Political Parties SS1 Civic Education Lesson Note

INTRODUCTION

Political parties are organized groups of people who share common ideas with the sole aim of contesting elections to gain/assume political power in a democratic state.

 An association of like-minds who organize themselves into a political group to control political power and the administrative machinery of a state.

FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES

1. Unity
2. It serves as a link
3. Accountability
4. Machinery for recruitment
5. Clarifications of issues
6. Provision of organization
7. Control of the government
8. Dramatization of Politics
9. Sectional or diversified interests
10. Change of government