This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of

democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and workers' self- ...

or include significant numbers of democratic socialist members (although many do not specifically include the term "Democratic Socialist" in their name). Some of the parties are also members of the

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations. ...

Progressive International The Progressive International is an international organization uniting and mobilizing progressive left-wing activists and organizations. Origins It was launched after the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and The Sanders Institute announc ...

São Paulo Forum São Paulo Forum (FSP), also known as the Foro de São Paulo, is a conference of left-wing political parties and other organizations from the Americas, primarily Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched by the Workers' Party ( pt-BR, P ...

, Party of European Left or the

Progressive Alliance The Progressive Alliance (PA) is a political international of social democratic and progressive political parties and organisations founded on 22 May 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. The alliance was formed as an alternative to the existing Social ...

Names used by democratic socialist parties

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

* Left Party * Democratic Socialist Party * Socialist Democratic Party * Labour Party *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

Alphabetical list by country

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*Albania: **

Organizata Politike Organizata Politike (, OP), is a left-wing political organisation based in Albania. It was founded right after 4 protesters were shot dead during the 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations. History Organizata has been the initiator of the mov ...

*Argentina: **

Frente de Todos The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") is a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Fernández won the 2019 gene ...

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Somos Somos may refer to: Geography * Somoș River (Belinul Mic), in Covasna County, Romania * Somoș River (Malnaș), in Covasna County, Romania * Somoș River (Olt), in Covasna County, Romania People * Michael Somos, mathematician ** Somos seque ...

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Intransigent Party The Intransigent Party ( es, Partido Intransigente) is a leftist political party in Argentina, founded in 1963 by Oscar Alende. Its membership came from the Intransigent Radical Civic Union, one of the two factions of the Radical Civic Union. ...

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Patria Grande Front The Patria Grande Front ( es, Frente Patria Grande) is a leftist political front in Argentina founded by activist and social leader Juan Grabois. It was founded in October 2018, ahead of the 2019 Argentine general election, in support of the ca ...

*Armenia: **

Social Democrat Hunchakian Party The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) ( hy, Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն; ՍԴՀԿ, translit=Sots’ial Demokrat Hnch’akyan Kusakts’ut’yun), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian ...

Democratic Party of Armenia The Democratic Party of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Դեմոկրատական Կուսակցություն, ''Hayastani Demokratakan Kusaktsutyun'') is a democratic socialist political party in Armenia. It was established in 1991 by Aram Gas ...

**Independent Movement for Justice and Dignity *Australia: ** Socialist Alliance **

Victorian Socialists The Victorian Socialists (VS) is a democratic socialist political party based in the Australian state of Victoria. Founded in February 2018, it is an electoral alliance of various socialist parties, organisations, community groups and trade u ...

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*Barbados: ** People's Empowerment Party *Belarus: **

Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" The Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" ( be, Беларуская партыя левых «Справядлівы свет», Bielaruskaja partyja lievych «Spraviadlivy sviet») is a left-wing political party in Belarus that opposes the go ...

Belarusian Green Party The Belarusian Green Party (BGP or BPZ; be, Беларуская партыя «Зялёныя»; БПЗ, Bielaruskaja partyja «Zialionyja»; BPZ; russian: Белорусская партия «Зелёные»; БПЗ, Belorusskaya partiya « ...

*Belgium: **

Committee for Another Policy The Committee for Another Policy ( nl, Comité voor een Andere Politiek, french: Comité pour une Autre Politique), abbreviated to CAP, was a Belgian left-wing political movement that was established in 2005, and became a political party in 2006. ...

*Bolivia: ** Movement for Socialism **

Movement for Sovereignty The Movement for Sovereignty (Spanish: ''Movimiento por la Soberanía'', MPS) is a leftist, indigenist Bolivian political party founded by dissidents of the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP). Its leader, and fourth-place candidate for Governor o ...

Socialist Party-1 The Socialist Party-1 ( es, Partido Socialista-1) is a socialist political party in Bolivia. History The Socialist Party-One took part in the 1978, 1979, and 1980 general elections, running Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz and polled 00.43, 04.82 and ...

*Botswana: **

Umbrella for Democratic Change The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is an political alliance, alliance of centre-left to left-wing political parties in Botswana. History The UDC was founded in November 2012 by members from various opposition parties, including the Bot ...

