The variety of registered unrecognised political events has elevated two-fold from 2010 to 2019, in line with a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a ballot rights group. Either newly registered events or these which haven’t secured sufficient proportion of votes within the meeting or common elections to turn out to be a state celebration, or these which have by no means contested elections since being registered are thought of unrecognised events. From 1,112 such events in 2010, the variety of unrecognised registered events has elevated to 2,301 in 2019.
“The number of registered unrecognised political parties has increased two-fold in the last 10 years. It is important to note that the number of such parties increases disproportionately during the year of Parliamentary elections especially.
Of the total 2,301 registered unrecognised parties as of March 2019, 653 parties or 28.38 per cent of them belong to Uttar Pradesh, followed by 291 parties or 12.65 per cent from Delhi and 184 or eight per cent from Tamil Nadu. The Election Commission of India issued guidelines on ‘Transparency and Accountability in party funds and election expenditure submission of reports by unrecognised political parties’ which were applicable to all political parties w.e.f October 1, 2014. As per these guidelines, all unrecognised parties are required to submit their requisite reports in the office of the respective state CEOs.