Parties

Spectrum

Far-left or left
Left or centre-left
Centre
Regionalism
Ecologism
Islam
Centre-right or right
Right or far-right

Traditional India alliances

*Third Front (far-left) = Biju Janata Dal (BJD, ) + Communist Parties of India (CPI, /CPI-M, ) + Janata Dal (JD(S), /JD(U), ) + Samajwadi Party (SP, )
*United Progressive Alliance (left) = Indian National Congres (INC, ) + Nationalist Congress Party (NCP, ?) + Indian Union Muslim League (IUML, ) + Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM, ) + Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD, )
*National Democratic Alliance (right) = Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, ?) + Lok Janshakti Party (LJP, ) + Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD, ) + Shiv Sena (-, ) + Telugu Desam Party (TDP, )

Traditional South India parties

*Karnataka - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, ?)
*Kerala - Communist Party of India (CPI, )
*Andhra Pradesh - Indian National Congres (INC, ), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP, ?), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Telugu Dessam Party (TDP, )
*Tamil Nadu - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK, )

South India parties for the independence

*Central Party (CP, ) = Third Front + United Progressive Alliance, excepting the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML, ) + All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK, ) + 50 % of the National Democratic Alliance
*Vitalist Party (VP, )

Vitalian parties after the independance

*Central Vitalist Party (CVP, ) = Central Party (CP, ) + Vitalist Party (VP, )
*Muslim League (ML, )
*Pragmatic Radical Party (PRP, )
*United Front (UF) = Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) + 50 % of the old National Democratic Alliance, including Shiv Sena (-, ), and the National Party (NP)

Parliament diagram

Shiv Sena (-, ) appears in orange