Question

Why are political parties necessary for democracy?

Answer 1

POLITICAL PARTIES ACT AS AN IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT. THE POLITICAL PARTIES HEAR THE PROBLEMS OF THE CITIZENS AND BRING IT TO THE NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT . HENCE THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE NECESSARY FOR DEMOCRACY

Answer 2

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.