Factions in the Latin Senate

This article lists political parties and organizations in the Latium. The first political parties began to officially form in the mid 1860s at the advent of the political reforms of Theophylactus I Augustus. Initially these parties formed around prominent figures in the Senate, often reshuffling at every election. Today, the two largest parties or alliances are the center-right United Latium and the center-left Progressive Party.

History

The election of 1866 was the first time in which political parties began to officially form. While previously members of a sitting Senate would form informal blocs, there was rarely any cooperation between members except for matters of voting, eg. there was no campaigning. The first parties formed immediately following the first nationwide election in 1866, when a majority of the Senate supported Thomas Anicius, Duke of Beroea as Consul after his Imperial appointment. Days later, his followers in the Senate formally created the Optimates. Within the next month, the Populares and Medietas. The first party system lasted from 1866 until 1907.

In 1907, the Union Alliance, a national unity centrist party became the fourth party to gain election into the Senate. From 1907 until August 1932, the government and Consulship were only held by either the Imperial League or the Liberal Party. Government coalitions were much more common in this time period, with the Union Alliance joining the League controlled government in 1915 and 1930, while the Socialist joined the Liberal appointed government in 1922.

The August 1932 snap election marked the end of the second party system and the beginning of the third, with the first government and Consulship not held by the League or Liberals. Instead a new, far-right, nationalist party, the Popular Socialist Party. The PSP first entered the Senate in 1922, winning 9 seats. Following the August 1932 snap election, the PSP sought to form a highly controversial minority government after both the Conservatives and Liberals failed to offer viable Consul candidates to the Emperor. The PSP government was repeatedly blocked in passing any legislation, causing party leader and Consul Orestes Cotta to urge Emperor Constantine XIX for another snap election. In the September 1932 snap election, the NSWMP earned enough seats for a near full majority, though there were many accusations of voter intimidation and even riots in select polling places. The PSP would win every election from 1932 until 1941, nearly doubling their seat totals every election. By 1937, the many minority parties were effectively banned or barred from standing for election into the Senate by Consul Cotta, with the Liberals and League eventually being banned before the suspended 1945 election.

After the Social War, many parties reformed or simply folded. The fourth party system began with only two major parties, as Medietas did not participate in the first post-war elections and eventually folded. In this post-war period, the Consulship was held by Jason Claudius, Duke of Adrianople as an independent candidate; Adrianople remains the longest serving Consul in Latin history at 15 years. This period saw the creation in a number of ethnic minority or single-issue parties, such as Gelonian National Front, Party of Sasora, and Imbrosian Voters Union.

The fourth party system lasted from 1955 to 1995. From this period, every government and Consulship would be come from the ranks of the Liberal party and the Conservative Party, with the only coalition government forming in 1990 between the Conservatives and the Union Alliance. Some argue as to whether the fifth party system begins in 1990 or 1995, as 1990 was the election that would eventually result in the Progressive Party quickly arising; however, 1995 is most often the accepted date. The Progressives would first contest for seats in the 1995 general election, forming out of disaffected Liberals following the 1991 Liberal leadership election, and an eventual absorption of the National Democrats.

Today, Latium remains in the fifth party system with the Progressives replacing the Liberals as one of the two major parties alongside the Conservatives. The Progressives first held the Consulship in 1998 until the election fraud-ridden 2000 election, and again from 2001 until 2013.

