The following is a list of
political parties
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that promote the interests of
pensioner
A pensioner is a person who receives a pension, most commonly because of retirement from the workforce. This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom (along with OAP, initialism of old-age pensioner), Ireland and Australia where someone of p ...
s.
Argentina
*Pensioners' White Party (')
Australia
*
Seniors United Party of Australia (2015-2022)
*
Pensioner and Citizen Initiated Referendum Alliance (1982-1999)
*
Grey Power
Grey Power (or Greypower) was an Australian political party and lobby group, first registered in 1983. At the federal elections of 1984 and 1987 it ran candidates, but on both occasions these candidates (who included former Liberal cabinet minis ...
(Australia) (1983-1997)
*
Pensioner Power Association of Australia, (1968-1972)
Belgium
*
Becoming older worthily (''Waardig Ouder Worden'') (active in 1993-2000), got 1 provincial councillor and several municipal and district councillors in
Flanders
Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, la ...
in 1994. Most of its councillors defected to the far right
Flemish Blok just before the next elections in 2000, two had defected earlier to the
Flemish Liberal Party.
*Pensioners' Party (''Parti des pensionnés''), or Pensioners' and Retired People's Party (''Parti des pensionnés et des retraités''), had one list at the 2009 regional elections and one at the 2010 federal ones, and several lists at the 2012 provincial and municipal elections, only in
Liège Province
Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium.
Liège Province is the only Belgian province that has borders with three countries. It borders (clockwise from the north) the Dutch province of Limburg, the ...
(
Wallonia
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). Political scientists rank this party among the far right, its spokesman is an activist in the local
Pegida branch.
[Julien Dohet,]
Comment l'extrême droite belge francophone communique-t-elle sur la toile ?
, ''Analyse de l'IHOES'', nr. 183, 6 February 2018
Bosnia
*
Party of United Pensioners
* Pensioners' Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
*
Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska
Brazil
*
Retirees' National Party of Brazil (defunct, 1990)
*
Party of the Nation's Retirees (defunct, 2006)
Chile
*Pensioners' Party (''{{ill, Partido de los Jubilados, es'')
Croatia
*
Croatian Party of Pensioners
The Croatian Party of Pensioners ( or HSU) is a Croatian centre-left political party that is currently led by Veselko Gabričević.
When the party was founded, few people took it seriously and many commentators speculated that the ultimate pur ...
(Croatia)
Czech Republic
*
Pensioners for Life Security
Denmark
*
Active Pensionists (Denmark)
Germany
*
The Grays – Gray Panthers
The Grays – Gray Panthers () was a small German political party and interest group which existed between 1989 and 2008. The party was founded by former Die Grünen MP and activist Trude Unruh, having emerged from the Senior Citizens Protecti ...
(Germany, no longer active)
*
Pensioners and Retirees Party (Bündnis 21/RRP)
Hungary
*
Pensioners' Party Pensioners' Party or Party of Pensioners is a name commonly adopted by political organizations composed primarily of people who have a pension (generally elderly retirees) and who are interested in issues affecting their demographic group. However, ...
(Hungary, no longer active)
Israel
*
Generations who Built the Land (Dor), originally Pensioners of Israel to the Knesset (Gil)
**
Justice for the Elderly
Justice for the Elderly (, ''Tzedek LaZaken'') was a political faction in Israel between June and October 2008. Led by Moshe Sharoni, it had three seats in the Knesset.
History
The faction was established on 2 June 2008 when three MKs from Gil ( ...
(faction)
Italy
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United Pensioners
*
Pensioners' Party Pensioners' Party or Party of Pensioners is a name commonly adopted by political organizations composed primarily of people who have a pension (generally elderly retirees) and who are interested in issues affecting their demographic group. However, ...
*
Pensioners' National Party (dissolved)
Luxembourg
*
Alternative Democratic Reform Party
The Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR; , , ) is a conservative and mildly populist political party in Luxembourg. It has five seats in the sixty-seat Chamber of Deputies, making it the fourth-largest party. In 2024, the party received it ...
(Luxembourg)
*
Party of the Third Age (Luxembourg, disbanded)
Netherlands
*
50PLUS
50PLUS (; abbreviated 50+) is a list of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands that advocates List of pensioners' parties, pensioners' interests with a Centrism, centrist political line. The party was founded in ...
*
Party for the Future
The Party for the Future (; ) was a short-lived political party in the Netherlands that had been active in the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives as the Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen Group (). Founded in May 2020, it had ...
(dissolved)
*
General Elderly Alliance
The General Elderly Alliance (, AOV) was a Dutch pensioners' political party. The AOV was very successful in the 1994 elections, but disappeared four years later.
History
The AOV was founded on 1 December 1993 by . The direct cause for the forma ...
(dissolved)
*
Union 55+ (dissolved)
New Zealand
*
New Zealand First
New Zealand First (), commonly abbreviated to NZ First or NZF, is a political party in New Zealand, founded and led by Winston Peters, who has served three times as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, deputy prime minister. The party has form ...
- core social constituency are elderly voters.
*
Conservative Party of New Zealand
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- contesting elderly vote through appeal to
social conservatism
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Norway
*
Pensioners Party (Norway)
Philippines
In the Philippines, pensioners are referred to as "senior citizens", and parties for senior citizens usually run in partylist elections.
*
Ang Tinig ng Seniors
*
Senior Citizens Partylist
*
United Senior Citizens
The United Senior Citizens Koalition ng Pilipinas, Inc., commonly known as United Senior Citizens Partylist, is a political organization in the Philippines representing the interests of the elderly, otherwise known as senior citizens in the Phili ...
Portugal
*
United Party of Retirees and Pensioners
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*
National Solidarity Party (dissolved, 2006)
Serbia
*
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
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(PUPS)
Ukraine
* Party of Pensioners of Ukraine
* Party of Protection of Pensioners of Ukraine
*
Bloc of the Party of Pensioners of Ukraine (Ukraine)
United Kingdom
*
Pensioners Party (England) (defunct, 2013)
*
Senior Citizens Party
The Senior Citizens Party was a political party in the United Kingdom that operated from its foundation in 2004 until it merged with UKIP in 2014. It focused on the rights of senior citizens (people over the age of 50).
History
Foundation ...
(defunct, 2014)
*
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP), later the All-Scotland Pensioners Party from March 2011, was a minor Scottish political party. It was formed on 3 February 2003, in time to contest that year's elections to the Scottish Parliament. ...
(defunct, 2015)
Russia
*
Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice
Slovenia
*
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (, also known by the acronym DeSUS) was a political party in Slovenia last led by Vlado Dimovski. The party claims broadly liberal values with a strong focus on the interests of the retired and the ...
(Slovenia)
Sweden
* Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party
References
Pensioners
A pensioner is a person who receives a pension, most commonly because of retirement from the workforce. This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom (along with OAP, initialism of old-age pensioner), Ireland and Australia where someone of p ...