why do we need political parties in a democratic system
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Explanation:
Political parties play a major role in a democracy .
The major roles of political parties are:
1) Contest Elections
In most democracies elections are fought mainly among the candidates put up by political parties.
parties select their candidates in different ways.
in some countries like USA , members and supporters of a party choose their candidates.
2) Policies and programmes
in a democracy a large no. of similar opinions have to b grouped together to provide a direction in which politics can b formed.
A party reduces a vast multitude of opinions in few basic positions which it supports.
3) Making laws :
formally laws are debated and passed in a legislature.
4) Form and run government:
parties recruit leaders, train them and and make them ministers.
5) Role of Opposition:
those parties who loose in the elections play the role of Opposition to parties in power.
6) Parties Shape public opinion :
parties have lakhs of members and activists spread all over the country . many of pressure groups are extensions of political parties among different sections of society.
7) Parties provide people access to government machinery and welfare schemes :
For an ordinary citizen , it is easy to approach a local party leader than a gov officer.
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