Question

Characteristics of regional parties

Answer 1

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Regional parties are parties whose main holds are in one certain state and mostly they participate in the elections only within that state.

Most of these regional parties have agenda fitting certain culture dominant within that state.

Some of these regional parties also participate in neighboring states, which have constituencies with culture similar to the first state.

Different state parties were established at different periods because of different reasons. Some even have origins prior to India's independence

In India, regional parties have been coming up at regular intervals playing different roles in the country’s parliamentary democracy. Some parties like the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference were even founded before the country gained independence in 1947. But most of other parties came into existence after country attained freedom.