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Botswana People's Party The Botswana People's Party (BPP), originally the Bechuanaland People's Party, is a political party in Botswana formed in December 1960 during the colonial era. As a result of disappointment with the Legislative Council, under the leadership of ...

*Brazil: ** Workers' Party ** Democratic Labour Party **

Party of National Mobilization The National Mobilization Party ( pt, Partido da Mobilização Nacional, PMN) is a political party in Brazil founded by politicians from the state of Minas Gerais on April 21, 1984, advocating for agrarian reform, termination of debt payments, ...

Socialism and Liberty Party The Socialism and Liberty Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade , PSOL ) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party describes itself as socialist and democratic. The party leader is Juliano Medeiros and the federal deputies I ...

*Bulgaria: **

BSP for Bulgaria The BSP for Bulgaria ( bg, БСП за България, BSP za Bŭlgariya), or the Coalition for Bulgaria ( bg, Коалиция за България, Koalitsiya za Bŭlgariya) until 2017, is a left-wing electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by t ...

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Bulgarian Left The Bulgarian Left ( bg, Българската левица, ''Bǎlgarskata levitsa'', BL) is a democratic socialist political party in Bulgaria. It was created in February 2009 predominantly by members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), wi ...

** Bulgarian Progressive Line

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*Canada: **

New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * t ...

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Québec solidaire Québec solidaire (QS; ) is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada. The party and media outlets in Canada usually use the name "Québec solidaire" in both French and English, but the party's name is sometimes ...

(Quebec) *Chile: **

Apruebo Dignidad ''Apruebo Dignidad'' (; in English, ''Approve Dignity'', AD) is a left-wing Chilean electoral coalition officially created on 11 January 2021, by the Broad Front and Chile Digno in preparation for the Constitutional Convention election. Histo ...

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Democratic Revolution Democratic Revolution () is a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political party, founded in 2012 by some of the leaders of the 2011 Chilean student protests, most notably the current Deputy Giorgio Jackson, who is also the most popular public fi ...

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Unir Movement The Unir Movement () is a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political movement, founded in 2020 by former members of the Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile ( es, Partido Socialista de Chile, or PS) is a centre-left political ...

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Common Force Common Force () was a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political party, founded in 2020 by former members of the Socialist Party of Chile and independent organisations. In August 2020, it became part of the Broad Front, a left-wing political coali ...

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Social Convergence The Social Convergence (, CS) is a left-wing political party in Chile. It is led by Gabriel Boric. It was founded in 2018 by the Autonomist Movement (MA), Libertarian Left (IL) (a part of the movement left the party in 2019), Socialism and Fre ...

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Commons The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly. Commons ...

*Colombia: **

Historic Pact for Colombia The Historic Pact for Colombia ( es, Pacto Histórico por Colombia; PHxC) is a political and electoral coalition in Colombia composed of political parties and social movements with ideologies ranging from the centre-left, left-wing, and far-left ...

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Alternative Democratic Pole The Alternative Democratic Pole (Spanish: ''Polo Democrático Alternativo'' or PDA) is a left-wing political party in Colombia. It was founded as a political alliance of the Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) ...

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Humane Colombia Humane Colombia ( es, Colombia Humana), formerly known as the Progressive Movement ( es, Movimiento Progresistas), is a Colombian left-wing political movement and party founded in 2011 and led by President Gustavo Petro. The youth wing of the party ...

*** Patriotic Union *Costa Rica: ** Broad Front *Croatia: **

Croatian Labourists – Labour Party The Croatian Labourists – Labour Party ( hr, Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Croatia. It was formed in 2010 by a former trade unionist and People's Party MP Dragutin Lesa ...

New Left The New Left was a broad political movement mainly in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a broad range of social issues such as civil and political rights, environmentalism, feminism, gay rights, g ...

** We can! ** Workers' Front *Cyprus: **

Jasmine Movement The Jasmine Movement ( el, Κίνημα Γιασεμί; tr, Yasemin Hareketi) is a political movement in Cyprus. Jasmine Movement was established by Afrika newspaper's chief editor Şener Levent. It mainly consists of Turkish Cypriots struggli ...

