Election analysis is tough work. You will not get the figures you want immediately. One has to keep searching for them for quiet some time and then has to make some estimates to come out with missing numbers.
What the party membership numbers of political parties in India?
Why this information collection exercise?_______________________________________________
11 January 2014
Aam Aadmi Party, the latest political party in India made a claim that its membership will reach one crore (10 million) by 26 January 2014. This raises the question what is the membership of Congress and BJP?
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) - Membership
AAP estimates that its membership will grow to one crore by end January.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/aap-launches-main-bhi-aam-aadmi-sees-one-crore-membership-by-jan-end-1333239.html
Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP Membership
All-India
2000
The General Secretary's report in that year said the total primary membership is 3 crore.
Active membership is 2.43 lakh (Active member has to enrol 25 primary members)
http://www.bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=342:general-secretarys-report&catid=90&Itemid=503
Goa
62,000 new members joined in South Goa district
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/BJPs-South-Goa-membership-drive-successful-Mesquita/articleshow/28653547.cms
Gujarat
Already the Gujarat BJP has strong membership base of nearly 44 lakhs. Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has set the target to make at least five lakh new members so that by the time the Lok Sabha polls are declared, the State BJP would have strong base of 50 lakh members.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/gujarat-bjp-target-5l-new-cadre.html
BJP minority cell will have one lakh members.
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/bjp-minority-membership-drive-on-modis-birthday-gets-good-response/1170295
Karnataka
20 October 13
BJP trying to enrol 15,000 professionals as volunteers
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-to-enrol-15000-volunteers-for-campaigning-in-karnataka/article5251991.ece
Madhya Pradesh
BJP has 50 lakh members
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/assembly-elections-2013/madhya-pradesh-assembly-elections/BJP-wont-blink-first-waits-for-Congress-to-reveal-its-cards/articleshow/24476514.cms
Rajasthan
Active members: 1.6 lakh
General members 11.5 lakh
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/jaipur/34217419_1_membership-drive-anti-congress-campaign-monsoon-session
Rajasthan has a target of enroling 11 lakh youth members.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bjp-youth-wing-to-enrol-1-crore-new-members-before-lok-sabha-polls/406811-3.html
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha has a target of enroling one crore new members. Presently it has 55 lakh membership.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bjp-youth-wing-to-enrol-1-crore-new-members-before-lok-sabha-polls/406811-3.html
West Bengal
The membership doubled recently and now it is 2 lakh
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140105/jsp/bengal/story_17753432.jsp#.UtEn2dKBni5
Congress Membership
All India
The party membership was 4.4 crore in 1997
In 2000 it was 3 crore.
http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20000916/ina16050.html
Karnataka
2003
The state has put a target of 51 lakhs.
http://hindu.com/2003/01/09/stories/2003010905630400.htm
Uttar Pradesh
2008
UPCC President Rita Bahuguna set a target of One crore primary members in UP for Congress party.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/22/stories/2008062251350300.htm
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
It has 10,42,000 members in 2013
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Kerala-forms-the-best-part-of-CPM-membership-pie/2013/08/20/article1742799.ece
YSR Congress - Andhra Pradesh
YSR Congress has a target of one crore membership.
http://www.telugupeople.com/news/News.asp?newsID=66842&catID=59
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