List of largest political parties

This is a list of political parties by reported number of members. These reported membership numbers are usually claimed by the parties themselves and may not have been confirmed by independent studies.

Currently active political parties

Parties with over 50 million members
List of currently active political parties with over 50,000,000 members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (Year) Approximate percentage of population (Year)[lower-alpha 1]
1 Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian People's Party		 BJP  India 6 April 1980 (1980-04-06) 180 million (2019)[1][2] 13.31% (2019)
2 Chinese Communist Party CCP
CPC		  China 23 July 1921 (1921-07-23) 95.148 million (2021)[3] 6.74% (2021)

Parties with 5 million – 50 million members
List of currently active political parties with 5,000,000 – 50,000,000 members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (Year) Approximate percentage of population (Year)[lower-alpha 1]
3 Democratic Party D
DEM		  United States 8 January 1828 (1828-01-08) 48,019,985 (2021)[4][lower-alpha 2] 14.47% (2021)
4 Republican Party R
GOP
REP		  United States 20 March 1854 (1854-03-20) 35,732,180 (2021)[4][lower-alpha 2] 10.77% (2021)
5 Indian National Congress INC  India 28 December 1885 (1885-12-28) 18 million (2019)[5] 1.60% (2019)
6 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Pakistan Movement for Justice		 PTI  Pakistan 25 April 1996 (1996-04-25) 16.9 million (2021)[6][7][8] 5.32% (2021)
7 Justice and Development Party AK Parti
AKP		  Turkey 14 August 2001 (2001-08-14) 11,064,747 (2022)[9] 13.34% (2021)
8 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation		 AIADMK  India 17 October 1972 (1972-10-17) 11 million (2020)[10] 0.88% (2018)[lower-alpha 3]

15.01% (2019)[lower-alpha 4]

9 Aam Aadmi Party
Common Man's Party		 AAP  India 26 November 2012 (2012-11-26) 10.05 million (2014)[11] 0.81% (2014)
10 Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Party of the Revolution		 CCM  Tanzania 5 February 1977 (1977-02-05) 8.4 million (2013)[12] 17.41% (2013)
11 United Socialist Party of Venezuela PSUV  Venezuela 24 March 2007 (2007-03-24) 7,632,606 (2014)[13] 27.33% (2013)
12 Workers' Party of Korea WPK  North Korea 30 June 1949 (1949-06-30) 6.5 million (2021)[14] 25.07% (2021)
13 Cambodian People's Party CPP  Cambodia 28 June 1951 (1951-06-28) 6 million (2020)[15] 35.89% (2020)
14 Communist Party of Vietnam CPV  Vietnam 3 February 1930 (1930-02-03) 5.2 million (2014)[16] 5.73% (2014)

