List of largest political parties

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This is a list of political parties by reported number of members. These reported membership numbers[a] are usually claimed by the parties themselves and are not necessarily confirmed by independent studies.

Active political parties

Parties with over 100 million members

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List of currently active political parties with over 100,000,000 members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (year) Approximate percentage of population (year)[b]
1 Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian People's Party		 BJP India 6 April 1980
(46 years ago) (1980-04-06)		 140 million (2025)[1] 9.52% (2025)
2 Communist Party of China CCP
CPC		 China 23 July 1921
(104 years ago) (1921-07-23)		 100.27 million (2024)[2] 7.1% (2024)
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Parties with 10 million – 100 million members

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List of currently active political parties with 10,000,000 – 100,000,000 members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (year) Approximate percentage of population (year)[b]
3 Democratic Party D
DEM		 United States 8 January 1828
(198 years ago) (1828-01-08)		 44.1 million (2025)[3][c] 12.67% (2025)
4 Republican Party R
GOP
REP		 20 March 1854
(172 years ago) (1854-03-20)		 37.4 million (2025)[3][c] 10.75% (2025)
5 Indian National Congress INC
CONG
India 28 December 1885
(140 years ago) (1885-12-28)		 26 million (2022)[4] 1.8% (2022)
6 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Dravidian Progressive Federation		 DMK
17 September 1949
(76 years ago) (1949-09-17)		 25 million (2026)[5] 1.38% (2026)
7 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation		 AIADMK 17 October 1972
(53 years ago) (1972-10-17)		 20,044,400 (2023)[6] 1.4% (2023)
8 Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Victory Party of Tamilakam		 TVK 2 February 2024
(2 years ago) (2024-02-02)		 15 million (2025)[7] 1% (2025)
9 Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Party of the Revolution		 CCM Tanzania 5 February 1977
(49 years ago) (1977-02-05)		 12 million (2022)[8] 19% (2022)
10 Justice and Development Party AKP

AK Party

 Turkey 14 August 2001
(24 years ago) (2001-08-14)		 11,135,306 (2024)[9] 12.93% (2024)
11 National Regeneration Movement Morena
Mexico 10 July 2014
(11 years ago) (2014-07-10)		 11,050,758 (2026)[10] 15.38% (2026)
12 Prosperity Party PP Ethiopia 1 December 2019
(6 years ago) (2019-12-01)		 11 million (2022)[11] 11% (2022)
13 Aam Aadmi Party
Common Man's Party		 AAP India 26 November 2012
(13 years ago) (2012-11-26)		 10.05 million (2014)[12] 0.81% (2014)
14 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Pakistan Movement for Justice		 PTI Pakistan 25 April 1996
(30 years ago) (1996-04-25)		 10 million (2012)[13] 5.34% (2012)
15 Telugu Desam Party
Party of the Telugu Land		 TDP India 29 March 1982
(44 years ago) (1982-03-29)		 10,052,598 (2025)[14] 0.69% (2025)
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Parties with 1 million – 10 million members

