This is a list ofpolitical parties by reported number of members. These reported membership numbers[a] are usually claimed by the parties themselves and may not have been confirmed by independent studies.
| Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members(year) | Approximate percentage of population(year)[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 6 April 1980 (45 years ago) (1980-04-06) | 106 million(2024)[1][2][3][4] | 13.9%(2024) | ||
| 2 | Chinese Communist Party | CCP CPC | 23 July 1921 (104 years ago) (1921-07-23) | 100.27 million(2024)[5] | 7.1%(2024) | ||
| 3 | Indian National Congress | INC CONG | 28 December 1885 (139 years ago) (1885-12-28) | 77 million(2023)[6][7] | 3.8%(2023) |
| Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members(year) | Approximate percentage of population(year)[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Democratic Party | D DEM | 8 January 1828 (197 years ago) (1828-01-08) | 45,137,430(2024)[8][c] | 37.60%(2024) in 31 states | ||
| 5 | Republican Party | R GOP REP | 20 March 1854 (171 years ago) (1854-03-20) | 36,073,810(2024)[8][c] | 30.05%(2024) in 31 states | ||
| 6 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All IndiaAnnaDravidian Progressive Federation | AIADMK | 17 October 1972 (53 years ago) (1972-10-17) | 20,044,400(2023)[9] | 1.4%(2023)[d] | ||
| 7 | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Pakistan Movement for Justice | PTI | 25 April 1996 (29 years ago) (1996-04-25) | 20 million(2024)[10] | 12.24%(2024) | ||
| 8 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravidian Progressive Federation | DMK | 17 September 1949 (76 years ago) (1949-09-17) | 20 million(2023)[11] | 1.38%(2023)[e] | ||
| 9 | Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | TVK | 2 February 2024 (21 months ago) (2024-02-02) | 15 million(2025)[12] | 1%(2025) | ||
| 10 | Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party of the Revolution | CCM | 5 February 1977 (48 years ago) (1977-02-05) | 12 million(2022)[13] | 19%(2022) | ||
| 11 | Justice and Development Party | AKP AK Party | 14 August 2001 (24 years ago) (2001-08-14) | 11,135,306(2024)[14] | 12.93%(2023) | ||
| 12 | Prosperity Party | PP | 1 December 2019 (5 years ago) (2019-12-01) | 11 million(2022)[15] | 11%(2022) | ||
| 13 | Aam Aadmi Party Common Man's Party | AAP | 26 November 2012 (12 years ago) (2012-11-26) | 10.05 million(2014)[16] | 0.81%(2014) | ||
| 14 | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | PSUV | 24 March 2007 (18 years ago) (2007-03-24) | 7,632,606(2014)[17][non-primary source needed] | 27.33%(2013) | ||
| 15 | Workers' Party of Korea | WPK | 30 June 1949 (76 years ago) (1949-06-30) | 6.5 million(2021)[18] | 25.07%(2021) | ||
| 16 | Telugu Desam Party Party of theTelugu Land | TDP | 29 March 1982 (43 years ago) (1982-03-29) | 6.5 million(2019)[19] | 0.47%(2019) | ||
| 17 | Cambodian People's Party | CPP | 28 June 1951 (74 years ago) (1951-06-28) | 6 million(2020)[20] | 35.89%(2020) | ||
| 18 | Communist Party of Vietnam | CPV | 3 February 1930 (95 years ago) (1930-02-03) | 5.3 million(2020)[21] | 5.73%(2014) |
| Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members(year) | Approximate percentage of population(year)[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Democratic Party of Korea | DPK | 26 March 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-03-26) | 4,053,466(2021) | 7.84%(2021) | ||
| 20 | Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front | ZANU-PF | 18 March 1975 (50 years ago) (1975-03-18) | 3,900,000(2022)[22] | 25.69%(2022) | ||
| 21 | Justicialist Party | PJ | 21 November 1946 (79 years ago) (1946-11-21) | 3,818,678(2019)[23] | 8.5%(2019) | ||
| 22 | People Power Party | PPP | 17 February 2020 (5 years ago) (2020-02-17) | 3,475,372(2020) main predecessor | 6.72%(2020) | ||
| 23 | United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 11 May 1946 (79 years ago) (1946-05-11) | 3,391,236(2022)[24] | 10.1%(2022) | ||
| 24 | People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola | MPLA | 10 December 1956 (68 years ago) (1956-12-10) | 2.7 million(2008)[25] | 14%(2008) | ||
