List of frivolous political parties
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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 (deregistered in 1988)
- Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd, defunct)
- Party! Party! Party! (defunct)[1]
- Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)[1]
Austria
- Beer Party of Austria[2]
- Die PARTEI[3] ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative)
Belarus
- Beer Lovers Party (defunct in 1998)
Canada
- Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
- Parti Citron (Lemon Party, defunct)
- Rhinoceros Party
- Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (defunct)
- The Canada Party
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
- Friends of Beer Party (1990–1998)
Denmark
Estonia
- Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)
Faroe Islands
- Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (The Funny Party, defunct)
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) (represented in the European Parliament)
- Front Deutscher Äpfel
- Kreuzberger Patriotische Demokraten/Realistisches Zentrum (defunct, merged with DIE PARTEI)
- Spaßpartei für Deutschland
- Union nicht genug überdachten Lächelns trotz innerer Genialität (Union of not enough reconsidered smile despite inner genius, defuct)
Greece
- Cynical Party of Greece-Diogenis
Hungary
Iceland
- Best Party (defunct)
Iran
- Party of Donkeys (defunct)[4]
Ireland
- All Night Party (defunct) Noel "Flukey" Gorman stood in the General Election of 24 November 1982 in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency. Policies included 24 hour licensing laws and halving the price of alcohol.
Italy
- Partito dell'Amore ("Love Party", defunct)
- Partito Nettista Italiano, known as "Partito della bistecca" (Steak Party, defunct)
Japan
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
- Provo (defunct)
- Rapaille Partij (defunct)
- Tegenpartij (Counterparty/opponent, defunct)
Norway
- Beer Unity Party (defunct)
- The Political Party (defunct)
Poland
- Partia Dobrego Humoru (Good Humor Party)
- Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct after winning 16 seats in 1991)
Romania
- Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)
Serbia
- Sarmu probo nisi: (Ljubiša Preletačević, the leader of SPN, participated in the 2017 Serbian presidential election and he came third with 9.44% of the vote)
Spain
- Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
- Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")
Sweden
United Kingdom
- Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (defunct)
- Church of the Militant Elvis Party, also known as the Bus Pass Elvis Party
- Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality; fielded four candidates in the 2010 general election (defunct)
- The Eccentric Party of Great Britain
- Fancy Dress Party (defunct)
- Gremloids, former party of Lord Buckethead[5]
- New Millennium Bean Party
- Official Monster Raving Loony Party
- Raving Loony Green Giant Party (defunct)
- Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party (defunct)
- Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)
United States
- Birthday Party
- Guns and Dope Party
- OWL Party
- Straight Talking American Government Party (STAG) (defunct)
- Surprise Party
- Inanimate Objects Party
See also
- Lists of political parties
- List of fictional political parties
- List of practical joke topics
- Non-human electoral candidates
- Jedi census phenomenon
References
- ^ a b List of parties competing in the 1989 ACT election Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2019 Austrian legislative election", Wikipedia, 28 July 2020, retrieved 4 August 2020
- ^ "Wählt die Partei - sie ist sehr gut". Die Partei Österreich (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0815609070.
- ^ reprobatemagazine (14 June 2017). "Lord Buckethead – The Whole Story". The Reprobate. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1