patel">Praful Patel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sunetra_Pawar" title="Sunetra Pawar">Sunetra Pawar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Anwar_(politician)" title="Tariq Anwar (politician)">Tariq Anwar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">10 June 1999<span class="noprint"> (25 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1999-06-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Split from</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">10, Bishmabhar Marg, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>-110001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Student_wing" title="Student wing">Student wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">NCP Student's Wing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">NCP Youth's Wing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_wing" title="Women's wing">Women's wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">NCP Women Wing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Secularism_in_India" title="Secularism in India">Secularism (Indian)</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC0CB; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Pink" title="Pink">Pink</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Azure_(color)" title="Azure (color)">Pacific Blue</a> <small>(pre–2024)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">ECI</a> Status</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">State Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Alliance</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">UPA</a> (1999–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Vikas_Aghadi" title="Maha Vikas Aghadi">MVA</a> (2019-2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> (2023–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-East_Democratic_Alliance" title="North-East Democratic Alliance">NEDA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a>) (2023–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Yuti" title="Maha Yuti">Maha Yuti</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>) (2023–present)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; 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background:#CCCCCC">Indian states</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">41 / 288</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div><small>(<a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra</a>)</small> <div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 12%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div><small>(<a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Legislative_Assembly" title="Nagaland Legislative Assembly">Nagaland</a>)</small> <div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div><small>(<a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Arunachal Pradesh</a>)</small></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Council" title="Maharashtra Legislative Council">Maharashtra Legislative Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 78</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Number of states and union territories in government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 31</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Election symbol</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nationalist_Congress_Party_Election_Symbol.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Nationalist_Congress_Party_Election_Symbol.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="142" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="123" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Party flag</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NCP-flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/NCP-flag.svg/150px-NCP-flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/NCP-flag.svg/225px-NCP-flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/NCP-flag.svg/300px-NCP-flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="plainlinks"> <span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ncponline.in">ncponline<wbr />.in</a></span> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #FFC0CB;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics of India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Nationalist Congress Party</b> is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India#State_parties" title="List of political parties in India">state parties in India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It refers to the <b>Ajit Pawar faction</b> after the 2023 split in the party when the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> granted the original party name and symbol to the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_(Ajit_Pawar_Faction)" title="Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction)">Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction)</a>. It was one of the major political parties in <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra</a> and was a recognised state party in <a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Legislative_Assembly" title="Nagaland Legislative Assembly">Nagaland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala</a>. In July 2023, majority of the elected MLAs and MLCs of the party led by <a href="/wiki/Ajit_Pawar" title="Ajit Pawar">Ajit Pawar</a> joined the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> government, however, all <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">MPs</a> except two remained loyal to <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a>.<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party#endnote_a">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This caused a direct split between the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_(Ajit_Pawar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)">Ajit Pawar-led faction</a> and the founder and president <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a> who formed the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_(Sharadchandra_Pawar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)">Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)</a> after EC recognised the Ajit Pawar faction as the original party.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the leadership of Ajit Pawar, the NCP revamped itself and adopted the color <a href="/wiki/Pink" title="Pink">pink</a> to associate with the party.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nagaland state unit which was supporting the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">NDPP</a>-<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> state government and the Jharkhand state unit of the party went with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP while the Kerala state unit of the party which was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">Left Democratic Front</a> went with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Party_formation_and_performance">Party formation and performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Party formation and performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NCP was formed on 10 June 1999, by <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Anwar_(politician)" title="Tariq Anwar (politician)">Tariq Anwar</a> after they were expelled from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> on 20 May 1999, for disputing the right of <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italian</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a> to lead the party.