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List of currently active political parties with 1,000,000 – 10,000,000 members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (year) Approximate percentage of population (year)[b]
16 Workers' Party of Korea WPK North Korea 30 June 1949
(76 years ago) (1949-06-30)		 6.5 million (2021)[15] 25.07% (2021)
17 Cambodian People's Party CPP Cambodia 28 June 1951
(74 years ago) (1951-06-28)		 6 million (2020)[16] 35.89% (2020)
18 Communist Party of Vietnam CPV Vietnam 3 February 1930
(96 years ago) (1930-02-03)		 5.3 million (2021)[17] 5.4% (2021)
19 Democratic Party of Korea DPK South Korea 26 March 2014
(12 years ago) (2014-03-26)		 5,129,314 (2023)[18] 9.92% (2023)
20 People Power Party PPP 17 February 2020
(6 years ago) (2020-02-17)		 4,449,281 (2023)[19] 8.6% (2023)
21 United Socialist Party of Venezuela PSUV Venezuela 24 March 2007
(19 years ago) (2007-03-24)		 4,240,032 (2024)[20] 14.28% (2024)
22 Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front ZANU-PF Zimbabwe 18 March 1975
(51 years ago) (1975-03-18)		 3,900,000 (2022)[21] 25.69% (2022)
23 Justicialist Party PJ Argentina 21 November 1946
(79 years ago) (1946-11-21)		 3,818,678 (2019)[22] 8.5% (2019)
24 United Malays National Organisation UMNO Malaysia 11 May 1946
(80 years ago) (1946-05-11)		 3,391,236 (2022)[23] 10.1% (2022)
25 People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola MPLA Angola 10 December 1956
(69 years ago) (1956-12-10)		 2.7 million (2008)[24] 14% (2008)
26 Colorado Party ANR-PC Paraguay 11 September 1887
(138 years ago) (1887-09-11)		 2,616,424 (2022)[25] 42.82% (2022)
27 Movement of Entrepreneurs and Businessmen – Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party OʻzLiDeP Uzbekistan 15 November 2003
(22 years ago) (2003-11-15)		 2,307,642 (2026)[26] 6.15% (2026)
28 United Russia YR Russia 1 December 2001
(24 years ago) (2001-12-01)		 2,073,772 (2013)[27] 1.45% (2013)
29 Brazilian Democratic Movement MDB
Brazil 4 December 1965
(60 years ago) (1965-12-04)		 2,030,607 (2025)[28] 0.95% (2026)
30 Radical Civic Union UCR Argentina 21 June 1891
(134 years ago) (1891-06-21)		 1,992,472 (2017)[22] 4.52% (2017)
31 Workers' Party PT Brazil 10 February 1980
(46 years ago) (1980-02-10)		 1,673,623 (2025)[28] 0.78% (2026)
32 Authentic Radical Liberal Party PLRA Paraguay 10 July 1887
(138 years ago) (1887-07-10)		 1,548,023 (2022)[29] 25.33% (2022)
33 Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
Federal Party of the Philippines		 PFP Philippines 5 October 2018
(7 years ago) (2018-10-05)		 1.5 million (2021)[30] 1.35% (2021)
34 Republican People's Party CHP Turkey 9 September 1923
(102 years ago) (1923-09-09)		 1,428,800 (2024)[31] 1.67% (2023)
35 Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI Mexico 4 March 1929
(97 years ago) (1929-03-04)		 1,411,889 (2023)[32] 1.1% (2023)
36 Progressistas
Progressives		 PP Brazil 16 November 1995
(30 years ago) (1995-11-16)		 1,296,058 (2025)[28] 0.6% (2026)
37 Democratic Renewal Party PRD 26 October 2022
(3 years ago) (2022-10-26)		 1,292,479 (2025)[28] 0.6% (2026)
38 Brazilian Social Democracy Party PSDB 25 June 1988
(37 years ago) (1988-06-25)		 1,269,131 (2025)[28] 0.59% (2026)
39 People's Justice Party PKR Malaysia 10 December 1998
(27 years ago) (1998-12-10)		 1,153,212 (2024)[33] 3.38% (2024)
40 Kuomintang
Nationalist Party		 KMT Taiwan (ROC) 10 October 1919
(106 years ago) (1919-10-10)		 1,090,000 (2017)[34] 4.62% (2017)
41 Economic Freedom Fighters EFF South Africa 26 July 2013
(12 years ago) (2013-07-26)		 1,085,843 (2022)[35] 1.75% (2022)
42 Democratic Labour Party PDT Brazil 17 June 1979
(46 years ago) (1979-06-17)		 1,081,821 (2025)[28] 0.5% (2026)
43 Brazil Union UNIÃO 6 October 2021
(4 years ago) (2021-10-06)		 1,074,822

(2025)[28]

 0.5% (2026)
44 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M)

CPM

India 7 November 1964
(61 years ago) (1964-11-07)		 1,019,009 (2024)[36] 0.07% (2024)
45 Malaysian Islamic Party PAS Malaysia 24 November 1951
(74 years ago) (1951-11-24)		 1,005,700 (2022)[37] 2.89% (2022)
46 National Liberation Front FLN Algeria 23 October 1954
(71 years ago) (1954-10-23)		 1 million (2019)[38] 2.32% (2019)
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Parties with 100 thousand – 1 million members

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Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number
of members (year)		 Approximate percentage
of population (year)[b]
47 Liberal Democratic Party LDP Japan 15 November 1955
(70 years ago) (1955-11-15)		 915,574 (2025)[39] 0.74% (2025)
48 Liberal Party PL Brazil 25 June 1985
(40 years ago) (1985-06-25)		 895,522

(2025)[28]

 0.41% (2025)
49 Nepali Congress NC   Nepal 9 April 1950
(76 years ago) (1950-04-09)		 870,106 (2021)[40] 2.84% (2021)
50 Serbian Progressive Party SNS Serbia 21 October 2008
(17 years ago) (2008-10-21)		 840,000 (2020)[41] 11.69% (2020)
51 Golkar Party
Party of Functional Groups		 Indonesia 20 October 1964
(61 years ago) (1964-10-20)		 832,842 (2024)[42] 0.29% (2024)
52 People's Party PP Spain 20 January 1989
(37 years ago) (1989-01-20)		 806,000 (2024)[43] 1.63% (2024)
53 Amanat
Covenant
Kazakhstan 12 February 1999
(27 years ago) (1999-02-12)		 800,000 (2023)[44] 3.94% (2023)
54 Podemos
We Can		 PODE Brazil 5 March 1995
(31 years ago) (1995-03-05)		 799,916 (2025)[28] 0.37% (2026)
55 New Azerbaijan Party YAP Azerbaijan 21 November 1992
(33 years ago) (1992-11-21)		 773,770 (2022)[45] 7.51% (2022)
56 African National Congress ANC South Africa 8 January 1912
(114 years ago) (1912-01-08)		 769,000 (2015)[46] 1.39% (2015)
57 Malaysian United Indigenous Party BERSATU

