This article lists political parties in Guyana. Guyana has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. The main schism is not of ideology, but ethnicity; the People's Progressive Party is supported primarily by Indo-Guyanese people, while the People's National Congress is supported primarily by Afro-Guyanese people.[1]
The political parties of Guyana
editParliamentary parties
editAlliance | Party | Abbr. | Ideology | MPs | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Progressive Party | PPP/C | Social democracy Left-wing populism |
33 / 65
| |||
APNU–AFC | People's National Congress | PNCR | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
21 / 65
| ||
Alliance for Change | AFC | Progressivism Multiracialism |
9 / 65
| |||
Working People's Alliance | WPA | Democratic socialism | 1 / 65
| |||
LJP–ANUG–TNM | Liberty and Justice Party | LJP | Anti-Racial politics | 1 / 65
| ||
A New and United Guyana | ANUG | Consociationalism | ||||
The New Movement | TNM |
Non-parliamentary parties
editParty | Abbr. | Leader | Ideology | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Change Guyana | Robert Badal | Economic liberalism Anti-corruption | ||
Citizenship Initiative | TCI | Rhonda Lam-Singh | Liberalism | |
Guyana Action Party | GAP | Vincent Henry | Indigenism Socialism | |
Justice for All Party | JFAP | Jaipaul Sharma | ||
National Democratic Front | NDF | |||
National Front Alliance | Keith Scott | |||
National Independent Party | ||||
People's Republic Party | P.R.P. | Phyllis Jordan | Christian fundamentalism | |
The United Force | TUF UF |
Marissa Nadir | Social conservatism Economic liberalism | |
United Republican Party | URP | Vishnu Bandhu |
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ "Guyana voters head to polls to choose new government". BBC News. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.