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The Election Commission (EC) has given the ‘State Party' tag to the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP), both in Manipur State, and the Goa Vikas Party (GVP) in Goa in view of their performance in the recent Assembly election.
The Trinamool — led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — which lost its “State Party” recognition during July 2010 in Meghalaya following its poor performance, has again got recognition in three States — West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. Now the party is short of recognition in one State to get the “National Party” recognition.
As per EC rules, a party may be declared a “National Party” if it has recognition as “State Party” in four or more States.
In the recent election in Manipur, the Trinamool won seven out of 60 Assembly seats and also got the recognition as the main Opposition party.
It secured as much as 18 per cent of the total votes polled.
EC sources said soon the Commission would be writing letters individually to the three parties.
A party gets “State” recognition, if it secures at least one seat for every 25 Lok Sabha seat from that State or one Assembly seat for every 30 seats of the Assembly or six per cent of the total votes polled in the general election to the Lok Sabha/Assembly in that State.
The Trinamool — led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — which lost its “State Party” recognition during July 2010 in Meghalaya following its poor performance, has again got recognition in three States — West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. Now the party is short of recognition in one State to get the “National Party” recognition.
As per EC rules, a party may be declared a “National Party” if it has recognition as “State Party” in four or more States.
In the recent election in Manipur, the Trinamool won seven out of 60 Assembly seats and also got the recognition as the main Opposition party.
It secured as much as 18 per cent of the total votes polled.
EC sources said soon the Commission would be writing letters individually to the three parties.
A party gets “State” recognition, if it secures at least one seat for every 25 Lok Sabha seat from that State or one Assembly seat for every 30 seats of the Assembly or six per cent of the total votes polled in the general election to the Lok Sabha/Assembly in that State.