List of political parties in Dominica

This article lists political parties in Dominica.

Politics of Dominica


Executive President Charles Savarin Prime Minister (list) Roosevelt Skerrit Cabinet
Legislative House of Assembly Speaker: Joseph Isaac Leader of the Opposition Lennox Linton
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Dominica has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

Party			Abbr.	Ideology	House of Assembly
		Dominica Labour Party	DLP	Social democracy	18 / 21
		United Workers' Party	UWP	Centrism	3 / 21

Other parties

Party		Abbr.	Ideology
	Dominica Freedom Party	DFP	Conservatism
	People's Party of Dominica	PPOD	Third Way Communitarianism

Defunct parties

Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
Dominica Liberation Movement (DLM)
Dominica Progressive Party (DPP)
Dominica United People's Party (DUPP)
People's Democratic Movement (PDM)

References

Matthias Catón: "Dominica" in: Elections in the Americas. A Data Handbook, vol. 1, ed. by Dieter Nohlen. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005: pp. 223–237 ISBN 0-19-928357-5

Political parties in Dominica
Current parties	Dominica Freedom Party Dominica Labour Party People's Party of Dominica United Workers' Party
Defunct parties	All Island Industrial and Farmers Party Caribbean Federal Party Dominica Democratic Labour Party Dominica Democratic Party Dominica Liberation Movement Alliance Dominica Progressive Party Dominica United People's Party Peasant and Workers Movement People's Democratic Movement Progressive Labour Party United Dominica Labour Party
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