TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE
GAZETTE OF INDIA
EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3,
SUB-SECTION (iii) IMMEDIATELY
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan,
Ashoka Road,
New Delhi – 110001
No.56/2009/PPS- II Dated : 14th March, 2009.
23 , Phalguan, 1930 (Saka).
NOTIFICATION
WHEREAS, the Election Commission of India has decided to update its
Notification No. 56/2008/PPS, dated 17th October, 2008, specifying the names of recognised
National and State Parties, registered-unrecognised parties and the list of free symbols, issued in
pursuance of paragraph 17 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, as
amended from time to time;
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of paragraph 17 of the Election Symbols
(Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, and in supersession of its aforesaid principal
notification No. 56/2008/PPS, dated 17th October, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extra-
Ordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-Section (iii), the Election Commission of India hereby
specifies: -
(a) In Table I, the National Parties and the Symbols respectively reserved for them
and postal address of their Headquarters;
(b) In Table II, the State Parties, the State or States in which they are State Parties and
the Symbols respectively reserved for them in such State or States and postal
address of their Headquarters;
(c) In Table III, the registered-unrecognized political parties and postal address of
their Headquarters; and
(d) In Table IV, the free symbols.
IN SO FAR AS elections to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir is
concerned, this notification shall be deemed to have been issued in terms of Rule 5 and 10 of
the Jammu and Kashmir Conduct of Election Rules, 1965 and under the Election Symbols
(Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 as made applicable for elections to the Legislative
Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir
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TABLE – I
NATIONAL PARTIES
Sl.
No
.
Name of the Party Symbol reserved Address
1. 2. 3. 4.
1.Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant
[ In all States/U.T.s except
in the States of
Assam and Sikkim,
where its candidates will
have to choose a symbol
from out of the list of free
symbols specified by the
Commission ]
16, Gurudwara Rakabganj
Road, New Delhi – 110001.
2.Bharatiya Janata Party Lotus 11, Ashoka Road,
New Delhi – 110001.
3.Communist Party of India Ears of Corn
and Sickle
Ajoy Bhawan, Kotla Marg,
New Delhi – 110002.
4.Communist Party of
India (Marxist)
Hammer, Sickle and Star A.K.Gopalan Bhawan,
27-29, Bhai Vir Singh Marg
(Gole Market),
New Delhi - 110001.
5.Indian National Congress Hand 24,Akbar Road,
New Delhi – 110011.
6. Nationalist Congress Party Clock 10, Bishambhar Das Marg,
New Delhi-110001.
7. Rashtriya Janata Dal Hurricane Lamp 13, V. P. House,
Rafi Marg,
New Delhi-110001.
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TABLE – II
STATE PARTIES
Sl.
No.
Name of the
State/Union
Territory
Name of the State Party Symbol
Reserved
Address
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. Andhra Pradesh 1. Telangana Rashtra
Samithi
2. Telugu Desam
Car
Bicycle
House No. 8-2-
220/110/1/3, Road
No.14, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh.
Telugu Desam Party
Office, N.T.R. Bhavan,
Road No.2, Banjara
Hills,
Hyderabad-500033.
(Andhra Pradesh).
2. Arunachal
Pradesh
Arunachal Congress Two Daos
Intersecting
G-Extention,
Naharlagun,
(Arunachal Pradesh).
3. Assam 1. Asom Gana Parishad
2. Assam United
Democratic Front
Elephant
Lock & Key
Head Office:- Gopinath
Bordoloi Road,
Guwahati- 781001
(Assam).
No.3 Friends Path,
Hatigaon, Guwahati-
781038(Assam)
4. Bihar 1. Janata Dal (United)
2. Lok Jan Shakti Party
Arrow
Bungalow
7, Jantar Mantar Road,
New Delhi-110001.
14, Janpath,
New Delhi – 110 011.
5. Goa 1.Maharashtrawadi
Gomantak
2. Save Goa Front
Lion
Aeroplane
Vikas 'A' Building, 3rd
Floor, Near Pharmacy
College, 18th June
Road,
Panaji-403001 (Goa).
1761, Subray,
Amrutnagar, Goghal,
Fatorda, Goa.
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Sl.
No.
Name of the
State/Union
Territory
Name of the State Party Symbol
Reserved
Address
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. Haryana Indian National Lok Dal Spectacles 100, Lodhi Estate,
New Delhi.
7. Jammu &
Kashmir
1. Jammu & Kashmir
National Conference
2. Jammu & Kashmir
National Panthers Party
3. Jammu and Kashmir
Peoples Democratic
Party
Plough
Bicycle
Ink Pot & Pen
(i) Sher-e-Kashmir
Bhavan, Residency
Road, Jammu
(J & K).