Parties with 1 million – 5 million members
List of currently active political parties with 1,000,000 – 5,000,000 members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (Year) Approximate percentage of population (Year)[lower-alpha 1]
15 Democratic Party of Korea DPK  South Korea 26 March 2014 (2014-03-26) 4,065,408 (2019) 7.86% (2019)
16 Justicialist Party PJ  Argentina 21 November 1946 (1946-11-21) 3,818,678 (2019)[17] 8.5% (2019)
17 People Power Party PPP  South Korea 17 February 2020 (2020-02-17) 3,475,372 (2019)
main predecessor		 6.72% (2019)
18 United Malays National Organisation UMNO  Malaysia 11 May 1946 (1946-05-11) 3,359,368 (2020)[18][19] 10.11% (2020)
19 People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola MPLA  Angola 10 December 1956 (1956-12-10) 2,700,000 (2008)[20] 14% (2008)
20 Brazilian Democratic Movement MDB  Brazil 4 December 1965 (1965-12-04) 2,128,4527 (2021)[21] 1.02% (2021)
21 United Russia YR  Russia 1 December 2001 (2001-12-01) 2,073,772 (2013)[22] 1.45% (2013)
22 Colorado Party ANR-PC  Paraguay 11 September 1887 (1887-09-11) 1,989,416 (2012)[23] 29.9% (2012)
23 Radical Civic Union UCR  Argentina 21 June 1891 (1891-06-21) 1,992,472 (2017)[17] 4.52% (2017)
24 Workers' Party PT  Brazil 10 February 1980 (1980-02-10) 1,607,382 (2021)[21] 0.72% (2021)
25 Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI  Mexico 4 March 1929 (1929-03-04) 1,587,242 (2020)[24] 1.26% (2020)
26 Brazilian Social Democracy Party PSDB  Brazil 25 June 1988 (1988-06-25) 1,354,901 (2021)[21] 0.65% (2021)
27 Progressistas
Progressives		 PP  Brazil 8 August 1995 (1995-08-08) 1,321,963 (2021)[21] 0.63% (2021)
28 Republican People's Party CHP  Turkey 9 September 1992 (1992-09-09) 1,312,891 (2022)[25] 1.5% (2021)
29 Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD  Mexico 5 May 1989 (1989-05-05) 1,250,034 (2020)[24] 0.99% (2020)
30 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Ba'ath  Syria 7 April 1947 (1947-04-07) 1.2 million (2010)[26] 5.68% (2010)
31 Democratic Labour Party PDT  Brazil 17 June 1979 (1979-06-17) 1,152,363 (2021)[21] 0.55% (2021)
32 Authentic Radical Liberal Party PLRA  Paraguay 1887 (1887) 1,107,687 (2012)[23] 16.7% (2012)
33 Kuomintang
Nationalist Party		 KMT  Taiwan (ROC) 10 October 1919 (1919-10-10) 1,090,000 (2017)[27] 4.62% (2017)
34 Liberal Democratic Party LDP  Japan 15 November 1955 (1955-11-15) 1,086,298 (2019)[28] 0.86% (2019)
35 Brazil Union  Brazil 6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) 1,085,418 (2021)[21] 0.51% (2021)
36 Brazilian Labour Party PTB  Brazil 15 May 1945 (1945-05-15) 1,075,823 (2021)[21] 0.51% (2021)
37 National Liberation Front FLN  Algeria 23 October 1954 (1954-10-23) 1,000,000 (2019)[29] 2.32% (2019)

Parties with 100 thousand – 1 million members
List of currently active political parties with 100,000 – 1,000,000 members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number
of members (Year)		 Approximate percentage
of population (Year)[lower-alpha 1]
39 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M)/CPM

 India

7 November 1964 (1964-11-07)

 985,757 (2022)[30] 0.07% (2022)
40 Nepali Congress NC    Nepal 9 April 1950 (1950-04-09) 852,711(2021)[31] 3.04% (2018)
41 Amanat
Ancestral Will		  Kazakhstan 12 February 1999 (1999-02-12) 850,000 (2015)[32] 4.84% (2015)
42 African National Congress ANC  South Africa 8 January 1912 (1912-01-08) 769,000 (2015)[33] 1.39% (2015)
43 Liberal Party PL  Brazil 21 December 2006 (2006-12-21) 761,699 (2021)[21] 0.36% (2021)
43 New Azerbaijan Party YAP  Azerbaijan 21 November 1992 (1992-11-21) 760,580 (2021) 7.51% (2021)
44 Serbian Progressive Party SNS  Serbia 21 October 2008 (2008-10-21) 750,000 (2020)[34] 10.83% (2020)
45 Communist Party of Cuba PCC  Cuba 3 October 1965 (1965-10-03) 670,000 (2016)[35] 5.96% (2016)
46 Brazilian Socialist Party PSB  Brazil 6 August 1947 (1947-08-06) 635,944 (2021)[21] 0.3% (2021)
47 Libertarian Party LP  United States 11 December 1971 (1971-12-11) 609,234 (2020)[4][lower-alpha 2] 0.18% (2020)
48 Austrian People's Party ÖVP  Austria 17 April 1945 (1945-04-17) 600,000 (2017)[36] 6.80% (2017)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) CPN (UML)    Nepal 6 January 1991 (1991-01-06) 600,000 (2021)[37] 2.13% (2018)
49 La France Insoumise
Unsubmissive France		 FI
LFI		  France 10 February 2016 (2016-02-10) 540,000 (2017)[38] 0.8% (2017)
50 Good Party İYİ  Turkey 25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) 512,450 (2022)[39] 0.4% (2021)
51 Social Democratic Party PSD  Romania 16 June 2001 (2001-06-16) 509,000 (2014)[40] 2.55% (2014)
52 New Ideas N, NI  El Salvador 25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) 507,677 (2019) 7.64% (2019)
53 Podemos
We Can		 PODEMOS  Spain 16 January 2014 (2014-01-16) 507,250 (2018)[41] 1.09% (2018)
54 National United Front for an Independent, Neutral,
Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia		 FUNCINPEC  Cambodia 21 March 1981 (1981-03-21) 500,000 (2019)[42] 2.99% (2019)
55 Republicanos
Republicans		  Brazil 25 September 2005 (2005-09-25) 491,623 (2021)[21] 0.22% (2021)
56 Nationalist Movement Party MHP  Turkey 9 February 1969 (1969-02-09) 476,869 (2022)[43] 0.59% (2021)
57 Komeito
Justice Party		 NKP  Japan 17 November 1964 (1964-11-17) 465,074 (2015)[44] 0.37% (2015)
58 Ecologist Green Party of Mexico V
PVEM
PVE		  Mexico 14 May 1993 (1993-05-14) 460,554 (2020)[24] 0.37% (2020)
59 Cidadania
Citizenship		  Brazil 19 March 1992 (1992-03-19) 453,638 (2021)[21] 0.22% (2021)
60 United Sabah Party PBS  Malaysia 5 March 1985 (1985-03-05) 450,000 (2021)[45] 1.38% (2021)[lower-alpha 5]

