"A Political Party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government." India has a multi-party system with recognition accorded to national, state and district level parties. The status is reviewed periodically by the election commission of India (ECI). Political Parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the ECI.
Below provided is a list of Indian Political Parties (National & State) and names of the current leaders of the Indian Political Parties.

A registered party is recognized as a National Party only if it fulfills any one of the following three conditions.

1. The party wins 2% of seats in the Lok Sabha (as of 2014, 11 seats) from at least 3 different States. 2. 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. 3. A party gets recognition as a State Party in four or more states.

Below listed are the National Level Indian Political Parties.

A registered party has to fulfill any of the following conditions for recognition as a State Party:

1. A party should win minimum three percent of the total number of seats or a minimum of three seats in the Legislative Assembly. 2. A party should win at least one seat in the Lok Sabha for every 25 seats or any fraction there of allotted to that State at a general election to the Lok Sabha. 3. A political party should secure at least six percent of the total valid votes polled during general election to a Lok Sabha or State Legislative Assembly and should, in addition, win at least one Lok Sabha, and two Legislative Assembly seats in that election, 4. Under the liberalized criteria, one more clause that it will be eligible for recognition as State Party if it secures 8% or more of the total valid votes polled in the State.addition to one seat in any state.

Below listed are the State Level Indian Political Parties