This article lists political parties in Vanuatu.

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

has a

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with numerous

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, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form

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s. Not all parties have a consistent ideology, and of those that don't, most members tend to support the political positions/attitudes of the party leader. Politicians switching parties several times over the span of a few years is not uncommon. Governments typically comprise coalitions of numerous small parties which change regularly, with parties and MPs "crossing the floor," and Prime Ministers being ousted in motions of no confidence has previously occurred several times in one legislative term.

The parties

Friend Melanesian Party The Friend Melanesian Party (FMP) is a political party in Vanuatu. The party is usually seen as close to the Union of Moderate Parties. History The FMP was formed in 1975 by French-speaking Protestant Pisovuke Albert Ravutia as a reaction to the ...

(FMP) *

Green Confederation The Green Confederation ( bi, Vanuatu Grin Konfederesen, french: Confédération des Verts Vanuatu; sometimes seen as the Greens Confederation or Vanuatu Green Confederation) is a green political party in Vanuatu. At the legislative election of ...

(''Vanuatu Grin Konfederesen'', Ol Grin) * Iauko Group (''Iauko Grup'', IG) *

Land and Justice Party The Land and Justice Party ( bi, Graon mo Jastis Pati; GJP)

(''Graon mo Jastis Pati'', GJP) *

Leaders Party of Vanuatu The Leaders Party of Vanuatu (LPV) is a political party in Vanuatu. History The party was formed in 2015 by Jotham Napat, a former director general of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities. In the 2016 elections the party fielded f ...

(LPV) *

Melanesian Progressive Party The Melanesian Progressive Party is a political party in Vanuatu formed after an internal leadership struggle within the Vanua'aku Pati in the late 1980s. MPP founder, former Prime Minister Barak Sopé Barak Tame Sopé Mautamata (born 1951) i ...

(MPP) * Nagriamel Movement (Nagriamel) *

National Community Association The National Community Association (french: Association de la communauté nationale) is a social-liberal and nationalist political party in Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanua ...

(''Association de la communauté nationale'', ACN) * National United Party (NUP) *

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(''Parti de l'Action Populaire'', PAP) * People's Progressive Party (PPP) *

Reunification Movement for Change The Reunification Movement for Change (sometimes written as the Reunification of Movements for Change) is a political party in Vanuatu resulting from a split in the Union of Moderate Parties in 2012. At the 2016 election the party won 3.44% of the ...

(RMC) * Rural Development Party (RDP) *

Union of Moderate Parties The Union of Moderate Parties (french: Union des partis moderés) is a liberal political party in Vanuatu founded in 1981. At the last general election, held on 22 January 2016, they won 9.73% of the vote and 6 seats. It is currently headed by Ish ...

(''Union des Partis Moderés'', UPM) *

Vanua'aku Pati The Vanua'aku Pati () is a democratic socialist political party in Vanuatu. History The party was founded on 17 August 1971 by Walter Lini as the New Hebridean Cultural Association, renamed later that same year as the New Hebrides National Party ...

(VP) *

Vanuatu Labour Party The Vanuatu Labour Party ( bi, Vanuatu Leba Pati; french: Parti Travailliste du Vanuatu) is a political party in Vanuatu. The party was established on 3 June 1987. It was founded on the initiative of various trade union organizations in order to ...

(''Vanuatu Leba Pati'', VLP) *

Vanuatu National Development Party The Vanuatu National Development Party (VNDP) is a political party in Vanuatu. History The VNDP was formed by Christophe Emelee (an MP for the Vanuatu National Party) and Robert Bohn (leader of the Vanuatu Peoples Development Party) in 2014. ...

(VNDP) *

Vanuatu Presidential Party The Vanuatu Presidential Party (VPP) is a political party in Vanuatu. History The party was formed by Louis Kalnpel and former Presidents Ati George Sokomanu and John Bani John Bennett Bani (born 1 July 1941) is a former Vanuatuan politician w ...

(VPP) *

Vanuatu Republican Party The Vanuatu Republican Party (french: Parti Républicain de Vanuatu, bi, Ripablikan Pati blong Vanuatu) is a centrist political party in Vanuatu. At the last 2016 Vanuatuan general election, general elections, held on 22 January 2016, they won ...

(''Parti républicain de Vanuatu'', PRV)

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