Question

Write four features of party system in india?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. One Party Dominance System:

The party system operating in India does not conform to the two party systems of Britain and the USA.

2. A Multi-Party System:

Since the disintegration of the consensus based Congress system in 1967, the Indian Parties have fit the category of a multi-party system. India has as many as Seven National Parties and 48 State parties.

4. Factions within the Parties:

All political parties tend to be factionalised. In non-communist parties the faction leaders tend to be community, caste or religious leaders who have skillfully built-Patron-client relationship among the members of different castes or communities.

4. Emergence of Regional Parties:

In India, several all-India parties have suffered in strength and regional parties have grown in number and influence. Thus, Tamil Nadu has become a stronghold of the DMK followed by the ADMK; the Punjab is dominated by the Akali Dal; Assam has been ruled by the AGP; Jammu & Kashmir is governed by the National Conference and Shiv Sena has emerged a powerful force in Maharashtra politics.

Answer 2

The four elements of the party system in India are:

Multi-party system:

• As a country of social and cultural diversity, India has been the natural home of a multi-party system.
• There are currently several large working groups operating in India at the national and regional levels.
• Some parties are national level and some are regional or local political parties.

Rapid Change of Group Structures:

• Group structure in India has been changing rapidly and rapidly due to divisions, revolutions, and alliances.
• Almost all political parties lived apart.
• The Congress had four major divisions in 1969, 1977, 1995 and 1999.
• In 1999 the Nationalist Congress Party came out of a split in the ANC.

Outstanding ANC Position between1947-89:

• India's multi-party system initially functioned as a single multi-party system.
• Between 1947-67, the ANC took full control of the Indian political landscape at the national and national level.
• It won 354, 371, 361 seats in 1952, 1957 and the 1962 National Elections respectively.

Presence of Recognized Opposition:

• Initially when the Indian Party System operated as a one-party system with the majority, the lack of effective opposition was its main weakness.