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the NCP formed, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Congress_(Socialist)_%E2%80%93_Sarat_Chandra_Sinha" title="Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha">Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha</a> party merged into the new party.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the NCP being founded on opposition to the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, the party joined the Congress-led <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a> (UPA) to form the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Maharashtra" title="Government of Maharashtra">government of Maharashtra</a> in October 1999. In 2004, the party joined the UPA to form the national government led by <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a>. The NCP's leader, Sharad Pawar served as the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Minister of Agriculture</a> for both five-year terms of the Singh-led government. The party remained part of the Congress-led <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> state government until 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-KohliSingh2013_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KohliSingh2013-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 June 2012, P. A. Sangma left the NCP to contest <a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_presidential_election" title="2012 Indian presidential election">the presidential election</a>, which he lost.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">April and May 2014 Lok Sabha elections</a>, the UPA lost to the rival <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA) led by <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> and the NCP was out of government for the first time in ten years. The NCP broke its alliance with the Congress Party just before the <a href="/wiki/2014_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">October 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections</a> to contest them on its own.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the assembly election the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) emerged as the largest party and formed a minority government, initially with support from the NCP. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election_in_Maharashtra" title="2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra">April 2019, voting</a> took place for the 48 <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">Lok Sabha</a> seats from Maharashtra. The Congress and NCP had a seat-sharing arrangement.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, despite their differences, the BJP and <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(1966%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiv Sena (1966–2022)">Shiv Sena</a> once again contested the elections together under the NDA banner.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election was another landslide victory for the NDA, with the BJP and Shiv Sena winning 23 and 18 seats, respectively, out of the total of the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress Party won only one seat in the state whereas the NCP won five seats from its stronghold of western Maharashtra.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2019_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">October 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections</a>, the BJP–Shiv-Sena and NCP–Congress alliances remained intact for seat sharing. The BJP and Shiv Sena together gained the majority of seats in the assembly but could not form a government due to disagreements between the two parties. The BJP, with 105 seats, was far short of the 145 seats required to form a majority and declined to form a minority government. As a result, Shiv Sena started talks with the NCP and Congress to form a government. However, in a controversial move, on 23 November 2019, the BJP formed a government with support from the NCP, with <a href="/wiki/Ajit_Pawar" title="Ajit Pawar">Ajit Pawar</a> as Deputy Chief Minister. This government collapsed three days later with Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a> and Pawar resigning their respective positions. Finally, the NCP came back into power at the state level as part of the <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vikas_Aghadi" title="Maha Vikas Aghadi">Maha Vikas Aghadi</a> coalition formed with Shiv Sena and the Congress. On 28 November 2019, the Governor of Maharashtra swore in Shiv Sena chief <a href="/wiki/Uddhav_Thackeray" title="Uddhav Thackeray">Uddhav Thackeray</a> as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Thackeray's cabinet included ministers from the NCP in key portfolios.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, this alliance lost power in June 2022 after a rebel faction led by Shiv Sena leader <a href="/wiki/Eknath_Shinde" title="Eknath Shinde">Eknath Shinde</a> gathered the support of a majority of Sena MLAs and reestablished the previous Sena-BJP coalition.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, on 20 July, NCP President Sharad Pawar dissolved almost all units of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Party_symbol">Party symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Party symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election symbol of NCP is an analogue <a href="/wiki/Alarm_clock" title="Alarm clock">alarm clock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The clock is drawn in blue and has two legs and an alarm button. It is situated on a tri-coloured Indian flag.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2023_split">2023 split</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2023 split"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2023_Nationalist_Congress_Party_split" title="2023 Nationalist Congress Party split">2023 Nationalist Congress Party split</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2019_Maharashtra_political_crisis" title="2019 Maharashtra political crisis">2019 Maharashtra political crisis</a></div> <p>In July 2023, Ajit Pawar, along with many of his supporters, left the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and joined the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP government as a <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra">Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This caused the NCP to split into two factions, with Ajit Pawar claiming in a letter to the Election Commission that he had been elected party president on June 30.