List of political parties in Germany
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This is a list of political parties in Germany.
Germany has a multi-party system. There are two large parties, three smaller parties, and a number of minor parties.
The last federal election was held on 23 February 2025.
Major parties
[change | change source]Parties represented in the Bundestag and/or the European Parliament
[change | change source]| Group | Ideology | Position | Bundestag | MEPs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | Centre-right | 164 / 630 |
23 / 96 | ||
| Alternative for Germany (AfD) |
|
Far-right | 151 / 630 |
15 / 96 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | Centre-left | 120 / 630 |
14 / 96 | ||
| Alliance 90/The Greens | Centre-left | 85 / 630 |
12 / 96 | ||
| The Left (Die Linke) | Left-wing | 64 / 630 |
3 / 96 | ||
| Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) | Centre-right | 44 / 630 |
6 / 96 | ||
| Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) | Left-wing to far-left | 0 / 630 |
5 / 96 | ||
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | Centre to centre-right |
0 / 630 |
4 / 96 | ||
Minor parties
[change | change source]At least 1% of the vote at the last federal elections
[change | change source]- Free Voters (Freie Wähler) - conservative
- Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (Basis) - Anti-lockdown, Anti-vaccination
- Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutzpartei) - Centre-left, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Environmentalism
- The Party (Party for Labour, constitutional state, animal welfare, elite promotion and grassroots initiative) / Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative) - Left-wing, Political satire, Humanism, Anti-fascism, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism
Others
[change | change source]- Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands - APPD)
- Basic Income Alliance (Bündnis Grundeinkommen - BGE)
- Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei)
- Communist Party of Germany (1990)
- Family Party of Germany (Deutsche Familienpartei)
- German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei - ZENTRUM)
- German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei - DKP)
- Christian Centre Party (Christliche Mitte - CM)
- Citizens Make Politics (Bürger machen Politik)
- Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität - BüSo)
- Die Freien (The Free Ones)
- Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative - Die PARTEI), party created by editors of the satirical magazine titanic
- Die Violetten - für spirituelle Politik Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP)
- Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
- Human Environment Animal Welfare (Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz)
- Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands - MLPD)
- National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
- Party of Bible-abiding Christians (Partei Bibeltreuer Christen - PBC)
- Party of Humanists (Partei der Humanisten)
- Party of Reason (Partei der Vernunft - pdv)
- Pirate Party Germany (Piratenpartei Deutschland) (PIRATEN)
- Social Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit - PSG)
- South Schleswig Voter Federation (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband - SSW) - this is the party of the Danish and frisian minorities in Germany
- The Republicans (Die Republikaner - REP)
Historical parties
[change | change source]Parties existing before World War II
[change | change source]- Bavarian People's Party (BVP) - Bavarian Regionalist (1920-1933)
- Centre Party - Christian Democrat/Conservative (1871-1947)
- Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
- Communist Party Opposition (KPO)- Communist
- Conservative People's Party (KVP)
- Free Conservative Party (FKP)
- General German Workers' Association (ADAV)
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) - Socialist (1917-1922)
- German Conservative Party (DKP) - Conservative (before 1918)
- German Democratic Party (DDP) - Left-Liberal (1918-1930, became the German State Party, which lasted until 1933)
- German National People's Party (DNVP) - Nationalist-Conservative (1918-1933)
- German People's Party (DVP) - National-Liberal (1918-1933)
- German Progress Party (DFP) - Left-Liberal (before 1918)
- German Racialist Freedom Party (DVFP) - anti-semitic (early Weimar period)
- German Workers' Party (DAP) - precursor to the Nazi Party (1919)
- National Liberal Party - Right Liberal (before 1918)
- National Socialist German Workers' Party - aka the Nazi Party (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
- Progressive People's Party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, still in existence)
- Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
- Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
- Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (between 1931 and 1941/45 an Social Democratic Party left of the SPD)
Defunct parties in (former) West Germany
[change | change source]- German Party (DP) - Conservative
- German Empire Party (DRP) - Far right (1949-64)
- German Right Party (DReP) - Far right (1946-51)
- Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956) banned
- Sozialistische Reichspartei - Socialist Reich Party (SRP) - National Socialis (1949-52) banned
- The Grays – Gray Panther (Die grauen Panther - GRAUE)
- Communist Party of Germany (Red Dawn)
- Projekt Partei Project Party
- Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei rechtsstaatlicher Offensive - Offensive D)
Parties in (former) East Germany
[change | change source]As a socialist state
[change | change source]During transition
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- Political Parties (Germany) - List of German political parties since 1949
- Election Posters from German political parties since 1918 (German) Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
Social Democratic Party of Germany (206) • Christian Democratic Union of Germany (152) • Christian Social Union of Bavaria (45) • Alliance '90/The Greens (118) • Free Democratic Party (92) • Alternative for Germany (78) • The Left (39) • Free Voters (0) • Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (0) • Human Environment Animal Protection (0) • The Party (0) |
