Open AccessCHAPTER : MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN ASSAM.
Author(s) -
Subhash Talukdar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of modern agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2305-7246
DOI - 10.17762/ijma.v9i3.157
Subject(s) - democracy , politics , voting , state (computer science) , political science , commission , political economy , government (linguistics) , public administration , law , economics , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
Party system is the important factor in the working of representative form of Government. India is a democratic state. In the democratic state, political parties are said to be the life – blood of democracies. Modern democracies are indirect in character. They can function with the help of political parties. In the absence of political parties democracy cannot deliver the goods. Well organized political parties constitute the best form of democracy. India has the largest democracy in the world. It introduced universal adult franchise as the basis of voting right in the country. Now the voting age has been lowered down to 18. Most of the Indian voters are not politically matured and they do not have the political education in the proper sense. Political parties in India are classified by the Election Commission of India. It was classified for the allocation of symbol. The Election Commission of India classified parties into three main heads: National parties, State parties and registered (unrecognized) parties.