List of frivolous political parties
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This is a list of political parties
that have been created for various frivolous purposes: parody, joke, hoax, etc.
Other parties, such as the Corrective Party or the Rainbow Alliance, were often seen as frivolous, but included some genuine policy aims in their manifestos.
Political party
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that have been created for various frivolous purposes: parody, joke, hoax, etc.
Australia
- Deadly Serious PartyDeadly Serious PartyThe Deadly Serious Party is a joke party that stood candidates in Australian elections in the 1980s. Its platform included dispatching a flock of killer penguins to protect Australia's coastline from Argentine invasion, an age freeze, and the appointment of silly people to all the portfolios that...
(defunct) - Imperial British Conservative PartyImperial British Conservative PartyThe Imperial British Conservative Party was a farcical political party founded by The Wizard of New Zealand. It was dedicated to the grand traditions of British Imperialism in the face of capitalism, globalisation and the distinct lack of culture in Christchurch, New Zealand.The Imperial British...
(see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd) - Sun Ripened Warm Tomato PartySun Ripened Warm Tomato PartyThe Sun-Ripened Warm Tomato Party is a joke party that stood candidates in the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly elections in 1989. It received 1.17 percent of the vote and its preferences went to elect Residents Rally candidates to the Assembly...
(defunct) - Party! Party! Party!Party! Party! Party!Party! Party! Party! was a short-lived joke political party in Australia. It ran in only one election, the 1989 Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly election...
(defunct) - Surprise Party (defunct)
Austria–Hungary
- PFGFIDSDG Partei für gemäßigten Fortschritt in den Schranken der Gesetze (Party for Moderate Progress Within the Bounds Of the Law, 1911–1921)
Canada
- Absolutely Absurd PartyAbsolutely Absurd PartyThe Absolutely Absurd Party is a Canadian joke political party, which carries on the tradition of political satire. It was founded in Kitchener, Ontario by John Jagiellowicz in 2003. Dave Nesarajah was its auditor....
(defunct) - Canadian Extreme Wrestling PartyCanadian Extreme Wrestling PartyThe Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party was a frivolous political party in Canada that was not registered as an official party by Elections Canada, the government agency that conducts the Canadian elections....
(defunct) - Christian-Atheist Party of Canada (defunct)
- Prince Edward Island Draft Beer Party (defunct)
- Parti CitronParti CitronThe Lemon Party of Canada is a frivolous Canadian party which has operated on a federal level, as well as provincially in Quebec. The party was officially registered on January 8, 1987, by then leader, Denis R. Patenaude and deregistered on November 14, 1998 for failing to have at least ten...
(Lemon Party, defunct) - Rhinoceros Party
- Rhinoceros Party of Canada / Parti Rhinoceros
- Fed-Up Party (also known as FU)
- Lemon Party
Germany
- Die PARTEIDie PARTEIDie PARTEI is a satirical political party in Germany founded in 2004 by editors of the German satirical magazine Titanic...
('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative) - APPDAnarchist Pogo Party of GermanyThe Anarchistic Pogo Party of Germany is the self-declared party of the Pöbel and "social parasites". It was created in 1981 by two punks in Hannover and took part in the 1998 election to the Bundestag with the promise to pay the voters with free beer...
Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany
Israel
- Pikanti (a food manufacturer that contested the 1992 electionElections in IsraelElections in Israel are based on nationwide proportional representation. The electoral threshold is currently set at 2%, with the number of seats a party receives in the Knesset being proportional to the number of votes it receives. The Knesset is elected for a four-year term, although most...
as an advertising gimmick)
New Zealand
- Bill and Ben PartyBill and Ben PartyThe Bill and Ben Party was a New Zealand joke political party formed in 2008 and voluntarily deregistered in 2010. The party's leaders were Jamie Linehan and Ben Boyce of the TV3 satirical sports show Pulp Sport...
(defunct) - Imperial British Conservative PartyImperial British Conservative PartyThe Imperial British Conservative Party was a farcical political party founded by The Wizard of New Zealand. It was dedicated to the grand traditions of British Imperialism in the face of capitalism, globalisation and the distinct lack of culture in Christchurch, New Zealand.The Imperial British...
(defunct) - McGillicuddy Serious PartyMcGillicuddy Serious PartyThe McGillicuddy Serious Party operated as a satirical political party in New Zealand politics during the late 20th century. Between 1984 and 1999, McGillicuddy Serious provided "colour" to New Zealand politics to ensure that citizens not take the political process too seriously...
(defunct)
Poland
- Orange AlternativeOrange AlternativeOrange Alternative is a name for an underground protest movement which was started in Wrocław, a town in south-west Poland and led by Waldemar Fydrych , commonly known as Major in the 1980s...
- Polish Beer-Lovers' PartyPolish Beer-Lovers' PartyThe Polish Beer-Lovers' Party was a satirical Polish political party that was founded in 1990 by satirist Janusz Rewiński. Originally, the party's goal was to promote cultural beer-drinking in English-style pubs instead of vodka and thus fight alcoholism.The humorous name and disillusionment with...