*Czech Republic: ** The Left

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*Denmark: ** Socialist People's Party **

Red–Green Alliance In politics, a red–green alliance or red–green coalition is an alliance of "red" (often social-democratic or democratic socialist) parties with "green" (often green and/or occasionally agrarian) parties. The alliance is often based on commo ...

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*East Timor: **

Fretilin The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( pt, Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a centre-left political party in East Timor. They presently hold 23 of 65 seats in the National Parliam ...

*Ecuador: **

Citizen Revolution Movement The Citizen Revolution Movement ( es, Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana) is a Democratic socialism, democratic socialist political party in Ecuador formed by supporters of former President Rafael Correa who distanced themselves from Correa's forme ...

*Egypt **

National Progressive Unionist Party The National Progressive Unionist Party ( ar-at, حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, Ḥizb al-Tagammu' al-Watani al-Taqadomi al-Wahdawi, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a socialist political party in Egypt. Origi ...

Socialist Popular Alliance Party The Socialist People's Alliance Party ( ar, حزب التحالف الشعبي الإشتراكي ''Hizb Al-Tahalof Al-Shaeby Al-Ishtiraky'', SPAP) is a leftist party in Egypt formed shortly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Its membership ...

Socialist Party of Egypt The Egyptian Socialist Party (''El-Hizb El-Ishtiraki El-Masri'') is a political party in Egypt which was founded by some Egyptian socialists after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. History and profile The party was founded on 18 June 2011 at a confe ...

*European Union: **

Party of the European Left The Party of the European Left (PEL), commonly abbreviated European Left, is a European political party that operates as an association of democratic socialist and communist political parties in the European Union and other European countries. ...

DiEM25 The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European political movement founded in 2016 by a group of Europeans, including former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat. The movement was o ...

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*Faroe Islands (Denmark): **

Republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

*Finland: ** Left Alliance *France: ** Génération.s **

La France Insoumise La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aim ...

Ensemble! Ensemble!, officially Ensemble – Movement for a Leftist, Ecologist, and Solidary Alternative (), is a French left-wing political party, defining itself as anti-capitalist, anti-racist, feminist and eco-socialist. It was launched in November 2 ...

Citizen and Republican Movement The Citizen and Republican Movement (French language, French: ''Mouvement républicain et citoyen'') is a political party in France. The party replaced in 2002 the Citizens' Movement (''Mouvement des citoyens'', MDC) founded by Jean-Pierre Chev ...

Eusko Alkartasuna Eusko Alkartasuna (; en, Basque Solidarity; es, Solidaridad Vasca; french: Solidarité basque) is a Basque nationalist and social-democratic political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means ''Basque Solidarity'' ...

(Basque Country)

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*Germany: ** The Left *Greece: **

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

MeRA25 The European Realistic Disobedience Front ( el, Μέτωπο Ευρωπαϊκής Ρεαλιστικής Ανυπακοής), or MeRA25 ( el, ΜέΡΑ25), is a left-wing Greek political party founded in 2018. Its founder and General Secretary is ...

*Greenland (Denmark): **

Inuit Ataqatigiit Inuit Ataqatigiit (, , da, Folkets Samfund) is a democratic socialist, separatist political party in Greenland that aims to make Greenland an independent state. The party, founded as a political organisation in 1976, was born out of the increas ...

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*Haiti: **

Platfòm Pitit Desalin ''Platfòm Pitit Desalin'' ( en, Child of Dessalines Platform) is a Haitian political party led by Jean-Charles Moïse. , the party has two seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Senate. The party leader, Jean-Charles Moïse who r ...

*Honduras: **

Liberty and Refoundation Liberty and Refoundation ( es, Libertad y Refundación, Libre; ''libre'' is the Spanish word for "free") is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political party in Honduras. Libre was founded in 2011 by the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP), a ...

*Hungary: ** Hungarian Social Democratic Party **

Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Párt), commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October, 1989 as a post-communist evolution a ...

Táncsics – Radical Left Party The Táncsics – Radical Left Party ( hu, Táncsics – Radikális Balpárt) is a left-wing democratic socialist political party in Hungary. It was formed at a meeting in March 2014. It draws its membership from different civil society organizati ...

Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement The Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement ( hu, Igen Szolidaritás Magyarországért Mozgalom, ISZOMM) is a democratic socialist political party in Hungary that was founded by Tibor Szanyi in 2020. History ISZOMM was founded by a group of severa ...

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*Iceland: **

Left-Green Movement The Left-Green Movement ( is, Vinstrihreyfingin – grænt framboð), officially the Left Movement – Green Candidature and also known by its short-form name ''Vinstri græn'' (VG), is an eco-socialist political party in Iceland. The Left-Gree ...

Icelandic Socialist Party The Icelandic Socialist Party ( is, Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands; SFÍ) is a socialist political party in Iceland, which was founded on International Workers' Day (1 May) in 2017. History According to Gunnar Smári the party already had 1,40 ...

*India: **

*Indonesia: ** Labour Party **

Just and Prosperous People's Party The Just and Prosperous People's Party ( id, Partai Rakyat Adil Makmur, PRIMA) is a political party in Indonesia. The party formed after a merger of the People's Democratic Party (Indonesia), People's Democratic Party (PRD) and numerous mass organi ...

*Iran: **

Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) The Organization of Iranian People's Fadaian (Majority) ( fa, سازمان فدائیان خلق ایران (اکثریت), Sāzmān-e fedaiyān-e khalq-e Irān (aksariat); ) is an Iranian left-wing Iranian dissidents, opposition political party i ...

** Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (Eastern Kurdistan) **

Kurdistan Democratic Party The Kurdistan Democratic Party ( ku, Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê; پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the largest party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Gov ...

(Eastern Kurdistan) ** Komala (Eastern Kurdistan) *Iraq: **

Kurdistan Toilers' Party Kurdistan Toilers' Party ( ku, Parti Zahmatkeshan Kurdistan) founded according to the party in 1985, is a splinter from the Kurdistan Socialist Party, and later a member of the Iraqi Kurdistan Front. Led by Khalid Zangana, now it is led by Qad ...

(Kurdistan region) ** Komala (Kurdistan region) *Ireland, Republic of: **

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...

*Italy: ** Article One (Art.1) **

Italian Left Italian Left ( it, Sinistra Italiana, SI) is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (full name: Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom), including Left Ecology Fr ...

(SI) ** Power to the People (PaP) ** ** ** **

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*Japan: **

** New Socialist Party

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*Latvia: **

Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party ) , colours = Maroon Green , headquarters = Riga, Lāčplēša iela 60, LV-1011 , seats1_title = Saeima , seats1 = , seats2_title = European Parliament , seats2 = , website lsdsp.lv, membership_year = 2017 , membership = 633 The Latv ...

*Luxembourg: ** The Left

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*Malaysia: ** Malaysian People's Party **

Socialist Party of Malaysia The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM, ; ; ta, மலேசிய சோசியலிஸ்ட் கட்சி), is a socialist political party in Malaysia and an offshoot of Parti Rakyat Malaysia, which originally upheld the same ideology. ...

* Mauritius: ** Labour Party **

Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) ( en, Mauritian Militant Movement) is a left-wing socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM advocates what it sees as a "fairer" society, ...

Muvman Liberater The Muvman Liberater is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political party in Mauritius founded in 2014 by Ivan Collendavelloo, a lawyer and career-politician, as a breakaway from the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) in protest against MMM leader ...

Militant Socialist Movement The Militant Socialist Movement (french: Mouvement Socialiste Militant; abbreviated MSM) is a centre-left political party in Mauritius. It is the largest single political party in the National Assembly of Mauritius, winning 42 of the 69 seats in ...

*Mexico: **

National Regeneration Movement MORENA () is a major Mexican left-wing political party. It is described as an anti-neoliberal and populist party. It is the ruling party of Mexico since 2018. The name is an acronym for the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (National Regene ...

** Labor Party *Moldova: ** Collective Action Party – Civic Congress *Morocco: **

Party of Progress and Socialism The Party of Progress and Socialism ( ar, حزب التقدم والاشتراكية, translit=Hizb Al-Taqadoum Wal-Ishtirakiyeh; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ; french: Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS) ...

** Unified Socialist Party **

Front of Democratic Forces The Front of Democratic Forces (french: Front des Forces Démocratiques; ar, جبهة القوى الديمقراطية) is a political party in Morocco. History and profile The party was founded in 1997 as a split from the Party of Progress an ...

