The Election Commission removes 17 unrecognised political parties from the list of registered parties in Uttarakhand, according to sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Uttarakhand. The parties delisted are those that have not contested any Lok Sabha or state assembly elections after 2019 and whose office addresses cannot be traced during physical verification.
The parties listed for removal include Bharat Qaumi Dal (Haridwar), Bharat Parivar Party (Haridwar), Bharatiya Samrat Subhash Sena (Haridwar), Peoples Party (Haridwar), Bharatiya Mool Nivasi Samaj Party (Dehradun), Bharatiya Antyodaya Party (Dehradun), Bharatiya Gram Nagar Vikas Party (Dehradun), Gorkha Democratic Front (Dehradun), Prajatantra Party of India (Nainital), Suraj Seva Dal (Haldwani) and Uttarakhand Janshakti Party (Dehradun).
The Commission had earlier removed six other parties from the Uttarakhand list: Bharatiya Jankranti Party (Dehradun), Bharatiya Janmanch Party (Dehradun), Maidani Kranti Dal (Dehradun), Prajamandal Party (Pauri Garhwal), Rashtriya Gram Vikas Party (Haridwar) and Rashtriya Jansahay Dal (Dehradun).