Political organisation

A political agency is any organization that involves itself in the political process, including political parties, non-governmental organizations, as well as special interest advocacy groups. Political organizations are those engaged in political activities e.g., lobbying, community organizing, campaign advertising, etc. aimed at achieving clearly-defined political goals, which typically proceeds the interests of their members.

While parties are one type of political organization that may engage in some or any of those activities, they are distinct in that they typically focus on supporting candidates for public office, winning elections as well as controlling government.

Party coalitions

Another type of political organization is a party coalition. A party coalition is a chain of political parties operating together in parliament. Oftentimes, party coalitions are formed after elections realize taken place and no party has clearly won a majority seat in parliament e.g. the AAP-Congress Government in Delhi. Other coalitions are formed prior to elections and are effectively agreements between two or more parties to run jointly in elections and to pursue similar agendas e.g. the National Democratic Alliance in India, and the Liberal/National Coalition in Australia.