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first meeting after the split, he expressed a desire to retain the party's symbol and name, urged Sharad Pawar to retire and give opportunities to new people, and criticised many of Sharad's decisions, including the formation of a government with the Shiv Sena instead of the BJP in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 February 2024, <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">The Election Commission Of India (ECI)</a> awarded the party name and symbol to the faction headed by Ajit Pawar. The faction led by Sharad Pawar will be henceforth known as Nationalist Congress Party (SharadChandra Pawar)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies_and_criticism">Controversies and criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Controversies and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nationalist Congress Party has been extensively criticized for several reasons such as political corruption, insensitive comments, links to the underworld, and moral policing. </p><p>NCP leader <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a> was accused of having links to the underworld. This was revealed by former Supreme Court lawyer <a href="/wiki/Ram_Jethmalani" title="Ram Jethmalani">Ram Jethmalani</a>, who had confirmed that after the <a href="/wiki/1993_Bombay_bombings" title="1993 Bombay bombings">March 1993 bombings in Bombay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dawood_Ibrahim" title="Dawood Ibrahim">Dawood Ibrahim</a> had called him from <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, saying that he was prepared to come to India and stand trial, on the condition that he should not be subjected to any <a href="/wiki/Third-degree_methods" class="mw-redirect" title="Third-degree methods">third degree</a> treatment from the police.<sup id="cite_ref-algebra_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-algebra-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Jethmalani had conveyed this to <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a>, the political leaders in power did not agree to this proposal. As per Jethmalani, their refusal to allow Dawood's return was due to their fears that he would expose their secrets.<sup id="cite_ref-it_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2005, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers stormed a pub in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, broke window panes, damaged furniture, and thrashed visitors. The move came days after <a href="/wiki/Pune_Police" title="Pune Police">Pune Police</a> had forced five pubs to shut before the closing time of 12:30 am.<sup id="cite_ref-PuneNightLife_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PuneNightLife-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 November 2008, in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks" title="2008 Mumbai attacks">terrorist attack in Mumbai</a>, NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/R.R._Patil" class="mw-redirect" title="R.R. Patil">R.R. Patil</a> was forced to resign after making insensitive comments after the attack. He was quoted as saying, "They (the terrorists) came to kill 5,000 people but we ensured minimal damage".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When asked at a press conference whether the terror strike was an intelligence failure Patil said, "It is not like that. In big cities like this, incidents like this do happen. It's is not a total failure."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 April 2013, NCP leader <a href="/wiki/Ajit_Pawar" title="Ajit Pawar">Ajit Pawar</a>'s statement at a speech in <a href="/wiki/Indapur" title="Indapur">Indapur</a> sparked controversy due to its alleged callousness. In response to a 55-day fast by activists protesting the Maharashtra governments inability to provide water during a drought, he asked whether he should "urinate into [the dam]" to make up for the lack of water in it. After a public outcry against his statement, he publicly apologized, saying that the comment was the "biggest mistake of [his] life".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Senior Inspector <a href="/wiki/Sachin_Vaze" title="Sachin Vaze">Sachin Vaze</a>, an encounter specialist, was arrested for his involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Antilia_bomb_scare" title="Antilia bomb scare">Antilia bomb scare</a>. Through an investigation, Vaze revealed that he was acting at the behest of <a href="/wiki/Anil_Deshmukh" title="Anil Deshmukh">Anil Deshmukh</a>, who was then minister of Home Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vaze and Deshmukh were also involved in collecting extortion money in December 2020 from members of the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deshmukh was also under investigation by the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a> for money laundering, following accusations made by the former Mumbai <a href="/wiki/Police_commissioner" title="Police commissioner">Police commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/Param_Bir_Singh" title="Param Bir Singh">Param Bir Singh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 February 2022, NCP President and leader <a href="/wiki/Nawab_Malik" title="Nawab Malik">Nawab Malik</a> was arrested by the <a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a> in a money laundering case and his alleged links with underworld don <a href="/wiki/Dawood_Ibrahim" title="Dawood Ibrahim">Dawood Ibrahim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was charged and placed under arrest under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after several hours of grilling. </p><p>On 14 May 2022, Marathi television actress Ketaki Chitale was arrested by <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Mumbai Police">Mumbai Police</a> for allegedly sharing an objectionable post about Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of her arrest, NCP workers mobbed and attacked her and the officers who had arrested her. Chitale, who was molested, and her modesty was outraged by the NCP workers, and was later granted bail, was booked under IPC sections 500 (defamation), 501 (printing or engraving defamatory matter) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) of the Indian Penal Code.