Election Commission
Cleaning up of the Electoral System Continues
ECI starts proceedings to delist another 476 RUPPs
Posted On:
11 AUG 2025 5:17PM by PIB Delhi
- Political Parties (National/State/RUPPs) in the country are registered with the 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 of the Election Commission to clean up the electoral system, ECI has been conducting a nationwide exercise to identify and delist Registered Unrecognized 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 round of this exercise, ECI has already delisted 334 RUPPs on 9th August 2025 bringing down the number of listed RUPPs from 2,854 to 2,520.
- As part of second round of the exercise, another 476 RUPPs have been identified, which are from different States and UTs across the country. (Annexure)
- 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.
- Based on the reports of the CEOs, the final decision regarding the delisting of any RUPP shall be taken by the Election Commission of India.
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PK/GDH/RP
Annexure
State-wise distribution of RUPPs
|
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
|
41
|
|
8
|
Goa
|
5
|
|
9
|
Gujarat
|
10
|
|
10
|
Haryana
|
17
|
|
11
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2
|
|
12
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
12
|
|
13
|
Jharkhand
|
5
|
|
14
|
Karnataka
|
10
|
|
15
|
Kerala
|
11
|
|
16
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
23
|
|
17
|
Maharashtra
|
44
|
|
18
|
Manipur
|
2
|
|
19
|
Meghalaya
|
4
|
|
20
|
Mizoram
|
2
|
|
21
|
Nagaland
|
2
|
|
22
|
Odisha
|
7
|
|
23
|
Punjab
|
21
|
|
24
|
Rajasthan
|
18
|
|
25
|
Tamil Nadu
|
42
|
|
26
|
Telangana
|
9
|
|
27
|
Tripura
|
1
|
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
121
|
|
29
|
Uttarakhand
|
11
|
|
30
|
West Bengal
|
12
|
|
|
Total
|
476
|
(Release ID: 2155101)