The Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP–SP) is a political party in India formed under the leadership of Sharadchandra Pawar (commonly known as Sharad Pawar). It was formed after the Election Commission of India (ECI) recognised the group led by his nephew Ajit Pawar as the original Nationalist Congress Party. In 2026, Kerala State Unit of the party merged with Congress (Secular) to form a new party CSP.
History In July 2023, Ajit Pawar, along with 40 MLAs, left the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and joined the ruling Shiv Sena – BJP government as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. This caused the split in NCP. On 7 February 2024, ECI awarded the party name and symbol to the faction headed by Ajit Pawar. The faction led by Sharad Pawar got a new name "Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)".
Party symbol ECI has allotted "a man blowing tura (trumpet)" (in Marathi तुतारी वाजवणारा माणूस) as symbol to the party.
Party flag The flag of the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar after the split contains its logo and the Indian flag.
Electoral performance Lok Sabha (General) election results ElectionLok sabhaParty leaderPre-poll allianceSeats contestedSeats won+/- in seatsOverall VoteVote %Vote swingRef.202416thSharad PawarINDIA115,921,1620.92%
State assembly election results ElectionParty leaderPre-poll allianceSeats contestedSeats won+/- in seatsOverall voteVote %Vote swingSitting sideMaharashtra2024Sharad PawarMVA867,287,79711.28%
List of Lok Sabha members NameConstituencyYearPortrait Supriya Sule Baramati2024 Amar Sharadrao Kale Wardha Bhaskar Bhagare Dindori Suresh Mhatre Bhiwandi Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke Ahmednagar Dr. Amol Kolhe Shirur Dhairyasheel Mohite-Patil Madha Bajrang Sonwane Beed
List of Rajya Sabha members
NamePortraitStateTerm in officeAppointment dateRetirement dateSharad PawarMaharashtra
List of Members of Legislative Council Maharashtra Legislative CouncilElection YearPortraitMLCsConstituency2020Eknath KhadseElected by Members of Legislative Assembly 2020Arun LadElected from Graduate Constituencies
List of Members of Legislative Assembly List of Members of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Maharashtra Legislative Assembly15th Maharashtra AssemblyElection YearPortraitMLAConstituency2024Jayant PatilIslampurJitendra AwhadMumbra-KalwaRohit PatilTasgaon-Kavathe MahankalUttamrao JankarMalshirasRaju KhareMoholAbhijeet Dhananjay PatilMadhaNarayan PatilKarmalaSandeep KshirsagarBeedRohit Rajendra PawarKarjat JamkhedBapusaheb PathareVadgaon
List of Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly Kerala Legislative AssemblyElection YearPortraitMLAsConstituency
See also Politics of India List of political parties in India Nationalist Congress Party Politics of Maharashtra Politics of Kerala Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi
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