List of political parties in Bamvango

This article lists political parties in Bamvango.

Parties with parliamentary representation

	Party logo	Party name	Acronym	Leader	Parliamentary Assembly seats	Ideology
		Union of Progress and Democracy	UPD	Anthony Benoudjita	45 / 105	Social democracy Social liberalism Pan-Bahianism
	The UPD was formed in 2001 by former foreign minister Anthony Benoudjita to challenge the administration of Abdallah Yaya Ibrahim. It was the main opposition party during the 2000's but went into exile in 2009. The UPD returned to the political scene in 2014 following the overthrow of Ibrahim winning the 2014 election which saw Benoudjita become president and has remained the largest party since. It mainly is supported in the southeast of the country. The UPD is the main member of the governing Democratic Rainbow Alliance. The UPD supports liberal and social-democratic policies.
		Bamvango Congress Party	BCP	Lawrence Kabadi	18 / 105	Conservatism Economic liberalism Social conservatism
	The BCP was founded in 2014 by former members of the Bamvangan Popular Renewal Organisation who opposed former-president Ibrahim. Its leader Lawrence Kabadi was formally vice-president under the deposed president. The party is generally supported in the northwest of the country and supports conservative policies.
		Bamvangan National Rally-Bahian Union	BNR-BU	Nyandeng Deng Akech	12 / 105	Pan-Bahianism Bahian socialism Left-wing nationalism
	The BNR-BU is the oldest party in Bamvango being founded in 1944 by Johnathan A. Akech to oppose colonial rule under Estmere. The BNR-BU played the primary role in securing the independence of Bamvango and governed the country under Akech from independence to Akech's overthrow in 1962 after which it entered into exile. The BNR-BU would return to the country in 1991 but was a shadow of its former self and has been an opposition party since. The party originally was more of a big tent anti-colonial party but following independence became left-wing supporting Pan-Bahianism and Bahian socialism. The party is mainly supported by ethnic Welke people and is led by Akech's granddaughter Nyandeng Deng Akech.
		Patriotic Front-Arman	PF-A	File:Michel Kafando 2015-09-26.jpg Mosaab Arman	12 / 105	Nationalism Economic nationalism Populism
	The PF-A is one of the two organisations - the other being the Patriotic Front-Kuol Arop - that claims to be the legitimate representative of the Patriotic Front for the Liberation of Bamvango, the rebel group that successfully overthrew the Ibrahim regime in 2014. Following Ibrahim's overthrow the PF emerged as the second largest party and entered coalition with the UPD. However Kuol Arop left the coalition in 2017 to take up arms against the government leading to a faction based around Mosaab Arman to break away in support of the Benoudjita government. The PF-A is part of the governing Democratic Rainbow Alliance.
		Way of Irfan	WOI	Daoud Bashir	5 / 105	Political Ifran Economic nationalism Social conservatism
	The WOI was founded in 2014 in order to represent the Irfanic community in Bamvango, with critics accusing it of being linked to the Zorasani government. The WOI joined the governing coalition in 2017 and as such participates in the Democratic Rainbow Alliance. Its support mainly is located in the northwest of the country.
		Bahian Movement for Democratic Reconstruction	BMDR	Solomon Kerallah	4 / 105	Liberalism Pan-Bahianism Populism
	The BMDR was founded in preparation for the 2019 elections by Solomon Kerallah, a businessman who had been a member of the UPD before becoming a critic of Benoudjita. The party is accused of mainly being a vehicle for Kerallah who has been accused of demagoguery and populism. It is mainly supported by former UPD supporters.
		Bamvangan Popular Renewal Organisation	BPRO	Gabriel Jerbo	3 / 105	Authoritarianism Conservatism Economic liberalism
	The BPRO is the successor of the Bamvangan People's Revolutionary Organisation which overthrew the regime of Kashim Shehu during the Bamvangan Bush War of 1982-1988. The BPRO was the ruling party of Bamvango from 1987 to 2014 under the leadership of Abdallah Yaya Ibrahim who ruled in an authoritarian manner. The BPRO was thus the dominant party during this period maintaining power through electoral fraud and violence. The BPRO collapsed alongside Ibrahim's regime in 2014 but still maintains support amongst Ibrahim's core supporters amongst the Begi ethnic group. The BPRO is currently led by former foreign minister Gabriel Jerbo.
		Forum for Multi-Party Democracy	FMD	Hama Monguno	1 / 105	Ultranationalism National conservatism Social conservatism
	The FMD was formed in 1991 as the main opposition party to the BPRO, mainly consisting of former members of the Shehu regime. It was considered to be the main opposition party in the country until 2001 when the UPD gained that role. The FMD was widely perceived to be supportive of Ibrahim's government and thus was not considered to be part of the real opposition. The FMD lost all their seats in the 2014 election mainly to the Patriotic Front and subsequently have remained a minor force. Their long-term leader is Hama Monguno who served as Agriculture Minister under Shehu.

Alliances

	Party logo	Party name	Acronym	Member parties	Parliamentary Assembly seats	Ideology
		Democratic Rainbow Alliance	DRA	Union of Progress and Development Patriotic Front-Arman Way of Irfan	62 / 105	Social democracy Economic nationalism Populism
	The Democratic Rainbow Alliance was created in 2019 in order to support president Anthony Benoudjita's re-election bid. It consists of three parties - Benoudjita's Union of Progress and Development, the Patriotic Front-Arman and the Way of Irfan. The DRA currently holds a majority in the Parliamentary Assembly.

Unrepresented parties

	Party logo	Party name	Acronym	Leader	Ideology
		Patriotic Front-Kuol Arop	PF-K	Oscar Kuol Arop	Nationalism Economic nationalism Populism
	The PF-A is one of the two organisations - the other being the Patriotic Front-Arman - that claims to be the legitimate representative of the Patriotic Front for the Liberation of Bamvango, the rebel group that successfully overthrew the Ibrahim regime in 2014. Following Ibrahim's overthrow the PF emerged as the second largest party and entered coalition with the UPD. However Kuol Arop left the coalition in 2017 to take up arms against the government leading to a faction based around him to break away from the government. The PF-K currently exist as a rebel group fighting the Bamvangan government.

Former parties

	Party logo	Party name	Acronym	Leader	Formed	Dissolved	Ideology
		Bamvangan Section of the Workers' International	BSWI	Wade Dimtolaum	1935	1954	Council communism Anti-colonialism Anti-imperialism
	The first political party in Bamvango the BSWI was formed following the Great War to campaign for the independence of Bamvango. Under the charismatic leadership of Wade Dimtolaum the BSWI became strong within the trade union movement but was as a result repressed by both colonial authorities and traditional leaders who still held enormous sway in Bamvangan society. The party was banned in 1940 but subsequently emerged following independence in 1946 by which time much of its support had shifted to the more moderate BNR-BU. It was banned in 1954 when Akech instituted the single-party state with Dimtolaum going into exile.
		South Manshara United Party	NBUP	Nelson Bakary	1942	1954	Liberal conservatism Pan-Bahianism Bahian nationalism
	Formed in 1942 to contest the colonial legislative seats, the SMUP advocated for a peaceful path to independence with Estmere. It was a moderately conservative party that was able to appeal to traditional forces in society that supported independence for Bamvango but were opposed to the more radical solutions of parties such as the BSWI. The SMUP however were soon eclipsed by the BNR-BU whose platform of more immediate independence and sweeping reforms were more popular then the gradualism of the SMUP. The party was forcibly dissolved in 1954 following the imposition of the single-party system.