The political parties got the constitutional recognition for the first time in the year

Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2010 · Topic: Political Parties (Registration and Recognition of Political Parties by Election Commission of India)

1. 1975
2. 1977
3. 1985
4. 1995

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