A political party is a group of people with a similar ideology, to contest elections of a nation and form a ruling government. Every member of a particular party works on the same front, their methods might differ but their aim is the same.
a. Century ago there were few countries that had political parties but now every country except few have political parties, who contest the elections and forms government to run the country.
b. A Political party is synonymous to democracy, as the election is vital for any democracy to contest elections these political parties are necessary.
c. Today almost every country whether big, small, developed or developing have political parties.
d. The parties in these countries increased due to democracy. Many countries found democracy as a better way of governance.
e. Any large society needs representative democracy, and for this, they need agencies that could gather information about the happenings in the nation. This work is done by the parties and its members.
f. To run a nation, formulation of policies are important which is done by the parties.
The above characteristics of the political parties attracted the world and lead to the emergence of the party system in the countries.
