The Indian National Congress (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस) (also known as the Congress‚ and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. It is the largest and oldest democratic political party in the world.[1][2][3] Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume‚ Dadabhai Naoroji‚ Dinshaw Wacha‚ Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee‚ Surendranath Banerjee‚ Monomohun Ghose‚ Mahadev Govind Ranade[4] and William Wedderburn‚ the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement
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Rule: Political Parties in Mexico and the Downfall of the PRI On July 2‚ 2000‚ Mexico held elections for presidential office. By July 3‚ 2000‚ the Industrial Revolutionary Party (PRI)‚ the party that had ruled Mexico for over seventy years admitted defeat and conceded their power to the National Action Party‚ also known as the PAN.1 Although the PAN had existed since 1939‚ their capacity to win elections was little due to the popularity of the PRI‚ their grip on power‚ and the dominant party system
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over‚ it need be stated that the Institution of political party constitutes the lubricant of the current democratic wave. This is because‚ political parties serves as vehicle for expressing myriad of world views held by citizens as well as an instrument to garnering the informed and active participation of the citizens in the political process which constitutes the hallmark of any democratic practice. As noted by Hague and Harrop (1987:141-142)‚ party competition is the hallmark of liberal democracy
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Origins The development of what we know as today ’s two primary U.S. political parties‚ the Democrats and the Republicans‚ appears to have gotten off to an ambiguous start. While the Republican Party can more precisely trace its roots back to the 1850 ’s‚ the Democratic Party seems to have several sources over a number of years that contributed to its creation. The Democratic Party ’s ancestry dates back to the early 1790 ’s and has several factors that impacted its development‚ including Thomas
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simplifies a registration of political parties was adopted in Russia. In this respect‚ political activism of Russian citizens is expected to increase. Surely‚ mass media have taken this news not without hint of irony. Some of them printed the sarcastic issues by referring to the recent past of Russia when a lot of parties with funny names existed or even by making an overlook on recently formed organizations which would like to be formalized as official political parties. I’ve read one amusing issue
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UK’s three major political parties are the Labour Party‚ the Conservative Party‚ and the Liberal Democrats‚ who won between them 616 out of the 646 seats available in the House of Commons at the 2005 general election. Most of the remaining seats were won by parties that only contest elections in one part of the UK such as the Scottish National Party (Scotland only)‚ Plaid Cymru (Wales only)‚ and the Democratic Unionist Party‚ Social Democratic and Labour Party‚ Ulster Unionist Party‚ and Sinn Féin
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Political Party History Before the Democrat and Republican parties began their reign over American politics‚ political parties were constantly changing. The first parties resembled faction’s more than actual parties. The nation’s politicians were known to crowd together around a particular issue. These were usually a reflection of social living in America. A change in political parties meant a change in the way Americans were living their lives. Strong third parties also helped influence the
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of America political parties has formed around the early 1790’s. The first parties were led by Thomas Jefferson‚ the Democratic-Republican and Alexander Hamilton with the Federalist. Alexander Hamilton was the secretary of treasury. Hamilton aspired aristocracy and believed that the United States was going to prosper but needed the help of the wealthy families. Hamilton and Madison worked together to educate the public that the Constitution protected there rights. Both had written essays which expressed
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role of political parties is the determining factor in the politics of Hong Kong today.” Do you agree with the above statement? In every daily news we have heard are inevitably linked to political parties in Hong Kong. Are they able to function well so as to help Hong Kong to be a better political environment? I wonder whether most of the Hong Kong citizens can make use of the parties to express their views. So‚ in the following section‚ I would like to introduce how the Hong Kong parties functioned
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and Republican Parties can trace their roots back to the 1800s‚ but some of the most interesting stories in American political history spring from parties which enjoyed flashes of glory before fading away for good. The extinct political parties of the 1800s include organizations which were successful enough to put candidates in the White House. And there were also others that were just doomed to inevitable obscurity. Here is a listing of some significant political parties who are no longer
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