7.47% (2021)[lower-alpha 6]

61 Labour Party LAB  United Kingdom 23 July 1900 (1900-07-23) 430,000 (2021)[46] 0.63% (2021)
62 Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD  Germany 23 May 1863 (1863-05-23) 426,000 (2019)[47] 0.51% (2019)
63 Christian Democratic Union of Germany CDU  Germany 20 June 1945 (1945-06-20) 415,000 (2019)[48] 0.5% (2019)
64 Social Christian Party PSC  Brazil 1985 (1985) 413,737 (2021)[21] 0.2% (2021)
65 Democratic Party PD  Italy 14 October 2007 (2007-10-14) 412,675 (2019)[49] 0.69% (2019)
66 La République En Marche!
The Republic on the move		 LREM  France 6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) 411,892 (2019)[50] 0.64% (2019)
67 Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions FTU  Hong Kong 17 April 1948 (1948-04-17) 410,000 (2014)[51] 5.66% (2014)
68 Communist Party of Brazil PCdoB  Brazil 18 February 1962 (1962-02-18) 409,534 (2021)[21] 0.2% (2021)
69 Podemos
We Can		 PODE  Brazil 1995 (1995) 408,033 (2021)[21] 0.19% (2021)
70 Social Democratic Party PSD  Brazil 21 March 2011 (2011-03-21) 405,859 (2021)[21] 0.19% (2021)
71 Democrat Party DP  Turkey 27 May 2007 (2007-05-27) 403,758 (2022)[52] 0.52% (2021)
72 People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan XDP  Uzbekistan 1 November 1991 (1991-11-01) 368,214 (2009) 1.33% (2009)
73 Green Party PV  Brazil January 1986 (1986-01) 361,503 (2021)[21] 0.17% (2021)
74 Democratic Progressive Party DPP  Taiwan (ROC) 28 September 1986 (1986-09-28) 335,643 (2014) 1.43% (2014)
75 China Democratic League CDL  China 17 April 1948 (1948-04-17) 330,600 (2020)[53] 0.02% (2020)
77 Patriota

