Differences between a national party and a regional/state party.
National Party |
Regional Party/State Party |
1. A party that secures at least 6% of total votes in Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections in four states and wins at least four seats in the Lok Sabha is recognised as a national party. |
1. A party that secures at least 6% of the total votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of a state and wins at least 2 seats is recognised as a regional party/state party. |
2. National parties will have influence in more than three states. |
2. Regional party will have influence in less than three states. |
3. These parties raise issues of national importance. For example: INC, BJP, BSP, CPI-M, CPI and NCP. |
3. These parties raise issues of regional importance.For example: Samajwadi Party, Samta Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, DMK, AIADMK. |