Parties

Party Name		Party Logo	Coalition	Party leader	Seats in the Senate	Seats in Devolved or Local Governments	Ideology	Belisarian affiliation
	United Latium Unitas Latium		Majority	Alexander Pompilius	423 / 794	Castellum Assembly: 16 / 50 Imbrosian Assembly: 39 / 90 Local: 10,178 / 23,565	New conservatism, Big tent, Latin unionism	Belisarian People's Party
	Progressive Party Partitis Progressivo		In minority	Flavia Lepera	273 / 794	Castellum Assembly: 30 / 50 Imbrosian Assembly: 25 / 90 Local: 8,479 / 23,565	Progressivism, Social democracy, Pro-Belisarianism	Party of the Belisarian Left
	Citizens Alternative Alius Cives		In minority	Felix Procilius	98 / 794	Castellum Assembly: 2 / 50 Imbrosian Assembly: 19 / 90 Local: 984 / 23,565	Liberalism, Seculariam, Latin unionism, Soft Belisaroscpeticism	Union of Belisarian Democrats
	Imbrosian Voters Union Unio Imbrosi Votanti		not represented	Leo Apionus	0 / 794	Imbrosian Assembly: 6 / 90 Local: 405 / 1,223	Autonomy, Civic nationalism, Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism, Pro-Belisarianism	Belisarian Sovereignty Group
	Liberal-Labor Party Unio Liberta Pars		not represented	Helena Ovidia	0 / 794	Local: 188 / 23,565	Libertarianism, Fiscal conservatism, Radical Center, Belisaroscpeticism	Union of Belisarian Democrats
	Catholic Democratic Alliance Catholic Democraticis Alianta		not represented	John Florianus	0 / 794	Local: 242 / 23,565	Conservatism, Christian Democracy, Soft Belisaroscpeticism	Group of Belisarian Conservatives and Traditionalists
	Labor Union Partitis Labor Democratias Unio		not represented	Nicola Volusenna	0 / 794	Local: 145 / 20,565	Social democracy, Democratic Socialism, Pro-Belisarianism	Socialist Bloc
	Green Viritis		not represented	Constantine Eliadius	0 / 794	Local: 107 / 23,565	Green politics, Pro-Belisarianism	The Greens
	Popular League Liga Popularis		not represented	Justin d'Arrabona	0 / 794	Local: 102 / 23,565	Right-wing populism, Latin nationalism, Second Wave, Hard Belisaroscpeticism	Belisarian Freedom Group
	Federalist Party Pars Federalismo		not represented	Constantine Genserus	0 / 794	Local: 88 / 23,565	Federalism	Belisarian Sovereignty Group
	Party of Sasora Pars Sasorae		not represented	Nicolas Vulerv	0 / 794	Local: 41 / 79	Sasoran independence	Belisarian Sovereignty Group
Independent					0 / 794	Castellum Assembly: 2 / 50 Imbrosian Assembly: 1 / 90 Local: 2,642 / 23,565

Minor Parties

Below is a list of officially registered political parties that do not hold seats on any elected council or elected office.

• United Communities
• New Imperial Party
• New Conservative Party
• Christian People's Alliance
• Legalize It Party
• Workers Front
• Imbrosian National Party
• Latin National Party
• More Freedom More Rights
• Liberal Conservative Party
• Pirate Party
• Gelonian Unity

Banned Parties

On occasion, political parties can be banned. This remains a rare occurrence in the modern era, and typically only occurs in extreme circumstances, such as when a party is found to take part in electoral fraud, political violence, or otherwise utilizes "aggressive and combative methods" to secure electoral success.

	Party Name	Founded	Disbanded	Ideology	Reason
	Popular Socialist Party	1920	1945	Communism	Attempted violent overthrow of the Monarchy, et. al.
	Communist Party	1911	1995 a	Communism	Violent protests
	Popular Party	1955	1979	Far-right, ultranationalism	Voter intimidation, assaulting voters.
	Gelonian National Front	1929	1967	Far-right, ultranationalism	Ties to Gelonian terrorist organizations
	Latin First Party	1980	2001	Far-right, ultranationalism, Second Wave	Election fraud
	Popular Social Party	2001	2017	Latin nationalism, Populism, Second Wave, Hard Belisaroscpeticism	Crimes of treason

^a The Communist Party has been banned on three separate occasions, twice being overturned. Originally banned in 1933, reinstitute in 1955; second ban occurred in 1980, overturned upon special appeal to Curiate Assembly in 1986.