Before the 2023 Coup d’etat, This article lists political parties in Gabon. Gabon is a one party dominant state with the Gabonese Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
The parties
editParliamentary parties
edit| Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Assembly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabonese Democratic Party Parti démocratique gabonais |
PDG | Conservatism Authoritarianism Right-wing populism |
98 / 143
| |
| The Democrats Les Démocrates |
LD | [?] | 11 / 143
| |
| Restoration of Republican Values Restauration des Valeurs Républicaines |
RV | [?] | 6 / 143
| |
| Social Democrats of Gabon Sociaux-Démocrates du Gabon |
SDG | Social democracy | 5 / 143
| |
| Heritage and Modernity Rally Rassemblement héritage et modernité |
RHM | [?] | 5 / 143
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| National Union Union nationale |
UN | [?] | 2 / 143
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| Social Democratic Party Parti social-démocrate |
PSD | Social democracy Centre-left politics |
2 / 143
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| Union for the New Republic Union pour la nouvelle république |
UPNR | [?] | 1 / 143
| |
| Union for Democracy and Social Integration/PDG Union pour la démocratie et l'intégration sociale |
UDIS/PDG | — | 1 / 143
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| Circle of Liberal Reformers Cercle des libéraux réformateurs |
CLR | Liberalism | 1 / 143
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| New Democracy Démocratie Nouvelle |
DN | [?] | 1 / 143
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| Republican Equality Front Front d’égalité Républicaine |
FER | [?] | 1 / 143
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| RV/PDG common list Liste commune RV-PDG |
RV/PDG | — | 1 / 143
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Other parties
edit- African Development Movement (Mouvement Africain de Développement)
- Common Movement for Development (Mouvement Commun pour le Développement)
- African Forum for Reconstruction (Forum Africain pour la Réconstruction)
- Democratic and Republican Alliance (Alliance Démocratique et Républicaine)
- Gabonese Progress Party (Parti gabonais du progrès)
- Gabonese Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Gabonais)
- Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (Union Gabonaise pour la Démocratie et le Développement)
- Jeunesse Gabonais, the first political party in Gabonese history
- Movement for National Rectification (Mouvement de Redressement National)
- National Woodcutters Rally-Kombila (Rassemblement National des Bûcherons – KOMBILA)
- National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon (Rassemblement national des bûcherons – Rassemblement pour le Gabon)
- Rally of Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrates)
- Union of the Gabonese People (Union du Peuple Gabonais)