List of largest political parties
This is a list of political parties by reported number of members. These reported membership numbers are usually claimed by the parties themselves and may not have been confirmed by independent studies.
Currently active political parties
Parties with over 50 million members
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (Year) |
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1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 6 April 1980 | 180 million (2019)[1][2] | ||
2 | Chinese Communist Party | CCP | 1 July 1921 | 90 million (2019)[3] |
Parties with 5 million - 50 million members
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (Year) |
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3 | Democratic Party | D | 8 January 1828 | 45,715,952 (2020)[4][lower-alpha 1] | ||
4 | Republican Party | GOP | 20 March 1854 | 33,284,020 (2020)[4][lower-alpha 1] | ||
5 | Indian National Congress | INC | 28 December 1885 | 20 million (2014)[5] | ||
6 | Justice and Development Party | AK Parti | 14 August 2001 | 10,295,687 (2020)[6] | ||
7 | Aam Aadmi Party | AAP | 26 November 2012 | 10.05 million (2014)[7] | ||
8 | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PTI | 25 April 1996 | 10 million (2013)[8][9][10] | ||
9 | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | PSUV | 24 March 2007 | 6,300,000 (2018)[11] | ||
10 | Cambodian People's Party | CPP | 28 June 1951 | 5 million (2018)[12] |
Parties with 1 million – 5 million members
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (Year) |
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11 | Communist Party of Vietnam | CPV | 3 February 1930 | 4,480,707 (2014)[13] | ||
12 | Workers' Party of Korea | WPK | 30 June 1949 | 4 million (2015)[14] | ||
13 | Justicialist Party | PJ | 21 November 1946 | 3,533,407 (2017)[15] | ||
14 | United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | 11 May 1946 | 3,292,667 (2019)[16] | ||
15 | Brazilian Democratic Movement | MDB | 4 December 1965 | 2,163,450 (2020)[17] | ||
16 | United Russia | YR | 1 December 2001 | 2,073,772 (2013)[18] | ||
17 | Radical Civic Union | UCR | 21 June 1891 | 1,992,472 (2017)[15] | ||
18 | Workers' Party | PT | 10 February 1980 | 1,535,390 (2020)[17] | ||
19 | PAIS Alliance | PAIS | 3 April 2006 | 1.5 million (2011) | ||
20 | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | PSDB | 25 June 1988 | 1,379,564 (2020)[17] | ||
21 | Progressistas | PP | 8 August 1995 | 1,342,038 (2020)[17] | ||
22 | Republican People's Party | CHP | 9 September 1992 | 1,255,364 (2020)[19] | ||
23 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region | Ba'ath | 7 April 1947 | 1.2 million (2010)[20] | ||
24 | Democratic Labour Party | PDT | 17 June 1979 | 1,162,475 (2020)[17] | ||
25 | Brazilian Labour Party | PTB | 15 May 1945 | 1,092,195 (2020)[17] | ||
26 | Kuomintang | KMT | 10 October 1919 | 1,090,000 (2017)[21] | ||
27 | Liberal Democratic Party | LDP | 15 November 1955 | 1,086,298 (2019)[22] | ||
28 | Democrats | DEM | 24 January 1985 | 1,025,415 (2020)[17] |
Parties with 100 thousand – 1 million members
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (Year) |
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29 | Liberal Party | PL | 21 December 2006 | 771,671 (2020)[17] | ||
30 | African National Congress | ANC | 8 January 1912 | 769,000 (2015)[23] | ||
31 | Serbian Progressive Party | SNS | 21 October 2008 | 700.000 (2019)[24] | ||
32 | Communist Party of Cuba | PCC | 3 October 1965 | 670,000 (2016)[25] | ||
33 | Brazilian Socialist Party | PSB | 6 August 1947 | 641,532 (2020)[17] | ||
34 | Libertarian Party | LP | 11 December 1971 | 609,234 (2020)[4][lower-alpha 1] | ||
35 | Labour Party | LAB | 23 July 1900 | 580,000 (2020)[26] | ||
