List of political parties - Definition and Overview

This is a list of political parties around the world.

Ways to browse Wikipedia for political parties are by name of the party, country, ideology or by membership of internationals and through the category system: especially by country and ideology. See also the List of generic names of political parties

A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections.

See political party for a more comprehensive discussion.

The parties properly belong in separate articles under each nation. Election results for the parties can be found at List of election results or among the external links at the end of the article. Included are the countries and entities listed in the list of sovereign states and the list of dependent territories (as far as these last have a form of self government).

A

Abkhazia - Afghanistan - Åland - Albania - Algeria - American Samoa - Andorra - Angola - Anguilla - Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina - Armenia - Aruba - Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan

B

- Bahamas - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belarus - Belgium - Belize - Benin - Bermuda - Bhutan - Bolivia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Botswana - Brazil - British Virgin Islands - Brunei - Bulgaria - Burkina Faso - Burma - Burundi

C

Cambodia - Cameroon - Canada - Cape Verde - Cayman Islands - Central African Republic - Chad - Chile - China - Colombia - Comoros - Congo (Brazzaville) - Congo (Kinshasa) - Cook Islands - Costa Rica - Côte d'Ivoire - Croatia - Cuba - Cyprus - Czech Republic

D

Denmark - Djibouti - Dominica - Dominican Republic

E

East Timor - Ecuador - Egypt - El Salvador - Equatorial Guinea - Eritrea - Estonia - Ethiopia - European Union

F

Falkland Islands - Faroe Islands - Fiji - Finland - France - French Guiana - French Polynesia

G

Gabon - Gambia - Georgia - Germany - Ghana - Gibraltar - Greece - Greenland - Grenada - Guadeloupe - Guam - Guatemala - Guernsey - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Guyana

H

Haiti - Honduras - Hong Kong - Hungary

I

Iceland - India - Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Israel - Italy

J

Jamaica - Japan - Jersey - Jordan

K

Kazakhstan - Kenya - Kiribati - Kosovo - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan

L

Laos - Latvia - Lebanon - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg

M

Macau - Macedonia - Madagascar - Malawi - Malaysia - Maldives - Mali - Malta - Man - Marshall Islands - Martinique - Mauritania - Mauritius - Mayotte - Mexico - Micronesia - Moldova - Monaco - Mongolia - Montserrat - Morocco - Mozambique

N

Nagorno Karabakh - Namibia - Nauru - Nepal - Netherlands - New Caledonia - New Zealand - Nicaragua - Niger - Nigeria - Niue - Norfolk - North Korea - Northern Ireland - Northern Marianas - Norway

O

Oman

P

Pakistan - Palau - Palestinian National Authority - Panama - Papua New Guinea - Paraguay - Peru - Philippines - Pitcairn - Poland - Portugal - Puerto Rico

Q

Qatar

R

Reunion - Romania - Russia - Rwanda

S

Saint Helena - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Samoa - San Marino - São Tomé and Príncipe - Saudi Arabia - Senegal - Serbia and Montenegro - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Solomon Islands - Somalia - Somaliland - South Africa - South Korea - South Ossetia - Spain - Sri Lanka - Sudan - Suriname - Swaziland - Sweden - Switzerland - Syria

T

Taiwan - Tajikistan - Tanzania - Thailand - Togo - Tokelau - Tonga - Transnistria - Trinidad and Tobago - Tunisia - Turkey - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Turks and Caicos - Tuvalu

U

Uganda - Ukraine - United Arab Emirates - United Kingdom - United States - Uruguay - Uzbekistan

V

Vanuatu - Venezuela - Vietnam - Virgin Islands of the United States

W

Wallis and Futuna - Western Sahara

Y

Yemen

Z

Zambia - Zimbabwe

See also

• List of democracy and elections-related topics
• List of frivolous parties
• List of organizations
• List of election results,
• List of national leaders

External links

• Political resources on the net (http://www.politicalresources.net/)
• Political parties around the World (http://www.electionworld.org/parties/index.html)
• Directory of U.S. Political Parties (http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm)
• Leftist Parties of the World (http://www.broadleft.org/) - Detailed resource for left-leaning parties (large and small) in each country
• Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/) – Elections around the world
• Elections for the European Parliament (http://www.electionworld.org/election/europeanunion.htm)
• Election results for the House of Commons (http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/state.htm) - United Kingdom