*Mozambique: **

FRELIMO FRELIMO (; from the Portuguese , ) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique. It is the dominant party in Mozambique and has won a majority of the seats in the Assembly of the Republic in every election since the country's firs ...

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*Namibia: **

Landless People's Movement The Landless People's Movement was an independent social movement in South Africa. It consisted of rural people and people living in shack settlements in cities. The Landless People's Movement boycotted parliamentary elections and had a histor ...

*Nepal: ** People's Socialist Party **

Socialist Party of Nepal The Socialist Party of Nepal () is a Democratic Socialism, democratic socialist political party in Nepal. It is led jointly by former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai and senior leader of the Terai-Madhesh region Mahindra R ...

*Netherlands: **

BIJ1 BIJ1 (; ), formerly known as Article 1 (), is a political party in the Netherlands. It was founded in Amsterdam in 2016 by Sylvana Simons, a television personality who was formerly connected to another party, Denk. BIJ1 aligns itself as an ant ...

*Niger: **

Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (french: Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme, PNDS-Tarayya) is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-leaning party, part of the Socialist International, and since 2011 it h ...

Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger The Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger (french: Parti pour le socialisme et la démocratie au Niger, PSDN-Alheri) is a political party in Niger. History The PSDN was established on 18 May 1992. In the 1993 general elections the party r ...

*Nigeria: **

Young Progressives Party The Young Progressives Party (YPP) is a social-democratic political party in Nigeria. The party was created to challenge the two major contemporary parties in Nigeria, the People's Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress. In its m ...

*Northern Cyprus: **

New Cyprus Party The New Cyprus Party ( Turkish: ''Yeni Kıbrıs Partisi'') is a democratic socialist Turkish-Cypriot political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is com ...

United Cyprus Party The United Cyprus Party ( Turkish: ''Birleşik Kıbrıs Partisi'', BKP) is a left-wing, socialist party in Northern Cyprus. The party was founded in 2003 by İzzet İzcan. It supports the idea of a free, demilitarised and united Cyprus Cy ...

*North Macedonia: ** The Left *Norway: ** Socialist Left Party

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*Palestine: **

Palestinian National Initiative Palestinian National Initiative ( ar, المبادرة الوطنية الفلسطينية ''al-Mubādara al-Waṭaniyya al-Filasṭīniyya'') is a Palestinian political party led by Mustafa Barghouti. Its formation was formally announced on 17 ...

Palestinian Democratic Union The Palestinian Democratic Union ( ar, الاتحاد الديمقراطي الفلسطيني ''Al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini''), generally known as FIDA ( ar, فدا) is a small Palestinian political party active in the Palestine Liberati ...

*Pakistan: **

Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) The Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) ''( sd, پيپلزپارٽي شهيدڀٽو)'' (abbreviated as PPP-SB) is a political party in Pakistan and one of three breakaway factions of the old Pakistan Peoples Party. The party is currently hea ...

Awami National Party The Awami National Party (ANP; ur, , ps, اولسي ملي ګوند; lit. ''People's National Party'') is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its curr ...

Awami Workers Party The Awami Workers Party ( ur, عوامی ورکرز پارٹی) is a left-wing socialist political party in Pakistan. The party seeks to unify the struggles of workers, peasants, students, women and ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan und ...

*Paraguay: **

Revolutionary Febrerista Party The Revolutionary Febrerista Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Febrerista, PRF) is a democratic socialist party of Paraguay. It was established in 1951 by Rafael Franco, President of Paraguay from the February Revolution (Paraguay), February Re ...

** Progressive Democratic Party *Peru: **

New Peru New Peru, for Democracy, Sovereignty, and Justice (Spanish: ''Nuevo Perú, por Democracia, Soberanía y Justicia'') is a left-wing Peruvian political party founded in 2017 as a splinter caucus of the Broad Front for the 2016–2019 Peruvian Co ...

** Citizen Force ** Broad Front ** Magisterial Bloc ** Bicentennial Peru *Philippines: **

Akbayan The Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, better known as Akbayan (), is a democratic socialist and progressive political party in the Philippines. Akbayan is noted as a leading member of the progressive movement in the Philippines, having been forme ...

