The representatives belong to various political parties which are but groups of people with similar ideologies and interests.
These political parties need to register with the election commission which assigns them a symbol to contest the polls with.
A party that holds sway in 4 or more states is called a national party while that having representation in 3 or less is called a state party.
The majority party/coalition leader then extended an invitation from the Governor, the President’s representative in the state to take on the position of the Chief Minister of the state.
The Chief Minister now selects able ministers to aid and facilitate the executive functions.
Smt Vasundhara Raje is currently the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state. She belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP who are currently the majority party in the assembly, holding 120 of the 200 seats.
The largest party in the opposition is the Indian National Congress (INC) which has about 56 seats. The last assembly elections in the state were held in 2003.
