Political parties

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2.  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.

3.  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

4. SL NO NAME SYMBOL YEAR CURRENT
LEADER
1 BSP ELEPHANT 1984 Mayavati
2 BJP LOTUS 1980 Amit shah
3 CPI Ears of Corn
and Sickle
1925 Suravaram
Sudhakar
Reddy
4 CPI(M) Hammer,
Sickle and
Star
1964 Prakash
Karatu
5 INC Hand 1985 Sonia Gandhi
6 NCP Clock 1999 Sharad
Pawar

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

7.  Contesting Elections: Political parties contest elections. A political party nominates
its candidate for the electo.ral contest in various constituencies.
 Political parties play a decisive role in making laws for the country.
 Political parties form and run governments.
 A party which does not get majority or come under the majority coalition, needs to
play the role of opposition.
 Political parties shape public opinion.
 Political parties provide people access to government machinery and welfare
schemes implemented by governments.