| 25 | Colorado Party | ANR-PC | 11 September 1887 (138 years ago) (1887-09-11) | 2,616,424(2022)[26] | 42.82%(2022) | ||
| 26 | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna People's Liberation Front | JVP | 14 May 1965 (60 years ago) (1965-05-14) | 2,500,000(2024) | 11.49%(2024) | ||
| 27 | National Regeneration Movement | Morena | 10 July 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-07-10) | 2,322,136(2023)[27] | 1.84%(2023) | ||
| 28 | Brazilian Democratic Movement | MDB | 4 December 1965 (59 years ago) (1965-12-04) | 2,080,586(2024)[28] | 0.98%(2024) | ||
| 29 | United Russia | YR | 1 December 2001 (23 years ago) (2001-12-01) | 2,073,772(2013)[29] | 1.45%(2013) | ||
| 30 | Radical Civic Union | UCR | 21 June 1891 (134 years ago) (1891-06-21) | 1,992,472(2017)[23] | 4.52%(2017) | ||
| 31 | Workers' Party | PT | 10 February 1980 (45 years ago) (1980-02-10) | 1,650,286(2024)[28] | 0.78%(2024) | ||
| 32 | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | PLRA | 1887 (138 years ago) (1887) | 1,548,023(2022)[30] | 25.33%(2022) | ||
| 33 | Partido Federal ng Pilipinas Federal Party of the Philippines | PFP | 5 October 2018 (7 years ago) (2018-10-05) | 1.5 million(2021)[31] | 1.35%(2021) | ||
| 34 | Republican People's Party | CHP | 9 September 1923 (102 years ago) (1923-09-09) | 1,428,800(2024)[32] | 1.67%(2023) | ||
| 35 | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | 4 March 1929 (96 years ago) (1929-03-04) | 1,411,889(2023)[27] | 1.10%(2023) | ||
| 36 | Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 26 October 2022 (3 years ago) (2022-10-26) | 1,330,602(2024)[28] | 0.63%(2024) | ||
| 37 | Progressistas Progressives | PP | September 1995 (30 years ago) (1995-09) | 1,327,959(2024)[28] | 0.62%(2024) | ||
| 38 | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | PSDB | 25 June 1988 (37 years ago) (1988-06-25) | 1,304,717(2024)[28] | 0.61%(2024) | ||
| 39 | People's Justice Party | PKR | 10 December 1998 (26 years ago) (1998-12-10) | 1,153,212(2024)[33] | 3.38%(2024) | ||
| 40 | Democratic Labour Party | PDT | 17 June 1979 (46 years ago) (1979-06-17) | 1,112,376(2024)[28] | 0.52%(2024) | ||
| 41 | Brazil Union | UNIÃO | 6 October 2021 (4 years ago) (2021-10-06) | 1,100,261(2024)[28] | 0.52%(2024) | ||
| 42 | Liberal Democratic Party | LDP | 15 November 1955 (70 years ago) (1955-11-15) | 1,091,075(2023)[34] | 0.88%(2023) | ||
| 43 | Kuomintang Nationalist Party | KMT | 10 October 1919 (106 years ago) (1919-10-10) | 1,090,000(2017)[35] | 4.62%(2017) | ||
| 44 | Economic Freedom Fighters | EFF | 26 July 2013 (12 years ago) (2013-07-26) | 1,085,843(2022)[36] | 1.75%(2022) | ||
| 45 | Malaysian Islamic Party | PAS | 24 November 1951 (73 years ago) (1951-11-24) | 1,005,700(2022)[37] | 2.89%(2022) | ||
| 46 | National Liberation Front | FLN | 23 October 1954 (71 years ago) (1954-10-23) | 1 million(2019)[38] | 2.32%(2019) | ||
| 47 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) CPM | 7 November 1964 (61 years ago) (1964-11-07) | 1 million(2024) | 0.07%(2024) |
| Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members(year) | Approximate percentage of population(year)[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Liberal Party | PL | 25 June 1985 (40 years ago) (1985-06-25) | 898,282(2024)[28] | 0.42%(2024) | ||
| 49 | Nepali Congress | NC | 9 April 1950 (75 years ago) (1950-04-09) | 870,106(2024) | 2.84%(2024) | ||
| 50 | Amanat Ancestral Legacy | 12 February 1999 (26 years ago) (1999-02-12) | 850,000(2015)[39] | 4.84%(2015) | |||
| 51 | Golkar Party Party of Functional Groups | 20 October 1964 (61 years ago) (1964-10-20) | 832,842(2024)[40] | 0.29%(2024) | |||
| 52 | Podemos We Can | PODE | 5 March 1995 (30 years ago) (1995-03-05) | 813,902(2024)[28] | 0.38%(2024) | ||
| 53 | People's Party Partido Popular | PP | 20 January 1989 (36 years ago) (1989-01-20) | 806,000(2024)[41] | 1.63%(2024) | ||
| 54 | Serbian Progressive Party | SNS | 21 October 2008 (17 years ago) (2008-10-21) | 800,000(2020)[42] | 11.13%(2020) | ||
| 55 | African National Congress | ANC | 8 January 1912 (113 years ago) (1912-01-08) | 769,000(2015)[43] | 1.39%(2015) | ||
