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A frivolous party or a joke party is a political party which has been created for the purposes of entertainment or political satire. Such a party may or may not have a serious point behind its activities. This is a list of frivolous political parties.
Some more serious political parties, such as the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, may use the same tactics and humorous approaches to politics as their more frivolous counterparts but aim to address legitimate sociopolitical issues, something that some frivolous parties do not do.
Australia
edit- Deadly Serious Party (deregistered in 1988)
- Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd, defunct)
- Party! Party! Party! (defunct)[1]
- Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)[1]
- True Whig Party (disbanded 1970)
- Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party (2001-2005)
Austria
editAustria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia
editBelarus
edit- Beer Lovers Party (defunct in 1998)
Canada
edit- Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
- Parti Citron (Lemon Party, defunct)
- Rhinoceros Party
- Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (defunct)
- The Canada Party
Czech Republic
edit- Friends of Beer Party (1990–1998)
Denmark
editEstonia
edit- Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)
Faroe Islands
edit- Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (The Funny Party, defunct)
Germany
edit- 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) (represented in the European Parliament)
Hungary
editIceland
edit- Best Party (defunct)
Iran
edit- Party of Donkeys (defunct)[3]
Italy
edit- Love Party (Partito dell'Amore) (defunct)
- Italian Nettist Party (Partito Nettista Italiano) (defunct)
Japan
edit- No Party to Support (Shiji Seitō Nashi, 支持政党なし)
- The Party to Protect the People from NHK
Kosovo
edit- Strong Party (Partia e Fortë) (defunct)
Lithuania
edit- Party of Bread Eaters (1993 presidential election)
New Zealand
edit- Bill and Ben Party (defunct)
- Imperial British Conservative Party (defunct)
- McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)
- The Civilian Party (defunct)
Netherlands
edit- Party of the Future or The Party Party (defunct)
- Provo (defunct)
- Rapaille Partij (defunct)
Norway
edit- Beer Unity Party (defunct)
- The Political Party (defunct)
Poland
edit- Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct)
Romania
edit- Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)
Russia
edit- Beer Lovers Party (1993-1998, reformed in 2024)[4]
- Party of the Dead
Serbia
edit- Sarmu probo nisi: (Ljubiša Preletačević, the leader of SPN, participated in the 2017 Serbian presidential election and he came third with 9.44% of the vote)
Spain
edit- Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
- Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")
Sweden
editUkraine
edit- Internet Party of Ukraine
- Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party (1991-2001)
United Kingdom
edit- Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (defunct)
- Church of the Militant Elvis Party, also known as the Bus Pass Elvis Party (defunct)
- The Eccentric Party of Great Britain (defunct)
- Fancy Dress Party (defunct)
- New Millennium Bean Party
- Official Monster Raving Loony Party
- Raving Loony Green Giant Party (defunct)
- Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party (defunct)
- Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)
- Count Binface Party, created by comedian Jonathan David Harvey
- Gremloids (1987, 1992, 2017 general elections)
United States
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b List of parties competing in the 1989 ACT election Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Európai parlamenti képviselők választása 2019 - MKKP listája".
- ^ Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0815609070.
- ^ "Kalachev's Declaration (Публикация Калачева)". Telegram (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Kanye West Says He's Done with Trump—Opens up About White House Bid, Damaging Biden and Everything in Between". Forbes.
- Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1