Political parties necessary condition for democracy. Analyse the statement with an example
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. They provide the leaders who form the government to run the administration.
They also form the opposition in the legislature to act as a check on the government.
. They provide a means for the general people to make their voices heard in the legislature and government. They represent the people in the legislature and ensure that laws are passed to reflect the will of the people.
1. Every candidates will become Independent if their will be no political parties. So their will be no one to make promise to the people about major policy changes etc.
2. Functions like contesting elections, putting forward different policies and programmes, etc. are performed by political parties only.
3. Emergence of representative government is linked with the rise of political parties. Large societies are now in need to collect their views and to present it to the government.
4. Political parties fulfill all those expectations that representative governments have.
5. Concerning the various reasons above we can say that political parties are a necessary conditions for democracy.
For Example, political parties choose candidates for elections, like in USA and India.