PM Candidate For Loksabha Election 2024 , List of parties included in NDA, UPA & Third Front (2023-2024)

Lok Sabha elections are held to choose the Prime Minister. This is India’s biggest and most important election. In this election, the members of the Lok Sabha are elected by public vote. For the first time in independent India, the Lok Sabha elections were held between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. In this election, under the leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress won the election with a huge majority and Nehru was elected the Prime Minister. Since then Lok Sabha elections have been held every 5 years. However, sometimes due to some reason, the tenure of the Lok Sabha has lasted for more than 5 years. So far elections have been held for the Lok Sabha 15 times. 16th Election to the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in India in April-May 2024. For this, preparations have now started in all political parties.
Since this election is also held to choose the Prime Minister, many parties have also selected prominent leaders from their side as the Prime Minister.

The leaders who have been selected for the Prime Ministerial candidate by the following political alliances for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are as follows –

• National Democratic Alliance (NDA) – Mr. Narendra Modi
• United Progressive Alliance (UPA) – Mr. Rahul Gandhi
• Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) – Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao
• Trinmul Congress Party (TMC) – Ms. Mamta Banerjee
• Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – Mr. Arvind Kejriwal

List of parties included in NDA (2023-2024) –

Although many political parties were involved in the NDA at the time of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but after a gap of 2-3 years, many parties left the NDA. The list of political parties included in NDA in 2023-2024 is as follows –

1. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (National Level Party)
2. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) (In Tamil Nadu)
3. Lok Jan Shakti Party(LJSP) (In Bihar)
4. Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) (In Assam)
5. United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) (In Assam)
6. Apna Dal Sonelal (In UP)
7. Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD Party) (In UP)
8. National People’s Party (NPP) (In Meghalaya)
9. Naga People’s Front (NPF) (In Meghalaya)
10. United Democratic Party (UDP) (In Meghalaya)
11. Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) (In Meghalaya)
12. Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) (In Nagaland)
13. Mizo National Front (MNF) (In Mizoram)
14. Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) (In Tripura)
15. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) (In Goa)
16. Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) (In Maharashtra)
17. Shiv Sena (Shinde) (In Maharashtra)
18. All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) (In Jharkhand)
19. Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) (In Haryana)
20. Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) (In Punjab)
21. Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) (SADS) (In Punjab)
22. Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha (JRS) (In Kerala)
23. Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) (In Kerala)
24. Kerala Kamaraj Congress (KKC) (In Kerala)

List of parties included in UPA (2023-2024) –

Although many political parties were involved in the UPA at the time of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but after a gap of 2-3 years, many parties left the UPA. And many other parties joined UPA. The list of political parties included in UPA in 2023-2024 is as follows –

1. Indian National Congress (INC) (National Level Party)
2. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) (In Tamil Nadu)
3. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (In Maharashtra)
4. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray Group) (In Maharashtra)
5. Janta Dal United (JDU) (In Bihar)
6. Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) (In Bihar)
7. Hindustani Aawam Morcha (HAM) (In Bihar)
8. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) (In Jharkhand)
9. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) (In Bihar & Tripura)
10. All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) (In Assam)
11. Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) (In J&K)
12. Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) (In Kerala)

List of Parties in the possible Third Front in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections –

Many political parties have neither joined the UPA alliance nor the NDA alliance till now. These national level parties and state regional level parties together can form a third front for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

1. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) (National Level Party)
2. Biju Janta Dal (BJD) (In Odisha)
3. Samajwadi Party (SP) (In UP)
4. Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) (In UP)
5. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) (In UP)
6. Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) (In UP)
7. Jansatta Dal Loktantrik (JDL) (In UP)
8. All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) (In West Bengal)
9. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) (In Telangana)
10. YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) (In Andhra Pradesh)
11. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) (In Andhra Pradesh)
12. Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) (In Bihar)
13. Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) (Chirag Paswan Group) (In Bihar)
14. Communist Party of India (CPI) (In Kerala)
15. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) (In Telangana)
16. Janta Dal Secular (JDS) (In Karnataka)
17. Kerala Congress (M) (In Kerala)
18. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (In Punjab)
19. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) (In Sikkim)
20. Tipra Motha Party (TMP) (In Tripura)