A political party

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...

 is a political

Politics

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 organization subscribing to a certain ideology

Ideology

An ideology is a set of ideas that constitutes one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to...

 or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in election

Election

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s.

Comoros

Comoros

The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...

 does not have a strong party system. Political groups are formed mainly in support of certain leaders. The only major ideological point of contention is the debate between supporters of a strong federal government and supporters of the autonomous island governments.

Parties

At the last elections the candidates were grouped around personalities. Two are more or less parties:

• Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros
  Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros
  The Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros is a centrist political party in the Comoros. It was formed by former president Azali Assoumani. It unsuccessfully supported Ibrahim Halidi in the 2006 Presidential elections....
  
   (Convention pour le Renouveau des Comores, CRC)
• Camp of the Autonomous Islands
  Camp of the Autonomous Islands
  The Camp of the Autonomous Islands is a federalist political party in the Comoros. It is a loose coalition of islands leaders opposed to former president Azali Assoumani. At the last legislative election, 18 and 25 April 2004, the camp won a clear majority of the seats in parliament....
  
   (Camp des Îles Autonomes)

In the presidential election the Movement for the Comoros

Movement for the Comoros

The Movement for the Comoros is a political party in the Comoros. Its candidate at the 2006 presidential election, Ibrahim Halidi, came in the second place with 28.3 % of the votes...

 (Mouvement pour les Comores), allied with the CRC, participated.
In the past the following parties were active.

• Anjouan Popular Movement
• Comoros Party for Democracy and Progress
• Democratic Front
• Forces for Republican Action
• Forum for National Redress
• Movement for Citizens of the Republic
• National Front for Justice
• Movement for Democracy and Progress
• Movement for Socialism and Democracy
• National Rally for Development

See also

• List of political parties