CBSE Class 10 Answered

Following are three important functions of the political party:

Contesting Elections - Parties field candidates in order to fight elections to local or national government. Candidates are selected in multiple ways. In USA and many other countries nowadays, election candidates are selected by party members and supporters. On the other hand, in countries like India, candidates are selected by senior leaders of the party.

Formulation of Policies and Programmes - A political party has to carry out the task of reducing a vast variety of public opinion into a few basic positions and policy preferences that it supports. The popularly elected government of the day is expected to base its policies on the line taken by the political party in power.

Enactment of Laws - Formally, laws are debated and passed in the legislature of the country. However, since most of the members of Parliament are a part of some or the other political party, they have to go by the directives of their parent political organisations rather than their personal preferences.