| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Afghanistan |
Afghanistan Peoples' Treaty Party (Hizb-e-Wolesi Tarhun Afghanistan) |
| Albania |
Agrarian Environmentalist Party or PAA |
| Algeria |
Ahd 54 |
| American Samoa |
Democratic Party |
| Andorra |
Andorran Democratic Center Party or CDA (formerly Democratic Party or PD); Century 21 or S21 |
| Angola |
Liberal Democratic Party or PLD |
| Anguilla |
Anguilla United Movement or AUM |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Antigua Labor Party or ALP |
| Argentina |
Affirmation for an Egalitarian Republic or ARI |
| Armenia |
Agro-Industrial Party |
| Aruba |
Aliansa/Aruban Social Movement or MSA |
| Australia |
Australian Democrats |
| Austria |
Alliance for the Future of Austria or BZOe |
| Azerbaijan |
Azadliq coalition (Musavat, APF, and DPA); Azerbaijan Popular Front or APF |
| Bahamas, The |
Free National Movement or FNM |
| Bahrain |
political parties prohibited but political societies were legalized per a July 2005 law |
| Bangladesh |
Awami League or AL |
| Barbados |
Barbados Labor Party or BLP |
| Belize |
National Alliance for Belizean Rights or NABR; National Reform Party or NRP |
| Benin |
Alliance for Dynamic Democracy or ADD |
| Bermuda |
Progressive Labor Party or PLP |
| Bhutan |
no legal parties |
| Bolivia |
Free Bolivia Movement or MBL |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats or SNSD |
| Botswana |
Botswana Alliance Movement or BAM |
| Brazil |
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party or PMDB |
| British Virgin Islands |
Concerned Citizens Movement or CCM |
| Brunei |
Brunei Solidarity National Party or PPKB |
| Bulgaria |
ATAKA (Attack Coalition) (coalition of parties headed by the Attack National Union); Attack National Union |
| Burkina Faso |
African Democratic Rally-Alliance for Democracy and Federation or ADF-RDA |
| Burma |
National League for Democracy or NLD |
| Cambodia |
Cambodian People's Party or CPP |
| Cameroon |
Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC |
| Canada |
Bloc Quebecois |
| Cape Verde |
African Party for Independence of Cape Verde or PAICV |
| Cayman Islands |
United Democratic Party or UDP |
| Central African Republic |
Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP |
| Chad |
Federation Action for the Republic or FAR |
| Chile |
Alliance for Chile ("Alianza") or APC (including National Renewal or RN |
| China |
Chinese Communist Party or CCP |
| Christmas Island |
none |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
none |
| Colombia |
Colombian Conservative Party or PC |
| Comoros |
Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros or CRC |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Christian Democrat Party or PDC |
| Congo, Republic of the |
Democratic and Patriotic Forces or FDP |
| Cook Islands |
Cook Islands Party or CIP |
| Costa Rica |
Authentic Member from Heredia |
| Croatia |
Croatian Bloc or HB |
| Cuba |
Cuban Communist Party or PCC |
| Czech Republic |
Association of Independent Candidates-European Democrats or SNK-ED |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Citizen's Democratic Union or UDCY |
| Denmark |
Christian Democrats |
| Djibouti |
Democratic National Party or PND |
| Dominica |
Dominica Freedom Party or DFP |
| Dominican Republic |
Dominican Liberation Party or PLD |
| East Timor |
Associacao Social-Democrata Timorense or ASDT |
| Ecuador |
Alianza PAIS Movement |
| Egypt |
National Democratic Party or NDP (governing party) |
| El Salvador |
Christian Democratic Party or PDC |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Convergence Party for Social Democracy or CPDS |
| Eritrea |
People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ |
| Estonia |
Center Party of Estonia (Keskerakond) |
| Ethiopia |
Afar National Democratic Party or ANDP; Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front or BGPDUF |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
none; all independents |
| Faroe Islands |
Center Party |
| Fiji |
Dodonu Ni Taukei Party or DNT |
| Finland |
Center Party or Kesk |
| France |
Citizen and Republican Movement or MRC |
| French Polynesia |
Alliance for a New Democracy or ADN |
| Gabon |
Circle of Liberal Reformers or CLR |
| Gambia, The |
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction or APRC (the ruling party) |
| Georgia |
Burjanadze-Democrats |
| Germany |
Alliance '90/Greens |
| Ghana |
Convention People's Party or CPP |
| Gibraltar |
Gibraltar Liberal Party |
| Greece |
Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos) |
| Greenland |
Atassut Party (Solidarity) |
| Grenada |
Grenada United Labor Party or GULP |
| Guam |
Democratic Party |
| Guatemala |
Authentic Integral Development or DIA |
| Guernsey |
none; all independents |
| Guinea |
Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally or PDG-RDA |
| Guinea-Bissau |
African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde or PAIGC |
| Guyana |
Alliance for Change or AFC |
| Haiti |
Artibonite in Action or LAAA |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
none |
