List of political parties in Liberia

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Political parties in Liberia lists political parties in Liberia. Liberia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Parliamentary parties 1.2 Other parties 2 See also

[edit] The parties

[edit] Parliamentary parties

The major parties after the elections are included in the table::

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Summary of the 11 October 2005 Liberian House of Representatives and Senate election results

Parties and coalitions	House votes	% in House	House seats	Senate votes	% in Senate	Senate seats
Congress for Democratic Change		23.44%	15		10%	3
Liberty Party		14.06%	9		10%	3
Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia Liberian Action Party Liberia Unification Party People's Democratic Party of Liberia True Whig Party		12.5%	8		23.34%	7
Unity Party		12.5%	8		10%	3
Alliance for Peace and Democracy Liberian People's Party United People's Party		7.81%	5		10%	3
National Patriotic Party		6.25%	4		13.34%	4
New Deal Movement		4.69%	3		0%	-
All Liberia Coalition Party		3.13%	2		3.34%	1
National Democratic Party of Liberia		1.56%	1		6.67%	2
National Reformation Party		1.56%	1		3.34%	1
United Democratic Alliance Liberia National Union Liberia Education and Development Party Reformation Alliance Party		1.56%	1		0%	-
Independents		10.94%	7		10%	3
Total			64			30

[edit] Other parties

Other parties include:

• Liberia Equal Rights Party
• Reformed United Liberia Party
• Liberian Destiny Party
• Liberia National Alliance (LNA).
  • Independent Democratic Party of Liberia (IDPL)
  • Progressive People's Party (PPP).
• United Democratic Party (UDP)
• Free Democratic Party (FDP)
• Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia (FAPL)
• Labor Party of Liberia (LPL)
• National Party of Liberia (NPL)
• National Vision Party of Liberia (NATVIPOL)
• Progressive Democratic Party (PRODEM)
• Reformed United Liberia Party (RULP)
• Union of Liberian Democrats (ULD)

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals