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x Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party Logo Australia Peter Garrett  
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. Known as the ALP for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the 2007 federal election. Kevin Rudd is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime...
Penny Wong  
Kevin Rudd  
Mike Rann  
Bob Hawke  
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x Australian Democrats Australian Democrats Australia Don Chipp 1977
The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a centrist or social liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, after principals of those minor parties secured the...
Robin Millhouse  
Brian Greig  
Cheryl Kernot  
Natasha Stott Despoja  
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x National Alliance National Alliance Italy    
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale, AN) was a conservative political party in Italy. Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post...
x Labour Party Labour logo United Kingdom Tony Benn  
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has...
Leslie Plummer  
Jim Fitzpatrick  
David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore  
H. T. Muggeridge  
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x British National Party The logo of the British National Party United Kingdom Nick Griffin  
The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, whites-only political party in the United Kingdom, formed as a splinter group of the British National Front by John Tyndall in 1982. The party's current chairman is Nick Griffin, himself a former...
John Tyndall  
Charles Parker  
Richard Edmonds  
Eddy Morrison  
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x Liberal Democrats Lib Dem "Bird of Freedom" logo United Kingdom Paddy Ashdown  
The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Liberals, are a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; the two parties had been in alliance for...
Lorely Burt  
Nicol Stephen  
Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby  
Stephen Williams  
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x Country Liberal Party Country Liberal Party Australia Denis Burke  
The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party (CLP) is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal and National parties. It is a member of the Coalition. The CLP dominated the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from its...
Shane Stone  
Grant Tambling  
Nigel Scullion  
Dave Tollner  
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x European Free Alliance Logo of the European Free Alliance      
The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a European political party. It consists of various European political parties which advocate either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-government for their country or...
x Liberal Party of Australia Liberalpartyofaus Australia John Howard  
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political...
Julie Bishop  
Martin Hamilton-Smith  
Robert Menzies 1944
John Gorton  
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x Mebyon Kernow Mebyon Kernow modern logo United Kingdom    
Mebyon Kernow (Cornish for Sons of Cornwall, often abbreviated to MK) is a left-of-centre political party in the United Kingdom. The main objective of MK is to establish greater autonomy in Cornwall, through the establishment of a legislative...
x Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling Norway    
Nasjonal Samling (Norwegian for "National Gathering", "National Unification" or sometimes informally as "National Socialist Party", hereafter abbreviated as NS) was a fascist party in Norway active in the period 1933–45. Founded by former minister...
x National Party of Australia The Nationals Logo Australia Earle Page  
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....
John McEwen  
Arthur Fadden  
Tim Fischer  
Joh Bjelke-Petersen  
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x Official Monster Raving Loony Party Monster Raving Loony logo United Kingdom Screaming Lord Sutch  
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch (1940-1999). Beginning in 1964, Sutch, of Screaming Lord...
Howling Laud Hope  
Mad Cow-Girl  
x Shiv Sena Shiv Sena India    
x Green Party Usgreenpartylogo United States of America Ralph Nader  
The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is one of the political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green Parties. The Greens, a voluntary association of state parties, have been active as a nationally...
Cynthia McKinney Oct 2007
Barry Hermanson  
Thomas Lash  
John Lindblad  
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x United States Natural Law Party Party logo United States of America    
The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. Both were associated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, leader of Transcendental Meditation. Maharishi holds the view that natural law is the...
x Libertarian Party LP Logo United States of America Chris Maden 1994
The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects that group's particular brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration across borders, and non...
George Phillies  
Bob Barr 2006
Mike Gravel Mar 25, 2008
Michael Moloney  
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x Republican Party Republican Party Logo United States of America Strom Thurmond Sep 16, 1964
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being...
Robert Aderholt  
Spencer Bachus  
Josiah Bonner  
Terry Everett  
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x Conservative Party   United Kingdom Airey Neave  
The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservatives, the Conservative Party, or Tory Party is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the early 19th century, it has since...
Kenneth Clarke  
Norman Hulbert  
Nigel Lawson  
Anthony Eden  
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x Constitution Party image:Constitution party logo.gif.gif United States of America Alan Keyes  
The Constitution Party is a United States political party rooted in the paleoconservative movement. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party in 1992. The party's official name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999; however, some state...
Chuck Baldwin 2000
Darrell Castle  
x Canadian Alliance Canadian Alliance Canada Deborah Grey  
The Canadian Alliance (in French Alliance canadienne), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (or in French Alliance réformiste-conservatrice canadienne), was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The...
James Moore  
Chuck Cadman  
Rahim Jaffer Mar 27, 2000
Jim Pankiw  
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x Plaid Cymru "Plaid Cymru Logo" United Kingdom Adam Price  
Plaid Cymru (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈplaɪd ˈkəmri] English: The Party of Wales; often referred to simply as Plaid) is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. Plaid Cymru was...