Laban ng Masa Laban ng Masa (LnM, ) is a major left-wing electoral coalition of democratic socialist and progressive groups in the Philippines. Being democratic socialist, LnM participates in the political processes of the state, insisting on elections as a ...

Philippine Democratic Socialist Party The Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP), also known as Philippine Democratic Socialist Party, is a political party in the Philippines. It is one of the member parties that composed the ''United Nationalist Democratic Organization'' ...

*Poland: **

Labour Union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

Left Together Left Together () is a left-wing political party in Poland. It was formed in 2015 as "Together", and it was one of the eight nationwide committees standing in the 2015 parliamentary election. It was a member of the Progressive International, an ...

Polish Socialist Party The Polish Socialist Party ( pl, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) is a socialist political party in Poland. It was one of the most important parties in Poland from its inception in 1892 until its merger with the communist Polish Workers' P ...

Freedom and Equality The Freedom and Equality ( pl, Wolność i Równość, WiR), previously called Union of the Left ( pl, Unia Lewicy, UL); is a minor social-democratic political party in Poland founded on 20 March 2005 through the union of several left-wing org ...

Polish Left The Polish Left ( pl, Polska Lewica) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Poland. History Former Prime Minister Leszek Miller announced the formation of the Polish Left on September 20, 2007, because he was not on the list of Left an ...

*Portugal: ** Left Bloc **

LIVRE LIVRE (, L), previously known as LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar (, L/TDA), is a green political party in Portugal founded in 2014. Its founding principles are ecology, universalism, freedom, equity, solidarity, socialism and Europeanism. Its symbol i ...

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*Romania: **

Democracy and Solidarity Party The Democracy and Solidarity Party ( ro, Partidul Democrației și Solidarității), also known by its abbreviation and short name Demos, is a political party of Romania. History The Democracy and Solidarity Party has its origins in the autu ...

*Russia: **

Party of Russia's Rebirth The Party of Russia's Rebirth (russian: Партия возрождения России ''Partiya Vozrozhdeniya Rossii'') is a political party in Russia founded by Gennady Seleznev, former State Duma speaker and a former member of the Communist ...

** For a New Socialism ** Left Socialist Action **

Russian Socialist Movement Russian Socialist Movement (russian: Российское социалистическое движение) is a left-wing to far left political organisation in Russia. It was created in 2011 by the merging of various left-wing, socialist, anti-c ...

*Rwanda: **

Rwandan Socialist Party The Rwandan Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste Rwandais, PSR) is a pro-government political party in Rwanda. History The party was founded on 18 August 1991. It joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led coalition for the 2003 parliamentary ...

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Workers' Party of Singapore The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP) is a major centre-left political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and opposition Progr ...

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

** People's Power Party *Slovakia: ** Socialisti.sk *Slovenia: ** The Left *South Korea: ** Labor Party *Spain: ** Podemos ** Sobiranistes (Catalonia) **

Coalició Compromís Coalició Compromís (; en, Commitment Coalition or Compromise Coalition), also known as Compromís,Ávila López, E. (2016) ''Modern Spain'', p. 85 is a Valencianist electoral coalition in the Valencian Community, Spain. The parties involved i ...

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Galician Nationalist Bloc The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( gl, Bloque Nacionalista Galego, BNG ) is a political alliance of left-wing Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic front". Formed in 1982, under the guidance of historical leader Xosé Man ...

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Chunta Aragonesista The Chunta Aragonesista (CHA; en, Aragonese Union)Rendering the party's name has created some confusions due to the similarity with the Spanish word ''junta''. The right translation of Aragonese ''chunta'' is ''unión'' in Spanish and '' union'' ...

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Més per Mallorca Més per Mallorca ( en, More for Majorca, MÉS) is a Majorcan political coalition formed by Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM), IniciativaVerds (IV) and Entesa per Mallorca (ExM), as well as some small independent, local parties around the island. It ...

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Socialist Party of Majorca The Socialist Party of Majorca ( ca, Partit Socialista de Mallorca, PSM; ), officially PSM–Entesa after the incorporation of Entesa per Mallorca (ExM) in February 2013, is a political party in Majorca, Spain. The PSM defines itself as socialis ...

