List of frivolous political parties

A frivolous party or a joke party is a political party which has been created for the purposes of entertainment or political satire. Such a party may or may not have a serious point behind its activities. This is a list of frivolous political parties.

Some more serious political parties, such as the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, may use the same tactics and humorous approaches to politics as their more frivolous counterparts but aim to address legitimate sociopolitical issues, something that some frivolous parties do not do. By contrast, fake political parties try to resemble serious and genuine political parties for nefarious purposes, such as voter suppression, embezzlement of state funding, division and dilution of voter interest groups, et al. Some fake parties may actually model themselves after frivolous parties in an analogous fashion.

Australia

Deadly Serious Party (deregistered in 1988)
Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd, defunct)
Party! Party! Party! (defunct)<ref name="act">List of parties competing in the 1989 ACT election Template:Webarchive</ref>
Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (1989–1991)
True Whig Party (disbanded 1970)
Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party (2001–2005)

Austria

The Beer Party

Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia

Template:Ill (Permanentní opozicí za demokracii, 1990 Czechoslovak parliamentary election)
The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law (Jaroslav Hašek, 1911)

Belarus

Beer Lovers Party (defunct in 1998)

Canada

Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct, 1999–2001)
Lemon Party (Parti Citron, defunct, 1987–2004)
None of the Above Direct Democracy Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>Mostly a legitimate protest movement, the None of the Above Direct Democracy Party uses humor and satire as part of their platform and has fielded at least one perennial joke candidate, Above Znoneofthe.</ref> (2014–present)
Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (White Elephant Party of Montreal, defunct, 1989–2009)
Pauper Party of Ontario (defunct, 2011–2022)
Rhinoceros Party (2006–present)
The Canada Party (2012–present)

Czech Republic

Friends of Beer Party (1990–1998)
Template:Ill (Helax – Ostrava se baví, defunct, 2002–2009)
Template:Ill<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>The full party name is "YES, A BETTER CZECH REPUBLIC WITH ALIENS AND MOTORIST CITIZENS - (more affordable housing, free fares for schoolchildren and students, road repairs, rural development from subsidies, medical and dental emergencies in districts, enough kindergartens, enough free parking for Central Bohemians on the outskirts of Prague)". The aliens being referred to are not aliens in the legal sense, but rather actual extraterrestrials.</ref> (Ano lepší Česko s mimozemšťany a občany motoristy, 2024–present)
Template:Ill<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (ANO, vytrollíme europarlament, 2019 European Parliament election)

Denmark

The baldy party (Skallepartiet, Jesu fødsel–present)
The Puppet Party (Dukkepartiet, 2014–present)
Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements (defunct, 1979–1998)
Vodka Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Vodka Partiet, 2022–present)

Estonia

Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)

Faroe Islands

Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (The Funny Party, defunct)

France

Template:Interlanguage link (1965)

Germany

APPD (Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany)
Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative) (represented in the European Parliament)

Greece

Greek Ecologists (Έλληνες Οικολόγοι, 1986–2023, defunct)
Template:Ill (Κ.Ο.Τ.Ε.Σ., Καπνιστικές Ομάδες για την Τέχνη και την Εικαστική Συγκρότηση)

Hungary

Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Iceland

Best Party (defunct)

Iran

Party of Donkeys (defunct)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Italy

Love Party (Partito dell'Amore) (defunct)
Italian Nettist Party (Partito Nettista Italiano) (defunct)

Japan

No Party to Support (Shiji Seitō Nashi, 支持政党なし)
Happiness Realization Party (Kōfuku Jitsugen tō, 幸福実現党)
The Collaborative Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>Founded by Takashi Tachibana in 2013, initially as The Party to Protect the People from the NHK (NHK kara Kokumin o Mamoru tō, NHKから国民を守る党), to oppose the license fees for the national broadcasting organization NHK stipulated by the Template:Ill. The party has changed its name repeatedly since then. Its candidates and officeholders possess a record of extensive controversy, and the party has used humor and satire enough to be labeled a frivolous party by its detractors. For example, Tachibana has claimed that NHK license fee collectors have yakuza connections, and Yoshikazu Higashitani, who was elected into the House of Councillors as part of the NHK Party in 2022, refused to enter Japan serve in his duty due to concerns of being a wanted fugitive. In 2023, two former members formed a new party with the previous name, which focuses on the core issue of scrambling NHK and ending TV license fees.</ref> (Minna de tsukuru tō, みんなでつくる党; commonly referred to as NHK tō, NHK党)
Internet Breakthrough Party of Japan (Dennō Toppa tō, 電脳突破党) (defunct)
Pirate Party Japan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>Most pirate parties do not qualify as frivolous parties. However, due to strict laws regarding media piracy in Japan, Japanese pirate party initiatives have resorted to satire, entertainment, and pop culture references rather than direct advocacy for law reform.</ref> (Nihon Kaizoku tō, 日本海賊党) (defunct, 2006–2017)
Okinawa Pirate Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Okinawa Kaizoku tō, 沖縄海賊党)
Tokyo Tea Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>Founded by Template:Ill in 2010, the Tokyo Tea Party initially began as an anti-tax movement, then gradually retooled itself as a satirical parody of the American Tea Party movement following the 2009 nationwide income tax protests. The party lost its momentum after 2012, ceased operations after 2013, and may have existed in some form until the end of 2019.</ref> (Tokyo Chakai, 東京茶会) (defunct, 2010–2013)
Love and Peace Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>Party of perennial joke candidate Teruki Gotō; other parties claimed by him have included "Teruki Goto and the Party that Changes the World", "A Sugar That Makes Shinshu Nagano Prefecture Chino City Healthy", "Opposition to Charging for Household Waste Party", et al.</ref> (Love & Peace tō, ラブ＆ピース党) (2022, 2024 local elections)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Kosovo

