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Role of Regional Political Parties in Strengthening Indian Democracy

Author(s) Abhijith Prasobh
Country India
Abstract The regional political parties have been a significant determinant of Indian democracy, defining regional and linguistic identity, caste interests, ethnicity, regional economy, and state-specific developmental needs. The democratic system in India is formally national, but socially and politically very regional. Regional parties have turned into main stream players as a consequence of the end of one-party domination and the emergence of coalition politics in Parliament, state and federal negotiations. This paper takes a look at why regional political parties are playing a vital role in the reinforcement of democracy in India, which is given until the time of November 2025. It claims that regional parties serve democracy by enhancing representation, the concept of federalism, power redistribution and the role of providing representation for the marginalised communities, influencing coalition governments and connecting national policymaking decisions with the state realities. They also pose difficulties like political polarization, personality-based leadership, corruption, dynastic politics, caste mobilization, opportunistic alliances and coalition bargaining. As the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to get a clean sweep in the Lok Sabha election 2024 and had to seek allies like Telugu Desam Party and Janata Dal (United), the role of regional parties came to the fore. This indicated that regional parties continue to play a balancing role in India's parliamentary democracy. The paper concludes that regional parties are not a hindrance to national democracy but they become a force when they are democratic, responsible and function as a part of the plural, federal and representative political system of India.
The following day, the government of the State of Union of India and the regional parties held another round of talks aimed at establishing a new coalition government in the upper house. Next day, the Government of the State of Union of India met with regional parties again to form a new coalition government in the upper house.
Keywords regional parties, Indian democracy, federalism, coalition politics, Lok Sabha, state parties, political representation.
Published In Volume 16, Issue 2, July-December 2025
Published On 2025-11-07
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