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
Parliamentary parties
Name | Abbr. | Ideology | Leader | Deputies | |
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Baptistois Liberal Party Parti libéral baptistois |
PLB | Centrism Conservative liberalism |
Robert Ménard | 6 / 14
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Saint-Baptiste Reform Party Parti réformiste de la Saint-Baptiste |
PAREF | Liberalism Social liberalism |
Henri Vasseur | 6 / 14
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Baptistois Labour Party Parti ouvrier baptistois |
POB | Socialism Left-wing nationalism |
Jeanne Duclos | 1 / 14
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Victory SB Victoire SB |
Anti-establishment | Jean-Blaycois Landry | 1 / 14
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Non-parliamentary parties
Name | Abbr. | Ideology | Leader | Notes | |
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Fanmi | Creole interests Green politics |
Martial Lozé | Known as Peyi ("Homeland") from 2006 to 2017. | ||
Saint-Maurice Independents Indépendants de Saint-Maurice |
ISM | Localism Progressivism |
Collective | Split from PAREF in 2021. |
Defunct parties
Name | Abbr. | Founded | Dissolved | Ideology | Most Deputies | |
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Baptistois Communist Party Parti communiste baptistois |
PCB | 1927 | 1949 | Communism | N/A | |
Constitutional Party Parti constitutionnel |
PC | 1930 | 1952 | Conservatism | N/A | |
National Republican People's Party Parti populaire républicain national |
PPRN | 1952 | 1990 | Authoritarianism Bacheletism |
N/A | |
Democratic Reform Réforme démocratique |
RD | 1994 | 1997 | Economic liberalism | 1 / 14 (1994)
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