Differentiate between national and regional parties. Write any four po

Differentiate between national and regional parties. Write any four points.

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S.No	National Parties	Regional Parties
(i)	A party that secures at least 6% of total votes in Lok Sabha electrons or Assembly elections in four states and wins at least four seats in the Lok Sabha is recognized as a national party.	A party that secures at least 6% of the total votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of a state and wins at least two seats is recognised as a state party or regional party.
(ii)	National parties will have influence in more than three states. For example: INC, BJR BSP, CPI-M, CPI and NCP.	Regional parties will have influence in three states. For example: Samajwadi Party, Samata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, DMK, AIADMK.