List of frivolous political parties
A frivolous party or a joke party is a political party which has been created for the purposes of entertainment or political satire. Such a party may or may not have a serious point behind its activities. This is a list of frivolous political parties.
Australia
- Deadly Serious Party (defunct)[1]
- Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd)
- Party! Party! Party! (defunct)[2]
- Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)[2]
Belarus
- Beer Lovers Party (defunct in 1998)
Belgium
Canada
- Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
- Fed-Up Party (also known as FU)
- Parti Citron (Lemon Party, defunct)
- Rhinoceros Party
- Rhinoceros Party of Canada / Parti Rhinoceros (defunct)
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
- Friends of Beer Party (1990 - 1998)
Denmark
Estonia
- Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)
Faroe Islands
- Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (The Funny Party)
Germany
- APPD (Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany)
- Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative)
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
- Partito dell'Amore ("Love Party", defunct)
Kosovo
- Partia e Fortë (The Strong Party)
New Zealand
- Bill and Ben Party (defunct)
- Imperial British Conservative Party (defunct)
- McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)
- The Civilian Party (defunct)
Netherlands
- Party of the Future
- Rapaille Partij (defunct)
Norway
- Beer Unity Party (defunct)
- The Political Party (defunct)
Poland
- Orange Alternative
- Partia Dobrego Humoru (Good Humor Party)
- Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct after winning 16 seats in 1991)
Romania
- Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)
Russia
- Beer Lovers Party (defunct)
Spain
- Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
- Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (defunct)
- Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog
- Church of the Militant Elvis Party, also known as the Bus Pass Elvis Party
- Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality, which fielded four candidates in the 2010 general election.
- Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party
- The Eccentric Party of Great Britain
- Fancy Dress Party
- New Millennium Bean Party
- Miss Great Britain Party, a political party in the United Kingdom founded in 2008, whose candidates are mostly women who have entered the Miss Great Britain beauty contest
- Official Monster Raving Loony Party
- Raving Loony Green Giant Party (defunct)
- Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party (defunct)
- Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)
United States
- Guns and Dope Party
- Mickey Mouse and Cthulhu, while not parties, are often used as protest or joke write-in candidates[3][4][5]
- OWL Party
- Straight Talking American Government Party (STAG) (defunct)
- Surprise Party (defunct)
See also
- List of fictional political parties
- List of practical joke topics
- Non-human electoral candidates
- Jedi census phenomenon
References
- Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1
- ↑ AEC list of formerly registered parties
- 1 2 List of parties competing in the 1989 ACT election Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Mickey Mouse for president 2008
- ↑ MM tops write-in list in Wichita municipal elections
- ↑ "Cthulhu for America". Archived from the original on 3 Aug 2016. Retrieved 3 Aug 2016.
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