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POLITICAL PARTIES - Coggle Diagram
POLITICAL PARTIES
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Features of pol. parties
- they agree on some policies and programmes for the society with a view to promote the collective good
- since there can be diff. views on what is good for all, parties try to persuade people why their policies are better than others
- they seek to implement these policies by winning popular support thro elections
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PARTY SYSTEM
in some countries only one party is allowed to control and run the govt. it is not considered a good option bc its not a democratic option
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several parties compete for power, and more than 2 parties have a reasonable chance of coming to power either on their own stregth or in alliance with others
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when several parties in a multi-party system join hands for the purpose of contesting elections and winning power, it is called an ALLIANCE or a FRONT
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ELECTION COMMISSION
while the commission treats all parties equally, it offers some special facilities to large and established parties
- these parties are given a unique symbol- only the official candidates of that party can use that election symbol
- these parties are recgonised by the commission and hence called 'recgonised pol. parties'
ROLE OF REGIONAL PARTIES
- In the last 3 decades the no. and strength of regional parties has expanded which has made our parliament more diverse
- these days not a single national party is able to secure a majority in lok sabha. therefore national parties form alliance with regional parties
- since 1996 state parties have got an opportunity to be part of the national level coalition govt. this strengthens our democracy and federalism
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thus parties reflect fundamental pol. divisions in a society. parties are about a part of the society and thus involve PARTISANSHIP
thus a party is known by which part it stands for, which policies it supports and whose interests it upholds
partisanship- a person who is strongly commited to a party, grp or faction
NATIONAL PARTIES
a party that secures at least 6% of the t. votes in lok sabha or assembly elections in 4 states and wins at least 4 seats in the lok sabha
these are country- wide parties. they have their units in various states. by and large all their units follow the same politics, programmes and strategies that are decided at national level
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STATE / REGIONAL PARTIES
a party that secures a least 6% of the t. votes in an election to the legislative assembly of a state and wins at least 2 seats
regional parties exist, operate and function at regional levels. a regional party has a regional outlook as it gives prominence to regional issues and specific problems of people of that region and influence people of that region
eg. shiv sena, aam admi party