MULTI PARTY SYSTEM

TYPES OF PARTY SYSTEM

One

Party Dominance System

Two

party System

Multi-Party System

ONE PARTY SYSTEM

Political

system in which only one party

exists.
All

other parties are forbidden by Law

and this type of country can be called as

dictatorship or totalitarian.
Examples

Korea.

;- China, Cuba and North

TWO PARTY SYSTEM

Two

major Political parties

dominate politics within a government.

One of the two parties typically holds

majority usually referred to majority
party while the other party is minority
party.

Classical examples are USA and UK.

MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM
Amulti-party systemis a system in
which there are
multiple political parties across
the political spectrum
run for national election, and all
have the capacity to gain control
of government offices,
separately or incoalition.

EXAMPLES
Brazil,Denmark,Finland,Germany,India,Indonesia,Ire

land,Israel,Italy,Mexico, TheNetherlands,New
Zealand,Norway,
Pakistan,Portugal,Romania,Serbia,South Africa,South
Korea,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sweden, andPhilippinesare
examples of nations that have used a multi-party
system effectively in their democracies.
In these countries, usually no single party has a
parliamentary majority by itself. Instead, multiple
political parties formcoalitionsfor the purpose of
developing power blocks for governing.

DUVERGERS LAW
Inpolitical

science,Duverger's
lawholds thatplurality-ruleelections
(such asfirst past the post) structured
withinsingle-member districtstend to
favor atwo-party systemand that
"thedouble ballot majority system
andproportional representationtend to
favor multipartism.
The discovery of this tendency is
attributed toMaurice Duverger, a
French sociologistwho observed the

 Duverger's

law suggests a nexus

or synthesis between aparty
systemand an electoral system:
aproportional representation(PR)
system creates the electoral
conditions necessary to foster
party development while a
plurality system marginalizes
many smaller political parties,

PARTY SYSTEM IN INDIA

One

party dominance

Multi

party system

Lack

of strong opposition

Personality

cult

 Lack

of ideological commitment

Emergence
Factions

of regional parties

within the parties

Communalism
Extra

and casteism

constitutional means to

power
Defection

and anti-defection

MULTI PARTY SYSTEM IN INDIA

India,

the worlds largest democracy

Multiple
Anti

national parties

incumbency feeling against the

Congress
The

Third Front

Recent

coalitions

ADVANTAGES OF MULTI PARTY

SYSTEM

Provides broader representation of

people.

Citizens

are not bound to either one

or two party's ideologies.

Allows to form coalition.

More responsive to the will of people.

LACUNAS OF MULTI PARTY SYSTEM

Reaching

a consensus is very difficult.

Party coalition do not always work

well.
Stability is unachievable.

Results

in conflict between one or

more parties ideologies.

COMPARISON OF MULTI PARTY SYSTEM

AND WITH ONE PARTY SYSTEM
Multi

Party system Allows Voting

while one party system does not.

One party system shows

characteristics Similar to Monarchy.

Single Party existence in one party

system.

COMPARISON OF MULTI PARTY

SYSTEM WITH TWO PARTY SYSTEM.
Multi

party system is More flexible

than Two party system.

Multi

party system Represents

diversity in the community.

Multi party system has more

opportunity of showcasing the different
Views and Ideas of Citizens.
Multi party system allows Vote

CONCLUSION
Suggestions that may be followed in a multiple party system
for efficient governance:
Religion,
Political
A

caste or community based political parties

parties must be restricted to three

minimum criteria for political parties must be established.

Regional

parties must be discouraged.

Diversity

of views must be encouraged.

Re-visit

the existing multi-party system to find the flaws and

eradicate them.