(Mallorca/Majorca) *Suriname: ** National Democratic Party ** Surinamese Labour Party *Sweden: ** Left Party *Switzerland: **

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...

Swiss Party of Labour The Swiss Party of Labour (german: Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz; french: Parti Suisse du Travail – Parti Ouvrier et Populaire; it, Partito Svizzero del Lavoro – Partito Operaio e Popolare; rm, Partida svizra da la lavur) is a communist pa ...

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Democratic Arab Socialist Union The Democratic Arab Socialist Union ( ar, الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي الديمقراطي, ''Al-ittiḥād al-ishtirākī al-'arabī al-dīmūqrāṭī''; French: ''Union arabe socialiste démocratique'') is a Nasserist democ ...

** Syrian Democratic People's Party

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People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: * People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan *People's Democratic Party (Belize) *People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) *People's Democratic Party (Chile) * People's Democratic Party (Dom ...

*Tanzania: **

Alliance for Change and Transparency The Alliance for Change and Transparency (), sometimes known as the ACT–Wazalendo, is the third-largest political party in Tanzania. It received its permanent registration in May 2014. Background The party was founded in 2014. The party fielde ...

*Turkey: ** Democratic Left Party ** Peoples' Democratic Party *Tunisia: **

Movement of Socialist Democrats The Movement of Socialist Democrats ( ar, حركة الديمقراطيين الاشتراكيين, ' ; french: Mouvement des démocrates socialistes, MDS, also translated as "Socialist Democrats Movement") is a political party in Tunisia. The MD ...

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Uganda People's Congress The Uganda People's Congress (UPC; sw, Congress ya Watu wa Uganda) is a political party in Uganda. UPC was founded in 1960 by Milton Obote, who led the country to independence and later served two presidential terms under the party's banner ...

*United Kingdom: ** Labour Party (UK) ** Left Unity (LU) ** Breakthrough Party (BK) ** Socialist Labour Party (SLP) ** Northern Independence Party (Northern England) **

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Progressive Unionist Party The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a minor unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast, becoming the PUP in 1979. Linked to the Ulster Volunte ...

(PUP) (Northern Ireland) **

Scottish Socialist Party The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP; gd, Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Socialist Pairtie) is a left-wing political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent socialist Scotland. The party was founded in 1998. It c ...

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Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid wa ...

(Wales) *United States: **

Democratic Socialists of America The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a Left-wing politics, left-wing Democratic Socialists of America#Tendencies within the DSA, multi-tendency Socialism, socialist and Labour movement, labor-oriented political organization. Its roots ...

Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party USA, officially the Socialist Party of the United States of America,"The article of this organization shall be the Socialist Party of the United States of America, hereinafter called 'the Party'". Art. I of th"Constitution o ...

Peace and Freedom Party The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a left-wing political party with affiliates and former members in more than a dozen American states, including California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana and Utah, but none now have ballot status besides C ...

Green Party of the United States The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy, grassroot ...

** Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party (Vermont) **

Vermont Progressive Party The Vermont Progressive Party, formerly the Progressive Coalition, is a progressive political party in the United States founded in 1999 and active only in the state of Vermont. As of 2019, the party has two members in the Vermont Senate and se ...

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Washington Progressive Party The Washington Progressive Party (WAPP) is a minor political party in Washington state affiliated with the National Progressive Party. The current chair of the party is Ashley Stallworth accompanied, by vice-chair Stephanie Browne. The party ad ...

(Washington) *Uruguay: ** Broad Front, composed of: ***

Socialist Party of Uruguay The Socialist Party of Uruguay ( es, Partido Socialista del Uruguay) is a Uruguayan socialist political party. History The party was founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr Emilio Frugoni, a prominent advocate of socialist ideas ...

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Movement of Popular Participation The Movement of Popular Participation ( es, Movimiento de Participación Popular) is a Uruguayan political party. It is a member organisation of the left-wing Broad Front coalition. Background From 1985 onwards, after the end of the military d ...

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For Social Democracy For Social Democracy, ( es, link=no, Por la Democracia Social) or abbreviation PODEMOS, ( es, link=no, We can) is a political party in Venezuela. In the 2005 legislative elections the party won 15 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly. T ...

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