List of political parties in Ivory Coast

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This article lists political parties in Ivory Coast.

The ruling Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in Ivory Coast came to power after disputed elections in 2000. The Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) was the sole legal party from 1960 to 1990. There are currently more than a hundred legal parties, though few have significant national support.

Current parties

Major parties

Other parliamentary parties:

• Union of Democrats of Côte d'Ivoire (Union des Démocrates de Côte d'Ivoire)
• Movement of Future Forces (Mouvement des Forces de l'Avenir)
• Alliance for a New Côte d'Ivoire (Alliance pour une Nouvelle Côte d'Ivoire)

Former Rebel Parties

• Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (Mouvement patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire, MPCI)
• Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great West (Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest, MPIGO)
• Movement for Justice and Peace (Mouvement pour la justice et la paix, MJP)

• New Forces (les Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire FNCI or FN): Formed in December 2002 a coalition these three parties.

Smaller parties

• Ivorian People's Party (le Parti du Peuple Ivoirien, lePDPI.org)
• Citizens' Democratic Union (Union démocratique citoyenne de Côte d'Ivoire, UDCY)
• Ecological Party (Parti Ecologique Ivoirien PEI)
• Ivoirian Communist Party (Parti communiste ivoirien, PCI)
• Liberal Force (Force liberale, FL)
• Movement for the Total Liberation of Côte d'Ivoire (Mouvement pour la libération totale de la Côte d'Ivoire, MLTCI)
• Party for the Protection of the Environment (Parti pour la protection de l'environnement, PPE)
• Party for Progress and Socialism (Parti pour le progrès et le socialisme, PPS)
• Revolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire (Parti communiste révolutionnaire de Côte d'Ivoire, PCRCI)
• Socialist Front for Independence and Liberty (Front socialiste pour l'indépendance et la liberté, FSIL)
• Socialist People's Union (Union socialiste du peuple, USP)
• Union for Democracy and Peace in Côte d'Ivoire (Union pour la démocratie et la paix en Côte d’Ivoire, UDPCI)
• Union of Social Democrats (Union des socio-démocrates, USD)

See also

• List of political parties

Political parties in Ivory Coast Major parties Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire Ivorian Popular Front Rally of the Republicans Other parliamentary parties Ivorian Workers' Party Union of Democrats of Côte d'Ivoire Movement of the Forces of the Future Alliance for a New Côte d'Ivoire Former rebel parties Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great West Movement for Justice and Peace New Forces of Côte d'Ivoire Quasi-parties African Agricultural Union Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Ivory Coast