List of political parties in Gabon
Before the 2023 Coup d’etat, This article lists political parties in Gabon. Gabon is a one party dominant state with the Gabonese Democratic Party in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
The parties[edit]
Parliamentary parties[edit]
Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Assembly | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gabonese Democratic Party Parti démocratique gabonais | PDG | Conservatism Authoritarianism Right-wing populism | 98 / 143 | |
The Democrats Les Démocrates | LD | [?] | 11 / 143 | |
Restoration of Republican Values Restauration des Valeurs Républicaines | RV | [?] | 6 / 143 | |
Social Democrats of Gabon Sociaux-Démocrates du Gabon | SDG | Social democracy | 5 / 143 | |
Heritage and Modernity Rally Rassemblement héritage et modernité | RHM | [?] | 5 / 143 | |
National Union Union nationale | UN | [?] | 2 / 143 | |
Social Democratic Party Parti social-démocrate | PSD | Social democracy Centre-left politics | 2 / 143 | |
Union for the New Republic Union pour la nouvelle république | UPNR | [?] | 1 / 143 | |
Union for Democracy and Social Integration/PDG Union pour la démocratie et l'intégration sociale | UDIS/PDG | — | 1 / 143 | |
Circle of Liberal Reformers Cercle des libéraux réformateurs | CLR | [?] | 1 / 143 | |
New Democracy Démocratie Nouvelle | DN | [?] | 1 / 143 | |
Republican Equality Front Front d’égalité Républicaine | FER | [?] | 1 / 143 | |
RV/PDG common list Liste commune RV-PDG | RV/PDG | — | 1 / 143 |
Other parties[edit]
- African Development Movement (Mouvement Africain de Développement)
- Common Movement for Development (Mouvement Commun pour le Développement)
- African Forum for Reconstruction (Forum Africain pour la Réconstruction)
- Democratic and Republican Alliance (Alliance Démocratique et Républicaine)
- Gabonese Progress Party (Parti gabonais du progrès)
- Gabonese Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Gabonais)
- Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (Union Gabonaise pour la Démocratie et le Développement)
- Jeunesse Gabonais, the first political party in Gabonese history
- Movement for National Rectification (Mouvement de Redressement National)
- National Woodcutters Rally-Kombila (Rassemblement National des Bûcherons – KOMBILA)
- National Woodcutters' Rally – Rally for Gabon (Rassemblement national des bûcherons – Rassemblement pour le Gabon)
- Rally of Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrates)
- Union of the Gabonese People (Union du Peuple Gabonais)