6 multi-party political system in this country, but the national political party, the Indian National Congress's political system is the most effective. In the history of independent India, the Indian National Congress party is mainly in the hands of the government is. Largest political organization in India due to the independence of the Congress, whose leader originally Nehru - Gandhi family member, someone is taking a leading role in national politics for forty years.
In 1996, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the largest political organization and has emerged as a solid opposition of Congress presented the first time in history. But further power is actually in the hands of the coalition government, which was supported by the entire Congress. In 1999, the National Jntantrik BJP coalition with smaller parties (NDA), and 5-year term to the first non - Congress regime. Governments of the decade prior to 1999 was of short duration, in years seven different Governments. The NDA government in 1999 but its 5 year term and brought many reforms.
Flswrup the general election of 2004 and the Congress party won the most seats came to power with a very slim majority Nexus by Congress, the CPI (Marxist) and the United Progressive Alliance, with many state-level parties (UPA) government made known. Today, the main opposition party and its allies play.
