What is the difference between Pressure groups and political parties?

pressure groups do not take part directly in elections but parties do

pressure groups try to influence government policies indirectly where as parties do it directly

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           Pressure groups
1. Pressure groups have specific interest and work for the collective interests of its membership only.
2. Membership of pressure groups is limited and that too of a particular kind.
3. Pressure groups resort to agitation a politics like marches, demonstrations, strikes, fasts. Etc.
4. Pressure groups are informal, often secretive, conceited and conspiratorial and sometimes even unrecognized entities.

        Political parties
1. While political parties have a broad based programme that covers many aspects of national life influence and coerce the government.
2. Membership of the parties is very broad based and it is a wide coalition of diverse members and they have mass memberships.
3. Political parties use only Constitutional means to achieve their aims.
4. Political parties are the formal, open and recognized part of the political system competing for power.

 POLITICAL PARTIES :--

• political parties are a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government.
  
• Political parties contest elections.
  
• they aim to DIRECTLY share or control power in the government.
  
• they agree on some policies and programmes for the society with a view to promote collective good.
  
• Ex = Indian national Congress, Bharatiya Janta party
  

PRESSURE GROUPS :--

• A pressure group is a group of people which undertake various activities in order to promote their views to get the government listen to their demands.
  
• Pressure grups DO NOT contest elections.
  
• they aim to INDIRECTLY share or control power in the government.
  
• These are usually formed when ppl with similar interests,opinion, goals come together to achieve a common objective.
  
• Ex = BAMCEF, FEDECOR
   

The objective of political parties is to attain power and form the government, whereas the aim of pressure groups is only to influence the decision-making of the government