: People's Assembly-percent of vote by party-NA; seats
by party - NA

Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the president
and remain in office until they reach the age of 65

Political parties and leaders: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Kushabhau
THAKRE, president, L. K. ADVANI, A. B. VAJPAYEE; Congress (I) Party,
Sonia GANDHI, president; Janata Dal Party, Sharad YADAV, president, I.
K. GUJRAL; Janata Dal (Ajit), Ajit SINGH; Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),
Laloo Prasad YADAV; Communist Party of India/Marxist (CPI/M),
Harkishan Singh SURJEET; Tamil Maanila Congress, G. K. MOOPANAR;
Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (a regional party in Tamil Nadu), M.
KARUNANIDHI; Samajwadi Party (SP), Mulayam Singh YADAV (president), Om
Prakash CHAUTALA, Devi LAL; Telugu Desam (Naidu) (a regional party in
Andhra Pradesh), Chandrababu NAIDU; Communist Party of India (CPI),
Indrajit GUPTA; Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Tridip CHOWDHURY;
Asom Gana Parishad, Prafulla Kumar MAHANTA; Congress (Tiwari), Arjun
SINGH and N. D. TIWARI; All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), Prem Dutta
PALIWAL (chairman), Chitta BASU (general secretary); Muslim League, G.
M. BANATWALA; Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress, Madhavro SCINDIA;
Karnataka Congress Party, S. BANGARAPPA; Shiv Sena, Bal THACKERAY;
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Kanshi RAM; Communist Party of
India/Marxist-Leninist (CPI/ML), Vinod MISHRA; Akali Dal factions
representing Sikh religious community in the Punjab; National
Conference (NC; a regional party in Jammu and Kashmir), Farooq
ABDULLAH; Bihar Peoples Party, Lovely ANAND; Samata Party (formerly
Janata Dal members), George FERNANDES; Indian National League,
Suliaman SAIT; Kerala Congress (Mani faction), K. M. MANI

Political pressure groups and leaders: various separatist groups
seeking greater communal and/or regional autonomy; numerous religious
or militant/chauvinistic organizations, including Adam Sena, Ananda
Marg, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

International organization participation: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB,
BIS (pending member), C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G- 6, G-15, G-19, G-24,
G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO,
ITU, MIPONUH, MONUA, NAM, OAS (observer), PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNOMIL, UNU, UPU, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

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