PPBM

 Malaysia 14 January 2017
(9 years ago) (2017-01-14)		 700,000 (2024)[47] 2.05% (2024)
58 Libertarian Party LP United States 11 December 1971
(54 years ago) (1971-12-11)		 693,634 (2021)[48][c] 0.2% (2021)
59 Conservative Party of Canada CPC

PCC

 Canada 7 December 2003
(22 years ago) (2003-12-07)		 678,708 (2022)[49] 1.56% (2022)
60 Communist Party of Cuba PCC Cuba 3 October 1965
(60 years ago) (1965-10-03)		 670,000 (2016)[50] 5.96% (2016)
61 Communist Party of India CPI India

26 December 1925
(100 years ago) (1925-12-26)

 650,000 (2022)[51][52] 0.05% (2022)
62 Brazilian Socialist Party PSB Brazil 2 July 1985
(40 years ago) (1985-07-02)		 642,913

(2025)[28]

 0.3% (2026)
63 Austrian People's Party ÖVP Austria 17 April 1945
(81 years ago) (1945-04-17)		 600,000 (2017)[53] 6.8% (2017)
64 Republicans Brazil 16 December 2003
(22 years ago) (2003-12-16)		 565,656 (2025)[28] 0.26% (2026)
65 National Mandate Party PAN Indonesia 23 August 1998
(27 years ago) (1998-08-23)		 560,677 (2024)[54] 0.2% (2024)
66 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) CPN (UML)   Nepal 6 January 1991
(35 years ago) (1991-01-06)		 550,000 (2022)[55] 1.8% (2022)
67 People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan XDP Uzbekistan 1 November 1991
(34 years ago) (1991-11-01)		 520,000 (2021)[56] 1.49% (2021)
68 Social Democratic Party PSD Romania 16 June 2001
(24 years ago) (2001-06-16)		 509,000 (2014)[57] 2.55% (2014)
69 New Ideas N

NI

 El Salvador 25 October 2017
(8 years ago) (2017-10-25)		 507,677 (2019)[58] 7.64% (2019)
70 National United Front for an Independent, Neutral,
Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia		 FUNCINPEC Cambodia 21 March 1981
(45 years ago) (1981-03-21)		 500,000 (2019)[59] 2.99% (2019)
71 Nationalist Movement Party MHP Turkey 9 February 1969
(57 years ago) (1969-02-09)		 498,021 (2025)[60] 0.58% (2025)
72 Gerindra Party
Great Indonesia Movement Party		 Indonesia 6 February 2008
(18 years ago) (2008-02-06)		 495,699 (2024)[61] 0.17% (2024)
73 Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle PDI-P
PDIP
PDI Perjuangan		 10 January 1973
(53 years ago) (1973-01-10)		 472,643 (2024)[62] 0.16% (2024)
74 Social Democratic Party PSD Brazil 21 March 2011
(15 years ago) (2011-03-21)		 465,218 (2025)[28] 0.21% (2026)
75 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico V
PVEM
PVE		 Mexico 14 May 1993
(33 years ago) (1993-05-14)		 460,554 (2020)[63] 0.37% (2020)
76 Komeito NKP Japan 17 November 1964
(61 years ago) (1964-11-17)		 450,000 (2024)[64] 0.36% (2024)
United Sabah Party PBS
Malaysia 5 March 1985
(41 years ago) (1985-03-05)		 450,000 (2021)[65] 1.38% (2021)[d]
78 Cidadania
Citizenship		 Brazil 26 January 1992
(34 years ago) (1992-01-26)		 416,826 (2025)[28] 0.19% (2026)
79 Renaissance RE France 6 April 2016
(10 years ago) (2016-04-06)		 411,892 (2019)[66] 0.64% (2019)
80 Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions FTU  Hong Kong 17 April 1948
(78 years ago) (1948-04-17)		 410,000 (2014)[67] 5.66% (2014)
81 Liberal Party of Canada LPC

PLC
Canada 1 July 1867
(158 years ago) (1867-07-01)		 400,000 (2025)[68] 0.96% (2025)
82 United Development Party PPP

P3

 Indonesia 5 January 1973
(53 years ago) (1973-01-05)		 443,197 (2023) 0.16% (2023)
83 Good Party İYİ