Ieuan Wyn Jones  
Dafydd Elis-Thomas  
Dafydd Wigley  
Elfyn Llwyd  
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x New Democratic Party New Democratic Party Canada Pat Martin  
The New Democratic Party (French: Nouveau Parti démocratique), commonly referred to as the NDP, is a social democratic political party in Canada. In the Canadian House of Commons, it holds a centre-left position in the Canadian political spectrum....
Bev Desjarlais  
John Rodriguez  
Jean Crowder  
Peter Julian  
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x Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois Canada Benoît Sauvageau  
The Bloc Québécois (BQ) is a federal political party in Canada that defines itself as devoted to both the protection of Quebec's interests on a federal level as well as the promotion of its sovereignty. As such, it campaigns only within the province...
Louis Plamondon Dec 20, 1990
Gilles Duceppe  
Gérard Asselin  
Claude Bachand  
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x Ulster Unionist Party "UUP" logo United Kingdom Robert Bradford  
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party (OUP) or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Before the split...
David Trimble  
Enoch Powell  
Sylvia Hermon  
Jim Nicholson  
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x Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy   Iraq    
The Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy (ICM) is a monarchist political party in Iraq led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein. Al-Hussein is related to the Hashemite royal family which ruled Iraq until 1958. He has succeeded in establishing himself as claimant...
x Green Party of England and Wales Green Party: Real Progress   Sian Berry  
The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) (Welsh: Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr) is the principal Green political party in England and Wales which includes among its regional divisions the semi-autonomous Wales Green Party. The party is unrepresented...
Caroline Lucas  
Derek Wall  
x One Nation Party One Nation Party Australia Graeme Campbell  
One Nation is a nationalist and protectionist political party in Australia. It gained 22 percent of the vote translating to 11 of 89 seats in Queensland's unicameral legislative assembly at the 1998 state election and made major inroads into the...
Len Harris  
Pauline Hanson  
David Oldfield  
Jack Paff  
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x Committee of Fifty        
Committee of Fifty could refer to one of the following:
x Bevara Sverige Svenskt Sdsticker      
Bevara Sverige Svenskt ("Keep Sweden Swedish") was a Swedish nationalist political movement based in Stockholm and a slogan used by various nationalist parties in the country. The stated objective of the BSS movement and the aim of the slogan were...
x Parti Québécois logo parti quebecois.jpg Canada René Lévesque  
The Parti Québécois (PQ) is a left-wing political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Québec and secession from Canada. It is a social democratic party and has traditionally had support from the labour movement. Unlike many...
Lucien Bouchard  
x Progressive Conservative Party of Canada /wikipedia/images/en_id/408767 Canada Jacques Flynn  
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) (French: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) (1942–2003) was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and a centrist stance on social issues. The party began as...
Kim Campbell  
John Diefenbaker  
Jean Pigott  
Lincoln Alexander  
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x Latvian National Independence Movement   Latvia    
The Latvian National Independence Movement (Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība or LNNK) was a political organization in Latvia from 1988 till mid-1990s. It formed in 1988, as the radical wing of Latvian nationalist movement. Unlike the...
x Bharatiya Janata Party   India Atal Bihari Vajpayee  
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Hindi: भारतीय जनता पार्टी [भाजपा]), translation: Indian People's Party) is a major political party in India, founded in 1980. The party is a strong force in Hindu nationalism and advocates conservative social...
Lal Krishna Advani  
Raman Singh  
Maneka Gandhi  
H. T. Sangliana  
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x Indian National Congress   India Mahatma Gandhi  
The Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee,...
Shankar Dayal Sharma  
Indira Gandhi  
Rajiv Gandhi  
P. V. Narasimha Rao  
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x Liberal Party of Canada /wikipedia/images/en_id/511468 Canada Raymond Bonin  
The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is a major political party in Canada. The party sits between the centre-left and centre of the Canadian political spectrum. The party currently forms the...
Judy Erola  
Martin Cauchon  
Derek Lee  
John McKay  
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x Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Canada Tommy Douglas  
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (French: Fédération du commonwealth coopératif, then Parti social démocratique du Canada) was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative...
Donald C. MacDonald  
J. S. Woodsworth  
Arnold Webster  
Arnold Peters  
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x National Rainbow Coalition   Kenya Moody Awori 2002
The National Rainbow Coalition (National Alliance of Rainbow Coalition - NARC) was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a controversy between its wings about a constitutional referendum. In...
x National Alliance Party of Kenya   Kenya    
The National Alliance Party of Kenya (NAK) is a political party in Kenya. In December 1991, only days after the repeal of Section 2A of the Kenyan constitution, which restored the multiparty system, Mwai Kibaki left Kenya African National Union ...
x Social Democratic and Labour Party Brid Rodgers United Kingdom John Hume  
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. During the Troubles, the SDLP was consistently the most popular nationalist party in...
Alasdair McDonnell  
Seamus Mallon  
Mark Durkan  
Eddie McGrady  
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x British Columbia Liberal Party British Columbia Liberal Party Canada Joyce Murray  
The British Columbia Liberal Party (also referred to as the BC Liberals) is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with...