| 56 | New Azerbaijan Party | YAP | 21 November 1992 (33 years ago) (1992-11-21) | 760,580(2021) | 7.51%(2021) | ||
| 57 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party | BERSATU/PPBM | 14 January 2017 (8 years ago) (2017-01-14) | 700,000(2024)[44] | 2.05%(2024) | ||
| 58 | Libertarian Party | LP | 11 December 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-12-11) | 693,634(2021)[8][c] | 0.20%(2021) | ||
| 59 | Communist Party of Cuba | PCC | 3 October 1965 (60 years ago) (1965-10-03) | 670,000(2016)[45] | 5.96%(2016) | ||
| 60 | Brazilian Socialist Party | PSB | 2 July 1985 (40 years ago) (1985-07-02) | 653,940(2024)[28] | 0.31%(2024) | ||
| 61 | Communist Party of India | CPI | 26 December 1925 | 650,000(2022)[46][47] | 0.05%(2022) | ||
| 62 | Conservative Party of Canada | CPC PCC | 7 December 2003 (21 years ago) (2003-12-07) | 600,000+(2022)[48] | 1.56%(2022) | ||
| 63 | Austrian People's Party | ÖVP | 17 April 1945 (80 years ago) (1945-04-17) | 600,000(2017)[49] | 6.80%(2017) | ||
| 64 | Republicans | 16 December 2003 (21 years ago) (2003-12-16) | 566,561(2024)[28] | 0.27%(2024) | |||
| 65 | National Mandate Party | PAN | 23 August 1998 (27 years ago) (1998-08-23) | 560,677(2024)[50] | 0.2%(2024) | ||
| 66 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | CPN (UML) | 6 January 1991 (34 years ago) (1991-01-06) | 550,000(2022)[51] | 1.8%(2022) | ||
| 67 | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 16 June 2001 (24 years ago) (2001-06-16) | 509,000(2014)[52] | 2.55%(2014) | ||
| 68 | Good Party | İYİ İPİYİP | 25 October 2017 (8 years ago) (2017-10-25) | 508,578(2024)[53] | 0.6%(2023) | ||
| 69 | New Ideas | N NI | 25 October 2017 (8 years ago) (2017-10-25) | 507,677(2019)[54] | 7.64%(2019) | ||
| 70 | National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia | FUNCINPEC | 21 March 1981 (44 years ago) (1981-03-21) | 500,000(2019)[55] | 2.99%(2019) | ||
| 71 | Gerindra Party Great Indonesia Movement Party | 6 February 2008 (17 years ago) (2008-02-06) | 495,699(2024)[56] | 0.17%(2024) | |||
| 72 | Nationalist Movement Party | MHP | 9 February 1969 (56 years ago) (1969-02-09) | 486,896(2024)[57] | 0.57%(2023) | ||
| 73 | Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle | PDI-P PDIP PDI Perjuangan | 10 January 1973 (52 years ago) (1973-01-10) | 472,643(2024)[58] | 0.16%(2024) | ||
| 74 | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 21 March 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-03-21) | 468,295(2024)[28] | 0.22%(2024) | ||
| 75 | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | V PVEM PVE | 14 May 1993 (32 years ago) (1993-05-14) | 460,554(2020)[59] | 0.37%(2020) | ||
| 76 | Komeito | NKP | 17 November 1964 (61 years ago) (1964-11-17) | 450,000(2024)[60] | 0.36%(2024) | ||
| United Sabah Party | PBS | 5 March 1985 (40 years ago) (1985-03-05) | 450,000(2021)[61] | 1.38%(2021)[f] 7.47%(2021)[g] | |||
| 77 | Cidadania Citizenship | 26 January 1992 (33 years ago) (1992-01-26) | 425,390(2024)[28] | 0.20%(2024) | |||
| 78 | Democratic Party | PD | 14 October 2007 (18 years ago) (2007-10-14) | 412,675(2019)[citation needed] | 0.69%(2019) | ||
| 79 | Renaissance | RE | 6 April 2016 (9 years ago) (2016-04-06) | 411,892(2019)[62] | 0.64%(2019) | ||
| 80 | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions | FTU | 17 April 1948 (77 years ago) (1948-04-17) | 410,000(2014)[63] | 5.66%(2014) | ||
| 81 | Communist Party of Brazil | PCdoB | 18 February 1962 (63 years ago) (1962-02-18) | 391,256(2024)[28] | 0.18%(2024) | ||
| 82 | NasDem Party National Democratic Party | 1 February 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-02-01) | 390,834(2024)[64] | 0.13%(2024) | |||
| 83 | National Awakening Party | PKB | 23 July 1998 (27 years ago) (1998-07-23) | 384,637(2024)[65] | 0.13%(2024) | ||
| 84 | Solidarity | 25 October 2012 (13 years ago) (2012-10-25) | 382,514(2024)[28] | 0.18%(2024) | |||
| 85 | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | CDU | 20 June 1945 (80 years ago) (1945-06-20) | 371,986[66](2023) | 0.44%(2023) | ||