| Honduras |
Christian Democratic Party or PDC |
| Hong Kong |
Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood or ADPL |
| Hungary |
Alliance of Free Democrats or SzDSz |
| Iceland |
Independence Party or IP |
| India |
Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP |
| Indonesia |
Crescent Moon and Star Party or PBB |
| Iran |
formal political parties are a relatively new phenomenon in Iran and most conservatives still prefer to work through political pressure groups rather than parties, and often political parties or groups are formed prior to elections and disbanded soon thereafter; a loose pro-reform coalition called the 2nd Khordad Front, which includes political parties as well as less formal pressure groups and organizations, achieved considerable success at elections to the sixth Majles in early 2000; groups in the coalition include: Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), Executives of Construction Party (Kargozaran), Solidarity Party, Islamic Labor Party, Mardom Salari, Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (MIRO), and Militant Clerics Society (Ruhaniyun); the coalition participated in the seventh Majles elections in early 2004; following his defeat in the 2005 presidential elections, former MCS Secretary General Mehdi KARUBI formed the National Trust Party; a new apparently conservative group, the Builders of Islamic Iran, took a leading position in the new Majles after winning a majority of the seats in February 2004 |
| Iraq |
Assyrian Democratic Movement |
| Ireland |
Fianna Fail |
| Israel |
Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (HADASH) |
| Jamaica |
Jamaica Labor Party or JLP |
| Japan |
Democratic Party of Japan or DPJ |
| Jersey |
two declared parties: Centre Party; Jersey Democratic Alliance |
| Jordan |
al-Ahd Party; Arab Islamic Democratic Movement |
| Kazakhstan |
Adilet (Justice) |
| Kenya |
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya or FORD-Kenya |
| Kiribati |
Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK |
| Korea, North |
major party - Korean Workers' Party or KWP |
| Korea, South |
Democratic Labor Party or DLP |
| Kuwait |
none; formation of political parties is in practice illegal, but is not forbidden by law |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party |
| Laos |
Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP |
| Latvia |
First Party of Latvia or LPP |
| Lesotho |
Alliance of Congress Parties or ACP; All Basotho Convention or ABC |
| Liberia |
Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD |
| Libya |
none |
| Liechtenstein |
Patriotic Union or VU |
| Lithuania |
Civil Democracy Party |
| Luxembourg |
Action Committee for Democracy and Justice or ADR |
| Macau |
Civil Service Union |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
Democratic Alliance |
| Madagascar |
Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar or AREMA |
| Malawi |
Alliance for Democracy or AFORD; Congress for National Unity or CONU; Democratic Progressive Party or DPP |
| Malaysia |
National Front (Barisan Nasional) or BN (ruling coalition) (consists of the following parties: Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Party or PGRM |
| Maldives |
Adhaalath (Justice) Party or AP |
| Mali |
Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP (a coalition of 14 political parties including ADEMA and URD formed in December 2006 to support the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE); Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA |
| Malta |
Alternativa Demokratika/Alliance for Social Justice or AD |
| Man, Isle of |
Alliance for Progressive Government; Liberal Vannin Party |
| Marshall Islands |
traditionally there have been no formally organized political parties; what has existed more closely resembles factions or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures; the following two "groupings" have competed in legislative balloting in recent years - Aelon Kein Ad Party |
| Mauritania |
Al-Mithaq (coalition of independents and parties associated with the former regime including Alternative or El-Badil, PRDR, UDP, RDU); Alternative or El-Badil; Centrist Reformists (independent moderate Islamists); Coalition for Forces for Democratic Change or CFCD (coalition of political parties including APP, Centrist Reformists (independent moderate Islamists), HATEM-PMUC, PUDS, RD, RFD, UFP); Democratic and Social Republican Party or PRDS; Democratic Renewal or RD; Mauritanian Party for Unity and Change or HATEM-PMUC; National Rally for Freedom, Democracy and Equality or RNDLE; Popular Front or FP |
| Mauritius |
Alliance Sociale or AS; Hizbullah |
| Mayotte |
Democratic Front or FD |
| Mexico |
Convergence for Democracy or CD |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
no formal parties |
| Moldova |
Christian Democratic People's Party or PPCD |
| Monaco |
National and Democratic Union or UND |
| Mongolia |
Citizens' Will Republican Party or CWRP |
| Montserrat |
Montserrat Democratic Party or MDP |
| Morocco |
Action Party or PA |
| Mozambique |
Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente de Liberatacao de Mocambique) or FRELIMO |
| Namibia |
Congress of Democrats or COD |
| Nauru |
Democratic Party |
| Nepal |
Communist Party of Nepal/United Marxist-Leninist or CPN/UML |
| Netherlands |
Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA |
| New Caledonia |
Alliance pour la Caledonie or APLC |
| New Zealand |
ACT New Zealand |
| Nicaragua |
Alliance for the Republic or APRE |
| Niger |
Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or CDS-Rahama |
| Nigeria |
Action Congress or AC |
| Niue |
Alliance of Independents or AI; Niue People's Action Party or NPP |
| Norfolk Island |
none |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Covenant Party |
| Norway |
Center Party |
| Oman |
none |
| Pakistan |
Awami National Party or ANP |
| Palau |
none |
| Panama |
Democratic Change or CD |
| Papua New Guinea |
Christian Democratic Party |
| Paraguay |
Asociacion Nacional Republicana - Colorado Party or ANR |
| Peru |
Alliance For Progress (Alianza Para El Progreso) |
| Philippines |
Kabalikat Ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) |
| Pitcairn Islands |
none |
| Poland |
Catholic-National Movement or RKN |
| Portugal |
Green Ecologist Party or PEV |
| Puerto Rico |
National Democratic Party |
| Qatar |
none |
| Romania |
Conservative Party or PC |
| Russia |
A Just Russia or JR |
| Rwanda |
Centrist Democratic Party or PDC |
| Saint Helena |
none |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Concerned Citizens Movement or CCM |
| Saint Lucia |
National Alliance or NA |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Archipelago Tomorrow or AD affiliated with UDF/RPR list; Cap sur l'Avenir affiliated with PRG; Left Radical Party or PRG; Rassemblement pour la Republique or RPR (now UMP); Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2000/Avenir Miquelon or SPM 2000/AM; Socialist Party or PS; Union pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
New Democratic Party or NDP |
| Samoa |
Human Rights Protection Party or HRPP |
| San Marino |
Communist Refoundation or RC |
| Saudi Arabia |
none |
| Senegal |
African Party of Independence |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Coalition of Albanians of the Presevo Valley or KAPD |
| Seychelles |
Democratic Party or DP |
| Sierra Leone |
All People's Congress or APC |
| Singapore |
People's Action Party or PAP |
| Slovakia |
Parties in the Parliament: Christian Democratic Movement or KDH |
| Slovenia |
Liberal Democratic Party or LDS |
| Solomon Islands |
Association of Independent Members or AIM |
| Somalia |
none |
| South Africa |
African Christian Democratic Party or ACDP |
| Spain |
Aragonese Party or CHA |
| Sri Lanka |
All Ceylon Tamil Congress or ACTC |
| Sudan |
National Congress Party or NCP |
| Suriname |
Alternative-1 or A-1 (a coalition of Amazone Party of Suriname or APS |
| Swaziland |
the status of political parties, previously banned, is unclear under the new (2006) Constitution and currently being debated - the following are considered political associations; African United Democratic Party or AUDP |
| Sweden |
Center Party |
| Switzerland |
Green Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Grune, Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) |
| Syria |
legal parties: National Progressive Front or NPF |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
Democratic Renovation Party |
| Taiwan |
Democratic Progressive Party or DPP |
| Tajikistan |
Agrarian Party of Tajikistan or APT |
| Tanzania |
Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party of Democracy and Development) or CHADEMA |
| Thailand |
Democrat Party or DP (Prachathipat Party) |
| Togo |
Action Committee for Renewal or CAR |
| Tokelau |
none |
| Tonga |
People's Democratic Party |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Congress of the People |
| Tunisia |
Al-Tajdid Movement |
| Turkey |
Anavatan Partisi (Motherland Party) or Anavatan |
| Turkmenistan |
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan or DPT |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
People's Democratic Movement or PDM |
| Tuvalu |
there are no political parties but members of Parliament usually align themselves in informal groupings |
| Uganda |
Conservative Party or CP |
| Ukraine |
Communist Party of Ukraine or CPU |
| United Arab Emirates |
none |
| United Kingdom |
Conservative and Unionist Party |
| United States |
Democratic Party |
| Uruguay |
Broad Front Coalition (Frente Amplio) |
| Uzbekistan |
Adolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party |
| Vanuatu |
Jon Frum Movement |
| Venezuela |
A New Time or UNT |
| Vietnam |
Communist Party of Vietnam or CPV |
| Virgin Islands |
Democratic Party |
| Wallis and Futuna |
Lua Kae Tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche or MRG; Rally for the Republic or RPR (UMP) |
| Yemen |
General People's Congress or GPC |
| Zambia |
All Peoples Congress Party |
| Zimbabwe |
African National Party or ANP; Movement for Democratic Change or MDC |
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