described various features of political party in democracy
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For other uses, see Political party (disambiguation).
In politics, a political party is an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who otherwise have the same political positions, and who field candidates for elections, in an attempt to get them elected and thereby implement their agenda. Political parties are a defining element of representative democracy.
The members of political parties coordinate to collectively achieve and use political power.
While there is some international commonality in the way political parties are recognized and in how they operate, there are often many differences, some of which are significant. Most of political parties have an ideological core, but some do not, and many represent ideologies very different from their ideology at the time the party was founded. Many countries, such as Germany and India, have multiple significant political parties, and some nations have one-party systems, such as China and Cuba. The United States is in practice a two-party system but with many smaller parties also participating.
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The main features of political parties are as follows
(i) They reflect fundamental political division in a society.
(ii) They seek to implement policies and programmes of their agenda by winning popular support through election.
(iii) They are formed to promote the collective good through policies and programmes.
(iv) Parties contest elections.
(v) Parties that lose in elections play the role of opposition to the parties in power.
(vi) Parties form and run governments.