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Every symbol below is painted on walls across the country at election time. Here is what the parties behind them put in writing.

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From the Preamble of the Constitution

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Who governs where

The party leading each state or union-territory government. A snapshot as of Jul 2026 — who governs changes with every election.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Union Territory (central) Andhra Pradesh — Telugu Desam Party Arunachal Pradesh — Bharatiya Janata Party Assam — Bharatiya Janata Party Bihar — Janata Dal (United) Chandigarh — Union Territory (central) Chhattisgarh — Bharatiya Janata Party Dadra & Nagar Haveli — Union Territory (central) Daman & Diu — Union Territory (central) Delhi — Bharatiya Janata Party Goa — Bharatiya Janata Party Gujarat — Bharatiya Janata Party Haryana — Bharatiya Janata Party Himachal Pradesh — Indian National Congress Jammu & Kashmir — J&K National Conference Jharkhand — Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Karnataka — Indian National Congress Kerala — Indian National Congress Lakshadweep — Union Territory (central) Madhya Pradesh — Bharatiya Janata Party Maharashtra — Bharatiya Janata Party Manipur — President's Rule Meghalaya — National People's Party Mizoram — Zoram People's Movement Nagaland — NDPP Odisha — Bharatiya Janata Party Puducherry — All India N.R. Congress Punjab — Aam Aadmi Party Rajasthan — Bharatiya Janata Party Sikkim — Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Tamil Nadu — Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Telangana — Indian National Congress Tripura — Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh — Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand — Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal — Bharatiya Janata Party

Numbers show how many states/UTs each party governs. Colours from established references. source ↗

All parties we track

Bharatiya Janata Party symbol

Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP

est. 1980 · 7228 positions · 7202 quotes

Hindutva national conservatism
Communist Party of India (Marxist) symbol

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

CPI(M)

est. 1964 · 2028 positions · 1920 quotes

communism Marxism–Leninism
Aam Aadmi Party symbol

Aam Aadmi Party

AAP

est. 2012 · 0 positions · 0 quotes

populism anti-corruption
All India Trinamool Congress symbol

All India Trinamool Congress

TMC

est. 1998 · 0 positions · 67 quotes

populism secularism Bengali regionalism
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam symbol

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

DMK

est. 1949 · 0 positions · 0 quotes

Dravidianism social democracy secularism
Indian National Congress symbol

Indian National Congress

INC

est. 1885 · 0 positions · 0 quotes

big tent social liberalism secularism
Samajwadi Party symbol

Samajwadi Party

SP

est. 1992 · 0 positions · 0 quotes

socialism social justice
Shiv Sena symbol

Shiv Sena

SHS

est. 1966 · 0 positions · 0 quotes

Hindutva Marathi regionalism