Cleaning up of the Electoral System Continues
Cleaning up of the Electoral System Continues
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PK/GDH/RP
Annexure – A
State-wise distribution of RUPPs delisted in second phase
SI No.
State/UT
No. of RUPPs
1
Andaman & Nicobar Island
1
2
Andhra Pradesh
17
3
Assam
3
4
Bihar
15
5
Chandigarh
1
6
Chhattisgarh
7
7
Delhi
40
8
Goa
4
9
Gujarat
10
10
Haryana
17
11
Himachal Pradesh
2
12
Jammu & Kashmir
12
13
Jharkhand
7
14
Karnataka
10
15
Kerala
11
16
Madhya Pradesh
23
17
Maharashtra
44
18
Manipur
2
19
Meghalaya
3
20
Mizoram
2
21
Nagaland
2
22
Odisha
7
23
Punjab
21
24
Rajasthan
17
25
Tamil Nadu
42
26
Telangana
9
27
Tripura
1
28
Uttar Pradesh
121
29
Uttarakhand
11
30
West Bengal
12
Total
474
Annexure – B
State-wise distribution of RUPPs identified for third phase of delisting
SI No.
State/UT
No. of RUPPs
1
Andhra Pradesh
8
2
Assam
2
3
Bihar
30
4
Chandigarh
1
5
Chhattisgarh
9
6
Delhi
41
7
Gujarat
9
8
Haryana
11
9
Himachal Pradesh
1
10
Jharkhand
7
11
Karnataka
13
12
Kerala
6
13
Madhya Pradesh
6
14
Maharashtra
1
15
Odisha
6
16
Punjab
11
17
Rajasthan
7
18
Sikkim
1
19
Tamil Nadu
39
20
Telangana
10
21
Uttar Pradesh
127
22
Uttarakhand
2
23
West Bengal
11
Total
- Political Parties (National/State/RUPPs) in the country are registered with the Election Commission India (ECI) under the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act 1951.
- Under provisions of the Act, any association once registered as a political party, gets certain privileges and advantages such as symbol, tax exemptions amongst others.
- Guidelines for registration of Political Parties mention that if the party does not contest elections continuously for 6 years, the party shall be taken off the list of registered parties.
- As part of a comprehensive and continuous strategy to clean up the electoral system, the ECI has been conducting a nationwide exercise to identify and delist Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) which have failed to fulfil the essential condition of contesting even a single election for 6 years continuously, since 2019,
- In the first phase of this exercise, ECI had delisted 334 RUPPs on August 9, 2025.
- In continuation, in the second phase, ECI delisted 474 RUPPs on September 18, 2025 based on non-contestation in elections conducted by ECI continuously for 6 years. Thus, 808 RUPPs have been delisted in the last 2 months. (Annexure-A)
- To take this initiative further, 359 such RUPPs have been identified, for having not submitted their Annual Audited Accounts in the last three financial years (i.e. 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) within the stipulated time period and have contested elections but not filed Election Expenditure Reports. These are from 23 different States and UTs across the country. (Annexure-B)
- In order to ensure that no party is unduly delisted, the CEOs of the respective States/UTs have been directed to issue show-cause notices to these RUPPs following which, the parties will be given an opportunity through a hearing by the concerned CEOs.
- The ECI takes the final decision on the delisting of any RUPP based on the reports of the CEOs.