Where we actually stand, legally

Before we publish a final name

None of these checks has been completed. Until they all are, “All India People's Governance Party” is a placeholder.

• Check the Election Commission of India list of registered parties
• Check State party registers for conflicting names
• Check for names in dispute or under adjudication
• Trademark search (classes covering political and publishing activity)
• Domain availability
• Social media handle availability
• Legal opinion on likelihood of confusion with existing parties
• Confirm the symbol does not breach the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950

The statutory declaration is deliberately missing

Every legally sensitive feature, and its state

Each feature below has a compliance gate. A blocked feature is genuinely switched off in the software, and the page tells the user why rather than quietly hiding it. Subject to applicable law, Election Commission requirements and legal review.

• Blocked

  Fundraising and donations

  Political contributions in India are governed by statute and Election Commission requirements, including rules on donor identity, foreign contributions, reporting thresholds and disclosure.

  Donations are not being accepted. This party is not registered, and the contribution workflow has not completed legal review. Any page describing donations here is a design preview only.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (5 questions)

  • Is the organisation legally permitted to solicit political contributions in its current registration state?
  • Which donor identity and citizenship checks are mandatory, and at what value thresholds?
  • What are the applicable reporting and disclosure obligations, and to whom?
  • Are the proposed payment rails and record formats acceptable for statutory reporting?
  • What is the lawful treatment of refunds, disputed payments and anonymous attempts?
• Blocked

  Party registration declarations

  Needs exact statutory wording

  Registration of a political party requires specific declarations, some of which must appear in the party constitution in prescribed wording.

  Registration has not been applied for. The statutory declaration in the Party Constitution is a placeholder pending exact wording confirmed by qualified legal counsel.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (4 questions)

  • What is the exact wording the law requires in the party constitution, and where is it published?
  • Which supporting documents and member declarations are required?
  • Which authority receives the application and in what form?
  • What ongoing obligations follow registration?
• Blocked

  Election campaigning and candidate management

  Campaign activity, expenditure and candidate conduct are regulated, including under the Model Code of Conduct once it is in force.

  Election and candidate modules are disabled. They will remain disabled until the party is registered and the applicable campaign rules have been reviewed.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (4 questions)

  • Is the party eligible to field candidates, and under what registration status?
  • What expenditure limits, reporting formats and deadlines apply?
  • What candidate eligibility and disclosure requirements apply?
  • What restrictions apply to digital campaigning and paid political content?
• Blocked

  Political advertising and paid promotion

  Paid political content is subject to pre-certification and disclosure requirements in several contexts.

  Paid political advertising features are disabled pending review.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (3 questions)

  • Does the intended content require pre-certification, and by which body?
  • What disclosure and archiving obligations apply on each platform?
  • How is expenditure attributed and reported?
• Blocked

  Internal candidate selection

  Internal selection must follow the party constitution, and public election eligibility is a separate statutory question.

  Candidate selection is disabled until the party is registered.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (3 questions)

  • Does the selection process match the adopted Party Constitution?
  • Is each shortlisted person independently eligible to contest under applicable law?
  • Are disclosures collected in the form the law requires?
• Blocked

  Internal organisational elections

  Organisational elections are expected to follow the party constitution and be capable of independent verification.

  Official organisational elections are disabled. Opinion polls and consultations remain available and are clearly labelled as non-binding.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (3 questions)

  • Does the electoral roll definition match the Party Constitution?
  • Who conducts independent review, and what access do they have to the audit trail?
  • What is the dispute and annulment process?
• Blocked

  Party name, symbol and emblem

  Use of national symbols and certain names is restricted, and a party symbol is allotted through a defined process.

  The name and mark used on this platform are working placeholders. No claim of allotment, registration or exclusivity is made.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (3 questions)

  • Does the proposed name conflict with any registered or recognised party?
  • Does the mark risk resembling the national flag, the State Emblem or the Ashoka Chakra?
  • What is the correct process and timing for symbol allotment?
• Supervised

  Rallies, protests, dharnas and strikes

  Public gatherings typically require prior permission from local authorities and police, and are subject to conditions on location, timing, noise and traffic.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (4 questions)

  • Which permissions are required for this location and gathering size, and from which authority?
  • Have permissions been obtained and are copies on file?
  • Is there a named responsible organiser, a safety plan and an emergency contact?
  • Are the published conduct rules consistent with the permission conditions?
• Supervised

  Membership eligibility

  Membership conditions must not discriminate unlawfully, and certain declarations (citizenship, age, non-membership of another party) are conventional or required.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (4 questions)

  • What minimum age and citizenship conditions apply?
  • Is a declaration of non-membership of another political party required, and in what form?
  • Are the collected declarations sufficient and lawful?
  • Do any membership conditions risk being discriminatory?
• Supervised

  Personal data processing

  Collection of mobile numbers, addresses, precise location and complaint content engages Indian data protection obligations, including notice, purpose limitation, retention and grievance redress.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (5 questions)

  • Is the notice given at collection sufficient, and is consent properly recorded and revocable?
  • Are retention periods defined and defensible for each data category?
  • Is the grievance officer designated and contactable?
  • Are cross-border transfers, if any, permitted?
  • Are the security safeguards proportionate to the sensitivity of complaint data?
• Supervised

  Financial records and disclosure

  Statutory accounting, audit and disclosure obligations apply separately from any voluntary public transparency.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (3 questions)

  • What statutory accounts, audits and returns are required, and by when?
  • Which donor details must be disclosed, and which must not be published?
  • Is the voluntary public reporting consistent with statutory reporting?
• Supervised

  Public political communication

  Published statements carry defamation, hate-speech and misinformation risk, and unsolicited messaging is separately regulated.

  What a lawyer has to confirm before this can be cleared (3 questions)

  • Does the content name or identify private individuals, and is that justified?
  • Are factual claims about other parties or officials evidenced and fairly stated?
  • Do bulk messaging practices comply with telecom regulations and consent requirements?

Privacy, in plain terms

Sources we monitor

We do not treat blogs or news summaries as legal authority. These are the sources of record.

• Census of India

  Administrative unit codes and population reference.

  pending
• Election Commission of India

  Party registration, list of registered parties, symbol allotment, model code of conduct.

  pending
• India Code

  Consolidated central and State legislation.

  pending
• Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice

  Authoritative text of central legislation.

  pending
• Open Government Data Platform India

  Public datasets for the India Data centre.

  pending
• Survey of India

  Authoritative reference for boundary depiction.

  pending

Image and data attribution

Every photograph is used under a free licence that requires attribution. Meeting that requirement is a legal obligation, not a courtesy.

The party mark is an original design. It is deliberately not the Ashoka Chakra and not the State Emblem of India, whose use is restricted under the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. It has twelve figures and an open ring; the Chakra has twenty-four spokes and is closed.