Patriot

  Brazil 9 August 2011 (2011-08-09) 330,219 (2021)[21] 0.16% (2021)
78 Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party OʻzLiDeP  Uzbekistan 15 November 2003 (2003-11-15) 324,881 (2016) 1.01% (2016)
79 Japanese Communist Party JCP  Japan 15 July 1922 (1922-07-15) 305,000 (2016)[54] 0.24% (2016)
80 Adal
Faithful		  Kazakhstan 30 January 2000 (2000-01-30) 300,000 (2021) 1.60% (2021)
81 Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party
Village People's Democratic Patriotic Party		 Auyl  Kazakhstan 30 January 2000 (2000-01-30) 298,564 (2021) 1.60% (2021)
82 New Progressive Party PNP  Puerto Rico 20 August 1967 (1967-08-20) 297,998 (2020)[55] 9.07% (2020)
83 LDPR — Liberal Democratic Party of Russia LDPR  Russia 1992 (1992) 295,018 (2019)[56] 0.2% (2019)
84 Liberal Party of Canada LPC  Canada 1861 (1861) 294,002 (2013)[57] 0.83% (2013)
85 National Regeneration Movement MORENA  Mexico 10 July 2014 (2014-07-10) 278,332 (2020)[24] 0.22% (2020)
86 Felicity Party SP  Turkey 20 July 2001 (2001-07-20) 271,456 (2022)[58] 0.26% (2021)
87 Conservative Party of Canada CPC  Canada 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) 269,469 (2020) 0.71% (2020)
88 Solidariedade  Brazil 24 September 2013 (2013-09-24) 255,361 (2021)[21] 0.12% (2021)
89 National Liberal Party PNL  Romania 24 May 1875 (1875-05-24) 253,895 (2018)[59] 1.3% (2018)
90 Congolese Party of Labour PCT  Republic of the Congo 29 December 1969 (1969-12-29) 250,000 (2005)[60] 7.06% (2005)
91 Labor Party PT  Mexico 8 December 1990 (1990-12-08) 249,384 (2020)[24] 0.20% (2020)
92 Green Party of the United States GPUS  United States April 2001 (2001-04) 246,377 (2020)[4][lower-alpha 2] 0.07% (2020)
93 The Republicans LR  France 30 May 2015 (2015-05-30) 234,556 (2017)[61] 0.36% (2017)
94 National Action Party PAN  Mexico 16 September 1939 (1939-09-16) 234,450 (2020)[24] 0.19% (2020)
95 Donetsk Republic  Donetsk People's Republic 9 December 2005 (2005-12-09) 231,979 (2021) 10.08% (2021)
96 Citizens' Movement MC  Mexico 1 August 1998 (1998-08-01) 229,474 (2020)[24] 0.18% (2020)
97 Socialism and Liberty Party PSOL  Brazil 6 June 2004 (2004-06-06) 221,605 (2021)[21] 0.09% (2021)
Croatian Democratic Union HDZ  Croatia 17 June 1989 (1989-06-17) c. 220,000 (2017)[62] 5.33% (2017)
South African Communist Party SACP  South Africa 12 February 1921 (1921-02-12) 220,000 (2015)[63] 0.4% (2015)
Mongolian People's Party MPP  Mongolia 25 June 1921 (1921-06-25) 220,000 (2020) 6.56% (2020)
98 Popular Democratic Party PPD  Puerto Rico 22 July 1938 (1938-07-22) 218,900 (2020)[64] 6.66% (2020)
99 Avante
Forward		  Brazil 1989 (1989) 218,349 (2021)[21] 0.1% (2021)
100 Democratic Party of Turkmenistan TDP  Turkmenistan 16 December 1991 (1991-12-16) 211,000 (2019) 3.50% (2019)
101 Party of National Mobilization PMN  Brazil 21 April 1984 (1984-04-21) 210,882 (2021)[21] 0.1% (2021)
