This article lists political parties in Uganda. Until a

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in July 2005, only one political organization, the Movement (also called the National Resistance Movement) was allowed to operate in

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. The president, who also chairs the Movement, maintained that the Movement was not a

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, but a mass organization that claimed the loyalty of all Ugandans. Until the 2005 referendum, the 1995 constitution had required the suspension of political parties while the Movement organization was in governance. Other political parties could technically exist but were prohibited from sponsoring candidates and holding meetings. Registered political parties are now allowed to operate openly and contest elections. However, sometimes they find hardship in practicing their rights by the party in power.

Active political parties

Parties with parliamentary representation

Other parties

As of September 2020, the

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lists 26 registered political parties on its website. Some of the listed parties include the following: * Activist Party *

Alliance for National Transformation The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), founded on 19 March 2019, is a political party in Uganda. Background The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) was the leading opposition party in Uganda during the 2000s and 2010s. On three consecu ...

*Congress Service Volunteers Organisation *

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* Ecological Party of Uganda * Forum for Integrity in Leadership * Green Partisan Party * Liberal Democratic Transparency Party * National Convention For Democracy * National Peasants’ Party * People's Development Party * People’s United Movement * Republican Women and Youth Party * Revolutionary People’s Party * Social Democratic Party * Society for Peace and Development * Uganda Economic Party * Uganda Federal Alliance *

Uganda Patriotic Movement The Uganda Patriotic Movement is a defunct political party in Uganda. It was founded by Yoweri Museveni and participated in the December 1980 general elections, which were won by Milton Obote's Uganda People's Congress. The election results were ...

Defunct political parties

Kabaka Yekka Kabaka Yekka, commonly abbreviated as KY, was a monarchist political movement and party in Uganda. ''Kabaka Yekka'' means 'king only' in the Ganda language, Kabaka being the title of the King in the kingdom of Buganda. History Formation I ...

*Uganda People's Movement

References

External links

Uganda Political Parties Meet - 5 March 2012
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