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political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

. Chad is a

one party dominant state A dominant-party system, or one-party dominant system, is a political occurrence in which a single political party continuously dominates election results over running opposition groups or parties. Any ruling party staying in power for more th ...

with the

Patriotic Salvation Movement The Patriotic Salvation Movement ( ar, الحركة الوطنية للإنقاذ, french: Mouvement patriotique du salut, MPS) is the ruling political party in Chad. History After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an uns ...

in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

(''Mouvement patriotique de salut'') * Rally for Democracy and Progress (''Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès'') * Federation, Action for the Republic (''Fédération, action pour la république'') *

National Rally for Development and Progress The National Rally for Development and Progress (french: Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès, also known as VIVA) is a political party in Chad, led by Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye. It was founded in early 1992, with Koumakoy ...

(''VIVA-Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès'') * National Union for Democracy and Renewal (''Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau'') *

Union for Renewal and Democracy The Union for Renewal and Democracy (french: Union pour le renouveau et la démocratie) is a political party in Chad. Its current president is Sande Ngaryimbé, its first being Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué.Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism (french: link=no, Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme) is a communist party in Chad, led by Fidèle Moungar. The party was founded in 1981. Moungar was chosen as Prime Minister in April 1993 b ...

(''Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme'') *

Action for Renewal of Chad The Action for Renewal of Chad () is a political party in Chad. In the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public offi ...

(''Action pour le renouveau du Tchad'') * People's Movement for Democracy in Chad (''Mouvement populaire pour la démocratie au Tchad'') *

National Democratic and Federal Convention The National Democratic and Federal Convention () is a political party in Chad. According to IPU Parline, the party won 1 out of 155 seats in the 2002 Chadian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Chad on 21 April 2002.

(''Convention nationale démocratique et fédérale'') * National Democratic and Social Convention (''Convention national démocratique et sociale'') *

Rally for the Republic – Lingui The Rally for the Republic – Lingui () is a political party of Chad. At the 2002 parliamentary election it won 1 out of 155 seats. References Political parties in Chad {{DEFAULTSORT:Rally for the Republic - Lingui ...

(''Rassemblement pour la République - Lingui'') * National Rally of Chadian Democrats (''Rassemblement national pour la démocratie au Tchad - le Réveil'') * National Union (''Union nationale'') *

Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad The Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad () is a political party in Chad. At the last legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold ...

(''Rassemblement des forces démocratiques au Tchad'')

Other parties

* Renewed African Socialist Movement * Socialist Party without Borders (''Parti Socialiste sans Frontières'')

Defunct parties

Chadian Democratic Union The Chadian Democratic Union (french: Union Démocratique Tchadienne, UDT) was a political party in Chad. History The party was established in Fort Lamy in 1945. Following the General Council elections, members of the Chadian-French Progressi ...

(''Union Démocratique Tchadienne'') *

Chadian National Union The Chadian National Union (french: Union nationale tchadienne, UNT) was a radical Muslim political party in Chad. History The party was founded in 1958 by Issa Dana, Mahamut Outman and Abba Siddick. Created to lobby the "no" vote to the refere ...

(''Union Nationale Tchadienne'') *

Chadian Progressive Party The Chadian Progressive Party (french: Parti Progressiste Tchadien, PPT), known as the National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution (french: Mouvement National pour la Révolution Culturelle et Sociale, MNRCS) for the last two years of ...

(''Parti Progressiste Tchadienne'') * Chadian Social Action (''Action Sociale Tchadienne'')

The parties

Parliamentary parties

Other parties

Defunct parties

See also