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_elections">General elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: General elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style=""> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Lok Sabha </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Seats<br />contested </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Seats won </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Votes polled </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">% of<br /> votes </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">State (seats) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>32 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 543 (1%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8 </td> <td>8,260,311 </td> <td>2.27% </td> <td> <ul><li>Maharashtra (6)</li> <li>Manipur (1)</li> <li>Meghalaya (1)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>32 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 543 (2%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td>7,023,175 </td> <td>1.80% </td> <td> <ul><li>Maharashtra (9)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>68 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 543 (2%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>8,521,502 </td> <td>1.19% </td> <td> <ul><li>Maharashtra (8)</li> <li>Meghalaya (1)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>36 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 543 (1%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>3 </td> <td>8,635,558 </td> <td>1.56% </td> <td> <ul><li>Maharashtra (4)</li> <li>Bihar (1)</li> <li>Lakshadweep(1)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 543 (0.9%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 0.9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td>8,483,632 </td> <td>1.39% </td> <td> <ul><li>Maharashtra (4)</li> <li>Lakshadweep(1)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 543 (0.2%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 0.2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4 </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> <ul><li>Maharashtra (1)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_Legislative_Assembly_elections">State Legislative Assembly elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: State Legislative Assembly elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Vidhan Sabha term </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Seats<br />contested </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Votes polled </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Seats<br />won </th> <th style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">% of<br /> votes </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Goa_Legislative_Assembly" title="Goa Legislative Assembly">Goa Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Goa_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election">2017</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>20,916 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 40 (3%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>2.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Goa_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election">2022</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>10,846 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 40 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.1% </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly" title="Gujarat Legislative Assembly">Gujarat Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election">2017</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>182 </td> <td>1,84,815 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 182 (0.5%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 0.5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election">2022</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>76,949 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 182 (0%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.36% </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly" title="Jharkhand Legislative Assembly">Jharkhand Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election">2019</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>63,320 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 81 (1%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>0.42% </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2016</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2,37,408 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 140 (1%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>1.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2021</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2,06,130 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 140 (1%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>0.99% </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">1999</a> </td> <td>10th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td>223 </td> <td>74,25,427 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>58 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">58 / 288 (20%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 20%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>22.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">2004</a> </td> <td>11th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td>124 </td> <td>78,41,962 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>13 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">71 / 288 (25%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>18.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">2009</a> </td> <td>12th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td>113 </td> <td>74,20,212 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>9 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">62 / 288 (22%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 22%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>16.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">2014</a> </td> <td>13th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td>278 </td> <td>91,22,285 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>21 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">41 / 288 (14%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>17.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">2019</a> </td> <td>14th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td>125 </td> <td>92,16,919 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>13 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">54 / 288 (19%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>16.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election">2024</a> </td> <td>15th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td>64 </td> <td>58,16,566 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>13 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">41 / 288 (14%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>9.01% </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly" title="Meghalaya Legislative Assembly">Meghalaya Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election">2018</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>29,287 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 60 (2%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>1.83% </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Arunachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election">2024</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 60 (5%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00B2B2; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_Rajya_Sabha_Members">List of Rajya Sabha Members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of Rajya Sabha Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#FFC0CB; color:">No. </th> <th style="background-color:#FFC0CB; color:">Name </th> <th style="background-color:#FFC0CB; color:">Date of Appointment </th> <th style="background-color:#FFC0CB; color:">Date of Retirement </th> <th style="background-color:#FFC0CB; color:">Duration </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Praful_Patel" title="Praful Patel">Praful Patel</a> </td> <td>05-Jul-2022 </td> <td>02-Jul-2028 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003221900000000000♠"></span>6 years, 27 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunetra_Pawar" title="Sunetra Pawar">Sunetra Pawar</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>08-Jul-2028 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003145100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 356 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Nitin Patil </td> <td>27-Aug-2024 </td> <td>08-Jul-2028 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003141100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 316 days</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Union_Ministers_from_NCP">List of Union Ministers from NCP</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: List of Union Ministers from NCP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">From </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">To </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Duration </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:">Constituency<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(House)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#00B2B2; color:"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India"><span style="color:black;background: white;">Prime Minister</span></a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">1 </th> <td rowspan="5"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries,_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D,_in_Mumbai_on_April_27,_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="592" data-file-height="754" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Minister of Agriculture</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(1940–)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">23 May 2004 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 May 2009 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Baramati_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baramati Lok Sabha constituency">Baramati</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Manmohan Singh Ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="13" style="background-color:#19AAED; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Minister of Agriculture</a> </td> <td>23 May 2009 </td> <td>26 May 2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182900000000000♠"></span>5 years, 3 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Madha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Madha Lok Sabha constituency">Madha</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">{Rajya Sabha (from 2014)}</a></small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Manmohan Singh Ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Minister of Food Processing Industries</a> </td> <td>19 January 2011 </td> <td>26 May 2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003122300000000000♠"></span>3 years, 127 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution</a> </td> <td>23 May 2009 </td> <td>19 January 2011 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002606000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 241 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">2 </th> <td rowspan="3"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Praful_Patel_addressing_at_the_presentation_ceremony_of_the_MoU_Excellence_Awards_%26_SCOPE_Excellence_Awards_for_the_year_2009-10,_in_New_Delhi_on_January_31,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Praful_Patel_addressing_at_the_presentation_ceremony_of_the_MoU_Excellence_Awards_%26_SCOPE_Excellence_Awards_for_the_year_2009-10%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_31%2C_2012.jpg/100px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Praful_Patel_addressing_at_the_presentation_ceremony_of_the_MoU_Excellence_Awards_%26_SCOPE_Excellence_Awards_for_the_year_2009-10%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_31%2C_2012.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Praful_Patel_addressing_at_the_presentation_ceremony_of_the_MoU_Excellence_Awards_%26_SCOPE_Excellence_Awards_for_the_year_2009-10%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_31%2C_2012.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2096" data-file-height="1662" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Minister of Civil Aviation</a><br /><b>[<abbr title="Minister of State (Independent Charge)">MoS(I/C)</abbr>]</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Praful_Patel" title="Praful Patel">Praful Patel</a><br /><small>(1957–)</small> </td> <td>23 May 2004 </td> <td>22 May 2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Manmohan Singh Ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 May 2009 </td> <td>19 January 2011 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002601000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 236 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Manmohan Singh Ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Heavy_Industries" title="Ministry of Heavy Industries">Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises</a> </td> <td>19 January 2011 </td> <td>26 May 2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003122300000000000♠"></span>3 years, 127 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">3 </th> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Minister of Parliamentary Affairs</a><br /><b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Suryakanta_Patil" title="Suryakanta Patil">Suryakanta Patil</a><br /><small>(1948–)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">23 May 2004 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 May 2009 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hingoli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency">Hingoli</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Manmohan Singh Ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Minister of Rural Development</a><br 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State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Sangma" title="Agatha Sangma">Agatha Sangma</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(1980–)</small> </td> <td>28 May 2009 </td> <td>27 October 2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003124800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 152 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tura Lok Sabha constituency">Tura</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Manmohan Singh Ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Industries">Minister of Food Processing Industries</a><br /><b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Anwar_(politician)" title="Tariq Anwar (politician)">Tariq Anwar</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(1951–)</small> </td> <td>28 