Registered Unrecognized Political Parties

• The Election Commission of India has revised rules for allocating common symbols to Registered Unrecognized Political Parties, subject to certain conditions.

• ECI announced that RUPPs which have
  • submitted their contribution reports and audited annual accounts for the past three financial years,
  • as well as election expenditure statements for their last two contested elections,
  • will be eligible for ‘concession of common symbol allotment’.
• A newly registered party, a political group that has not attained a certain vote percentage or general elections to be recognised as a state/national party, or one that has not contested elections since its registration, are considered RUPPs.

Note

• The Election Commission of India (ECI) registers political parties for the purpose of elections and grants them recognition as national or state parties on the basis of their poll performance.
• The other parties are simply declared as registered-unrecognised parties.