Its abt political....life

1. Political Parties
POLITICAL SCIENCE

3. Functions of political parties
Functions
*Contest elections by putting up their
candidates
*Frame policies and programmes to
attract general public
*Play decisive role in the law making
process in parliament
Functions
*Form and run government
*Play the role of opposition when not
in majority
Functions
*Shape public opinion by raising and
highlighting public issues
*Provide access to government
machinery and welfare schemes
through local party leaders

4. Necessity/importance/Significance of political
Parties
 Without political parties:
 Every candidate in the elections will be independent.
 No promises could be made and the utility of the government formed will
remain uncertain
 No one will be responsible for running the country.
 Elected representatives will be accountable only to their constituency
 There will be no agency together and present different views on various
issues to the government
 No one will be responsible for bringing various representatives together so as
to form a responsible government
 There will be no mechanism to support the government, make policies and
justify or oppose them.

5. Types of party System
One –party system
• Only one party is allowed to
control and run the
government
• Communist party in China is
the best example if one
party system.
Two – party system
• Power usually changes
between two main parties
• Other parties may exit,
contest elections and win
only a few seats
• The United States of
America and the United
Kingdom are the examples
of two-party system
Multi party system
• More than two parties have
a reasonable chance of
coming together to form
the government
• Coalition government and
alliance system are the
specific features of
multiparty system
• India is the best example
of multiparty system

6. Kinds of Political Parties
National Political Parties
 Are the country wide parties having
their units in several states
 Follow almost the same policies and
programmes to be followed at the
national level
 A party is recognized as a national
party when secures at least six percent
of the total votes in Lok Sabha or
Assembly elections in four states and
wins at least four seats in the lok Sabha
State or Regional Political Parties
 Are present in only one of the federal
units
 Have their own policies, programmes
and strategy to be followed at the
state or regional level
 A party is recognized as a state party
when secures at least six percent of
the total votes in an election to
legislative Assembly and wins at least
two seats

7. Recognition to a political Party
• Every party has to register with the Election Commission
• All parties are treated equally by the commission
• Special facilities and a unique symbol are given to large and established
parties
• Such parties get registered by the Election Commission and are called
recognized political parties

8. All India Trinamool
Congress (AITC)
*Launched on 1st January 1998 under the
leadership of Mamata Banerjee
*Recognized as a national party in 2016
*Committed to Secularism and federalism
*In power in west Bengal since 2011
*In 2019 election it got 4.7 percentage votes
and won 22 seats, became fourth largest party
in the lok Sabha
National Political Parties of India
(Seven National Parties)

9. Bahujan Samaj Party
Formed in 1984 under the leadership of Kanshi
Ram
Aims to represent and secure power for the
Bahujan Samaj, including the dalits, adivasis ,other
backward communities and religious minorities
Follow ideas and
teachings of Sahu
Maharaj,Mahatma
Phule,
Periyar Ram swami
Naicker and Baba
Saheb Ambedkar
Has its main base in
Uttar Pradesh and
formal presence in
Madhya Pradesh ,
Chhattisgarh,
Uttarakhand, Delhi and
Punjab
BSP
Formed government in
Uttar Pradesh by taking
support of different
parties at different times
In the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections,BSP polled about
3.63 percentage votes and
secured 10 seates in the
Lok Sabha

10. Lotus
Founded in 1980
Incepted from
Bharatiya Jana Sangh,
formed by Syama
Prasad Mukherjee in
1961
BJP Bharatiya Janata
Party
Stresses modern
India on the basis of
ancient Indian culture
and values and
Deendayal
Upadhyayas ideas of
integral humanism
and basis element
Formed
National
Democratic
Alliance in
1998
Emerged as
the largest
party with
303 members
in 2019
election
Favours political
integration of
Jammu and Kashmir
with India, a uniform
civil code and a ban
on religious
conversions
Presently leads
the ruling NDA
government at
the centre

11. • Formed in 1925
• Believes in Marxism- Leninism, secularism and
democracy
• Opposed to the forces of secessionism and
communalism
Communist
party of
India
• Supports parliamentary democracy as a means
of promoting the interests of the working
class, farmer and the poor
• Split in 1964 and led to the emergence of CPI
(Marxist) i.e. Communist Party
CPI
• Has support base in the states of Kerala,
West Bengal,Punjab,Andhra Pradesh and Tamil
Nadu
• Its performance declined over the years and
it secured less than 1 percent votes and 2
seats in the 2019 lok sabha elections
• Proposes the coming together of all left
parties to form a strong alliance of Left front
Crop with
chopper

12. Believes in
Marxism-
Leninism and
supports
socialism,
secularism and
democracy
Founded in
1964
Communist
Party of
India –
Marxist
CPI -M
Enjoys strong
support in west
Begal,Kerala and
Tripura,
especially among
the poor, factory
workers, farmers,
etc
Won about
1.75 per cent
of votes and 3
seats in the
lok Sabha in
2019 elections
Opposes the
new economic
policies and
free trade

13. Indian National
Congress
INC
Oldest political party
of the world, founded
in1885
Dominated Indian
politics at national and
state levels
Built modern secular
democratic republic in
India
Ruled from 1947 to
1977,1980 to 1989, and
2004 to 2014
Favours secularism
and welfare of
weaker section and
minorities
Supports new
economics reforms
Formed Unitied
progress Alliance UPA
in 2004
It won52 seats in 2019
Lok sabha elections

14. Nationalist
congress party
Formed in 1999 after
the split in the congress
party
Advocates democracy
Gandhian secularism,
equity, social justice and
federalism
Demands that high offices
in government be confined
to natural born citizens of
the country
Major party in
Maharashtra and has a
significant in Meghalaya,
Manipur ans Assam
Currently a member of the
Unitied Progressive
Alliance (UPA)
NCP