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Political Parties
What are the various challenges faced by political parties?
The challenges faced by political parties are:
(i)The first challenge is lack of internal democracy within the parties. Parties do not keep membership registers, do not hold organisational meetings, and do not conduct internal elections regularly.
(ii) The second challenge of dynastic succession related to the first one. Those who happen to be the leaders are in a position to unfair advantage to favour people close to them even their family members.
(iii)The third challenge is about the growing role of money and muscle power in politics. Parties tend to nominate those candidate who have or can raise lots of money.
(iv)The fourth challenge is that very often parties do not seems to offer a meaningful choice to the voters. In order to offer meaningful choice, parties must be significantly different.
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Consider the following statements on parties:
A. Political parties do not enjoy much trust among the people.
B. Parties are often rocked by scandals involving top party leaders.
C. Parties are not necessary to run governments.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
Partisan means
Multi-party system advocates
A. The political parties which govern the country
B. The government is formed by various parties coming together
C. Does not permit free competition for power
D. This system allows a variety of interests and opinions to enjoy political representation
Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of a political party?
The law that says if any MLA or MP changes parties, he or she will lose the seat in the legislature, is
Which of the following pairs is not correct?
Which one of the following is NOT a function of political parties?
Which of the following is the most visible institution in a democracy?
A group of people who came close to each other to contest election and hold power is known as _________.
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