| 86 | La France Insoumise Unsubmissive France | FI LFI | 10 February 2016 (9 years ago) (2016-02-10) | 370,000(2023)[67] | 0.5%(2023) | ||
| 87 | People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan | XDP | 1 November 1991 (34 years ago) (1991-11-01) | 368,214(2009) | 1.33%(2009) | ||
| 88 | New Welfare Party | YRP Yeniden Refah | 23 November 2018 (7 years ago) (2018-11-23) | 365,767(2024)[68] | 0.43%(2023) | ||
| 89 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | SPD | 23 May 1863 (162 years ago) (1863-05-23) | 365,190[69](2024) | 0.44%(2023) | ||
| 90 | China Democratic League | CDL | 17 April 1948 (77 years ago) (1948-04-17) | 356,900(2023)[70] | 0.03%(2023) | ||
| 91 | Green Party | PV | 17 January 1986 (39 years ago) (1986-01-17) | 351,011(2024)[28] | 0.16%(2024) | ||
| 92 | Democrat Party | DP | 27 May 2007 (18 years ago) (2007-05-27) | 342,256(2024)[71] | 0.4%(2023) | ||
| 93 | Democratic Progressive Party | DPP | 28 September 1986 (39 years ago) (1986-09-28) | 335,643(2014)[citation needed] | 1.43%(2014) | ||
| 94 | Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party | OʻzLiDeP | 15 November 2003 (22 years ago) (2003-11-15) | 324,881(2016) | 1.01%(2016) | ||
| 95 | Labour Party | LAB | 23 July 1900 (125 years ago) (1900-07-23) | 309,000[72](2025) | 0.46%(2022) | ||
| 96 | Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party | AHDPP | 30 January 2000 (25 years ago) (2000-01-30) | 298,564(2021) | 1.60%(2021) | ||
| 97 | New Progressive Party | PNP | 20 August 1967 (58 years ago) (1967-08-20) | 297,998(2020)[73] | 9.07%(2020) | ||
| 98 | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | LDPR | 1992 (33 years ago) (1992) | 295,018(2019)[74] | 0.20%(2019) | ||
| 99 | Liberal Party of Canada | LPC PLC | 1861 (164 years ago) (1861) | 294,002(2013)[75] | 0.83%(2013) | ||
| 100 | Socialism and Liberty Party | PSOL | 6 June 2004 (21 years ago) (2004-06-06) | 291,344(2024)[28] | 0.14%(2024) | ||
| 101 | Mongolian People's Party | MPP | 25 June 1921 (104 years ago) (1921-06-25) | 287,283(2023) | 8.90%(2023) | ||
| 102 | Prosperous Justice Party | PKS | 20 July 1998 (27 years ago) (1998-07-20) | 284,388(2024)[76] | 0.1%(2024) | ||
| 103 | National Liberal Party | PNL | 24 May 1875 (150 years ago) (1875-05-24) | 253,895(2018)[77] | 1.3%(2018) | ||
| 104 | Japanese Communist Party | JCP | 15 July 1922 (103 years ago) (1922-07-15) | 250,000(2024)[78] | 0.20%(2024) | ||
| 104 | Congolese Party of Labour | PCT | 29 December 1969 (55 years ago) (1969-12-29) | 250,000(2005)[79] | 7.06%(2005) | ||
| 104 | Reform UK | 23 November 2018 (7 years ago) (2018-11-23) | 250,000(2025)[80] | 0.36%(2025) | |||
| 107 | Labor Party | PT | 8 December 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-12-08) | 249,384(2020)[59] | 0.20%(2020) | ||
| 108 | Avante Forward | November 1989 (36 years ago) (1989-11) | 246,757(2024)[28] | 0.12%(2024) | |||
| 109 | Green Party of the United States | GPUS | April 2001 (24 years ago) (2001-04) | 246,377(2020)[8][c] | 0.07%(2020) | ||
| 110 | Felicity Party | SP SAADET | 20 July 2001 (24 years ago) (2001-07-20) | 243,312(2024)[81] | 0.29%(2023) | ||
| 111 | China National Democratic Construction Association | CNDCA | 22 March 1955 (70 years ago) (1955-03-22) | 237,526(2024)[82] | 0.02%(2024) | ||
| 112 | The Republicans | LR | 30 May 2015 (10 years ago) (2015-05-30) | 234,556(2017)[83] | 0.36%(2017) | ||
| 113 | National Action Party | PAN | 16 September 1939 (86 years ago) (1939-09-16) | 234,450(2020)[59] | 0.19%(2020) | ||
| 114 | Citizens' Movement | MC | 1 August 1998 (27 years ago) (1998-08-01) | 229,474(2020)[59] | 0.18%(2020) | ||
| 115 | Croatian Democratic Union | HDZ | 17 June 1989 (36 years ago) (1989-06-17) | 220,000(2017)[84] | 5.33%(2017) | ||
| South African Communist Party | SACP | 12 February 1921 (104 years ago) (1921-02-12) | 220,000(2015)[85] | 0.4%(2015) | |||
| 117 | Popular Democratic Party | PPD | 22 July 1938 (87 years ago) (1938-07-22) | 218,900(2020)[86] | 6.66%(2020) | ||
| 118 | National Mobilization | MOBILIZA | 21 April 1984 (41 years ago) (1984-04-21) | 212,899(2024)[28] | 0.10%(2024) | ||
| 119 | Jiusan Society Academic Society | JS | 3 September 1945 (80 years ago) (1945-09-03) | 211,738(2023)[87] | 0.01%(2023) | ||
