List of political parties in Loulan

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This article lists political parties in Loulan.

Loulan has a multi-party system with two or three strong parties and three or four significant parties at a given time. The government typically consists of several parties and a small number of supporting parties. No party has ever won an outright majority since Independence in 1992. All governments have either been one-party minority governments or coalitions between two or more parties.

Parties represented in the Parliament

Party symbol Party name Representation
after the 2018 parliamentary elections
Position and associated ideologies
Pdp loulan.png Progressive Democratic Party
حزب مترقی دموکرات
進步民主黨
46 Centre to Centre-Left
Tokhari nationalism; Nationalist Integrationism; Progressivism; Feminism; Liberalism

The Progressive Democratic Party (حزب مترقی دموکرات hezb-e motarqi-ye demokrât; 進步民主黨 jìnbù mínzhǔ dǎng) is a liberal political party in Loulan. The party is traditionally associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a historical opposition to communism, as well as promotion of the Tokhari identity via the advocacy for the use of the Tokhari language in everyday public life.

The PDP is a longstanding member of Liberal International. The party and its affiliated organisations are widely classified as socially liberal because of their strong support for human rights, including strong support for gender equality, but they also advocate economic liberalism and a nationalistic Tokhari identity. The PDP also pursues an overwhelmingly pro-Western foreign policy.

The party has been fronted since 2015 by Bahâr Kolite, former governor of Korla Prefecture and current MP for Lopnor County.

National party loulan.png National Party
حزب ملت
民族黨
20 Right
Tokhari nationalism; National Conservatism; Right-Wing Populism

The National Party (حزب ملت hezb-e mellat; 民族黨 mínzú dǎng) is a conservative political party in Loulan. It is notable for its claim to being the oldest contemporary political faction in Loulan.

The National Party was founded as a Loulan nationalist separatist movement within the People's Republic of China. The party's guiding ideology is that of Tokhari nationalism, with strong anti-immigrant and particularly strong anti-Chinese sentiments, maintaining a philosophy of Loulan First. The NP strongly opposes communism and socialism in all forms. Controversially, the party has no strong public stance on issues of feminism and gender equality, and many of its prominent members are outspoken chauvinists and traditionalists.

The National Party has been headed since 2010 by Farzâd Kunlemen, MP representing Toksun County.

Democratic party loulan.png Democratic Party
حزب دموکرات
民主黨
38 Centre to Centre-Right
Conservative Liberalism; Nationalist Integrationism; Agrarianism; Liberal Conservatism; Economic Liberalism

The Democratic Party (حزب دموکرات hezb-e demokrât; 民主黨 mínzhǔ dǎng) is a conservative-liberal and agrarian political party in Loulan. It is the major party of the centre-right and the third largest party by membership in the country.

The Democratic Party is categorised as centre-right on the political spectrum, as it is a market liberal party within the agrarian tradition, and today is notably more pro-free market than its counterparts. Some describe it as a classical liberal, since its leader from 1998 to 2005, Fardîn Roshani, is known for his authorship of the book The Minimum State. The party currently supports the enactment of a so-called tax stop in order to halt the growth in taxation which has been seen since the early 2000s. Democratic Party policy commonly falls under fire from parties on the left wing of Loulanese politics, allegedly being asocial and only for the wealthy.

The party has been headed since 2009 by Siddhartha Liyâw, junior MP representing Tengri-Tâgh District, Urabo.

Parties without parliamentary representation

Defunct parties