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Political violence is considered the utilization of power and force to accomplish different types of political goals. On the other hand, political violence relies on two different things such as physical and psychological acts. These are responsible for aiming at intimidating populations or citizens. In terms of political parties, they are mostly renowned as essential institutions of democracy. Similarly, competing with different election parties defines a choice of governance for the citizens. In terms of opposition, they are responsible for holding others accountable for the government. Whenever people join in parties, they are providing their time and also donate their money along with the vote. Participation of citizens within political parties can help to get different types of benefits and opportunities. In some cases of Nigeria and India political parties influence or rather promote violence among citizens intheir quest to win elections. Using both primary and secondary source of data this paper investigatehow this violence occurred and suggest workable solutions on how to stop such violence among citizens especially youth in the name of winning elections.