| 120 | Democratic Party of Turkmenistan | TDP | 16 December 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-12-16) | 211,000(2019) | 3.50%(2019) | ||
| 121 | Agir Act | 11 July 1985 (40 years ago) (1985-07-11) | 200,860(2024)[28] | 0.09%(2024) | |||
| 122 | China Association for Promoting Democracy | CAPD | 30 December 1945 (79 years ago) (1945-12-30) | 200,000(2023)[88] | 0.01%(2023) | ||
| 123 | Popular Action | AP | 7 July 1956 (69 years ago) (1956-07-07) | 194,472(2020) | 0.59%(2020) | ||
| 124 | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | SNSD | 10 March 1996 (29 years ago) (1996-03-10) | 192,707(2019)[89] | 5.64%(2019) | ||
| 125 | Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party | CPWDP | 9 August 1930 (95 years ago) (1930-08-09) | 192,000(2022)[90] | 0.01%(2022) | ||
| 126 | Lao People's Revolutionary Party | LPRP | 22 March 1955 (70 years ago) (1955-03-22) | 191,700(2011) | 3%(2011) | ||
| 127 | Christian Democracy | DC | 30 March 1995 (30 years ago) (1995-03-30) | 185,258(2024)[28] | 0.09%(2024) | ||
| 128 | Creating Opportunities | CREO | 20 August 2012 (13 years ago) (2012-08-20) | 184,299(2016) | 1.11%(2016) | ||
| 129 | Democratic Left | ID | 1970 (55 years ago) (1970) | 184,284(2016) | 1.11%(2016) | ||
| 130 | Social Democratic Party of Austria | SPÖ | 1 January 1889 (136 years ago) (1889-01-01) | 180,000(2017)[49] | 2.04%(2017) | ||
| 131 | Democrat Party | DP | 6 April 1946 (79 years ago) (1946-04-06) | 178,095(2021) | 0.25%(2021) | ||
| 132 | Belaya Rus White Rus | 17 November 2007 (18 years ago) (2007-11-17) | 178,000(2018)[91] | 0.19%(2018) | |||
| 133 | Citizen Revolution Movement | RC | 18 August 2016 (9 years ago) (2016-08-18) | 174,700(2016) | 1.06%(2016) | ||
| 134 | Democratic Action Party | DAP | 11 October 1965 (60 years ago) (1965-10-11) | 173,000(2019)[92] | 0.52%(2019) | ||
| 135 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | PSOE | 2 May 1879 (146 years ago) (1879-05-02) | 172,600(2023)[93] | 0.35%(2024) | ||
| 136 | Christian Social Party | PSC | 13 November 1951 (74 years ago) (1951-11-13) | 164,629(2016) | 1.00%(2016) | ||
| 137 | Alliance for Progress | APP A | 8 December 2001 (23 years ago) (2001-12-08) | 161,859(2020) | 0.49%(2020) | ||
| 138 | Brothers of Italy | FdI | 17 December 2012 (12 years ago) (2012-12-17) | 160,000(2017) | 0.26%(2017) | ||
| Communist Party of the Russian Federation | CPRF | 14 February 1993 (32 years ago) (1993-02-14) | 160,000(2015)[94] | 0.11%(2015) | |||
| 140 | Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country | MUPP | 1 November 1995 (30 years ago) (1995-11-01) | 159,961(2016) | 0.97%(2016) | ||
| 141 | Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | RCCK | 1 January 1948 (77 years ago) (1948-01-01) | 158,000(2022)[95] | 0.01%(2022) | ||
| 142 | Democratic Party | DP | 1990 (35 years ago) (1990) | 150,000(2020) | 4.47%(2020) | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party National Democratic Party | RPP | 29 May 1990 (35 years ago) (1990-05-29) | 150,000(2021)[96] | 1.87%(2021) | |||
| Green Party of England and Wales | GPEW | July 1990 (35 years ago) (1990-07) | 150,000(2025)[97] | 0.22%(2025) | |||
| 144 | Brazilian Labour Renewal Party | PRTB | 27 November 1994 (30 years ago) (1994-11-27) | 147,716(2024)[28] | 0.07%(2024) | ||
| 145 | Democracy and Progress Party | DEVA | 9 March 2020 (5 years ago) (2020-03-09) | 146,820(2024)[98] | 0.17%(2023) | ||
| 146 | Progressive Democratic Party | PDP-N | 11 November 2025 (12 days ago) (2025-11-11) | 141,715(2025) | 0.47%(2023) | ||
| 147 | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | DPS | 4 January 1990 (35 years ago) (1990-01-04) | 140,000(2018) | 1.99%(2018) | ||
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | CSU | 1945 (80 years ago) (1945) | 140,000(2019)[99] | 0.17%(2019)[h] 1.07%(2019)[i] | |||
| 149 | Podemos We Can | 16 January 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-01-16) | 138,800(2021)[100] | 0.29%(2021) | |||
| 150 | Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | 23 July 1834 (191 years ago) (1834-07-23) | 131,680[101](2024) | 0.19%(2024) | ||
