List of frivolous political parties

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.

Some more serious political parties, such as the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, may use the same tactics and humorous approaches to politics as their more frivolous counterparts but aim to address legitimate sociopolitical issues, something that frivolous parties do not do.

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]

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

• The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law (Jaroslav Hašek, 1911)

Czech Republic

• Friends of Beer Party (1990–1998)

Denmark

• Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements (defunct)

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

Hungary

• Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party

Iceland

• Best Party (defunct)

Iran

• Party of Donkeys (defunct)[2]

Italy

• Partito dell'Amore ("Love Party", defunct)
• Partito Nettista Italiano, known as "Partito della bistecca" (Steak Party, defunct)

Japan

• No Party to Support

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
• The Party Party
• Provo (defunct)
• Rapaille Partij (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)

Russia

• Beer Lovers Party (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

• Donald Duck Party

Taiwan

• Can't Stop This Party

United Kingdom

• Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (defunct)
• Church of the Militant Elvis Party, also known as the Bus Pass Elvis Party
• The Eccentric Party of Great Britain
• Fancy Dress Party (defunct)
• 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

• Guns and Dope Party
• OWL Party
• Straight Talking American Government Party (STAG) (defunct)
• Surprise Party
• Inanimate Objects Party
• Undecided Cow 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

1. List of parties competing in the 1989 ACT election Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0815609070.

• Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1