List of political parties in Ardalia

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.