| 151 | Social Democratic Party | PPD/PSD PSD | 6 May 1974 (51 years ago) (1974-05-06) | 129,735(2018)[102] | 1.26%(2018) | ||
| 152 | Nationalist Republican Alliance | ARENA | 30 September 1981 (44 years ago) (1981-09-30) | 127,543(2019)[103] | 1.92%(2019) | ||
| 153 | Likud – National Liberal Movement | 1988 (37 years ago) (1988) | 125,000(2012)[citation needed] | 1.57%(2012) | |||
| 154 | Socialist Party | PS | 28 June 1896 (129 years ago) (1896-06-28) | 124,934(2012)[104] | 0.03%(2012) | ||
| 155 | New Democratic Party | NDP NPD | 3 August 1961 (64 years ago) (1961-08-03) | 124,620(2017) | 0.34%(2017) | ||
| 156 | Lega Nord Northern League | LN | 4 December 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-12-04) | 122,000(2013)[105] | 0.2%(2013) | ||
| 157 | We Are Peru | SP | 11 September 1997 (28 years ago) (1997-09-11) | 121,577(2020) | 0.37%(2020) | ||
| 158 | National Rally | RN | 5 October 1972 (53 years ago) (1972-10-05) | 120,000(2025)[106][107] | 0.17%(2025) | ||
| 159 | Constitution Party | CP | 1991 (34 years ago) (1991) | 118,088(2020)[8][c] | 0.04%(2020) | ||
| 160 | The Left (Germany) | 2007 (18 years ago) (2007) | 115,623(2025)[108] | 0.14%(2025) | |||
| 161 | Republican Proposal | PRO | 3 June 2010 (15 years ago) (2010-06-03) | 115,481(2016)[23] | 0.26%(2016) | ||
| 162 | Five Star Movement | M5S | 4 October 2009 (16 years ago) (2009-10-04) | 115,372(2019)[109] | 0.19%(2019) | ||
| 163 | United National Congress | UNC | 30 April 1989 (36 years ago) (1989-04-30) | 115,000(2020)[110] | 7.58%(2020) | ||
| 164 | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan | CDP CDPJ | 3 October 2017 (8 years ago) (2017-10-03) | 114,839(2024)[111] | 0.09(2024) | ||
| 165 | Great Unity Party | BBP BÜYÜK BİRLİK | 29 January 1993 (32 years ago) (1993-01-29) | 112,277[112](2024) | 0.13%(2023) | ||
| 166 | Socialist Party of Albania | PS | 13 June 1991 (34 years ago) (1991-06-13) | 112,000(2021) | 3.94%(2021) | ||
| 167 | Nidaa Tounes Call of Tunisia | NT | 16 June 2012 (13 years ago) (2012-06-16) | 110,000(2014)[113][needs update] | 1%(2014) | ||
| 168 | Forza Italia Forward Italy | FI | 16 December 2013 (11 years ago) (2013-12-16) | 106,000(2015) | 0.18%(2015) | ||
| Reconquête Reconquest | R! | 5 December 2021 (3 years ago) (2021-12-05) | 106,000(2022) | 0.16%(2022) | |||
| 170 | People's National Movement | PNM | 24 January 1956 (69 years ago) (1956-01-24)[114] | 105,894(2022) | 6.92%(2022) | ||
| 171 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region | Ba'ath | 17 July 1968 (57 years ago) (1968-07-17) | 102,900(2019)[115] | 0.26%(2019) | ||
| 172 | Peace to Luhanshchyna | 6 October 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-10-06) | 102,000+(2019) | 6.97%(2019) | |||
| 173 | Alliance 90/The Greens | B90/Grüne Grüne | 14 May 1993 (32 years ago) (1993-05-14) | 101,561(2020)[116] | 0.12%(2020) | ||
| 174 | Polish People's Party | PSL | 1895 (130 years ago) (1895)[117] | 101,000(2020)[118][119] | 0.27%(2020) | ||
| 175 | Socialist Party of Serbia | SPS | 17 July 1990 (35 years ago) (1990-07-17) | 100,000(2019) | 1.45%(2019) | ||
| Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice | PUPS – Solidarity and Justice | 10 May 2005 (20 years ago) (2005-05-10) | 100,000(2015) | 1.41%(2015) | |||
| New Democratic Party of Serbia | NDSS | 26 July 1992 (33 years ago) (1992-07-26) | 100,000(2011)[120] | 1.38%(2011) | |||
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | SSNP | 16 November 1932 (93 years ago) (1932-11-16) | 100,000(2016) | 0.58%(2016) | |||
| Free Egyptians Party | FEP | 3 April 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-04-03) | 100,000(2011)[121] | 0.12%(2011) | |||
| Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Philippine Democratic Party | PDP-Laban | 6 February 1983 (42 years ago) (1983-02-06) | 100,000(2021)[122] | 0.09%(2021) | |||
| Russia of the Future | 15 December 2012 (12 years ago) (2012-12-15) | 100,000(2020)[123][needs update] | 0.07%(2020) |
Note: This list only includes parties that were dissolved and whose successor parties are clearly different from them.
| Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Founded | Dissolved | Claimed peak membership(year) | Approximate percentage of population(year)[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popular Movement of the Revolution | MPR | 20 May 1967 (58 years ago) (1967-05-20) | 16 May 1997 (28 years ago) (1997-05-16) | 46.5 million(1996) | 100%(1996)[j] | ||
| 2 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | CPSU | January 1912 (113 years ago) (1912-01) | 6 November 1991 (34 years ago) (1991-11-06) | 19 million(1986) | 6.84%(1986) | ||
| 3 | National Fascist Party | PNF | 9 November 1921 (104 years ago) (1921-11-09) | 27 July 1943 (82 years ago) (1943-07-27) | 10 million(1930)[124] | 24.35%(1930) | ||
| 4 | Nazi Party | NSDAP | 24 February 1920 (105 years ago) (1920-02-24) | 10 October 1945 (80 years ago) (1945-10-10) | 8.5 million(1945) | 12.88%(1945) | ||
| 5 | National Revolutionary Movement for Development | MRND | 5 June 1975 (50 years ago) (1975-06-05) | June 1994 (31 years ago) (1994-06) | 7.1 million(1990) | 100%(1990)[j] | ||
| 6 | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front | EPRDF | May 1988 (37 years ago) (1988-05) | 1 December 2019 (5 years ago) (2019-12-01) | 6 million(2011)[125] | 7.23%(2011) | ||
| 7 | Agricultural League | RLB | 1921 (104 years ago) (1921) | 30 January 1930 (95 years ago) (1930-01-30) | 5.6 million(1924) | 9%(1924) | ||
| 8 | Rastakhiz Party Resurgence Party | 2 March 1975 (50 years ago) (1975-03-02) | 1 November 1978 (47 years ago) (1978-11-01) | 5 million(1976)[126] | 14.83%(1976) | |||
| 9 | National Partnership | NS | 21 March 1939 (86 years ago) (1939-03-21) | 4 June 1945 (80 years ago) (1945-06-04) | 4 million(1939) | 55.45%(1939) | ||
| Concordia Association | Kyowa | 1931 (94 years ago) (1931) | 1945 (80 years ago) (1945) | 4 million(1943) | 10%(1943) | |||
| 11 | Romanian Communist Party | PCR | 8 May 1912 (113 years ago) (1912-05-08) | 22 December 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-12-22) | 3.7 million(1989)[127] | 15.98%(1989) | ||
| 12 | Polish United Workers' Party | PZPR | December 1948 (76 years ago) (1948-12) | January 1990 (35 years ago) (1990-01) | 3.5 million(1970s) | 10.72%(1970s) | ||
| 13 | Fatherland Front | VF | 20 May 1933 (92 years ago) (1933-05-20) | 13 March 1938 (87 years ago) (1938-03-13) | 3 million(1937)[128] | 44%(1937) | ||
| Muslim People's Republic Party | MPRP | 25 February 1979 (46 years ago) (1979-02-25) | January 1980 (45 years ago) (1980-01) | 3 million(1979)[129] | 7.91%(1979) | |||
| Communist Party of Indonesia | PKI | 23 May 1914 (111 years ago) (1914-05-23) | 1966 (59 years ago) (1966) | 3 million(1960) | 3.8%(1960) | |||
| 16 | Democratic Constitutional Rally | RCD | 27 February 1988 (37 years ago) (1988-02-27) | 9 March 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-03-09) | 2.5 million(2010) | 23.7%(2010) | ||
| Islamic Republican Party | IRP | 17 February 1979 (46 years ago) (1979-02-17) | 1 June 1987 (38 years ago) (1987-06-01) | 2.5 million(1979)[130] | 6.59%(1979) | |||
| Italian Communist Party | PCI | 15 May 1943 (82 years ago) (1943-05-15) | 2 February 1991 (34 years ago) (1991-02-02) | 2.5 million(1947) | 5.48%(1947) | |||
| Constitutional Democratic Party | Minseito | 1 June 1927 (98 years ago) (1927-06-01) | 15 August 1940 (85 years ago) (1940-08-15) | 2–3 million | 3.4% (Japan Proper in 1940) | |||
| 20 | Socialist Unity Party of Germany | SED | 21 April 1946 (79 years ago) (1946-04-21) | 16 December 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-12-16) | 2.3 million(1989) | 13.76%(1989) | ||
| 21 | National Peasants' Party | PNȚ | 26 October 1926 (99 years ago) (1926-10-26) | 29 June 1947 (78 years ago) (1947-06-29) | 2.12 million(1947) | 13.67%(1947) | ||
