A political party is recognized as a state party, if

The correct answer is It gets 6% votes in the State elections or 2 seats in the assembly.

Key Points

• According to the criteria laid down by the Election Commission, a party that secures at least six per cent of the total votes in an election to the legislative assembly of a state and wins at least two seats is recognized as a state party.
• If a party is recognized as a regional party the Election Commission, reserve a symbol for its exclusive use in the state.
• Political Party conditions:
  • A registered party is recognized as a National Party only if it fulfills any one of the following three conditions:
    • The party wins 2% of the seats in the Lok Sabha (as of 2014, 11 seats) from at least 3 different States; or
    • At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in four States and in addition, it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats from any state or states; or
    • A party gets recognition as State Party in four or more States.
  • Parties recognized as such are given unique symbols which only the official candidates of that party can use.
  • The parties that get these privileges and some other special facilities are recognized by the Election Commission of India for this purpose.
  • That is why these parties are called recognized parties.
  • As recognized by the Election Commission of India as in March 2014.

Additional Information

• A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government.
• They agree on some policies and programs for the society with a view to promoting the collective good.
• Since there can be different views on what is good for all, parties try to persuade people why their policies are better than others.
• They seek to implement these policies by winning popular support through elections.
• Thus, parties reflect fundamental political divisions in society.
• Parties are about a part of the society and thus involve PARTISANSHIP.
• Thus a party is known by which part it stands for, which policies it supports and whose interests it upholds.
• A political party has three components: the leaders, the active members, and the followers.