İP

İYİP

 Turkey 25 October 2017
(8 years ago) (2017-10-25)		 391,731 (2025)[69] 0.5% (2025)
84 Communist Party of Brazil PCdoB Brazil 18 February 1962
(64 years ago) (1962-02-18)		 385,406 (2025)[28] 0.18% (2026)
85 National Awakening Party PKB Indonesia 23 July 1998
(27 years ago) (1998-07-23)		 384,637 (2024)[70] 0.13% (2024)
86 Solidarity
Brazil 25 October 2012
(13 years ago) (2012-10-25)		 376,193 (2025)[28] 0.17% (2026)
87 Christian Democratic Union of Germany CDU Germany 20 June 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-06-20)		 371,986 (2023)[71] 0.44% (2023)
88 La France Insoumise
Unsubmissive France		 FI
LFI
France 10 February 2016
(10 years ago) (2016-02-10)		 370,000 (2023)[72] 0.5% (2023)
89 New Welfare Party YRP
Yeniden Refah
Turkey 23 November 2018
(7 years ago) (2018-11-23)		 365,767 (2024)[73] 0.43% (2023)
90 Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD Germany 23 May 1863
(162 years ago) (1863-05-23)		 365,190 (2024)[74] 0.44% (2024)
91 China Democratic League CDL China 17 April 1948
(78 years ago) (1948-04-17)		 356,900 (2023)[75] 0.03% (2023)
92 Lao People's Revolutionary Party LPRP Laos 22 March 1955
(71 years ago) (1955-03-22)		 348,686 (2021)[76] 4.7% (2021)
93 Green Party PV Brazil 17 January 1986
(40 years ago) (1986-01-17)		 342,876 (2025)[28] 0.16% (2026)
94 Democrat Party DP Turkey 27 May 2007
(18 years ago) (2007-05-27)		 342,256 (2024)[77] 0.4% (2023)
95 Auyl Party
Village Party		 AHDPP
Kazakhstan 30 January 2000
(26 years ago) (2000-01-30)		 301,487 (2026)[78] 1.43% (2026)
96 New Progressive Party PNP
Puerto Rico 20 August 1967
(58 years ago) (1967-08-20)		 297,998 (2020)[79] 9.07% (2020)
97 Popular Action AP
Peru 7 July 1956
(69 years ago) (1956-07-07)		 297,884 (2026)[80] 0.87% (2026)
98 Liberal Democratic Party of Russia LDPR
 Russia 18 April 1992
(34 years ago) (1992-04-18)		 295,018 (2019)[81] 0.2% (2019)
99 Socialism and Liberty Party PSOL
Brazil 6 June 2004
(21 years ago) (2004-06-06)		 291,190 (2025)[28] 0.13% (2026)
100 Mongolian People's Party MPP Mongolia 25 June 1921
(104 years ago) (1921-06-25)		 287,283 (2023)[82] 8.9% (2023)
101 Prosperous Justice Party PKS Indonesia 20 July 1998
(27 years ago) (1998-07-20)		 284,388 (2024)[83] 0.1% (2024)
102 Reform UK REF United Kingdom 23 November 2018
(7 years ago) (2018-11-23)		 269,000 (2025)[84] 0.39% (2025)
103 National Liberal Party PNL Romania 24 May 1875
(150 years ago) (1875-05-24)		 253,895 (2018)[85] 1.3% (2018)
104 Japanese Communist Party JCP Japan 15 July 1922
(103 years ago) (1922-07-15)		 250,000 (2024)[86] 0.2% (2024)
105 Congolese Party of Labour PCT Republic of the Congo 29 December 1969
(56 years ago) (1969-12-29)		 250,000 (2005)[87] 7.06% (2005)
106 Labour Party LAB
United Kingdom 23 July 1900
(125 years ago) (1900-07-23)		 250,000 (2025)[84] 0.36% (2025)
107 Labor Party PT Mexico 8 December 1990
(35 years ago) (1990-12-08)		 249,384 (2020)[63] 0.2% (2020)
108 Green Party of the United States GPUS United States April 2001
(25 years ago) (2001-04)		 246,377 (2020)[48][c] 0.07% (2020)
109 Avante
Forward
Brazil 11 November 1989
(36 years ago) (1989-11-11)		 243,504 (2025)[28] 0.11% (2026)
110 Felicity Party SP

