What is meant by a political party? Describe the three components of a political party.

Political Party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government.

Three components of political parties are:

(i) The leaders

(ii) The active members

(iii) The followers

A political party is a group of people who come together to contest in elections and hold power in the government. They agree on some policies and programmes for the society with a view to promote the collective good.

A political party has three components:

(i) The Leaders: Every political party has some prominent leaders who formulate policies and programmes of the party and choose candidates for contesting elections.

(ii) The Active Members: They are involved in different committees of the party and participate directly in their activity.

(iii) The Followers: They believe in the party’s ideology and support the party by casting their votes in favour of the party at the time of election.