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This article lists political parties in Liberia.
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
has a
multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coal ...
with numerous
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 ideological or pol ...
, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form
coalition government A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...
s. Membership in parties tends to be fluid, as the party leader at the time holds significant influence over the ideology the party follows. As such, switching parties is more common than in other countries.


Represented parties


Unrepresented parties

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All Liberia Coalition Party The All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP) is a political party in Liberia. In the last elections held on 19 July 1997, the ALCOP presidential candidate Alhaji G.V. Kromah won 4.02% of the vote. The party won 3 of 64 seats in the House of Represent ...
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Democratic Justice Party The Democratic Justice Party (; DJP) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1988. History Chun had become the country's de facto leader after leading a military coup in December 1979, and was elected president in his own right in ...
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Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia The Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia (FAPL) is a political party in Liberia. It fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections. FAPL candidate Margaret Tor-Thompson won 0.9% of the vote in the presidential poll. The party failed to win an ...
* Free Democratic Party *
Labor Party of Liberia The Labor Party of Liberia (LPL) is a political party in Liberia. It fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections. LPL candidate Joseph Woah-Tee won 0.6% of the vote in the presidential poll. The party failed to win any seats in the Senat ...
* Liberia Destiny Party *
Liberia Equal Rights Party The Liberia Equal Rights Party (LERP) is a political party in Liberia. It fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections. LERP candidate Joseph Korto won 3.3% of the vote in the presidential poll. The party failed to win any seats in the ...
* Liberia People Democratic Party *
National Democratic Party of Liberia The National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL) is a political party in Liberia. The NDPL was formed in August 1984 by supporters of Samuel Doe, who came to power in the 1980 coup d'état. The party contested the 1985 general election with Doe ...
* National Party of Liberia *
National Reformation Party The National Reformation Party (NRP) is a political party in Liberia. It participated in the 1997 elections and fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections. In 1997, NRP presidential candidate Martin Sheriff won 0.48% of the vote while t ...
* National Union for Democratic Progress * National Vision Party of Liberia * New Deal Movement * Progressive Democratic Party * Reformed United Liberia Party * Union of Liberian Democrats * Vision for Liberia Transformation


Historical parties

* Republican Party *
True Whig Party The True Whig Party (TWP), also known as the Liberian Whig Party (LWP), is the oldest political party in Liberia and one of the oldest parties in Africa. Founded in 1869 by primarily darker-skinned Americo-Liberians in rural areas, its historic ...


See also

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Politics of Liberia The Politics of Liberia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic modeled on the government of the United States, whereby the President is the head of state and head of government; unlike the United States, ...


References

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Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
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 ideological or pol ...
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
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 ideological or pol ...