List of political parties in Saint-Baptiste
Saint-Baptiste has a two-party system, in where two dominant parties have the ability to form government, with others having extreme difficulty achieving electoral success. The two main parties, the Baptistois Liberal Party (PLB) and the Saint-Baptiste Reform Party (PAREF), have traditionally been referred to as ideologically similar, with the main political divide in Saint-Baptiste being between the successors of the former Bachelet regime in the PLB and those that supported the transition to liberal democracy during the 1990s in PAREF.
Since 2010, some experts have said Saint-Baptiste is moving towards a "two-party-and-a-half system" ("Système bipartite et demi") with the recent success of the Baptistois Labour Party, but most still consider the PLB and PAREF dominant in the country.
Current parties
Parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies
Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Spectrum | Leader | Deputies | ||
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People's Action Party Parti d'action populaire |
PAP | Conservatism, economic liberalism | Centre-right | Robert Ménard | 8 / 15
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Saint-Baptiste Labour Party Plateforme pour le progrès baptistois |
POSB | Creole interests, democratic socialism, agrarian socialism, left-wing nationalism | Left-wing | Valérie Deschanel | 5 / 15
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Platform for Saint-Baptiste Plateforme pour la Saint-Baptiste |
PSB | Baptistois nationalism, regionalism, populism | Centre to centre-right | Nathalie Gribelin | 2 / 15
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Other registered parties
Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Spectrum | Leader | Most deputies | ||
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Defense of the Republic Défense de la République |
DR | Bacheletism, national conservatism, social conservatism, Political Apostolicism | Right-wing to far-right | Arnaud Delannoy | 2 / 15 (1986)
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Fanmi | — | Green politics, green liberalism | Centre to centre-left | Martial Lozé | 0 / 15
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Defunct parties
Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Spectrum | Founded | Disbanded | Most deputies | ||
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National Constitutional Party Parti constitutionnel national |
PCN | Bacheletism, authoritarianism, Political Apostolicism, anti-communism | Right-wing to far-right | 1930 | 1985 | 9 / 9 (1963)
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Democratic Reform Réforme démocratique |
RD | Centrism, regionalism | Centre | 1989 | 1999 | 0 / 15
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Rally of Progressive Democrats Rassemblement des démocrates progressistes |
RDP | Liberalism, economic liberalism | Centre-right | 1997 | 2005 | 1 / 15 (2000)
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