SAADET

 Turkey 20 July 2001
(24 years ago) (2001-07-20)		 243,312 (2024)[88] 0.29% (2023)
111 Democratic Progressive Party DPP Taiwan (ROC) 28 September 1986
(39 years ago) (1986-09-28)		 238,664 (2023)[89] 0.46% (2023)
112 China National Democratic Construction Association CNDCA
China 22 March 1955
(71 years ago) (1955-03-22)		 237,526 (2024)[90] 0.02% (2024)
113 The Republicans LR France 30 May 2015
(10 years ago) (2015-05-30)		 234,556 (2017)[91] 0.36% (2017)
114 National Action Party PAN Mexico 16 September 1939
(86 years ago) (1939-09-16)		 234,450 (2020)[63] 0.19% (2020)
115 Citizens' Movement MC Mexico 1 August 1998
(27 years ago) (1998-08-01)		 229,474 (2020)[63] 0.18% (2020)
116 Croatian Democratic Union HDZ Croatia 17 June 1989
(36 years ago) (1989-06-17)		 220,000 (2017)[92] 5.33% (2017)
South African Communist Party SACP South Africa 12 February 1921
(105 years ago) (1921-02-12)		 220,000 (2015)[93] 0.4% (2015)
117 Popular Democratic Party PPD
Puerto Rico 22 July 1938
(87 years ago) (1938-07-22)		 218,900 (2020)[94] 6.66% (2020)
118 Jiusan Society
Academic Society		 JS China 3 September 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-09-03)		 211,738 (2023)[95] 0.01% (2023)
119 Democratic Party of Turkmenistan TDP Turkmenistan 16 December 1991
(34 years ago) (1991-12-16)		 211,000 (2019)[96] 3.5% (2019)
120 National Mobilization MOBILIZA
Brazil 21 April 1984
(42 years ago) (1984-04-21)		 208,208 (2025)[28] 0.09% (2026)
121 Belaya Rus
White Rus
Belarus 17 November 2007
(18 years ago) (2007-11-17)		 200,000 (2026)[97] 2.2% (2026)
China Association for Promoting Democracy CAPD China 30 December 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-12-30)		 200,000 (2023)[98] 0.01% (2023)
Citizen Revolution Movement RC  Ecuador 18 August 2016
(9 years ago) (2016-08-18)		 200,000 (2022)[99] 1.11% (2022)
124 Agir
Act
Brazil 11 July 1985
(40 years ago) (1985-07-11)		 195,711 (2025)[28] 0.09% (2026)
125 Alliance of Independent Social Democrats SNSD Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 March 1996
(30 years ago) (1996-03-10)		 192,707 (2019)[100] 5.64% (2019)
126 Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party CPWDP China 9 August 1930
(95 years ago) (1930-08-09)		 192,000 (2022)[101] 0.01% (2022)
127 Creating Opportunities CREO Ecuador 20 August 2012
(13 years ago) (2012-08-20)		 184,299 (2016)[102] 1.11% (2016)
128 Democratic Left ID 1970
(56 years ago) (1970)		 184,284 (2022)[103] 1% (2022)
129 Christian Democracy DC
Brazil 30 March 1995
(31 years ago) (1995-03-30)		 181,519

(2025)[28]

 0.08% (2026)
130 Green Party of England and Wales GPEW
United Kingdom July 1990
(35 years ago) (1990-07)		 216,000 (March, 2026)[104] 0.22% (2025)
131 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ Austria 1 January 1889
(137 years ago) (1889-01-01)		 180,000 (2017)[53] 2.04% (2017)
132 Democratic Action Party DAP  Malaysia 11 October 1965
(60 years ago) (1965-10-11)		 173,000 (2019)[105] 0.52% (2019)
133 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE Spain 2 May 1879
(147 years ago) (1879-05-02)		 172,600 (2023)[106] 0.35% (2024)
134 Democratic Party PD Italy 14 October 2007
(18 years ago) (2007-10-14)		 165,000 (2024)[107] 0.27% (2024)
135 Christian Social Party PSC Ecuador 13 November 1951
(74 years ago) (1951-11-13)		 161,669 (2022)[108] 0.88% (2022)
136 Brothers of Italy FdI Italy 17 December 2012
(13 years ago) (2012-12-17)		 160,000 (2017) 0.26% (2017)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation CPRF Russia 14 February 1993
(33 years ago) (1993-02-14)		 160,000 (2015)[109] 0.11% (2015)
138 Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country MUPP Ecuador 1 November 1995
(30 years ago) (1995-11-01)		 159,961 (2016) 0.97% (2016)
139 Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang RCCK China 1 January 1948
(78 years ago) (1948-01-01)		 158,000 (2022)[110] 0.01% (2022)
140 Democratic Party DP Mongolia 6 December 2000
(25 years ago) (2000-12-06)		 150,000 (2020) 4.47% (2020)
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
National Democratic Party		 RPP
  Nepal 29 May 1990
(35 years ago) (1990-05-29)		 150,000 (2021)[111] 1.87% (2021)
142 Democracy and Progress Party DEVA Turkey 9 March 2020
(6 years ago) (2020-03-09)		 146,820 (2024)[112] 0.17% (2023)
143 Brazilian Labour Renewal Party PRTB Brazil 27 November 1994
(31 years ago) (1994-11-27)		 144,532

