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]

Austria

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

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)

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

• Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party

Iceland

• Best Party

Italy

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

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 (defunct)
• 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)
• Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog
• 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
• 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)

United States

• Guns and Dope Party
• Mickey Mouse, while not a party, is classically used as a protest or joke write-in candidate^[3][4]
• OWL Party
• Straight Talking American Government Party (STAG) (defunct)
• Surprise Party (defunct)
• Rent Is Too Damn High Party

See also

• 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