describe the main characteristics of a political party
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Characteristics of a Political Party
(a) Political parties are groups of well organized like minded people with the same views and opinions.
(b) The members of the political party agree to policies and programmes to be implemented for the benefit of society with a view to promote collective good.
(c) Every political party has one common aim and that is to attain power in one way or another. For this they contest elections and try to win them. If they single handedly are unable to win a majority, they make an alliance with other parties to form a coalition government.
(d) Political parties try to persuade people that their policies are better than those of other parties.
(e) Political parties are a part of society and thus involve partnership.
(f) A political party runs with the help of its leaders, active members and suppourters.
(g) A party is generally known by what it stands for, the policies it suppourts and the interests it upholds.
Characteristics of Political Party
Explanation:
1. Political parties are the representatives of the people in a democratic election.They form the government on behalf of the people.
2.After coming to power, political parties develop policies and programmes for the welfare and benefit of the people.
3.Parties select and recruit people for various government and legislative office.
4.Parliamentary democracy cannot function without political parties.The party which gets the majority vote forms the govt and the minority party forms the opposition.The opposition exposes the drawbacks and inefficiency of the running govt. and makes public concious.
5.It is only through the propaganda of political parties published in newspapers, magazines and journals that people come to know about their programmes. So the medium of press and media is used by political parties to educate the public.