102 Popular Action AP  Peru 7 July 1956 (1956-07-07) 194,472 (2020) 0.59% (2020)
103 Christian Labour Party PTC  Brazil 2000 (2000) 194,281 (2021)[21] 0.09% (2021)
104 China National Democratic Construction Association CNDCA  China 22 March 1955 (1955-03-22) 193,000 (2018)[65] 0.01% (2018)
105 Alliance of Independent Social Democrats SNSD  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 March 1996 (1996-03-10) 192,707 (2019)[66] 5.64% (2019)
106 Lao People's Revolutionary Party LPRP  Laos 22 March 1955 (1955-03-22) 191,700 (2011) 3% (2011)
107 Creating Opportunities CREO  Ecuador 20 August 2012 (2012-08-20) 184,299 (2016) 1.11% (2016)
108 Democratic Left ID  Ecuador 1970 (1970) 184,284 (2016) 1.11% (2016)
109 Jiusan Society
Academic Society		 JS  China 3 September 1945 (1945-09-03) 183,710 (2019)[67] 0.01% (2019)
110 Belaya Rus (unregistered)  Belarus 17 November 2007 (2007-11-17) 180,000+ (2018)[68] 0.19% (2018)
Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ  Austria 1 January 1889 (1889-01-01) 180,000 (2017)[36] 2.04% (2017)
111 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE  Spain 2 May 1879 (1879-05-02) 178,651 (2019)[69] 0.38% (2019)
112 Democrat Party DP  Thailand 6 April 1946 (1946-04-06) 178,095 (2021) 0.25% (2021)
113 Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party CPWDP  China 9 August 1930 (1930-08-09) 177,943 (2019)[70] 0.01% (2019)
114 Christian Democracy DC  Brazil 30 March 1995 (1995-03-30) 176,584 (2021)[21] 0.08% (2021)
115 Citizen Revolution Movement RC  Ecuador 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 174,700 (2016) 1.06% (2016)
116 New Welfare Party YRP  Turkey 23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 165,418 (2022)[71]
117 Social Christian Party PSC  Ecuador 13 November 1951 (1951-11-13) 164,629 (2016) 1.00% (2016)
118 Alliance for Progress APP
A		  Peru 8 December 2001 (2001-12-08) 161,859 (2020) 0.49% (2020)
119 Conservative and Unionist Party Con  United Kingdom 23 July 1834 (1834-07-23) 160,000 (2019)[72] 0.24% (2019)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation CPRF  Russia 14 February 1993 (1993-02-14) 160,000 (2015)[73] 0.11% (2015)
Brothers of Italy FdI  Italy 17 December 2012 (2012-12-17) 160,000 (2017) 0.26% (2017)
120 Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country MUPP  Ecuador 1 November 1995 (1995-11-01) 159,961 (2016) 0.97% (2016)
121 China Association for Promoting Democracy CAPD  China 30 December 1945 (1945-12-30) 156,808 (2016)[74] 0.01% (2016)
122 Democratic Party DP  Mongolia 1990 (1990) 150,000 (2020) 4.47% (2020)
Rastriya Prajatantra Party RPP    Nepal 29 May 1990 (1990-05-29) 150,000 (2021)[75] 0.57% (2021)
123 Brazilian Labour Renewal Party PRTB  Brazil 1994 (1994) 146,532 (2021)[21] 0.07% (2021)
124 Christian Social Union in Bavaria CSU  Germany 1945 (1945) 140,000 (2019)[76] 0.17% (2019)[lower-alpha 7]

