ch6 Political Party

Class 10 Political Science
Chapter 6
By-
1.The Leaders
2.The Active Members and
3.The Followers
1. Contesting Elections: Political parties contest
elections. A political party nominates its candidate for
the electoral contest in various constituencies.
2. Policies: Political parties put forward different policies
and programmes so that the voters can choose from
them. A political party brings a large number of
similar opinions under one umbrella. These opinions
are channelized to form policies and programmes. The
policies and programmes of the RULING PARTY are
expected to be followed by the government.
3. Making Law: Political parties play a decisive role in
making laws for the country. You may be aware that it
is the legislature which passes a law after proper
debate. As most of the members belong to political
parties, so a political party has direct say in law
making for the country.
4. Formation of Government: Political parties form and run
governments. The executive body is formed by people
from the ruling party. Various political leaders are assigned
different ministries to carry out the task of governance.
5. Playing Opposition: A party which does not get majority or
come under the majority coalition, needs to play the role
of opposition.
6. Shaping Public Opinion: Political parties shape public
opinion. They do so by raising and highlighting issues in
the legislature and in the media.
7. Access to government machinery and welfare schemes:
parties provide people access to government machinery
and welfare schemes since it is easy to approach local
party leader than government officers.
One party system • In
some countries, only one party I s allowed
to control and run the government. These are
called one party systems.
• For example, in China, only the Communist
Party is allowed to rule.
Two-party system
• In some countries, power is shared between
two main parties. Such party system is called
two party system. The United States of
America and the United Kingdom are
examples of two party system.
United Kingdom
United States of America

Multi party system
• If several parties compete for power, and more
than two parties have reasonable chance of
winning, we call it a multi party system. In
India we have a multi party system.
Since multi party system tend to offer more

choices to the voters, it is often considered
better than the other party systems.
Comparison between two party
and multiple party system
Two party system Multi party system
The two-party system presents voters a Multi party system provides voters with
simple choice. many choices.
This provides for stable governance. Government is not stables in this system
Two-party systems are not as flexible A multi-party system is more responsive

because they have a more or less rigid set to a change or shift in public opinion.
of opinions on every issue.
Examples : USA and UK Example: India
National parties
• A party that secures at least six per cent of
total votes in Lok Sabha elections or
Assembly elections in four States and wins at
least four seats in the Lok Sabha is recognized
as a national party.
Recognized national parties in India
State parties
• A party that secures at least 6 per cent of the
total votes in an election to the Legislative
Assembly of a State and wins at least two
seats is recognized as a State party.
Recognized state parties in India
C h a l l e n
g e s t o
Poli ical a
Party.
• Lack of internal democracy: there is a tendency in political
parties towards the concentration of power in on or few
leaders at the top. Parties do not conduct internal election
and ordinary members do not get sufficient information on
what happens inside the party.
• Dynastic successions: Those who happen to be the leaders
are in a position of unfair advantage to favor people close
to them or even their family members.
• Money and muscle power: The parties tend to nominate
those candidates who have or can raise lots of money. In
some cases parties support criminals.
• Lack of meaningful choices: in order to offer meaningful
choices to the voters, parties must be significantly
different.
Reforming
the
Political
Parties
• The constitution was amended to prevent elected members
from changing parties. This was done because many elected
representatives were indulging in defection in order to
become minister or for cash rewards.
• The supreme court passed an order to reduce the influence
of money and criminals. Now, it is mandatory for every
candidate who contests election to file affidavit giving
details of his property and criminal cases pending against
him.
• The election commission passed an order making it
necessary for political parties to hold their organizational
elections and file their income tax returns.
• A law should be made to regulate the internal affairs of
political parties.
• It should be made mandatory for political parties to give
minimum number of tickets, about one third of tickets, to
women candidates.
• There should be state funding of elections. The
government should give parties money to support their
election expenses.
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Class 10 Political Science

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Since multi party system tend to offer more

Two-party systems are not as flexible A multi-party system is more responsive

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