Dear student,
There is an error in your query. The year should have been 2019 instead of 2016.
As per the data by Election Commission of India, There were 2599 political parties registered for contesting elections. Out of these, 8 were national parties, 53 were state parties and 2538 were unrecognised parties.The eight national parties are listed as
a. Bahujan Samaj Party.
b Bharatiya Janata Party.
c. Communist Party of India.
d. Communist Party of India.
e. Indian National Congress.
f. Nationalist Congress Party.
g Bahujan Samaj Party
h. National Peope's Party.
Regards.