36 | La France Insoumise | FI/LFI | 10 February 2016 | 540,000 (2017)[27] | ||
37 | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 16 June 2001 | 509,000 (2014)[28] | ||
38 | Podemos | PODEMOS | 16 January 2014 | 507,250 (2018)[29] | ||
39 | Nationalist Movement Party | MHP | 9 February 1969 | 483,796 (2020)[30] | ||
40 | Republicanos | Republicanos | 25 September 2005 | 478,791 (2020)[17] | ||
41 | Komeito | NKP | 17 November 1964 | 465,074 (2015)[31] | ||
42 | Cidadania | Cidadania | 19 March 1992 | 459,082 (2020)[17] | ||
43 | Social Liberal Party | PSL | 30 October 1994 | 435,910 (2020)[17] | ||
44 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | SPD | 23 May 1863 | 426,000 (2019)[32] | ||
45 | Social Christian Party | PSC | 1985 | 419,604 (2020)[17] | ||
46 | Communist Party of Brazil | PCdoB | 18 February 1962 | 416,223 (2020)[17] | ||
47 | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | CDU | 20 June 1945 | 415,000 (2019)[33] | ||
48 | Democratic Party | PD | 14 October 2007 | 412.675 (2019)[34] | ||
49 | La République En Marche! | LREM | 6 April 2016 | 411,892 (2019)[35] | ||
50 | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions | FTU | 17 April 1948 | 410,000 (2014)[36] | ||
51 | Podemos | PODE | 1995 | 409,225 (2020)[17] | ||
52 | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 21 March 2011 | 406,749 (2020)[17] | ||
53 | Green Party | PV | January 1986 | 365,643 (2020)[17] | ||
54 | Democratic Progressive Party | DPP | 28 September 1986 | 335,643 | ||
55 | Patriot | Patriota | 9 August 2011 | 331,760 (2020)[17] | ||
56 | National Regeneration Movement | MORENA | 10 July 2014 | 319,449 (2017)[37] | ||
57 | Japanese Communist Party | JCP | 15 July 1922 | 305,000 (2016)[38] | ||
58 | Liberal Party of Canada | LPC | 1861 | 300,000 | ||
59 | Good Party | İYİ | 25 October 2017 | 295,858 (2020)[39] | ||
60 | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | LDPR | 1992 | 295,018 (2019)[40] | ||
61 | China Democratic League | CDL | 17 April 1948 | 282,000[41] | ||
62 | Conservative Party of Canada | CPC/PCC | 7 December 2003 | 259,010 (2017)[42] | ||
63 | National Liberal Party | PNL | 24 May 1875 | 253,895 (2018)[43] | ||
64 | Solidarity | Solidariedade | 24 September 2013 | 252,785 (2020)[17] | ||
65 | Green Party of the United States | GPUS | April 2001 | 246,377 (2020)[4][lower-alpha 1] | ||
66 | The Republicans | LA | 30 May 2015 | 234,556 (2017)[44] | ||
67 | Croatian Democratic Union | HDZ | 17 June 1989 | c. 220,000 (2017)[45] | ||
68 | South African Communist Party | SACP | 12 February 1921 | 220,000 (2015)[46] | ||
69 | Felicity Party | SP | 20 July 2001 | 219,101 (2020)[47] | ||
70 | Party of National Mobilization | PMN | 21 April 1984 | 218,841 (2020)[17] | ||
71 | Avante | Avante | 1989 | 212,374 (2020)[17] | ||
72 | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | SNSD | 10 March 1996 | 192,707 (2019)[48] | ||
73 | Lao People's Revolutionary Party | LPRP | 22 March 1955 | 191,700 (2011) | ||
74 | Christian Labour Party | PTC | 2000 | 189,450 (2020)[17] | ||
75 | Socialism and Liberty Party | PSOL | 6 June 2004 | 186,642 (2020)[17] | ||
76 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | PSOE | 2 May 1879 | 178,651[49] | ||
77 | Christian Democracy | DC | 30 March 1995 | 178,547 (2020)[17] | ||
78 | China National Democratic Construction Association | CNDCA | 22 March 1955 | 170,000[50] | ||
79 | Jiusan Society | JS | 3 September 1945 | 167,218[51] | ||
80 | Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | 23 July 1834 | 160,000 (2019)[52] | ||
81 | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | CPRF | 14 February 1993 | 160,000 (2015)[53] | ||
82 | China Association for Promoting Democracy | CAPD | 30 December 1945 | 156,808[54] | ||
83 | Brazilian Labour Renewal Party | PRTB | 1994 | 147,435 (2020)[17] | ||