(ii) Nawai Subh
Complex, Zero Bridge,
Srinagar (J & K).
17, V.P. House,
Rafi Marg,
New Delhi-110001.
Nowgam Bye-Pass,
Srinagar (J & K).
8. Jharkhand 1. Janata Dal (United)
2. Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha
Arrow
Bow & Arrow
7, Jantar Mantar Road,
New Delhi-110001.
Bariatu Road,
Ranchi-834008
(Jharkhand).
9. Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) A Lady
Farmer
carrying
Paddy on her
head
5, Safdarjung Lane,
New Delhi – 110003.
10. Kerala 1. Janata Dal (Secular)
2. Kerala Congress
A Lady
Farmer
carrying
Paddy on
her head
Bicycle
5, Safdarjung Lane,
New Delhi – 110003.
State Committee
Office, Near Star
Theatre Junction,
Kottayam SouthKerala.
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Sl.
No.
Name of the
State/Union
Territory
Name of the State Party Symbol
Reserved
Address
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
3. Kerala Congress (M)
4. Muslim League
Kerala State
Committee
Two Leaves
Ladder
State Committee
Office, Near Fire
Station, Kottayam
(Kerala).
Kerala State
Committee, League
House, Red Cross
Road, Calicut-32
(Kerala).
11. Madhya
Pradesh
Samajwadi Party Bicycle 18, Copernicus Lane,
New Delhi.
12. Maharashtra Shiv Sena Bow and
Arrow
Shivsena Bhavan,
Gadkari Chowk, Dadar,
Mumbai-400028
(Maharashtra).
13. Manipur 1. Manipur People’s Party
2. National People’s
Party
Bicycle
Book
People’s Road, Imphal-
795001 (Manipur).
2nd Floor, MDU
Building, M.G.
Avenue,
Imphal-795001
(Manipur).
14. Meghalaya 1. All India Trinamool
Congress
2. United Democratic
Party
Flowers &
Grass
Drum
30-B, Harish Chatterjee
Street, Kolkata-700026
(West Bengal).
Mawlai Nonglum,
Shillong-793008
(Meghalaya).
15. Mizoram 1. Mizo National Front Star General Headquarters,
Zarkawt, Aizawl
(Mizoram).
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Sl.
No.
Name of the
State/Union
Territory
Name of the State Party Symbol
Reserved
Address
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
2. Mizoram People’s
Conference
2. Zoram Nationalist
Party
Electric Bulb
Sun (without
rays)
General Headquarters,
Treasury Square,
Aizawl-796001
(Mizoram).
General Headquarters,
Treasury Square,
Aizawl-796001
(Mizoram).
16. Nagaland Nagaland Peoples Front Cock Post Box No.565,
Kohima-797001,
Nagaland.
17. Orissa 1. Biju Janata Dal
2. Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha
Conch
Bow & Arrow
Naveen Nivas,
Aerodrome Gate,
Bhubaneswar-751009
(Orissa).
Bariatu Road, Ranchi –
834008, Jharkhand.
18. Puducherry 1.All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam
Two Leaves 275,Avvai Shanmugam
Salai, Royapettah,
Chennai-600014
(Tamil Nadu).
2.Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam
Rising Sun ‘Anna Arivalayam’
268-269, Anna Salai,
Teynampet, Chennai-
600018 (Tamil Nadu).
3. Pattali Makkal Katchi
4. Pudhucherry Munnetra
Congress
Mango
Bell
63, Nattu Muthu
Naiken Street, Vanniya
Teynampet, Chennai-
600018 (Tamil Nadu).
No. 82, Chetty Street,
Pondicherry – 605 001.
19. Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Scales Building No.6, Sector-
28 B, Madhya Marg,
Chandigarh – 160028
.
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Sl.
No.
Name of the
State/Union
Territory
Name of the State Party Symbol
Reserved
Address
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
20. Sikkim Sikkim Democratic Front Umbrella Upper Deorali,
Gongtok, East Sikkim.
21. Tamil Nadu 1.All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam
Two leaves 275,Avvai Shanmugam
Salai, Royapettah,
Chennai-600014
(Tamil Nadu).
2.Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam
Rising Sun ‘Anna Arivalayam’
268-269,Anna Salai,
Teynampet,
Chennai-600018
(Tamil Nadu).
