Why do we need political parties? Explain.(Delhi - 2014)
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Explanation:
(i) Parties contest elections. (ii)Parties put forward different policies and programmes and voters choose from them. (iii) Parties play a decisive role in making laws for a country. (v)Those parties that lose in the elections plays the role of opposition to the parties in power.
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 the party's agenda.
Political institutions are the organizations in a government which create, enforce, and apply laws. They often mediate conflict, make (governmental) policy on the economy and social systems, and otherwise provide representation for the population.