Bhubaneswar: With all set for Presidential election on Monday, the political parties have announced their support to the two candidates in the race.
While BJP-led NDA has announced Droupadi Murmu as its candidate, Yashwant Sinha has been nominated by the opposition parties. Murmu belongs to a tribal community of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha and Sinha is a former Union minister.
As many as 44 parties have extended their support to Murmu and 34 parties have supported Sinha in the election. Following is the full list of parties supporting Murmu:
1. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
2. Janata Dal United (JDU)
3. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)
4. Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
5. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
6. Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP)
7. Apna Dal Sonelal (ADS)
8. Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP)
9. Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)
10. Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)
11. Naga People’s Front (NPF)
12. National People’s Party (NPP)
13. Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)
14. United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL)
15. Mizo National Front (MNF)
16. Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD)
17. Nationalist Progressive Democratic Party (NDPP)
18. All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU)
19. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
20. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
21. Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC)
22. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)
23. Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM)
24. Bodoland People’s Front (BPF)
25. Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RASP)
26. Jana Sena Party (JSP)
27. All India Namathu Rajiyam Congress (AINRC)
28. Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP)
29. United Democratic Party (UDP)
30. People’s Democratic Front (PDF)
31. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)
32. Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP)
33. Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA)
34. Republican Party of India Athawale (RPI-A)
35. Tamil Maanila Congress Moopanar (TMC-M)
36. Indigenious Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT)
37. Puratchi Bharatham Katchi (PBK)
38. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
39. Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
40. Jansatta Dal Loktantrik (JSDL)
41. Shiv Sena (SHS) and Shiv Sena rebel group (Eknath Shinde)
42. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
43. Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP)
44. Janata Dal Secular (JDS)
The parties supporting Sinha as Presidential candidate are as following:
1. Indian National Congress (INC)
2. All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
3. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
4. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
5. Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M)
6. Communist Party of India (CPI)
7. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)
8. Samajwadi Party (SP)
9. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
10. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
11. Communist Party of India Marxist–Leninist (CPI-ML)
12. Kerala Congress Mani (KCM)
13. Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
14. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC)
15. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)
16. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)
17. Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
18. All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
19. All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)
20. Raijor Dal (RD)
21. Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK)
22. Kerala Congress (KC)
23. Kongu Desa Makkal Katchi (KDMK)
24. Kerala Congress Jacob (KCJ)
25. Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI)
26. Congress (Secular) (CS)
27. Janadhipathya Kerala Congress (JKC)
28. Kerala Congress Balakrishna (KCB)
29. Indian National League (INL)
30. National Secular Conference (NSC)
31. Nationalist Congress Kerala (NCK)
32. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)
33. Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK)
34. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
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