# Political parties in Jharkhand

A number of political parties operate in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Some of them are organised nationally, and others within the region.

## Major national parties

| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Strength (in recent elections) | Strength (in recent elections) | Strength (in recent elections) | Ref. |
| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Vidhan Sabha | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | Ref. |
| 1 | | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | Babulal Marandi | 21 / 81 | 8 / 14 | 3 / 6 | |
| 2 | | Indian National Congress (INC) | Keshav Mahto Kamlesh | 16 / 81 | 2 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |

## Minor national-level parties

| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Strength (in recent elections) | Strength (in recent elections) | Strength (in recent elections) | Ref. |
| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Vidhan Sabha | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | Ref. |
| 1 | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) | Prakash Viplab | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 2 | | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | Mayawati | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 3 | | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |

## Regional parties

| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Strength (in recent elections) | Strength (in recent elections) | Strength (in recent elections) | Ref. |
| No. | Symbol | Party | Leader | Vidhan Sabha | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | Ref. |
| 1 | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) | Hemant Soren | 34 / 81 | 3 / 14 | 3 / 6 | |
| 2 | | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) | Abhay Kumar Singh | 4 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 3 | | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIMLL) | Manoj Bhakt | 2 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 4 | | All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) | Sudesh Mahto | 1 / 81 | 1 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 5 | | Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) | Jairam Kumar Mahato | 1 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 6 | | Janata Dal (United) (JDU) | Khiru Mahto | 1 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 7 | | Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | Birendra Prasad Pradhan | 1 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 8 | | All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) | Kameshwar Baitha | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 9 | | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP)) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 10 | | Communist Party of India (CPI) | Mahendra Pathak | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 11 | | Jharkhand People's Party (JPP) | Surya Singh Besra | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 12 | | Jharkhand Party | Ajit Kumar | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 13 | | Jharkhand Party (Anosh Ekka) | Anosh Ekka | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 14 | | Jharkhand Party (Horo) | Late Niral Enem Horo | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 15 | | Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Naren | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 16 | | United Jharkhand Party (UJP) | Late Justin Richard | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 17 | | All India Jharkhand Party (AIJP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 18 | | Hul Jharkhand Party (HJP) | Late Justin Richard | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 19 | | Birsa Seva Dal (BSD) | Lalit Kuzur | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 20 | | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 21 | | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | Arun Mondal | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 22 | | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C)) | Robin Samajpati | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 23 | | Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 24 | | Aam Awam Morcha (AAM) | Ram Naresh Yadav | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 25 | | Rashtriya Jankranti Morcha (RJM) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 26 | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Ulgulan (JMM-U) | Krishna Mardi | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 27 | | Jharkhand Jan Kranti Morcha (JJKM) | Amrendra Kumar (Munni) | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 28 | | Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (PHJP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 29 | | Rajya Hul Jharkhand Party (RHJP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 30 | | Rashtriya Sengel Party (RSP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 31 | | Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASP-KR) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 32 | | Samajwadi Party (SP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 33 | | Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) | Prem Shankar Shahi Munda | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 34 | | Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party (SBKP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 35 | | Adivasi-Moolvasi Janadhikar Manch (AMJM) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 36 | | Ambedkar National Congress (ANC) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 37 | | Rashtriya Samanta Dal (RSD) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 38 | | Samata Party (SP) | Uday Mandal | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 39 | | Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 40 | | Right to Recall Party (RTRP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 41 | | Ambedkarite Party of India (API) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 42 | | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) (PPID) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 43 | | Lokhit Adhikar Party | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 44 | | Azad Adhikar Sena (AAS) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 45 | | Bhartiya Azad Sena (BAS) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 46 | | Hindustani Awam Manch (United) (HAM-U) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 47 | | Rashtriya Deshaj Party (RDP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 48 | | Bhartiya Janjagran Gandhiwadi Party (BJGP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 49 | | Indian National Socialistic Action Forces (INSAF) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 50 | | Rashtriya Jansangharsh Swaraj Party (RJSP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 51 | | Republican Party of India (A) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 52 | | Swatantra Rashtravadi Party (SRP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 53 | | Bhagidari Party(P) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 54 | | Rashtriya Suraksha Party (RSP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 55 | | Rashtriya Jaihind Party (RJP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 56 | | Mera Adhikaar Rashtriya Dal (MARD) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 57 | | Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 58 | | Bharatiya Sarvjan Vikas Party (BSVP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 59 | | Abua Jharkhand Party (AJP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 60 | | Sadan Vikas Party (SVP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 61 | | Akhil Bhartiya Aarakshit Samaj Party (ABASP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 62 | | Aadarsh Sangram Party (ASP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 63 | | Hindustan Peoples Party (Democratic) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 64 | | Rashtriya Republican Party (RRP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 65 | | Akhil Bharatiya Jharkhand Party (ABJP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 66 | | Lok Jan Vikas Morcha | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 67 | | Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 68 | | Navyug Pragatisheel Morcha (NPM) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 69 | | Johaar Party (JP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 70 | | Jagrook Janta Party (JJP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 71 | | Swabhiman Party (SP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 72 | | Jai Maha Bharath Party (JMBP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 73 | | Aapki Vikas Party (AVP) | | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |
| 74 | | Jharkhand Bachao Kranti Sena Samiti (JBKSS) | Sanjay Mehta | 0 / 81 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 6 | |

## Defunct regional parties

| No. | Party | Founder | Leader | Defunct Year | Reason |
| 1 | Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC) | A. K. Roy | Arup Chatterjee | 2024 | Merged into CPI(ML)L |
| 2 | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P) | Babulal Marandi | Babulal Marandi | 2020 | Merged into BJP |
| 3 | Jai Bharat Samanta Party (JBSP) | Madhu Koda | Madhu Koda | 2018 | Merged into INC |
| 4 | Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) | Salkhan Murmu | Salkhan Murmu | 2014 | Merged into BJP |
| 5 | Jharkhand Vananchal Congress (JVC) | Samresh Singh | Samresh Singh | | Merged into BSP |
| 6 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B) (JMM-B) | Binod Bihari Mahato | Binod Bihari Mahato | | Merged into JMM |
| 7 | Jharkhand Vikas Dal (JVD) | Suraj Mandal | Suraj Mandal | | Merged into BJP |
| 8 | Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch (JJM) | Bandhu Tirkey | Bandhu Tirkey | | |
| 9 | United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) | Churchill Alemao | | | |
| 10 | Rastriya Kalyan Pakshya (RKP) | Chamra Linda | Chamra Linda | | Merged into JMM |
| 11 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Suraj Mandal) (JMM-SM) | Suraj Mandal | Suraj Mandal | | Merged into JMM |
| 12 | Bihar Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (BPHJP) | Shibu Soren | Shibu Soren | | Merged into JMM |