October 2012 </td> <td>26 May 2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>)</small> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Members_of_Lok_Sabha">List of Members of Lok Sabha</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: List of 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data-file-width="296" data-file-height="310" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Tatkare" title="Sunil Tatkare">Sunil Tatkare</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raigad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raigad Lok Sabha constituency">Raigad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_General_Election_2019_by_alliance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Indian_General_Election_2019_by_alliance.svg/220px-Indian_General_Election_2019_by_alliance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Indian_General_Election_2019_by_alliance.svg/330px-Indian_General_Election_2019_by_alliance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Indian_General_Election_2019_by_alliance.svg/440px-Indian_General_Election_2019_by_alliance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1326" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammed_Faizal_P._P.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mohammed_Faizal_P._P.jpg/220px-Mohammed_Faizal_P._P.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mohammed_Faizal_P._P.jpg/330px-Mohammed_Faizal_P._P.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Supriya_Sule" title="Supriya Sule">Supriya Sule</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baramati_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baramati Lok Sabha constituency">Baramati</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amol_Kolhe" title="Amol Kolhe">Amol Kolhe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shirur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Shirur Lok Sabha constituency">Shirur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udayanraje_Bhosale" title="Udayanraje Bhosale">Udayanraje Bhosale</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Satara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Satara Lok Sabha constituency">Satara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_elections_in_India" title="2019 elections in India">2019 By-election</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shriniwas_Patil" title="Shriniwas Patil">Shriniwas Patil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_General_Election_2014.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Indian_General_Election_2014.svg/220px-Indian_General_Election_2014.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Indian_General_Election_2014.svg/330px-Indian_General_Election_2014.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Indian_General_Election_2014.svg/440px-Indian_General_Election_2014.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1380" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="782" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Anwar_(politician)" title="Tariq Anwar (politician)">Tariq Anwar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katihar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Katihar Lok Sabha constituency">Katihar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">List of political parties in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Rashtravadi_Congress" title="Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress">Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Maharashtra" title="Politics of Maharashtra">Politics of Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Congress_Party&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output 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title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AJSU_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="AJSU Party">AJSU Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen" title="All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen">All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">All India N.R. Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front" title="All India United Democratic Front">All India United Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Soneylal)" title="Apna Dal (Soneylal)">Apna Dal (Soneylal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">Bharat Rashtra Samithi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">Biju Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_People%27s_Front" title="Bodoland People's Front">Bodoland People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Forward_Party" title="Goa Forward Party">Goa Forward Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Hill State People's Democratic Party">Hill State People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">Indian National Lok Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_People%27s_Front_of_Tripura" title="Indigenous People's Front of Tripura">Indigenous People's Front of Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Conference">Jammu and Kashmir National Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party">Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janasena_Party" title="Janasena Party">Janasena Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janta_Congress_Chhattisgarh" title="Janta Congress Chhattisgarh">Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena" title="Maharashtra Navnirman Sena">Maharashtra Navnirman Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_National_Front" title="Mizo National Front">Mizo National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naam_Tamilar_Katchi" title="Naam Tamilar Katchi">Naam Tamilar Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_People%27s_Front" title="Naga People's Front">Naga People's Front</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nationalist Congress Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_%E2%80%93_Sharadchandra_Pawar" title="Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar">Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_of_Arunachal" title="People's Party of Arunachal">People's Party of Arunachal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Front_(Meghalaya)" title="People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya)">People's Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">Rashtriya Lok Samta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Loktantrik_Party" title="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party">Rashtriya Loktantrik Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Goans_Party" title="Revolutionary Goans Party">Revolutionary Goans Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">Shiv Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(UBT)" title="Shiv Sena (UBT)">Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front" title="Sikkim Democratic Front">Sikkim Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">Sikkim Krantikari Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipra_Motha_Party" title="Tipra Motha Party">Tipra