(2025)[28]

 0.06% (2026)
144 Progressive Democratic Party PDP-N
  Nepal 11 November 2025
(6 months ago) (2025-11-11)		 141,715 (2025) 0.47% (2023)
145 Movement for Rights and Freedoms DPS Bulgaria 4 January 1990
(36 years ago) (1990-01-04)		 140,000 (2018) 1.99% (2018)
Christian Social Union in Bavaria CSU Germany 13 October 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-10-13)		 140,000 (2019)[113] 0.17% (2019)[e]
147 Podemos
We Can		 Spain 16 January 2014
(12 years ago) (2014-01-16)		 138,800 (2021)[114] 0.29% (2021)
148 Likud – National Liberal Movement Israel 1988
(38 years ago) (1988)		 137,000 (2022)[115] 1.41% (2022)
149 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario PC Canada 1854
(172 years ago) (1854)		 133,000[116] (2018) 0.36% (2018)
150 Conservative and Unionist Party Con United Kingdom 23 July 1834
(191 years ago) (1834-07-23)		 131,680[117] (2024) 0.19% (2024)
151 Social Democratic Party PPD
PSD		 Portugal 6 May 1974
(52 years ago) (1974-05-06)		 129,735 (2018)[118] 1.26% (2018)
152 Nationalist Republican Alliance ARENA El Salvador 30 September 1981
(44 years ago) (1981-09-30)		 127,543 (2019)[119] 1.92% (2019)
153 Socialist Party PS Argentina 28 June 1896
(129 years ago) (1896-06-28)		 124,934 (2012)[120] 0.03% (2012)
154 United Conservative Party UCP Canada 31 July 2017
(8 years ago) (2017-07-31)		 123,915 (2022)[121] 0.32% (2022)
155 Lega Nord
Northern League		 LN Italy 4 December 1989
(36 years ago) (1989-12-04)		 122,000 (2013)[122] 0.2% (2013)
156 We Are Peru SP Peru 11 September 1997
(28 years ago) (1997-09-11)		 121,577 (2020) 0.37% (2020)
157 National Rally RN France 5 October 1972
(53 years ago) (1972-10-05)		 120,000 (2025)[123][124] 0.17% (2025)
158 Constitution Party CP
United States 1991
(35 years ago) (1991)		 118,088 (2020)[48][c] 0.04% (2020)
159 Die Linke
The Left
Germany 16 June 2007
(18 years ago) (2007-06-16)		 115,623 (2025)[125] 0.14% (2025)
160 Republican Proposal PRO Argentina 3 June 2010
(15 years ago) (2010-06-03)		 115,481 (2016)[22] 0.26% (2016)
161 Five Star Movement M5S Italy 4 October 2009
(16 years ago) (2009-10-04)		 115,372 (2019)[126] 0.19% (2019)
162 United National Congress UNC Trinidad and Tobago 30 April 1989
(37 years ago) (1989-04-30)		 115,000 (2020)[127] 7.58% (2020)
163 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan CDP

CDPJ

 Japan 3 October 2017
(8 years ago) (2017-10-03)		 114,839 (2024)[128] 0.09% (2024)
164 Great Unity Party BBP

BÜYÜK BİRLİK

 Turkey 29 January 1993
(33 years ago) (1993-01-29)		 112,277[129] (2024) 0.13% (2023)
165 Socialist Party of Albania PS Albania 13 June 1991
(34 years ago) (1991-06-13)		 112,000 (2021) 3.94% (2021)
166 Nidaa Tounes
Call of Tunisia		 NT Tunisia 16 June 2012
(13 years ago) (2012-06-16)		 110,000 (2014)[130][needs update] 1% (2014)
167 Forza Italia
Forward Italy		 FI Italy 16 December 2013
(12 years ago) (2013-12-16)		 106,000 (2015) 0.18% (2015)
Reconquête
Reconquest		 R! France 5 December 2021
(4 years ago) (2021-12-05)		 106,000 (2022) 0.16% (2022)
168 People's National Movement PNM Trinidad and Tobago 24 January 1956
(70 years ago) (1956-01-24)[131]		 105,894 (2022) 6.92% (2022)
169 Ontario Liberal Party OLP

PLO

 Canada 1857
(169 years ago) (1857)		 103,206 (2023) 0.26% (2023)
170 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region Ba'ath Iraq 17 July 1968
(57 years ago) (1968-07-17)		 102,900 (2019)[132] 0.26% (2019)
171 Alliance 90/The Greens B90/Grüne
Grüne		 Germany 14 May 1993
(33 years ago) (1993-05-14)		 101,561 (2020)[133] 0.12% (2020)
172 New Democratic Party NDP