3.Marumalarchi Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam
4. Pattali Makkal Katchi
Top
Mango
‘THAYAGAM’,
No.141, Rukmani
Lakshmi Pathi Salai,
Egmore, Chennai-
600008 (Tamil Nadu).
63, Nattu Muthu
Naiken Street, Vanniya
Teynampet, Chennai-
600018 (Tamil Nadu).
22. Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party Bicycle 18,Copernicus Lane,
New Delhi.
23. Uttarakhand 1.Samajwadi Party Bicycle 18,Copernicus Lane,
New Delhi.
2. Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Chair Rochipura, P.O. Majra,
Dehradun,
(Uttarakhand).
24. West Bengal 1.All India Forward Bloc Lion 28,Gurudwara Rakab
Ganj Road,
New Delhi –110001
2. All India Trinamool
Congress
Flowers
& Grass
30-B, Harish Chatterjee
Street, Kolkata-700026
(West Bengal)
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No.
Name of the
State/Union
Territory
Name of the State Party Symbol
Reserved
Address
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
3. Revolutionary Socialist
Party
Spade &
Stoker
37 Ripon Street
(Muzaffar Ahmed
Sarani), Kolkata-
700016 (West Bengal).
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TABLE – III
REGISTERED UNRECOGNISED PARTIES
Sl.
No.
Name of the Registered Unrecognised
Political Party
Headquarters Address
1. 2. 3.
1. Aadijan Mukti Sena ‘First Floor’, 21, Durgesh Vihar, J.K.
Road, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
2. Aadivasi Sena Party At & Post – Rupvel (Nishal Falia),
Tal. Vansada, Distt. Navsari-396 321,
Gujarat.
3. A-Chik National Congress (Democratic) Dakopgre (Opp. office of Inspector &
School), sTura, West Garo Hills,
Meghalaya – 794 101.
4. Adarsh Lok Dal Abu Nagar, Opposite Police Station
Fatehpur City, Distirct, Fatehpur (U.P).
5. Adarsh Political Party 405, Kundan Bhawan Commercial
Complex,
Azadpur, Delhi-110 033.
6. Adarshwadi Dal Jawahar Road, Khurja-203136,
Distt. Bulandshahr, (U.P.).
7. Advait Ishawasyam Congress Guruaaiyanwari Ashram,
Riva Naka, Meher, Distt. Satna,
Madhya Pradesh.
8. Agar Jan Party V-949, Aggarwal Wali Gali, Near Main
Krishna Gali, Moujpur, Delhi-110053.
9. Ajeya Bharat Party A-14, Mohan Estates, Mathura Road,
New Delhi.
10. AJSU Party Saket Vihar, Harmu, Ranchi,
Ranchi-834 002 (Jharkhand).
11. Akahand Bharat Maha Sangh Sarvahara
Krantikari Party
Sunfool, Kota-1, (Rajasthan).
12. Akali Dal (1920) 296, Sector 10-A, Chandigarh-160010.
13. Akhand Bharat Ekta Andolan Basant Bhawan, 17/34, Singhan Street,
Kashipur-Pin Code-244713, Distt.
Udham Singh Nagar (Uttaranchal).
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14. Akhand Bharat National Party 22-3-947/33/A/1/1, Mega City No.125,
Purani Haveli, Opp. Setwin Office,
Hyderabad-500002, Andhra Pradesh.
15. Akhand Bharat Samaj Party E-14, First Floor, DDA Mini Market,
Sultan Puri, Delhi – 110086
16. Akhand Bharti E-5 (1st Floor), Bali Nagar,
Shivaji Marg, New Delhi-110015.
17. Akhand Jharkhand People's Front At & P.O.- Gidhaur, Distt. Jamui,
Bihar – 811305.
18. Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Mandir Marg, New Delhi-110001.
19. Akhil Bharat Samagra Kranti Party Rajendra Pandey’s House,
In front street of Dr. Saleem Ahmad,
Katra, Basti, District Basti,
Pin Code No.272001, Uttar Pradesh.
20. Akhil Bharatiya Aman Committee 1/9986, West Gorakh Park, Shahdara,
Delhi-110032.
21. Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena 117/0/117, Gita Nagar, Kanpur-208025
(Uttar Pradesh).
22. Akhil Bharatiya Bharat Mata – Putra
Paksha
Office – Nandurbar, Pin-425412,
Distt. Dhulia (Maharashtra).
23. Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Nirmoolan
Sena
Om Building, Chhatrapathi Shivaji
Chowk, Gondhale Nagar, Hadpsar,
Pune-411002 (Maharashtra).
24. Akhil Bharatiya Congress Dal