List of political parties in Guyana

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This article lists political parties in Guyana. Guyana has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. The main schism is not of ideology, but ethnicity; the People's Progressive Party is supported primarily by Indo-Guyanese people, while the People's National Congress is supported primarily by Afro-Guyanese people.[1]

The political parties of Guyana

Parliamentary parties

Alliance Party Abbr. Ideology MPs
People's Progressive Party PPP/C Social democracy
Left-wing populism
33 / 65
APNU–AFC People's National Congress PNCR Social democracy
Democratic socialism
21 / 65
Alliance for Change AFC Progressivism
Multiracialism
9 / 65
Working People's Alliance WPA Democratic socialism
1 / 65
LJPANUG–TNM Liberty and Justice Party LJP
1 / 65
A New and United Guyana ANUG Shared governance
The New Movement TNM

Non-parliamentary parties

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Guyana voters head to polls to choose new government". BBC News. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
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