functions of political parties :
i.Parties contest elections.
ii. Parties put forward their policies and programs.
iii. Parties play a decisive role in making laws for a country.
iv. Parties form and run the governments.
v. Those parties that lose in the elections play the role of the Opposition.
vi. Parties shape public opinion. They raise and highlight issues of importance.
vii.Parties function as the useful link between people and the government machinery.