Question

People who fight elections on their own and without the support of political parties

are called.​

Answer 1

They are called independent candidates.

Independent candidates are the people whose ideologies differ from the any existing political party. Hence, they are not affiliated to any party.

Till now, no independent candidate has reached the position of President and Prime Minister in India.

These type of candidates also fight the elections to distract the voters and to cause loss to rival party. In some cases, they also have similar names to already existing political parties.

Answer 2

Answer: People who fight elections on their own and without the support of political parties are called independent politicians or nonpartisan politicians.

More information:

• Countries such as Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, etc. have this function of electoral viewpoint.

• Some renowned nonpartisan politicians are Martin Bell, Dr Richard Taylor and Arthur Uther Pendragon. Of them, the greatest till date was George Washington, who was the first President of United States.