Year
|
Party
|
Leader
|
Region
|
Status
|
1923 |
Swaraj Party |
Chittaranjan Das, Motilal Nehru |
Bengal Presidency |
defunct merged with Indian National Congress
|
1939 |
All India Forward Bloc[1] |
Sardul Singh Caveeshar Sheel Bhadra Yagee Subhas Chandra Bose |
National |
active
|
1951 |
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[2] |
Jivatram Kripalani |
Mysore state Madras State Delhi Vindhya Pradesh |
defunct merged with Praja Socialist Party
|
1951 |
Hyderabad State Praja Party |
Tanguturi Prakasam N. G. Ranga |
Hyderabad State |
defunct merged with Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
|
1951 |
Saurashtra Khedut Sangh |
Narsinhbhai Dadhaniya Ratibhai Ukabhai |
Saurashtra State |
defunct merged with Swatantra Party
|
1956 |
Indian National Democratic Congress[3] |
C. Rajagopalachari |
Madras State |
defunct merged with Swatantra Party
|
1959 |
Swatantra Party[4] |
C. Rajagopalachari N. G. Ranga |
Bihar Rajasthan Gujarat Orissa |
defunct merged with Bharatiya Kranti Dal in 1974
|
1964 |
Kerala Congress[5] |
K. M. George |
Kerala |
active as the original party has various factions , which have split off from it such as Kerala Congress (M), Kerala Congress (Jacob), Kerala Congress (B), Kerala Congress (Democratic), Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas), Kerala Congress (Thomas), Kerala Congress (Nationalist)
|
1966 |
Orissa Jana Congress |
Harekrushna Mahatab |
Orissa |
defunct merged with Janata Party
|
1967 |
Bharatiya Kranti Dal[6] |
Charan Singh |
Uttar Pradesh |
defunct merged with Janata Party
|
1967 |
Bangla Congress |
Ajoy Mukherjee |
West Bengal |
defunct merged with Janata Party
|
1968 |
Manipur Peoples Party[7] |
Mohammed Alimuddin |
Manipur |
active
|
1969 |
Indian National Congress (R) |
Indira Gandhi |
National |
active recognized as the INC by the Election Commission (EC) after the 1971 general election. The party was allowed to call itself the Indian National Congress without any suffix and the EC also restored the frozen Congress symbol of two bullocks to it..[8]
|
1969 |
Indian National Congress (Organisation)[9] |
K. Kamaraj Morarji Desai |
National |
defunct merged with Janata Party
|
1969 |
Utkal Congress |
Biju Patnaik |
Orissa |
defunct merged with Janata Party
|
1969 |
Telangana Praja Samithi |
Marri Chenna Reddy |
Andhra Pradesh |
defunct merged with INC
|
1977 |
Congress for Democracy[10] |
Jagjivan Ram |
National |
defunct merged with Janata party
|
1978 |
Indian National Congress (Indira) |
Indira Gandhi |
National |
Recognised by the Election Commission as the INC in 1983
|
1979 |
Indian National Congress (Urs) |
D. Devaraj Urs |
Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Goa |
defunct
|
1980 |
Congress (A) |
A. K. Antony |
Kerala |
defunct merged with INC
|
1981 |
Indian National Congress (Socialist)[11] |
Sharad Pawar |
Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Goa |
defunct merged with INC
|
1981 |
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)[11][11] |
Jagjivan Ram |
Bihar |
defunct
|
1984 |
Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Sinha[12] |
Sarat Chandra Sinha |
Assam |
defunct merged with Nationalist Congress Party
|
1986 |
Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress |
Pranab Mukherjee |
West Bengal |
defunct merged with INC
|
1988 |
Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani[13] |
Sivaji Ganesan |
Tamil Nadu |
defunct merged with Janata Dal
|
1990 |
Haryana Vikas Party |
Bansi Lal |
Haryana |
defunct merged with INC
|
1994 |
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)[14] |
Narayan Dutt Tiwari Arjun Singh K. Natwar Singh |
Uttar Pradesh |
defunct merged with INC
|
1994 |
Karnataka Congress Party |
Bangarappa |
Karnataka |
defunct merged with INC
|
1994 |
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress |
Vazhapadi Ramamurthy |
Tamil Nadu |
defunct merged with INC