NPD

 Canada 3 August 1961
(64 years ago) (1961-08-03)		 100,542 (2026)[134] 0.24% (2026)
173 Socialist Party of Serbia SPS Serbia 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
(21 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)[135] 1.38% (2011)
Free Egyptians Party FEP Egypt 3 April 2011
(15 years ago) (2011-04-03)		 100,000 (2011)[136] 0.12% (2011)
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
Philippine Democratic Party		 PDP-Laban Philippines 6 February 1983
(43 years ago) (1983-02-06)		 100,000 (2021)[137] 0.09% (2021)
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Former political parties

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List of former political parties by number of members
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 Zaire 20 May 1967
(58 years ago) (1967-05-20)		 16 May 1997
(29 years ago) (1997-05-16)		 46.5 million (1996) 100% (1996)[f]
2 Communist Party of the Soviet Union CPSU  Soviet Union January 1912
(114 years ago) (1912-01)		 6 November 1991
(34 years ago) (1991-11-06)		 19 million (1986) 6.84% (1986)
3 National Fascist Party PNF Kingdom of Italy 9 November 1921
(104 years ago) (1921-11-09)		 27 July 1943
(82 years ago) (1943-07-27)		 10 million (1930)[138] 24.35% (1930)
Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations Masyumi Indonesia 7 November 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-11-07)		 13 September 1960
(65 years ago) (1960-09-13)		 10 million (1950)[139] 12.9% (1950)
5 Nazi Party NSDAP Nazi Germany 24 February 1920
(106 years ago) (1920-02-24)		 10 October 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-10-10)		 8.5 million (1945) 12.88% (1945)
6 National Revolutionary Movement for Development MRND Rwanda 5 June 1975
(50 years ago) (1975-06-05)		 15 July 1994
(31 years ago) (1994-07-15)		 7.1 million (1990) 100% (1990)[f]
7 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front EPRDF  Ethiopia 8 May 1988
(38 years ago) (1988-05-08)		 1 December 2019
(6 years ago) (2019-12-01)		 6 million (2011)[140] 7.23% (2011)
8 Agricultural League RLB Weimar Republic 1921
(105 years ago) (1921)		 30 January 1930
(96 years ago) (1930-01-30)		 5.6 million (1924) 9% (1924)
9 Rastakhiz Party
Resurgence Party		  Iran 2 March 1975
(51 years ago) (1975-03-02)		 1 November 1978
(47 years ago) (1978-11-01)		 5 million (1976)[141] 14.83% (1976)
10 National Partnership NS Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 21 March 1939
(87 years ago) (1939-03-21)		 4 June 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-06-04)		 4 million (1939) 55.45% (1939)
Concordia Association Kyowa Manchukuo July 1932
(93 years ago) (1932-07)		 August 1945
(80 years ago) (1945-08)		 4 million (1943) 10% (1943)
13 Romanian Communist Party PCR Socialist Republic of Romania 8 May 1912
(114 years ago) (1912-05-08)		 22 December 1989
(36 years ago) (1989-12-22)		 3.7 million (1989)[142] 15.98% (1989)
14 Polish United Workers' Party PZPR Polish People's Republic 21 December 1948
(77 years ago) (1948-12-21)		 30 January 1990
(36 years ago) (1990-01-30)		 3.5 million (1970s) 10.72% (1970s)
15 Fatherland Front VF Federal State of Austria 20 May 1933
(92 years ago) (1933-05-20)		 13 March 1938
(88 years ago) (1938-03-13)		 3 million (1937)[143] 44% (1937)
Muslim People's Republic Party MPRP Pahlavi Iran 25 February 1979
(47 years ago) (1979-02-25)		 January 1980
(46 years ago) (1980-01)		 3 million (1979)[144] 7.91% (1979)
Communist Party of Indonesia PKI Indonesia 23 May 1914
(111 years ago) (1914-05-23)		 5 July 1966
(59 years ago) (1966-07-05)		 3 million (1960) 3.8% (1960)
18 Democratic Constitutional Rally RCD Tunisia 27 February 1988
(38 years ago) (1988-02-27)		 9 March 2011
(15 years ago) (2011-03-09)		 2.5 million (2010) 23.7% (2010)
Islamic Republican Party IRP Iran 17 February 1979
(47 years ago) (1979-02-17)		 1 June 1987
(38 years ago) (1987-06-01)		 2.5 million (1979)[145] 6.59% (1979)
Italian Communist Party PCI Italy 15 May 1943
(83 years ago) (1943-05-15)		 2 February 1991
(35 years ago) (1991-02-02)		 2.5 million (1947) 5.48% (1947)
Constitutional Democratic Party Minseito Empire of Japan 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)
22 Socialist Unity Party of Germany SED East Germany 21 April 1946
(80 years ago) (1946-04-21)		 16 December 1989
(36 years ago) (1989-12-16)		 2.3 million (1989) 13.76% (1989)
23 National Peasants' Party PNȚ Kingdom of Romania 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)
