Which Party Supports, Opposes Modi Govt's Major Move 'One Nation One Election': Check List

New Delhi: The Modi Cabinet on Wednesday accepted the recommendations of a high-level committee on conducting the simultaneous elections in the country popularly known as "One Nation, One Election". The Kovind-led panel in its report said that they approached 62 political parties, of which 47 responded. Out of these 47 political parties, 32 supported the big ticket move of conducting Lok Sabha and Assembly elections together while 15 of them opposed the panel's report.

List of political parties who are in support of One Nation One Election  

1. Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP )
2. AIADMK
3. All Jharkhand Students' Union
4. Apna Dal (Soney Lal)
5. ASOM Gana Parishad 
6. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
7. Biju Janata Dal
8. Lok Janashakti Party (R)
9. Mizo National Front
10. National People's Party (NPP) 
11. Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
12. Shiv Sena
13. Janata Dal (United)
14. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
15. Shiromani Akali Dal 
16. United People's Party Liberal 

These parties not only supported the move but also advocated its adoption for saving scarce resources, protecting social harmony, and stimulating economic development, the Kovind-panel report said.

Political parties who opposed One Nation One Election  

• Congress
• Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
• Samajwadi Party (SP)
• Communist Party of India (Marxist)  
• AIUDF
• The Trinamool Congress
• AIMIM
• CPI
• DMK
• Naga People's Front
• CPI(ML) Liberation
• Social Democratic Party of India
• Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal
• Bharatiya Samaj Party
• Gorkha National Liberal Front
• Hindustani Awam Morcha
• Rashtriya Lok Jan Shakti Party
• Nationalist Congress Party ( Ajit Pawar )

Parties who didn't clear stand on One Nation One Election 

• Bharat Rashtra Samithi
• Indian Union Muslim League
• Jammu And Kashmir National Conference
• Janata Dal (Secular)
• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
• Kerala Congress (M)
• Nationalist Congress Party
• Rashtriya Janata Dal
• Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
• Revolutionary Socialist Party
• Sikkim Democratic Front
• Telugu Desam Party
• YSR Congress Party

Which parties supported move on simultaneous elections in 2019? 

According to the report, at the 2019 meeting, the parties that had supported the idea were -- the BJP , Nationalist Congress Party, Janata Dal (United), YSR Congress , Biju Janata Dal, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Lok Janashakti Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, Apna Dal, All Jharkhand Students' Union, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, National Democratic Progressive Party, National People's Party, People's Democratic Party, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Republican Party of India.

The CPI(M), AIMIM and RSP were the only parties that had opposed it.