|
1996 |
Karnataka Vikas Party |
Bangarappa |
Karnataka |
defunct merged with INC
|
1996 |
Arunachal Congress |
Gegong Apang |
Arunachal Pradesh |
defunct merged with INC
|
1996 |
Tamil Maanila Congress[15] |
G. K. Moopanar |
Tamil Nadu |
active left the alliance with INC
|
1996 |
Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress |
Madhavrao Scindia |
Madhya Pradesh |
defunct merged with INC
|
1997 |
All India Trinamool Congress |
Mamata Banerjee |
National |
active left the alliance with INC
|
1997 |
Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress |
Vazhapadi Ramamurthy |
Tamil Nadu |
defunct
|
1997 |
Himachal Vikas Congress |
Sukh Ram |
Himachal Pradesh |
defunct merged with INC
|
1997
|
Manipur State Congress Party[16] |
Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh |
Manipur |
defunct merged with RJD
|
1998 |
Goa Rajiv Congress Party |
Francis de Souza |
Goa |
defunct merged with Nationalist Congress Party
|
1998 |
Arunachal Congress (Mithi) |
Mukut Mithi |
Arunachal Pradesh |
defunct merged with INC
|
1998 |
All India Indira Congress (Secular)[17] |
Sis Ram Ola |
Rajasthan |
defunct merged with INC
|
1998 |
Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi[18] |
Suresh Kalmadi |
Maharashtra |
defunct merged with INC
|
1999 |
Bharatiya Jan Congress |
Jagannath Mishra |
Bihar |
defunct merged with Nationalist Congress Party
|
1999 |
Nationalist Congress Party |
Sharad Pawar P.A. Sangma Tariq Anwar |
Maharashtra Meghalaya Bihar Kerala |
active in alliance with INC. In Kerala NCP is a member of the CPIM led Left Democratic Front, opposing INC led UDF
|
1999 |
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party |
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
Jammu and Kashmir |
active part of the government in Jammu and Kashmir in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party
|
2000 |
Goa People's Congress |
Francisco Sardinha |
Goa |
defunct merged with INC
|
2001 |
Congress Jananayaka Peravai |
P. Chidambaram |
Tamil Nadu |
defunct merged with INC
|
2001 |
Thondar Congress |
Kumari Ananthan |
Tamil Nadu |
defunct merged with INC
|
2001 |
Pondicherry Makkal Congress |
P. Kannan |
Puducherry |
defunct
|
2002 |
Vidarbha Janata Congress |
Jambuwantrao Dhote |
Maharashtra |
active
|
2002 |
Indian National Congress (Sheik Hassan) |
Sheik Hassan |
Goa |
defunct merged with Bharatiya Janata Party
|
2002 |
Gujarat Janata Congress |
Chhabildas Mehta |
Gujarat |
defunct merged with NCP
|
2003 |
Congress (Dolo) |
Kameng Dolo |
Arunachal Pradesh |
defunct merged with Bharatiya Janata Party
|
2003 |
Nagaland People's Front |
Neiphiu Rio |
Nagaland |
active
|
2005 |
Pondicherry Munnetra Congress |
P. Kannan |
Puducherry |
defunct merged with INC
|
2005 |
Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)[19] |
K. Karunakaran |
Kerala |
defunct merged with Nationalist Congress Party and a large number of workers returned to the INC with K. Karunakaran later his son K. Muraleedharan also returned to INC
|
2007 |
Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) |
Kuldeep Bishnoi |
Haryana |
merged with INC
|
2008 |
Pragatisheel Indira Congress (PIC) |
Somendra Nath Mitra |
West Bengal |
defunct merged with All India Trinamool Congress
|
2011 |
YSR Congress Party |
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy |
Andhra Pradesh |
active
|
2011 |
All India N.R Congress |
N. Rangaswamy |
Puducherry |
active
|
2014 |
Jai Samaikyandhra Party |
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy |
Andhra pradesh |
defunct merged with Indian National Congress
|
2014 |
Tamil Maanila Congress |
G. K. Vasan |
Tamil Nadu |
active
|
2016 |
Chhattisgarh Janata Congress |
Ajit Jogi |
Chhattisgarh |
active
|
|
All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress |
Surendra Pradhan |
Uttar Pradesh |
status unknown
|
|
Bharatiya Rajiv Congress |
|
|
status unknown
|