24 League of Communists of Yugoslavia SKJ SFR Yugoslavia 20 April 1919
(107 years ago) (1919-04-20)		 22 January 1990
(36 years ago) (1990-01-22)		 2.1 million (1981) 9.44% (1981)
25 Christian Democracy DC Italy 15 December 1943
(82 years ago) (1943-12-15)		 16 January 1994
(32 years ago) (1994-01-16)		 2 million (1990) 3.53% (1990)
26 National Democratic Party NDP Egypt 2 October 1978
(47 years ago) (1978-10-02)		 16 April 2011
(15 years ago) (2011-04-16)		 1.9 million (2010) 2.4% (2010)
27 Patriotic Union UP  Spain 14 April 1924
(102 years ago) (1924-04-14)		 1930
(96 years ago) (1930)		 1.7 million 8%
28 Dominican Party PD Dominican Republic 2 August 1931
(94 years ago) (1931-08-02)		 6 January 1962
(64 years ago) (1962-01-06)		 1.6 million (1960) 52.7% (1960)[f]
29 Party of Labour of Albania PPSH People's Socialist Republic of Albania 15 December 1943
(82 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 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 16 May 1921
(105 years ago) (1921-05-16)		 23 April 1992
(34 years ago) (1992-04-23)		 1.5 million (1981)[146] 10% (1981)
Indonesian National Party PNI Indonesia 4 July 1927
(98 years ago) (1927-07-04)		 10 January 1973
(53 years ago) (1973-01-10)		 1.5 million (1950) 2% (1950)
32 Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party South Vietnam 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)
33 Sudeten German Party SdP Czechoslovakia 1 October 1933
(92 years ago) (1933-10-01)		 5 November 1938
(87 years ago) (1938-11-05)		 1.35 million (1938) 9% (1938)
34 German Fatherland Party DVLP German Empire 2 September 1917
(108 years ago) (1917-09-02)		 10 December 1918
(107 years ago) (1918-12-10)		 1.25 million (1918) 1.93% (1918)
35 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Ba'ath Syria 7 April 1947
(79 years ago) (1947-04-07)		 12 December 2024
(17 months ago) (2024-12-12)		 1.2 million (2010)[147] 5.68% (2010)
36 The People of Freedom PdL Italy 27 March 2009
(17 years ago) (2009-03-27)		 16 November 2013
(12 years ago) (2013-11-16)		 1.15 million (2011) 1.91% (2011)
37 Brazilian Integralist Action AIB Brazil 7 October 1932
(93 years ago) (1932-10-07)		 2 December 1937
(88 years ago) (1937-12-02)		 1.13 million (1937)[148] 2.61% (1937)
38 Democrats DEM 24 January 1985
(41 years ago) (1985-01-24)		 8 February 2022
(4 years ago) (2022-02-08)		 1.11 million (2009)[28] 0.58% (2009)
39 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)[149] 0.51% (2021)
40 Bulgarian Communist Party BCP People's Republic of Bulgaria 1919
(107 years ago) (1919)		 3 April 1990
(36 years ago) (1990-04-03)		 1 million (1989) 11.1% (1989)
Socialist Revolutionary Party SR Russian Empire 1902
(124 years ago) (1902)		 1940
(86 years ago) (1940)		 1 million (1917) 0.6% (1917)
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The definition of "membership" varies widely from nation to nation, which has a significant bearing on the numbers and percentages listed on this page. For example, United Kingdom memberships are limited to paid-up subscribers to each party. By this description the three dominant parties – Conservative, Labour and Reform UK – in total have less than 700,000 members, and are less than one per cent of the UK population. At an opposite extreme, United States memberships can include all registered voters who have self-identified their party preference, and who may number in the tens of millions, making their percentages of US population comparatively large.
  2. [b]
    Based on the claimed number of members and the population statistics of the country during the given year.
  3. [c]
    Only includes voters registered as party affiliates in the District of Columbia and the 32 states which allow voter registration with a specific party; in the United States, it is this voter registration which determines eligibility to vote in the party's internal elections such as primaries, rather than the party's dues-paying membership as in the rest of the world. Jurisdictions include Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. The overall numbers in the remaining states lean heavily Republican so the total percentage of the population that's Democrat or Republican is much closer than these values depict.
  4. [d]
    In Malaysia
  5. [e]
    In Germany
  6. [f]
    Every citizen was automatically a member.

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