84 | Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party | CPWDP | 9 August 1930 | 145,000[55] | ||
85 | Christian Social Union in Bavaria | CSU | 1945 | 140,000 (2019)[56] | ||
86 | Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | RCCK | 1 January 1948 | 131,410 (2017)[57] | ||
87 | Scottish National Party | SNP | 30 March 1934 | 125,482 (2018)[58] | ||
88 | Likud | L | 1988 | 125,000 (2012) | ||
89 | Socialist Party | PS | 28 June 1896 | 124,934 (2012)[59] | ||
90 | New Democratic Party | NPD | 3 August 1961 | 124,620 (2017)[60] | ||
91 | Lega Nord | LN | 4 December 1989 | 122,000 (2013)[61] | ||
92 | Liberal Democrats | Lib Dems | 3 March 1988 | 120,845 (Late 2019)[62] | ||
93 | Republican Party of the Social Order | PROS | 4 January 2010 | 119,744 (2020)[17] | ||
94 | Constitution Party | CP | 1991 | 118,088 (Early 2020)[4][lower-alpha 1] | ||
95 | Republican Proposal | PRO | 3 June 2010 | 115,481 (2016)[15] | ||
96 | Five Star Movement | M5S | 4 October 2009 | 115,372 (2019)[63] | ||
97 | Brexit Party | BP | 23 November 2018 | 115,000 (2019)[64][65] | ||
98 | Nidaa Tounes | NT | 16 June 2012 | 110,000 (2014)[66] | ||
99 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region | Ba'ath | 17 July 1968 | 102,900 (2019) | ||
100 | Alliance 90/The Greens | Greens | 14 May 1993 | 101,561 (2020)[67] | ||
101 | Polish People's Party | PSL | 1895[68] | 101,000 (2020)[69] | ||
102 | Democratic Party of Serbia | DSS | 26 July 1992 | 100,000 (2011)[70] | ||
Free Egyptians Party | FEP | 3 April 2011 | 100,000 (2011)[71] |
Formerly active political parties
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Founded | Dissolved | Claimed peak membership (Year) |
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1 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | CPSU | January 1912 | 6 November 1991 | 19 million (1986) | ||
2 | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front | EPRDF | May 1988 | 1 December 2019 | 6 million (2011) | ||
3 | Rastakhiz Party | 2 March 1975 | 1 November 1978 | 5 million (1976)[72] | |||
4 | Liberty Korea Party | LKP | 3 February 2017 | 17 February 2020 | 3.5 million (2018)[73] | ||
5 | Polish United Worker's Party | PUWP | December 1948 | January 1990 | 3.5 million (1970s) | ||
6 | Muslim People's Republic Party | MPRP | 25 February 1979 | January 1980 | 3 million (1979)[74] | ||
7 | Islamic Republican Party | IRP | 17 February 1979 | 1 June 1987 | 2.5 million (1979)[75] | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 15 May 1943 | 2 February 1991 | 2.5 million (1947) | |||
Democratic Constitutional Rally | RCD | 27 February 1988 | 9 March 2011 | 2.5 million (2010) | |||
10 | Christian Democracy | DC | 15 December 1943 | 16 January 1994 | 2 million (1990) | ||
11 | National Democratic Party | NDP | 2 October 1978 | 16 April 2011 | 1.9 million (2010)[76] | ||
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See also
Notes
- Only includes those members in those 31 states and the District of Columbia which allow registration with a specific party. Jurisdictions include Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
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Since its founding, the NDP has had always dominated Egypt’s representative institutions, and according to the party’s website, it has had won majorities ranging from 75 percent to 95 percent in every parliamentary election since 1979. The party is entrenched in state institutions and is deeply invested in preserving the political status quo. Under Mubarak’s regime, the party was entrenched in state institutions and deeply invested in preserving the political status quo. Prior to the January 2011 uprising, the NDP claimed to have a membership of 1.9 million people.
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