1.07% (2019)[lower-alpha 8]

Movement for Rights and Freedoms DPS  Bulgaria 4 January 1990 (1990-01-04) 140,000 (2018) 1.99% (2018)
125 Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Party		 RCCK  China 1 January 1948 (1948-01-01) 131,410 (2017)[77] 0.01% (2017)
126 Social Democratic Party PPD/PSD,
PSD		  Portugal 6 May 1974 (1974-05-06) 129,735 (2018)[78] 1.26% (2018)
127 Nationalist Republican Alliance ARENA  El Salvador 30 September 1981 (1981-09-30) 127,543 (2019) 1.92% (2019)
128 Scottish National Party SNP  United Kingdom 30 March 1934 (1934-03-30) 125,482 (2018)[79] 0.19% (2018)[lower-alpha 9]

2.3% (2018)[lower-alpha 10]

129 Likud – National Liberal Movement
The Consolidation – National Liberal Movement		 מחל  Israel 1988 (1988) 125,000 (2012) 1.57% (2012)
130 Socialist Party PS  Argentina 28 June 1896 (1896-06-28) 124,934 (2012)[80] 0.03% (2012)
131 New Democratic Party NDP  Canada 3 August 1961 (1961-08-03) 124,620 (2017) 0.34% (2017)
132 Lega Nord LN  Italy 4 December 1989 (1989-12-04) 122,000 (2013)[81] 0.2% (2013)
133 We Are Peru SP  Peru 11 September 1997 (1997-09-11) 121,577 (2020) 0.37% (2020)
134 Republican Party of the Social Order PROS  Brazil 4 January 2010 (2010-01-04) 121,484 (2021)[21] 0.06% (2021)
135 Liberal Democrats Lib Dems  United Kingdom 3 March 1988 (1988-03-03) 120,845 (2019)[82] 0.18% (2019)
136 United National Congress UNC  Trinidad and Tobago 4 April 1989 (1989-04-04) 120,000 (2020)[83] 8.78% (2020)
137 Constitution Party CP  United States 1991 (1991) 118,088 (2020)[4][lower-alpha 2] 0.04% (2020)
138 Republican Proposal PRO  Argentina 3 June 2010 (2010-06-03) 115,481 (2016)[17] 0.26% (2016)
139 Five Star Movement M5S  Italy 4 October 2009 (2009-10-04) 115,372 (2019)[84] 0.19% (2019)
140 Reform UK
(Formerly Brexit Party)		 RU  United Kingdom 23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 115,000 (2019)[85][86] 0.17% (2019)
141 Socialist Party of Albania PS  Albania 13 June 1991 (1991-06-13) 112,000 (2021) 3.94% (2021)
142 Nidaa Tounes
Call of Tunisia		 NT  Tunisia 16 June 2012 (2012-06-16) 110,000 (2014)[87] 1% (2014)
143 Forza Italia
Forward Italy		 FI  Italy 16 December 2013 (2013-12-16) 106,000 (2015) 0.18% (2015)
Reconquête
Reconquest		 R!  France 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) 106,000 (2022) 0.16% (2022)
144 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region Ba'ath  Iraq 17 July 1968 (1968-07-17) 102,900 (2019) 0.26% (2019)
145 Democracy and Progress Party DEVA  Turkey 9 March 2020 (2020-03-09) 102,896 (2022)[88]
146 Peace to Luhanshchina  Luhansk People's Republic 6 October 2014 (2014-10-06) 102,000+ (2019) 6.97% (2019)
147 Alliance 90/The Greens B90/Grüne
Grüne		  Germany 14 May 1993 (1993-05-14) 101,561 (2020)[89] 0.12% (2020)
148 Polish People's Party PSL  Poland 1895 (1895)[90] 101,000 (2020)[91] 0.27% (2020)
149 People's National Movement PNM  Trinidad and Tobago 22 June 1955 (1955-06-22)[92] 100,000 (2018)[93][94] 7.32% (2018)
Socialist Party of Serbia SPS, СПС  Serbia 17 July 1990 (1990-07-17) 100,000 (2019) 1.45% (2019)
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia PUKS  Serbia 10 May 2005 (2005-05-10) 100,000 (2015) 1.41% (2015)
Democratic Party of Serbia DSS  Serbia 26 July 1992 (1992-07-26) 100,000 (2011)[95] 1.38% (2011)
Free Egyptians Party FEP  Egypt 3 April 2011 (2011-04-03) 100,000 (2011)[96] 0.12% (2011)
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan
Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power		 PDP-Laban  Philippines 6 February 1983 (1983-02-06) 100,000 (2021)[97] 0.09% (2021)
Russia of the Future  Russia 15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 100,000 (2020)[98] 0.07% (2020)
Syrian Social Nationalist Party SSNP  Syria 16 November 1932 (1932-11-16) 100,000 (2016) 0.58% (2016)

Formerly active political parties with over 1 million members

Note: This list only includes parties which were dissolved and their successor parties are clearly different from them.

