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Examine the dynamics of pressure groups in multi-party political system.

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  • Politics and Society

In a two-party system, pressure groups mostly lobby the governing party. A multi-party system, which Maurice Duverger linked to proportional representation and deep social cleavages, gives groups more doors to knock on and more partners to play off against each other. India has had a multi-party system with a first-past-the-post electoral system, so it is…

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