John van Dongen 1995
Michael de Jong 1994
Dennis MacKay 2001
Richard Lee 2001
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x Green Party of British Columbia Green Party of British Columbia Canada    
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. The first Green Party in North America, was formed in British Columbia, Canada on February 4, 1983 registering as both a provincial society and a political party...
x New Democratic Party of British Columbia New Democratic Party of British Columbia Canada Dave Barrett  
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a political party in British Columbia, Canada that has democratic socialist roots. The policies it advances today resemble those of social democrats. It is the provincial arm of the New...
Tim Stevenson  
Adrian Dix  
Gregor Robertson  
Shane Simpson  
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x Australian Greens /wikipedia/images/en_id/523121 Australia Kerry Nettle  
The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. The party has its eastern Australian origins in the Franklin River Dams campaign in Tasmania in the 1980s, and in Western Australia arising from concerns...
Christine Milne  
Rachel Siewert  
Sarah Hanson-Young  
Scott Ludlam  
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x Parti libéral du Québec Parti libéral du Québec 2003 logo Canada Jean Lesage  
The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; in French, Parti libéral du Québec or PLQ), is a Centre-left liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. It has been independent of the Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The party has traditionally...
Jean Charest  
Lomer Gouin  
George Carlyle Marler  
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière  
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x Bloc pot Bloc pot Canada    
The Bloc Pot is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada that is dedicated to ending cannabis prohibition. It has contested three provincial elections but it has failed to win any seats in the National Assembly of Quebec. The party was...
x Reform Party of Canada Reform Party of Canada Canada Margaret Bridgman  
The Reform Party of Canada (French: ''Parti réformiste du Canada'') was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the...
Preston Manning  
Ed Harper  
Deborah Grey  
Hugh Hanrahan  
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x United Kingdom Independence Party UKIP logo United Kingdom Nigel Farage  
The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced /ˈjuːkɪp/ roughly yoo-kip) is a conservative, eurosceptic political party. Its principal aim is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. UKIP currently...
Bob Spink  
David Campbell-Bannerman  
Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch  
Roger Knapman  
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x National Peasants' Party     Gheorghe Mironescu  
The National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc or PNŢ) was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion of the Romanian National Party (Partidul Naţional Român) from Transylvania and the Peasants' Party (Partidul Ţărănesc)...
Gavril Dejeu  
Iuliu Maniu  
Grigore Gafencu  
x Democratic Unionist Party Mervyn Storey United Kingdom David Simpson  
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the...
Sammy Wilson  
Jeffrey Donaldson  
Iris Robinson  
Peter Robinson  
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x Ecolo   Belgium    
Ecolo (which officially stands for Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales "Confederated ecologists for the organisation of original struggles", but in reality is a shorthand for "ecology" or "ecologist") is a French-speaking...
x Scottish Party        
The Scottish Party was formed in 1932 by a group of members of the Unionist Party who favoured the establishment of a Dominion Scottish Parliament within the British Empire and Commonwealth. They differed with the existing National Party of Scotland...
x Scottish Workers Republican Party        
The Scottish Workers Republican Party (SWRP) were formed by the Scottish Marxist activist John Maclean MA (1879-1923) in the 1910s. They advocated the political doctrine of communism, whilst also supporting Scottish independence. This dual communist...
x Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party   Scotland    
The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) was formed on 3 February 2003, in time to contest that year's elections to the Scottish Parliament. The leading figure in its formation was John Swinburne, previously a director of Motherwell Football...
x Socialist Party USA Socialist Party logo United States of America Stewart Alexander  
The Socialist Party of USA (SP USA) is a democratic socialist multi-tendency party established in the 1973. The party is one of the heirs of the Socialist Party of America which dissolved in 1973. The other successors have either dissolved or stayed...
Brian Moore  
Eric Chester  
Walt Brown  
David McReynolds  
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x Green Party of Ontario Green Party of Ontario      
The Green Party of Ontario (GPO) is a political party in Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's second-largest provincial Green Party after the Green Party of British Columbia. The party is led by Frank de Jong (outgoing) with deputy leader Shane Jolley...
x Socialist Workers Party Fist Logo United Kingdom    
The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) claims to be the largest far left party in Britain. It participates in a number of campaigns such as Unite Against Fascism and the Stop the War Coalition. The SWP has an industrial department which co-ordinates its...
x Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee        
The Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (Chinese: 中国共产党中央委员会书记处 pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Shūjìchù) is the permanent bureaucracy of the Communist Party of China and forms a parallel structure to...
x Green Party of Canada /wikipedia/images/en_id/763442 Canada Elizabeth May  
The Green Party of Canada (French: Parti vert du Canada) is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens, as their name indicates, advocate green politics and are the largest...
Blair Wilson  
Nick Wright  
x People's Union   Belgium    
Volksunie (People's Union, VU) was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists. The party initially proved successful and had members elected to...
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