Janata (janatā), is a Hindi word for "the populace"; or "the people". Following the firstJanata coalition in the 1970s between theLok Dal, theCongress (O) and theSocialist Party, it has become part of the name of a number of federal- and state-level, present and historical, political parties in India or neighbouring states (many of which claim descent from constituents of the original coalition), including:
InIndian federal politics:
In Indian constitutive states:
Outside India:
