The Election Commission recognizes a political party as a national party if
- 1. it secures at least six percent of the total valid votes polled in four or more States in a general election to the Lok Sabha or to the State Legislative Assemblies.
- 2. it wins at least four seats in a general election to the Lok Sabha from any State or States.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC NDA-1 – 2016
– Statement 2 describes winning at least four seats in a general election to the Lok Sabha from any State or States.
– According to Election Commission rules, one of the ways to be recognised as a National Party is to meet both the condition in statement 1 AND the condition in statement 2 (Criterion 1: 6% vote share in 4+ states + 4 LS seats).
– Winning at least two percent of the total seats in the Lok Sabha (currently 11 seats) from at least three different States.
– Being recognised as a State party in at least four States.
The question focuses specifically on the first criterion as broken down into the two statements.