Definition of party system

A political party has been defined as an organized body of people who stand for certain principles and policies in political life of the country, by whose co – operation they seek to promote the interest of the country as a whole. According to,

• Edmund Burke: A political party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they all are agreed.”
• Stephen Leacock: By a political party we mean more or less an organized group of citizens who act together as political unit”
• Gilchrist: A Political party is an organized group of citizens who professes to share the same political views“