Category :
10th Class
Political Parties
IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
- Political Parties: A "political party" is a political association or a voluntary group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. They agree on some policies and programmes.
- Election Commission: It is an independent multi-member body which is constituted for the superintendence, direction and conduct of elections.
- Partisan: A person who is strongly committed to a party, group or faction. Partisanship is marked by a tendency to take a side and inability to take a balanced view on an issue.
- One-Party/Mono Party: "Mono-party system" means a system in which only one party operates in the political system for various reasons. In this system there is no opposition, e.g., China.
- Two-Party or Bi-Party System: A political system where there are two major parties. In this system power usually changes between two main parties, e.g., United Kingdom and United states of America.
- Multi Party System: It is a political system where more than two parties exist and contest elections to come to power.
- National Parties: Parties that are present in only one of the federal units and are countrywide parties known as national parties. These parties have their units in various states.
- State or Regional Parties: The parties that are present in several or all units (states) of the federation known as state or regional parties.
- Recognised Political Parties: The parties which get recognition by the Election Commission, given election symbols, privileges and some other special election facilities are known as the recognised political parties.
- Leftist Parties: Parties which are radical, ideological conservative in nature known as Leftist parties.
- Rightist Parties: Parties which want a status Quo and are conservative known as Rightist parties.
- Opposition: The political party or group of parties that form part of a legislature but are not in the government. They check the activities of the government.
- Defection: It signifies, changing party allegiance from the party on which a person gets elected to a different party, i.e., members may change their party for money, post, etc.
- Affidavit: It is a signed document submitted to an officer, where a person makes a sworn statement regarding his/her personal information.
- Ruling Party: Political party that runs government.
Regional Parties
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Areas of Influence
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· Kerala Congress
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· Kerala
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· People's Democratic Party
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· Jammu and Kashmir
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· National Conference
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· Jammu and Kashmir
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· Assam Gana Parishad
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· Assam
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· Telugu Desam Party
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· Andhra Pradesh
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· Dravida Munnetra Kazagam
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· Tamil Nadu
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· All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagam (AIADMK)
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· Tamil Nadu
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· Akali Dal
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· Punjab
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· Shiv Sena
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· Maharashtra
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· Tamil Manila Congress
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· Tamil Nadu
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· Biju Janata Dal
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· Orissa
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· Rashtriya Janata Dal
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· Bihar
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· Trinamool Congress
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· West Bengal
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· Haryana Vikas Parishad
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· Haryana
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