This article lists the political parties of Belmonte. Belmonte is a democratic state and since the 20th century has a multi-party system, with several political parties from different backgrounds and ideologies influencing the political sphere and the National Congress. After the end of the Great War, many political organizations and associations united themselves and created the two biggest political parties since then: the centre-right National Conservative Union and the centre-left Social Democratic Party. Other major parties are the Citizens' Alliance, the Socialist Bloc and the Sotirian Democrats, which also were capable of having a parliamentary majority and electing some prime ministers in the past.
Parties
Largest parties
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Party
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Ideology
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Position
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Party leader(s)
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Seats
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Status
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Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata
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Social democracy, developmentalism, progressivism, dirigism
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Centre-left
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Rita Maurino
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Government
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National Conservative Union União Conservadora Nacional
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Conservatism, liberal conservatism, classical liberalism, Sotirian democracy
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Centre-right
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João Sócrates
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Opposition
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Sotirian Democrats Democratas Sotirianos
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Sotirian democracy, conservatism, distributism
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Centre-right
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Carlos Ramos
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Opposition
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Citizens' Alliance Aliança Cidadã
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Liberalism, classical liberalism, social liberalism
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Centre to centre-right
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Jorge Paranhos
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Opposition
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People's Centrist Union União Popular Centrista
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Radical centrism, federalism
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Centre
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Catarina Soares
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Opposition
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Social Workers' Party Partido Social Operário
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Council communism, syndicalism
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Far-left
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André Gama
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Opposition
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Socialist Bloc Bloco Socialista
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Democratic socialism, green socialism, progressivism, feminism, left-wing populism
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Left-wing
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Graça Fonseca
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Government
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Green Party Partido Verde
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Green politics, democratic socialism
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Left-wing
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Vera Brás
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Opposition
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National Movement Movimento Nacional
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Right-wing populism, national conservatism, religious conservatism, familialism, militarism
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Far-right
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Suzana Barreto
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Opposition
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Minor parties
See also