Motha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)">United Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Party,_Liberal" title="United People's Party, Liberal">United People's Party, Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_the_People_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="Voice of the People Party (Meghalaya)">Voice of the People Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuvajana_Sramika_Rythu_Congress_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party">Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoram_Nationalist_Party" title="Zoram Nationalist Party">Zoram Nationalist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoram_People%27s_Movement" title="Zoram People's Movement">Zoram People's Movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unrecognized<br />parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahila_India_Naadalum_Makkal_Katchi" title="Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi">Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Rajakulathor_Peravai" title="All India Rajakulathor Peravai">All India Rajakulathor Peravai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambedkarite_Party_of_India" title="Ambedkarite Party of India">Ambedkarite Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amma_Makkal_Munnettra_Kazagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam">Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gana_Suraksha_Party" title="Gana Suraksha Party">Gana Suraksha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Kamerawadi)" title="Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)">Apna Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Samaj_Party_(Kanshi_Ram)" title="Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)">Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Mukti_Party" title="Bahujan Mukti Party">Bahujan Mukti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharipa_Bahujan_Mahasangh" title="Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh">Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Tribal_Party" title="Bharatiya Tribal Party">Bharatiya Tribal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Marxist_Party" title="Communist Marxist Party">Communist Marxist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_(Secular)" title="Congress (Secular)">Congress (Secular)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Azad_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Azad Party">Democratic Azad Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Prabodh_Chandra)" title="Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)">Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Makkal_Sakthi_Katchi" title="Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi">Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Vikas_Party" title="Goa Vikas Party">Goa Vikas Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondwana_Ganatantra_Party" title="Gondwana Ganatantra Party">Gondwana Ganatantra Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Janmukti_Morcha" title="Gorkha Janmukti Morcha">Gorkha Janmukti Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamro_Sikkim_Party" title="Hamro Sikkim Party">Hamro Sikkim Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Janta_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustan Janta Party">Hindustan Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">Hindustani Awam Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikkjutt_Jammu" title="Ikkjutt Jammu">Ikkjutt Jammu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indhiya_Jananayaga_Katchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi">Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_League" title="Indian National League">Indian National League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Apni_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party">Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Conference" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference">Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Workers_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party">Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)">Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jansatta_Dal_(Loktantrik)" title="Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)">Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebamani_Janata" class="mw-redirect" title="Jebamani Janata">Jebamani Janata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Party" title="Jharkhand Party">Jharkhand Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Pragnyavantha_Janatha_Party" title="Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party">Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khun_Hynniewtrep_National_Awakening_Movement" title="Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement">Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">Kerala Congress (Jacob)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Thomas)" title="Kerala Congress (Thomas)">Kerala Congress (Thomas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongunadu_Makkal_Desia_Katchi" title="Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi">Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Insaaf_Party" title="Lok Insaaf Party">Lok Insaaf Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loktantrik_Janata_Dal" title="Loktantrik Janata Dal">Loktantrik Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahan_Dal" title="Mahan Dal">Mahan Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makkal_Needhi_Maiam" title="Makkal Needhi Maiam">Makkal Needhi Maiam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marxist_Co-ordination_Committee" title="Marxist Co-ordination Committee">Marxist Co-ordination Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Secular_Conference" title="National Secular Conference">National Secular Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NISHAD_Party" title="NISHAD Party">NISHAD Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puratchi_Bharatham_Katchi" title="Puratchi Bharatham Katchi">Puratchi Bharatham Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthiya_Needhi_Katchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Puthiya Needhi Katchi">Puthiya Needhi Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthiya_Tamilagam" title="Puthiya Tamilagam">Puthiya Tamilagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raijor_Dal" title="Raijor Dal">Raijor Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Morcha" title="Rashtriya Lok Morcha">Rashtriya Lok Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Samaj_Paksha" title="Rashtriya Samaj Paksha">Rashtriya Samaj Paksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">Republican Party of India (Athawale)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_of_Kerala_(Bolshevik)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik)">Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(Leninist)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)">Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a></li> <li><a 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