(defunct after winning 16 seats in 1991)
Spain
- Coordinadora Reusenca IndependentCoordinadora Reusenca IndependentThe Coordinadora Reusenca Independent or Cori is a political party based in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. It was formed in 2003 and stood lists of candidates in municipal elections of 2003 and 2007. It obtained its first seat on the Ajuntament of Reus in 2007.The party is led by Ariel Santamaria, who...
- Partido del Karma DemocráticoParty of the Democratic KarmaParty of the Democratic Karma is a Spanish joke party founded by the publishers of the magazine Karma dice , a satirical publication....
, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")
United Kingdom
- Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour PartyAdam Lyal's Witchery Tour PartyAdam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party was a Scottish political party registered by Robin Mitchell in 1999, and deregistered in 2009. The "publicity-seeking" party stood candidates in the Lothian Region for the Scottish Parliament elections, appearing a highwayman named Adam Lyal and pledging to "Wear...
(defunct) - Church of the Militant Elvis PartyChurch of the Militant Elvis PartyThe Church of the Militant Elvis Party is a frivolous political party in the United Kingdom. The leader of the party is David Bishop who also goes by the nickname of Lord Biro/Bus-pass Elvis. The party has 6 registered campaign groups i.e...
- Citizens for Undead Rights and EqualityCitizens for Undead Rights and EqualityCitizens for Undead Rights and Equality is a minor British political party. It was founded due to alienation from mainstream parties, with the aim of mocking politicians and those who voted for them....
- They fielded four candidates in the United Kingdom general election, 2010. - Death, Dungeons and Taxes PartyDeath, Dungeons and Taxes PartyThe Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party is a satirical British political party. It fielded candidates in two constituencies in the United Kingdom general election, 2005. They were Brett Harris in Edinburgh East, and Damien Fleck in the City of York. Neither candidate won their election...
- Dog Lovers Party (defunct)
- Fancy Dress PartyFancy Dress PartyThe Fancy Dress Party is a political party in England. They were formed in 1979 as a frivolous alternative to the mainstream electoral parties, and can be seen as a forerunner of the more prominent Official Monster Raving Loony Party...
- Glow Bowling Party (defunct)
- Happening Happy Hippy PartyHappening Happy Hippy PartyThe Happening Happy Hippy Party, or HHHP, was a British political satire website and ezine that ran between 1997 and 2002, emerging during the dotcom boom in British satire...
(not actually a political party, but perceived as one by many) - Hardcore: You Know the Score party (defunct) - The early 90s rave outfit Altern8 formed a party which stood in the 1992 general election.
- I Want to Drop a Blancmange Down Terry Wogan's Y-Fronts Party, for which Pamela StephensonPamela StephensonPamela Helen Stephenson Connolly is a New Zealand-born Australian clinical psychologist and writer now resident in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her work as an actress and comedian during the 1980s...
stood for parliament - Mongolian Barbecue Great Place to Party: it stood in the 1997 electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1997The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...
, scoring just 112 votes in WimbledonWimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)Wimbledon is one of two parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Merton in south-west London. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first-past-the-post voting system....
, but achieved some fame through its absurd name, which was argued to be one of a wave of new parties that were using their name to advertise. - New Millennium Bean Party
- Miss Great Britain PartyMiss Great Britain PartyThe Miss Great Britain Party is a political party in the United Kingdom founded in 2008, whose candidates are mostly women who have entered the Miss Great Britain beauty contest. The party claims that the main purpose of the party is, "To make Westminster sexy not sleazy"...
, 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 PartyOfficial Monster Raving Loony PartyThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch , better known as Screaming Lord Sutch.-History:...
- Raving Loony Green Giant PartyRaving Loony Green Giant PartyThe Raving Loony Green Giant Party was a political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1989 by former members of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party after clashes between them and other members of the party over direction and party activities - in particular with regard to how the...
(defunct) - Rock 'n' Roll Loony PartyRock 'n' Roll Loony PartyThe Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom. It split from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party after the death of Screaming Lord Sutch. In elections to Swale Borough Council in 2003, one of its candidates polled more than a member of the Liberal Democrats...
(defunct) - Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)
Other parties, such as the Corrective Party or the Rainbow Alliance, were often seen as frivolous, but included some genuine policy aims in their manifestos.
United States
- Mickey Mouse, while not a party, can be used as a protest or joke write-in candidate
- Guns and Dope Party
- OWL PartyOWL PartyThe OWL Party of Washington was a minor political party founded in a jazz club, the Tumwater Conservatory, in Tumwater, Washington, to field candidates in the 1976 elections. It was founded by entertainer Red Kelly, owner of the establishment where it was founded...
(Washington State, 1976) - Straight Talking American Government PartyPat PaulsenPatrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen was an American comedian and satirist notable for his roles on several of the Smothers Brothers TV shows, and for his campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996, which had primarily comedic rather than political objectives,...
(STAG) (defunct) - Surprise Party (defunct)
- Rent Is Too Damn High PartyRent Is Too Damn High PartyThe Rent Is Too Damn High Party is a political party in New York that has nominated candidates for mayor of New York City in 2005 and 2009 and for governor and senator in 2010. Jimmy McMillan was the mayoral candidate both times and a candidate for governor. In 2005, he received more than 4,000...
(part serious, part joke)
See also
- List of political parties by country
- List of fictional political parties
- Frivolous political party
- Non-human electoral candidates
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