ASSIGNMENT__DEMOCRACY

INDIA POLITICAL PARTY

Indian Political parties

• A political party is an organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members through the acquisition and exercise of political power.
• In democracies, political parties are elected to run a government by the electorate.
• Political parties are the back bone of democracy.

Political parties in India

• India has a multi-party system with predominance of small regional parties.
• Political parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India. 
• The party is recognised in four or more states, is declared as a "National party" by the EC. Otherwise, it is known as a "State Party".
• All parties contesting the elections have to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols offered by the EC

National parties

Symbols of Indian political parties

State Regional Parties

Regional parties are parties whose main holds are in one certain state and mostly they participate in the elections only within that state.