political party
organization that seeks to influence government policy and actions and be elected to directly take part on government or legislation
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Summary
political party is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of legal term or legal concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,478 views/month, #3 of 484).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: legal form[3]
- Subclass of: juridical person[4], political organization[5]
- Part of: party system[6]
- Commons category: Political parties[7]
- Said to be the same as: Activities of political organisations[8]
- Has part(s): candidate[9], juvenile political organization[10], political faction[11], party chair[12], elite party[13], mass party[14], big tent[15], cartel party theory[16], business-firm party[17], political party funding[18], testimonial party[19]
- Significant event: party conference[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Political parties[21]
- Facet of: politics[22], multi-party system[23], two-party system[24], one-party state[25], Uniparty[26], party identification[27]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30]
- Participant in: public election[31]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox political party[32], Template:Party politics[33]
- Used by: by political party[34]
- Has characteristic: political ideology[35], political colour[36]
- Main Wikidata property: P102[37]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/PoliticalParty[38], https://schema.org/PoliticalParty[39], https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=PoliticalParty[40]
- Different from: Party[41], parliamentary group[42]
- Properties for this type: P17[43], P571[44], P856[45], P154[46], P1142[47], P463[48], P159[49], P1387[50], P210[51], P2124[52], P527[53], P1410[54], P488[55], P4379[56]
- History of topic: history of political parties[57]
Why It Matters
political party has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]