List of political parties in Kosovo

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This article lists political parties in Kosovo. Kosovo has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Major parties

Having scored more than 5% in the 2010 general election:

Name	Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	MPs
Democratic Party of Kosovo Partia Demokratike e Kosovës	PDK	Social democracy, Left-wing nationalism	Hashim Thaçi	34
Democratic League of Kosovo Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës	LDK	Conservatism, Liberal conservatism	Isa Mustafa	27
Self-Determination Vetëvendosje	VV	Anti-authoritarianism, Direct democracy, Left-wing nationalism	Albin Kurti	14
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës	AAK	Centrism, Conservatism	Ramush Haradinaj	12
New Kosovo Alliance Aleanca Kosova e Re	AKR	Liberalism	Behgjet Pacolli	8

Minor parties

• Albanian Demochristian Party of Kosovo (Partia Shqiptare Demokristane e Kosovës)
• Democratic League of Dardania (Lidhja Demokratike e Dardanisë)
• Green Party of Kosovo (Partia e të Gjelbërve të Kosovës)
• Justice Party (Partia e Drejtësisë)
• Liberal Party of Kosovo (Partia Liberale e Kosovës)
• People's Movement of Kosovo (Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës)

Serbian parties

• Civic Initiative Serbia (Građanska Inicijativa Srbija)
• Independent Liberal Party (Samostalna Liberalna Stranka)
• New Democracy (Nova Demokratija)
• Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Demokratska Stranka Kosova i Metohije)
• Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party (Srpska Kosovsko-Metohijska Stranka)
• Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Lista za Kosovo i Metohiju)
• Serb People's Party (Srpska Narodna Stranka)
• Serbian Social Democratic Party (Srpska Socijal Demokratska Stranka)
• Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija (Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata Kosova i Metohije)
• United Serbian List (Jedinstvena Srpska Lista) (all-Serb list, lists 56 candidates of both the ruling and the opposition parties based in Belgrade)

Minority parties

• Ashkali Party for Integration (Partia Ashkalinjëve për Integrim)
• Bosniak Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo (Bošnjačka Stranka Demokratske Akcije Kosova)
• Civic Initiative of Gora (Građanska Inicijativa Gore)
• Civic Initiative National Wing (Gradjanska Inicijativa Krilo Naroda)
• Coalition Vakat (Koalicija Vakat)
• Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Ashkanlive të Kosovës)
• Kosovo Turkish Union (Kosova Türk Birliǧi)
• League of Egyptians of Kosovo (Lidhja e Egjiptianëve të Kosovës)
• Montenegrin Democratic Party (Crnogorska Demokratska Stranka)
• New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo (Iniciativa e re Demokrarike e Kosovës)
• New Democratic Party (Nova Demokratska Stranka)
• Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije)
• Social Democratic Party of Gora (Socijaldemokratska Stranka Gore)
• Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi)
• United Roma Party of Kosovo (Partia Rome e Bashkuar e Kosovës)

Former parties

• New Spirit Party (Partia Fryma e Re)
• Reformist Party ORA (Partia Reformiste ORA)

See also

• Politics of Kosovo
• List of political parties by country