Category
page 1Types of political parties
ruling party
current political party or coalition of the majority in parliament, that administers the affairs of state
political international
trans-national organization of political parties having similar ideology or political orientation
bloc party
non-ruling but legal political parties in an authoritarian or totalitarian regime as auxiliary parties and members of a ruling coalition
Democratic parties of China
Member parties of Chinese United Front except Chinese Communist Party.
minor party
political party with little influence in the governing of a country
elite party
type of political party
party of power
political party that has a close relationship with the executive branch of government such that the party appears to function as an extension of the executive rather than as an autonomous political organization
major party
political party that holds substantial influence in the governing of a country
bourgeois party
political party type