Campaign election. Stand candidates amd try to win election by support of citizens

Functions Parties contest elections. Parties have different policies and programmes and the voters choose from them. A party reduces a vast multitude of opinions into a few basic positions which it supports. Parties play a decisive role in making laws for a country. Laws are debated and passed in the legislature by the members of the various political parties. Parties form and run governments. Parties recruit leaders, train them and then make them ministers to run the government in the way they want. Parties shape public opinion. Often, opinions in the society are formed on the lines of the party. Parties provide people access to government machinery and welfare schemes implemented by governments.