| 22 | League of Communists of Yugoslavia | SKJ | 20 April 1919 (106 years ago) (1919-04-20) | 22 January 1990 (35 years ago) (1990-01-22) | 2.1 million(1981) | 9.44%(1981) | ||
| 23 | Christian Democracy | DC | 15 December 1943 (81 years ago) (1943-12-15) | 16 January 1994 (31 years ago) (1994-01-16) | 2 million(1990) | 3.53%(1990) | ||
| 24 | National Democratic Party | NDP | 2 October 1978 (47 years ago) (1978-10-02) | 16 April 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-04-16) | 1.9 million(2010) | 2.4%(2010) | ||
| 25 | Patriotic Union | UP | 14 April 1924 (101 years ago) (1924-04-14) | 1930 (95 years ago) (1930) | 1.7 million | 8% | ||
| 26 | Dominican Party | PD | 2 August 1931 (94 years ago) (1931-08-02) | 6 January 1962 (63 years ago) (1962-01-06) | 1.6 million(1960) | 52.7%(1960)[j] | ||
| 27 | Party of Labour of Albania | PPSH | 15 December 1943 (81 years ago) (1943-12-15) | 13 June 1991 (34 years ago) (1991-06-13) | 1.5 million(1989) | 47%(1989) | ||
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | KSČ | 16 May 1921 (104 years ago) (1921-05-16) | 23 April 1992 (33 years ago) (1992-04-23) | 1.5 million(1981)[131] | 10%(1981) | |||
| Indonesian National Party | PNI | 4 July 1927 (98 years ago) (1927-07-04) | 10 January 1973 (52 years ago) (1973-01-10) | 1.5 million(1950) | 2%(1950) | |||
| 30 | Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party | 2 September 1954 (71 years ago) (1954-09-02) | 2 November 1963 (62 years ago) (1963-11-02) | 1,368,757(1962) | 8.55%(1962) | |||
| 31 | Sudeten German Party | SdP | 1 October 1933 (92 years ago) (1933-10-01) | 5 November 1938 (87 years ago) (1938-11-05) | 1.35 million(1938) | 9%(1938) | ||
| 32 | German Fatherland Party | DVLP | 2 September 1917 (108 years ago) (1917-09-02) | 10 December 1918 (106 years ago) (1918-12-10) | 1.25 million(1918) | 1.93%(1918) | ||
| 33 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region | Ba'ath | 7 April 1947 (78 years ago) (1947-04-07) | 12 December 2024 (11 months ago) (2024-12-12) | 1.2 million(2010)[132] | 5.68%(2010) | ||
| 34 | The People of Freedom | PdL | 27 March 2009 (16 years ago) (2009-03-27) | 16 November 2013 (12 years ago) (2013-11-16) | 1.15 million(2011) | 1.91%(2011) | ||
| 35 | Brazilian Integralist Action | AIB | 7 October 1932 (93 years ago) (1932-10-07) | 2 December 1937 (87 years ago) (1937-12-02) | 1.13 million(1937)[133] | 2.61%(1937) | ||
| 36 | Democrats | DEM | 24 January 1985 (40 years ago) (1985-01-24) | 8 February 2022 (3 years ago) (2022-02-08) | 1.11 million(2009)[28] | 0.58%(2009) | ||
| 37 | Brazilian Labour Party (1981) | DEM | 21 November 1979 (46 years ago) (1979-11-21) | 9 November 2023 (2 years ago) (2023-11-09) | 1,075,750(2021)[134] | 0.51%(2021) | ||
| 38 | Bulgarian Communist Party | BCP | 1919 (106 years ago) (1919) | 3 April 1990 (35 years ago) (1990-04-03) | 1 million(1989) | 11.1%(1989) | ||
| Socialist Revolutionary Party | SR | 1902 (123 years ago) (1902) | 1921 (104 years ago) (1921) | 1 million(1917) | 0.6%(1917) |
His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or "Indian People's Party") is on the right of the Indian political spectrum. It is the largest political party in the world, with nearly twice as many members as the second largest party- the Chinese Communist Party. It supports a Hindu nationalist ideology and economic development.
Many posts in the public sector, the military and government were generally reserved for Baathists, which helped boost party membership. By 1981, some 375,000 people had joined the party. By 2010, this number had reportedly risen to 1.2 million - nearly 10% of the population.