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List of political parties in Saint-Baptiste

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Saint-Baptiste has a two-party system, in where two dominant parties have the ability to form government, with others having traditionally difficulty achieving long-term electoral success. The two main parties, the People's Action Party (PAP) and the Saint-Baptiste Labour Party (POSB), have both formed government since democratization in the 1980s. Political cleavages in Saint-Baptiste include divisions based on identity and region, with the more urban, service and finance industry-focused, and Blaycophilic parishes being dominated by the PAP, while the POSB's strongest results typically come from working-class and rural communities, especially those with significant Creole populations.

A handful of smaller parties have entered the Chamber of Deputies on occasion, but have failed to find long-term success against the two main parties.

Current parties

Parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies

Party Abbr. Ideology Spectrum Leader Deputies
PAPParty.png People's Action Party
Parti d'action populaire
PAP Conservatism, economic liberalism Centre-right Robert Ménard
8 / 15
Saint-Baptiste Labour Party.png Saint-Baptiste Labour Party
Parti ouvrier Saint-Baptiste
POSB Creole interests, democratic socialism, agrarian socialism, left-wing nationalism Left-wing Valérie Deschanel
5 / 15
Platform for Saint-Baptiste.png Platform for Saint-Baptiste
Plateforme pour la Saint-Baptiste
PSB Baptistois nationalism, regionalism, populism Centre to centre-right Nathalie Gribelin
2 / 15

Other registered parties

Party Abbr. Ideology Spectrum Leader Most deputies
Defense of the Republic.png Defense of the Republic
Défense de la République
DR Bacheletism, national conservatism, social conservatism, Political Apostolicism Right-wing to far-right Arnaud Delannoy
2 / 15
(1986)
Fanmi.png Fanmi Green politics, green liberalism Centre to centre-left Martial Lozé
0 / 15
Social Democratic Party
Parti social-démocrate
PSD Social democracy, social liberalism Centre-left Julien Rousseau
0 / 15
Patriotic Alliance.png Patriotic Alliance
Alliance patriotique
AP Presidentalism, national conservatism, Baptistois nationalism, social conservatism, Political Apostolicism Right-wing Cyrille Bachelet
0 / 15

Defunct parties

Party Abbr. Ideology Spectrum Founded Disbanded Most deputies
National Constitutional Party.png National Constitutional Party
Parti constitutionnel national
PCN Bacheletism, authoritarianism, Political Apostolicism, anti-communism Right-wing to far-right 1930 1985
9 / 9
(1957, 1963)
Democratic Reform.png Democratic Reform
Réforme démocratique
RD Centrism, regionalism Centre 1989 1999
0 / 15
Rally of Progressive Democrats.png Rally of Progressive Democrats
Rassemblement des démocrates progressistes
RDP Liberalism, economic liberalism Centre-right 1997 2005
1 / 15
(2000)