List of political parties in Ardalia
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This article lists political parties in Ardalia.
Ardalia has a multi-party system who must collaborate to form coalition governments; a party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone.
Parliamentary parties
Party Name | Abbr. | Party Leader | Ideology | Seats in the Sabor | Political position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ardalian Democratic Union Ardaske Demokratska Zajednica |
ADZ | Stjepan Kulić | Conservatism Catheric Democracy Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre-right | |
Socialist Party of Ardalia Socijalistička Partija Ardaske |
SPA | Antun Gregurić | Democratic Socialism Social Democracy Progressivsm Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre-left | |
Homeland Movement Domovinski Pokret |
DP | X | Ardalian Nationalism National Conservatism Social Conservatism Right-wing Populism Soft Thearanscepticism |
0 / 165
|
Right-wing to Far-right | |
Green Party Zelena Stranka |
ZS | X | Green Politics Social Progressivism Eco-Socialism Environmentalism Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Left-wing | |
Moderate Party Umjerena Stranka |
UJ | X | Conservative Liberalism Economic Liberalism Fiscal Conservatism Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre | |
Liberal Democratic Party Liberalno Demokratska Partija |
LDP | X | Social Liberalism Economic Liberalism Progressivism Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre to Centre-left | |
Social Liberal Party Socijalno Liberalna Stranka |
SLS | X | Conservative Liberalism Classical Liberalism Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre to Centre-right | |
Farmers Party Seljačka Partija |
SJK | X | Agrarianism Liberalism Republicanism Green Politics Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre | |
Conservative Party Konzervativna Stranka |
KVS | X | Social Conservatism Fiscal Conservatism Economic Liberalism Catheric Right Souverainism Soft Thearanscepticism |
0 / 165
|
Right-wing | |
Civic Liberal Alliance Gradansko Liberalni Savez |
GLS | X | Social Liberalism Progressivsm Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre-left | |
New Left Nova Ljevica |
NL | X | Democratic Socialism Anti-Fascism Environmentalism Progressivism |
0 / 165
|
Centre-left to Left-wing | |
Workers' Front Radnicka Fronta |
RF | X | Democratic Socialism Anti-Militarism Eco-Socialism Social Progressivism Left-wing Populism |
0 / 165
|
Left-wing | |
Catheric Democratic Party Demokrscanska Partija |
DS | X | Catheric Democracy Conservatism |
0 / 165
|
Centre-right to Right-wing | |
Ardalian Party of Pensioners Ardaska Stranka Umirovljenika |
ASU | X | Pensioners' interests | 0 / 165
|
Centre-left | |
Center Centar |
C | X | Social Liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Theareanism |
0 / 165
|
Centre |
Extra-parliamentary parties
- Pirate Party (P)
- Labour Party (LS)
- Liberty Party (LPA)
- Civic Party (GS)
Parties represented at the county or local level
- Dracian People's Party (DPP)
Defunct or Banned Parties
- Republican Union (Defunct)
- Democratic Centre (Defunct)
- Communist Party (Dissolved)
- Forward Ardalia-Progressive Alliance (Dissolved)
- Communist Party of Ardalia (CPA): Dissolved in 1945 upon Letzek's usurption of power.
- Ardalian Restoration Movement (ARM): Banned in 1983 following the ouster and execution of Frenlo Letzek.
- Ardalian Nationalist Front (ANF): Banned in 2000 for insurrection against the Government (Ardalian Civil War). Less 'extreme' supporters go onto form "Our Homeland" Movement.
A Short Political History
Ardalia's Democratic Party commanded a resounding majority of the chamber from 1910-1935. During the Great War, a national unity government was formed to see the nation through the conflict. In the aftermath of the war, political instability and paralysis gripped the nation. Though the Democrats still had the highest number of seats, they had attempted to establish coalitions with the Moderates, only for those to break down a few months later. Frelno Letzek would overthrow the First Republic in 1945 and democracy would not return until his ouster and execution in 1983.
The Democratic Party returned to their former dominance in the aftermath of Letzek's regime through the remainder of the 1980's, however, their long-standing supermajories were never to happen again. During this decade, nearly a dozen parties were seated in the Assembly. The nation's economic conditions were not improving and despite the party's efforts to rebuild relations with the Pontanore, they had lost a considerable amount of their support. The Moderates, built on the principles of the Caropsyne conservative liberalism prior to Fostana rule, forced the Premier to call early elections. Ardalians were presented with an aggressive manifesto and a firm promise to ensure Ardalian-Caropsyne relations were fully restored within five years. They were swept into power and the Democrats were put into opposition. The Fostana reintroduced democracy in the Pontanore in 1993 and their affiliated colleagues in Carops were elected (abet with a tight coalition).
At first, the Moderates stumbled and the Democrats thought they could force another election to regain their control of the Premiership but their hopes were scrapped to pieces when the Moderate Government was able to deliver on their foreign policy promise with the signing of the Treaty of Taerisz in 1994. For a few years, conditions improved dramatically in Ardalia and it was beginning to look like they would dominate the next several cycles without serious opposition. That all changed with the outbreak of the Ardalian Civil War in 1996. The Moderates and the Democrats met and formed a coalition government to ensure a stable government to bring an end to the war and outright eliminate the Nationalist Front. Though Maldian's Government was supporting the legitimate government, their intelligence service was also coverting supporting the insurrectionists (this information would not be known until early in 2000).
The Ardalian Moderate Party would lose political control in 2000 due to the events of the Caropsyne Constitutional Crisis of 2000 which resulted in the devasting Siege of the Pontiana and the suicide of Haldric Maldian. The Damosca which was responsible for terrorizing friend and foe alike was dissolved by his successor Miria Seranoda. The Civil War would end a few months into Seranoda's premiership - she had banned the former intelligence service - the new Ardalian government would ban the Nationalist Front. The left-wing agenda Seranoda's election and the loss of overall credibility for the Moderate policy in light of their counterparts anti-Government actions in the Pontanore gave the Ardalian Socialist Party's best opportunity to take control of Government. Leno Frikasz and Ardor Raszan would meet for long nights with their election staff to develop the most ambitious manifesto ever presented to the voters to move Ardalia into a new age of equity, propersity, and peace. They would also quietly work with Seranoda's team to design the messaging they had used that got her elected.
As she implemented her platform and the level of positive response from the Caropsyne electorate for them, the higher the possibility of introducing such efforts in Ardalia. In the elections later that year, the Socialists claimed a majority of the seats and took over the Premiership and continue to do so this year. Tereza Darvas became leader of the Socialists in the run-up to the election and in the cycle to determine the current composition of the Assembly, grew the Socialist majority to the second-highest in all Ardalian democratic history.