List of political parties in Dominica
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This article lists political parties in Dominica.
Dominica has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
The parties
[edit]Parliamentary parties
[edit]| Party | Abbr. | Ideology | House of Assembly | |
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| Dominica Labour Party | DLP | Social democracy | 19 / 21
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Other parties
[edit]| Party | Abbr. | Ideology | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominica Freedom Party | DFP | Conservatism | |
| People's Party of Dominica | PPOD | Third Way Communitarianism | |
| United Workers' Party | UWP | Centrism | |
| Team Unity Dominica | TUD | Progressivism | |
Defunct parties
[edit]- Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
- Dominica Liberation Movement (DLM)
- Dominica Progressive Party (DPP)
- Dominica United People's Party (DUPP)
- People's Democratic Movement (PDM)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Matthias Catón: "Dominica" in: Elections in the Americas. A Data Handbook, vol. 1, ed. by Dieter Nohlen. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005: pp. 223–237 ISBN 0-19-928357-5
