List of political parties in Gabon
Appearance
Before the 2023 Coup d’etat, This article lists political parties in Gabon. Gabon is a one party dominant state with the Gabonese Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
The parties
[edit]Parliamentary parties
[edit]Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Assembly | |
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Gabonese Democratic Party Parti démocratique gabonais |
PDG | Conservatism Authoritarianism Right-wing populism |
98 / 143
| |
The Democrats Les Démocrates |
LD | [?] | 11 / 143
| |
Restoration of Republican Values Restauration des Valeurs Républicaines |
RV | [?] | 6 / 143
| |
Social Democrats of Gabon Sociaux-Démocrates du Gabon |
SDG | Social democracy | 5 / 143
| |
Heritage and Modernity Rally Rassemblement héritage et modernité |
RHM | [?] | 5 / 143
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National Union Union nationale |
UN | [?] | 2 / 143
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Social Democratic Party Parti social-démocrate |
PSD | Social democracy Centre-left politics |
2 / 143
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Union for the New Republic Union pour la nouvelle république |
UPNR | [?] | 1 / 143
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Union for Democracy and Social Integration/PDG Union pour la démocratie et l'intégration sociale |
UDIS/PDG | — | 1 / 143
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Circle of Liberal Reformers Cercle des libéraux réformateurs |
CLR | Liberalism | 1 / 143
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New Democracy Démocratie Nouvelle |
DN | [?] | 1 / 143
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Republican Equality Front Front d’égalité Républicaine |
FER | [?] | 1 / 143
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RV/PDG common list Liste commune RV-PDG |
RV/PDG | — | 1 / 143
|
Other parties
[edit]- African Development Movement (Mouvement Africain de Développement)
- Common Movement for Development (Mouvement Commun pour le Développement)
- African Forum for Reconstruction (Forum Africain pour la Réconstruction)
- Democratic and Republican Alliance (Alliance Démocratique et Républicaine)
- Gabonese Progress Party (Parti gabonais du progrès)
- Gabonese Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Gabonais)
- Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (Union Gabonaise pour la Démocratie et le Développement)
- Jeunesse Gabonais, the first political party in Gabonese history
- Movement for National Rectification (Mouvement de Redressement National)
- National Woodcutters Rally-Kombila (Rassemblement National des Bûcherons – KOMBILA)
- National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon (Rassemblement national des bûcherons – Rassemblement pour le Gabon)
- Rally of Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrates)
- Union of the Gabonese People (Union du Peuple Gabonais)