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Notes states is automatically recognized as a national party. Below is the list of recognized state
parties ahead of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh State Assembly elections in December
2007. The states where the party has gained recognition is also stated, although the party
may very well be active in more states and territories than that.
Indian state governments led by various political parties as of 2007:

1. All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal)
2. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK, "All India Anna Federation
for Progress of Dravidians") (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry)

3. All India Trinamool Congress (Meghalaya, West Bengal)
4. Arunachal Congress (Arunachal Pradesh)
5. Asom Gana Parishad ("Assam People's Federation") (Assam)
6. Biju Janata Dal (Orissa)

7. Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (Bihar)
8. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK, "Federation for Progress of Dravidians") (Tamil
Nadu, Puducherry)

9. Federal Party of Manipur (Manipur)
10. Indian Federal Democratic Party (Kerala)
11. Indian National Lok Dal ("Indian National People's Party") (Haryana)
12. Indian Union Muslim League (Kerala, registered as 'Muslim League Kerala State
Committee')
13. Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (Tripura)
14. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)

15. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
16. Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
17. Janata Dal (Secular) ["People's Party (Secular)"] (Karnataka, Kerala)
18. Janata Dal (United) ["People's Party (United)"] (Bihar, Jharkhand, Nagaland)

19. Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy ("Association for Defence of Democracy")
(Kerala)
20. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) ("Jharkhand Liberation Front") (Jharkhand, Orissa)

21. Kerala Congress (Kerala)
22. Kerala Congress (Mani) (Kerala)
23. Lok Jan Shakti Party (Bihar)
24. Lok Satta Party (Andhra Pradesh)

25. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (Goa)
26. Maraland Democratic Front (Mizoram)
27. Manipur People's Party (Manipur)
28. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)

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