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Opposition (politics)

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Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, the opposition comprises one or more political parties

Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
or other organized groups that are opposed to the government

Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
, party or group in political control

Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
of an area, county

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
, or state

State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
.

Usually, the opposition party is a party which has lost an election but maintains a minority group of representatives in parliament to check the ruling party.

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Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, the opposition comprises one or more political parties

Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
or other organized groups that are opposed to the government

Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
, party or group in political control

Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
of an area, county

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
, or state

State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
.

Usually, the opposition party is a party which has lost an election but maintains a minority group of representatives in parliament to check the ruling party.

See also

Her Majesty's loyal opposition
Her Majesty's loyal opposition

The term Her Majesty's loyal opposition can mean:* Official Opposition * Official Opposition * Official Opposition ...
Opposition (parliamentary)
Opposition (parliamentary)

Parliamentary opposition is a form of opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster System-based parliamentary system. Note that this article uses the term Executive as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e....