Question

A group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government is called a _________.

Answer 1

Hint: Modern democracies are called participatory democracies. Popular sovereignty mobilizes public opinions, brings social change and development. Modern democratic governments work only with political parties. Without political parties, we cannot imagine democracy and governments anywhere in the world. To fulfill these functions Indian political parties began to emerge in 1885.

Complete answer:
The public will be represented only by the political parties. A political party can be defined as an organized group that seeks control of the personnel and policies of the government. As per our democratic conditions, people are known as the government. The government is formed for the people, for the people, and by the people. Our elected leaders are not from any other place; they are from our society, which knows about our needs and importance. Some people can only come forward to buildup the pride of our nation; they are from our community, place, or stare. They come together and contest elections and hold power in the government. They form a group and comes together to form a political party.
Thus a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government is called a political party.

Note: The Party system in India plays the role of a political instrument of socio economic change. It mobilizes people not merely for electoral politics or winning seats in the legislature. But more importantly for building awareness and enthusing people for nation-building, citizen-building and democratic identity -building.