List of frivolous political parties

This is a list of political parties that have been created for various frivolous purposes: parody, joke, hoax, etc..

Australia

• Deadly Serious Party (defunct)^[1]
• Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd)
• Party! Party! Party! (defunct)^[2]
• Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)^[2]
• Surprise Party (defunct)^[2]

Austria

• Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative)
• Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law (1911–1921),^[3][4] headed by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek

Belarus

• Beer Lovers Party (liquidated in 1998)

Belgium

• NEE

Canada

• Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
• Fed-Up Party (also known as FU)
• Parti Citron (Lemon Party, defunct)
• Rhinoceros Party
• Rhinoceros Party of Canada / Parti Rhinoceros (defunct)

Czechoslovakia (historic)

• Friends of Beer Party (ran in 1990, now defunct)^[2]
• Party for moderate progress within the limits of the law (Strana mírného pokroku v mezích zákona in Czech) (1911–1931) was founded by the writer Jaroslav Hašek.

Denmark

• Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements (defunct)

Estonia

• Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)

Faroe Islands

• Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (The Funny Party)

Germany

• APPD( Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany)
• Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative)

Hungary

• Double-tailed Dog Party

Iceland

• Best Party

Ireland

• Don't Give a Feck Party ran in the 2014 Irish Local Elections in the Meath East constituency. The party originated from a joke poster that mocked the local politicians, and the motto of the candidate is "I promise to do nothing for you and my very best to do it".^[5]

Israel

• Pikanti (a food manufacturer that contested the 1992 election as an advertising gimmick)

Italy

• Partito dell'Amore ("Love Party", defunct)

Japan

• Happiness Realization Party (supported by Happy Science)

Kosovo

• Partia e Fortë (The Strong Party)

New Zealand

• Bill and Ben Party (defunct)
• Imperial British Conservative Party (defunct)
• McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)
• The Civilian Party

Netherlands

• Party of the Future
• Rapaille Partij (defunct)

Norway

• Beer Unity Party
• The Political Party (defunct)

Poland

• Orange Alternative
• Partia Dobrego Humoru (Good Humor Party)
• Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct after winning 16 seats in 1991)

Romania

• Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)

Russia

• Beer Lovers Party

Spain

• Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
• Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")

Sweden

• Donald Duck Party

Ukraine

• Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party

United Kingdom

• Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (defunct)
• Church of the Militant Elvis Party, also known as the Bus Pass Elvis Party
• Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality, which fielded four candidates in the 2010 general election.
• Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party
• The Eccentric Party of Great Britain
• Fancy Dress Party
• The Free United Kingdom Party (FUKP), the Pub Landlord's (aka Al Murray) election bid in the 2015 General Election.
• I Want to Drop a Blancmange Down Terry Wogan's Y-Fronts Party, for which Pamela Stephenson stood for parliament.^[6]
• Mongolian Barbecue Great Place to Party, which stood in the 1997 election, scoring just 112 votes in Wimbledon,^[7][8] but achieved some fame through its absurd name, which was argued to be one of a wave of new parties that were using their name to advertise.^[9]
• New Millennium Bean Party
• Miss Great Britain Party, a political party in the United Kingdom founded in 2008, whose candidates are mostly women who have entered the Miss Great Britain beauty contest
• Official Monster Raving Loony Party
• Raving Loony Green Giant Party (defunct)
• Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party (defunct)
• Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)

Other parties, such as the Corrective Party or the Rainbow Alliance, were often seen as frivolous, but included some genuine policy aims in their manifestos.

United States

• Guns and Dope Party
• Mickey Mouse, while not a party, is classically used as a protest or joke write-in candidate^[10][11]
• OWL Party
• Rent Is Too Damn High Party
• Straight Talking American Government Party (STAG) (defunct)
• Surprise Party (defunct)
• Youth International Party (defunct)

See also

• List of political parties by country
• List of fictional political parties
• List of practical joke topics
• Non-human electoral candidates
• Jedi census phenomenon

References

• Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1