List of political parties in Imagua and the Assimas

Political parties in Imagua and the Assimas exist only on the national level, as since the passage of the Elections Act of 1942, political parties cannot run candidates in parochial or municipal elections.

Official parties

In order to be recognized as an official party (Vespasian: partito ufficiale) in Imagua and the Assimas according to the Elections Act of 1942, a political party must:

• Have signatures of at least four thousand (4,000) voters, with a minimum of five hundred (500) voters residing in at least seven (7) constituencies, and
• Have nominated at least three (3) candidates across Imagua for the Chamber of Commons, with at least one candidate based outside the county where the party is headquartered, or
• Have held a seat in either chamber of Parliament prior to dissolution of parliament, regardless of whether it has met the above requirements, or
• Had been in existence prior to the passage of the act, regardless of whether it met any of the above requirements

If it meets all the criteria, Elections Imagua is required to register the party, unless the name of the party is "liable to cause confusion" among voters.

Official parties are entitled to have candidates display their party affiliation on the ballot, to incur expenses, receive and ask for contributions, to field candidates for national elections, and to be reimbursed for electoral expenses.

As of 2019, there are twelve official parties in Imagua and the Assimas as recognized by Elections Imagua.

Represented parties

According to the Elections Act of 1942, represented parties (Vespasian: parti rappresentate) are political parties with representation in either the Legislative Council, or the Chamber of Commons of Parliament. One of the main perks of being a represented party is that any party that ever had representation in either chamber of Parliament has their name permanently reserved, meaning if that party ever dissolves, as was the case with the Sotirian Democratic Party and the National Labour Party to merge into the Sotirian Labour Party, their old names can never be reused.

As of March 2020, there are four parties who are represented in Parliament.

Party Name	Status of party	Seats in the Chamber of Commons	Seats in the Legislative Council	Seats in the County Councils	Ideology
Democratic Labour Party Partito Democratico del Lavoro	Government	31 / 70	12 / 19	78 / 261	Social democracy
Sotirian Labour Party Partito laburista sotiriano	Official Opposition	24 / 70	6 / 19	100 / 261	Conservatism
Movement for a New Imagua Movimento per una nuova Imagua	Opposition	13 / 70	1 / 19	35 / 261	Right-wing populism
Green Party Verdi	Opposition	2 / 70	0 / 19	9 / 261	Green politics

Unrepresented parties

According to the Elections Act of 1942, unrepresented parties (Vespasian: parti non rappresentate) are political parties who lack representation in either chamber of the Imaguan Parliament, but are registered to run in national elections.

As of January 2020, there are eight unrepresented parties in Imagua and the Assimas.

Party Name	Status of party	Seats in the Chamber of Commons	Seats in the Legislative Council	Seats in the County Councils	Ideology
Assiman Independence Party Partito dell'Indipendenza Assime	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	11 / 261	Assiman nationalism
Bahio-Imaguan Party Partito baho-imaguano	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	0 / 261	Far-left politics, Pan-Bahianism
Concerned Cuanstad Citizens Cittadini di Cuanstad interessati	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	3 / 261	NIMBYism, tough-on-crime
Farmer's Party of Imagua Partito Agrario d'Imagua	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	13 / 261	Agrarianism, social conservatism
New Labour Party Nuovo Partito Laburista	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	0 / 261	Libertarianism
Prohibition Party Partito proibizionista	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	0 / 261	Prohibition of alcohol and of drugs
Provincial Party Partito provinciale	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	0 / 261	Unification with Rizealand
Sotirian Defence Party Partito di difesa sotiriano	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	2 / 261	Imaguan nationalism, white nationalism
West Arucian Section of the Workers' International Sezione dell'aruciani occidentali dell'internazionale dei lavoratori	Extra-parliamentary opposition	0 / 70	0 / 19	1 / 261	Far-left politics

Former political parties

Elections Imagua only refers to former political parties if they had been an official party registered with the agency. Thus, the term they use, de-registered parties (Vespasian: parti annullate), only refers to parties that had been registered with Elections Imagua since its establishment in 1942.

The largest parties to be de-registered were the Sotrian Democratic Party and National Labour Party, which both de-registered in 1997 when they merged to establish the Sotirian Labour Party, and the Democratic and the Labour parties, which were de-registered in 1949 when they merged to form the Democratic Labour Party.

However, political parties may be de-registered by Elections Imagua if they have not followed electoral laws and regulations.

Unregistered parties

Elections Imagua does not keep track of unregistered parties (Vespasian: parti non registrate), saying that "while candidates may have the right to stand for election as an independent politician on the national level, and can describe themselves however they like, provided they do not confuse voters," they are to be treated as independents, and are not entitled to have their party affiliation displayed on the ballot.