List of political parties in Aruba
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This article lists political parties in Aruba. Aruba
has a multi-party system
, with two or three strong parties
and a third party that is electorally successful.
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
, with two or three strong parties
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
and a third party that is electorally successful.
The parties
- The native party names are either in DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
, PapiamentoPapiamentoPapiamento is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands, having the official status on the islands of Aruba and Curaçao. The language is also recognized on Bonaire by the Dutch government....
or SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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- Aruban Liberal OrganizationAruban Liberal OrganizationThe Aruban Liberal Organization is a liberal political party in Aruba.At the last elections for the Estates, 28 September 2001, the party won 5.7 % of popular votes and 1 out of 21 seats...
(Organisacion Liberal Arubano): liberals - Aruban Patriotic PartyAruban Patriotic PartyThe Aruban Patriotic Party is a political party in Aruba.At the last elections for the Estates, September 28, 2001, the party won 9.6 % of popular votes and 2 out of 21 seats. 23 September 2005, the party won 2 % of the popular vote and none out of 21 seats....
(Partido Patriotico Arubano) traditionalist-patriotic-nationalists - Aruban Patriotic MovementAruban Patriotic MovementThe Aruban Patriot Movement is a political party in Aruba, formed by dissidents of the Aruban Patriotic Party....
(Movimiento Patriotico Arubano) reformist-progressives - Aruban People's PartyAruban People's PartyThe Aruban People's Party is a Christian democrat political party in Aruba. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party....
(Arubaanse Volks Partij): christian-democrats - Network of Electoral Democracy (Red Electoral Democratico) green-democrats
- People's Electoral MovementPeople's Electoral Movement (Aruba)The People's Electoral Movement is a social democratic political party in Aruba.At the last elections for the Estates, 28 September 2001, the party won 52.4 % of popular votes and 12 out of 21 seats. 23 September 2005, the party won 43 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 21 seats and remained, led...
(Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo), social-democrats - Real Democracy PartyReal Democracy Party (Aruba)Real Democracy is a political party in Aruba.- Election history :In the 2005 elections for the Estates on 23 September 2005, the party won 6% of the popular vote, but failed to win a seat....
(Partido Democracia Real) social-liberal-pragmatics - Aruban Democratic Alliance (Aliansa Democratico Arubano) libertarians
- Concentration for the Liberation of ArubaConcentration for the Liberation of ArubaThe Concentration for the Liberation of Aruba is a libertarian socialist political party in Aruba....
(Concentracion pa Liberacion di Aruba) libertarian-socialists - Independent Social Movement (Movimiento Social Independiente) independent-social-liberals
- Workers Political Platform (Plataforma Politico di Trahadornan) workers-labours
- Christian Union of Aruba (Cristianan Uni pa Aruba) christian-conservative-theocrats
- National Democratic Action (Accion Democratico National) nationalists
- Aruban Socialist Movement (Movimiento Socialista Arubano) socialists
- Highest Good Party (Partido Sunnum Bunum) conservatives-reformists
- New Patriotic Party (Partido Patriotico Nobo) progressive-patriotics
- Aruban Democratic Party (Partido Democratico Arubano) progressives
- Aruban Solidarity Movement (Movimiento Arubano Solidario) social-unionists
- Restructured Aruba Now (Aruba Restructura Awo) reformists
- United for the Wellbeing of Aruba (Uni pa Bienestar di Aruba) social-reformists