Past and Present Members
Currently, the parties in and supporting the NDA are:
- Bharatiya Janata Party (116 MPs)
- Janata Dal (United) - Bihar (20 MPs)
- Shiv Sena - Maharashtra (11 MPs)
- Shiromani Akali Dal - Punjab (4 MPs)
- Telangana Rashtra Samithi - Andhra Pradesh (2 MPs)
- Asom Gana Parishad - Assam (1 MP)
- Nagaland People's Front - Nagaland (1 MP)
- Uttarakhand Kranti Dal - Uttarakhand
- Janata Party - Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Jharkhand (Alliance in Jharkhand State with BJP)
- All Jharkhand Students Union - Jharkhand (Alliance in Jharkhand State with BJP)
- Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party - Goa (Alliance in Goa State with BJP)
- Haryana Janhit Congress - Haryana (1 MP)
Former members of the National Democratic Alliance, who have left the alliance:
- Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - Withdrew in 2002, blaming the BJP for its loss in the Jammu and Kashmir state elections. Omar Abdullah, son of former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, served as a Minister of State for External Affairs.
- Lok Jan Shakti Party - Withdrew following 2002 Gujarat religious riots. Its leader, Ram Vilas Paswan, served as the cabinet-level Communications, and later, Coal Minister.
- Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Joined the Congress Party during 2004 elections.
- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Joined the Congress party during 2004 elections.
- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Joined with Congress Party during 1999 elections; subsequently re-joined alliance during 2004 elections, but did not remain aligned post-defeat. Joined the Third Front before the 2009 elections.
- Pattali Makkal Katchi - Joined with Congress Party for the 2004 elections.
- Indian Federal Democratic Party - Its leader, P.C. Thomas, was a minister in the Vajpayee government and the only member of parliament in the alliance from Kerala. Following the 2004 election, he merged his party with the Kerala Congress, which is aligned with the Left.
- Trinamool Congress - West Bengal - Withdrew from the alliance at the end of 2007. Joined the Congress party before the 2009 elections.
- Biju Janata Dal - Orissa - Left the alliance just over a month before the 2009 elections.
- Indian National Lok Dal-Left due to seat sharing disagreements during Haryana assembly elections 2009.
- Rashtriya Lok Dal led by Ajit Singh - Uttar Pradesh has allied with Congress for 2012 UP assembly elections
Parties who gave outside support, but are no longer allies:
- Telugu Desam Party - In the monsoon session of parliament of 2005, the TDP decided not to continue as part of an NDA boycott of parliament. Speculation of an end to the NDA-TDP relationship was confirmed in August of that year, when the BJP and TDP contested local elections in Andhra Pradesh on their own. The TDP was the founding member of the Third Front in 2009.
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