List of formerly active political parties by number of members
Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Founded Dissolved Claimed peak membership (Year) Approximate percentage of population (Year)[lower-alpha 1]
1 Popular Movement of the Revolution MPR  Zaire 20 May 1967 (1967-05-20) 16 May 1997 (1997-05-16) 46.5 million (1996) 100% (1996)[lower-alpha 11]
2 Communist Party of the Soviet Union CPSU  Soviet Union January 1912 (1912-01) 6 November 1991 (1991-11-06) 19 million (1986) 6.84% (1986)
3 National Fascist Party PNF  Kingdom of Italy 9 November 1921 (1921-11-09) 27 July 1943 (1943-07-27) 10 million (1930)[99] 24.35% (1930)
4 Nazi Party NSDAP  Nazi Germany 24 February 1920 (1920-02-24) 10 October 1945 (1945-10-10) 8.5 million (1945) 12.88% (1945)
5 National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development MRND  Rwanda 5 June 1975 (1975-06-05) June 1994 (1994-06) 7.1 million (1990) 100% (1990)[100]
6 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front EPRDF  Ethiopia May 1988 (1988-05) 1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 6 million (2011)[101] 7.23% (2011)
7 Agricultural League RLB  Weimar Republic 1921 (1921) 30 January 1930 (1930-01-30) 5.6 million (1924) 9% (1924)
8 Rastakhiz Party
Resurgence Party		  Iran 2 March 1975 (1975-03-02) 1 November 1978 (1978-11-01) 5 million (1976)[102] 14.83% (1976)
9 Concordia Association 協和  Manchukuo 1931 (1931) 1945 (1945) 4 million (1943) 10% (1943)
National Partnership NS  Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 21 March 1939 (1939-03-21) 4 June 1945 (1945-06-04) 4 million (1939) 55.45% (1939)
10 Romanian Communist Party LKP  Socialist Republic of Romania 8 May 1912 (1912-05-08) 22 December 1989 (1989-12-22) 3.7 million (1989)[103] 15.98% (1989)
11 Polish United Workers' Party PUWP  Polish People's Republic December 1948 (1948-12) January 1990 (1990-01) 3.5 million (1970s) 10.72% (1970s)
12 Muslim People's Republic Party MPRP  Iran 25 February 1979 (1979-02-25) January 1980 (1980-01) 3 million (1979)[104] 7.91% (1979)
Fatherland Front VF  Federal State of Austria 20 May 1933 (1933-05-20) 13 March 1938 (1938-03-13) 3 million (1937)[105] 44% (1937)
13 Islamic Republican Party IRP  Iran 17 February 1979 (1979-02-17) 1 June 1987 (1987-06-01) 2.5 million (1979)[106] 6.59% (1979)
Italian Communist Party PCI  Italy 15 May 1943 (1943-05-15) 2 February 1991 (1991-02-02) 2.5 million (1947) 5.48% (1947)
Democratic Constitutional Rally RCD  Tunisia 27 February 1988 (1988-02-27) 9 March 2011 (2011-03-09) 2.5 million (2010) 23.7% (2010)
Constitutional Democratic Party 民政党  Empire of Japan 1 June 1927 (1927-06-01) 15 August 1940 (1940-08-15) 2-3 million 3.4% (Japan Proper in 1940)
14 Socialist Unity Party of Germany SED  East Germany 21 April 1946 (1946-04-21) 16 December 1989 (1989-12-16) 2.3 million (1989) 13.76% (1989)
15 National Peasants' Party PNȚ  Kingdom of Romania 26 October 1926 (1926-10-26) 29 June 1947 (1947-06-29) 2.12 million (1947) 13.67% (1947)
16 League of Communists of Yugoslavia СКЈ/SKJ  SFR Yugoslavia 20 April 1919 (1919-04-20) 22 January 1990 (1990-01-22) 2.1 million (1981) 9.44% (1981)
17 Christian Democracy DC  Italy 15 December 1943 (1943-12-15) 16 January 1994 (1994-01-16) 2 million (1990) 3.53% (1990)
18 National Democratic Party NDP  Egypt 2 October 1978 (1978-10-02) 16 April 2011 (2011-04-16) 1.9 million (2010) 2.4% (2010)
19 Spanish Patriotic Union UPE  Spain 14 April 1924 (1924-04-14) 1930 (1930) 1.7 million 8%
20 Dominican Party PD  Dominican Republic 2 August 1931 (1931-08-02) 6 January 1962 (1962-01-06) 1.6 million (1960) 52.7% (1960)[lower-alpha 11]
21 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia KSČ  Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 16 May 1921 (1921-05-16) 23 April 1992 (1992-04-23) 1.5 million (1981)[107] 10% (1981)
Party of Labour of Albania PPSH  People's Socialist Republic of Albania 15 December 1943 (1943-12-15) 13 June 1991 (1991-06-13) 1.5 million (1989) 47% (1989)
Indonesian National Party PNI  Indonesia 4 July 1927 (1927-07-04) 10 January 1973 (1973-01-10) 1.5 million (1950) 2% (1950)
22 Sudeten German Party SdP  Czechoslovakia 1 October 1933 (1933-10-01) 5 November 1938 (1938-11-05) 1.35 million (1938) 9% (1938)
23 German Fatherland Party DVLP  German Empire 2 September 1917 (1917-09-02) 10 December 1918 (1918-12-10) 1.25 million (1918) 1.93% (1918)
24 The People of Freedom PdL  Italy 27 March 2009 (2009-03-27) 16 November 2013 (2013-11-16) 1.15 million (2011) 1.91% (2011)
25 Socialist Revolutionary Party SR  Russian Empire 1902 (1902) 1921 (1921) 1 million (1917) 0.6% (1917)
Bulgarian Communist Party BCP, БКП  People's Republic of Bulgaria 1919 (1919) 3 April 1990 (1990-04-03) 1 million (1989) 11.1% (1989)

See also

Notes
  1. Based on the claimed number of members and the population statistics of the country during the given year.
  2. Only includes members in the District of Columbia and the 31 states which allow registration with a specific party. Jurisdictions include Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
  3. In India
  4. In Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
  5. In Malaysia
  6. In Sabah
  7. In Germany
  8. In Bavaria
  9. In the United Kingdom
  10. In Scotland
  11. Every citizen was automatically a member.

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