Strong Party (Partia e Fortë) (defunct)

Lithuania

Party of Bread Eaters (1993 presidential election)

New Zealand

Bill and Ben Party (defunct)
Imperial British Conservative Party (defunct)
McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)
The Civilian Party (defunct)

Netherlands

Party of the Future or The Party Party (defunct)
Provo (defunct)
Rapaille Partij (defunct)

Norway

Beer Unity Party (defunct)
The Political Party (defunct)

Poland

Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct)
Polish Party of the Bald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:R (1993–1994, defunct)

Romania

Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)

Russia

Template:Ill<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>In equal part a legitimate protest movement and a frivolous party lacking any membership; between 1991 and 2006, Russian election ballots included a box titled "Against Everyone", which was removed in 2006 and the associated frivolous party (ru) was liquidated in 2020. The party continues to exist anonymously. Adherents are instructed to vote for everyone, filling in all boxes on election ballots "to avoid inflaming inter-party differences", i.e. defacing the ballots.</ref> (1991–2020, outlawed, continues to function)
Beer Lovers Party (1993–1998, reformed in 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Party of the Dead (2017–2022, outlawed, founder Maxim Evstropov declared a wanted fugitive as of December 2022)

Serbia

Sarmu probo nisi: (Ljubiša Preletačević, the leader of SPN, participated in the 2017 Serbian presidential election and he came third with 9.44% of the vote)

Slovenia

None of the Above (Nič od tega) (registered in 2024)

Spain

Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")

Sweden

Donald Duck Party
Evil Chicken Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Linnea Hermance 2023">Template:Cite web</ref> (Ond Kyckling Partiet, 2021–present)
Least Awful PartyTemplate:R
Chill PartyTemplate:R

Switzerland

Anti-PowerPoint Party

Taiwan

Can't Stop This Party

Ukraine

Darth Vader Bloc<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (2015–present) (see also: Darth Vader in Ukrainian politics)
Internet Party of Ukraine (defunct, 2007–2020)
Satirical-Democratic Party of Ukraine<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (defunct, 2013–2014)
Ukrainian Anarchist Union<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>Despite the serious history of anarchism, in recent years the Ukrainian Anarchist Union has organized fake and comedic protests where they promote the caricature version of anarcho-capitalism, accuse all government officials of corruption for reasons including that they accept salaries, demand the abolition of government and police, and simultaneously criticize the government for underfunding social programs.</ref> (Союз Анархістів України, 1999–present) (uk)
Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party (defunct, 1991–2001)
Template:Ill<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (2008–present)

United Kingdom

Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (defunct)
Church of the Militant Elvis Party, also known as the Bus Pass Elvis Party (defunct)
The Eccentric Party of Great Britain (defunct)
Fancy Dress Party (defunct)
New Millennium Bean Party
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Raving Loony Green Giant Party (defunct)
Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party (defunct)
The Blah! Party<ref group=note>Merged into Official Monster Raving Loony Party in 2007; reclassified itself as a protest group in 2008.</ref> (defunct)
Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)
Count Binface Party, created by comedian Jonathan David Harvey
Gremloids<ref group=note>Party of perennial joke candidate Lord Buckethead, played by Jonathan David Harvey. Also associated with the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. The character of Lord Buckethead was retired after 2019 due to a copyright dispute.</ref> (1987, 1992, 2017 elections)
Recyclons<ref group=note>Party of perennial joke candidate Count Binface, played by Jonathan David Harvey.</ref> (2021, 2024 elections)
Give Me Back Elmo<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Dungeons, Death, & Taxes Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (2005 general election, defunct)
Happening Happy Hippy Party<ref name="Glasgow Times 29 Aug 2013">Template:Cite web</ref> (1997–2002, defunct)
Nude and Proud<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (2021 Senedd election)
Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (2010–2012, defunct)
Miss Great Britain PartyTemplate:R<ref name="11 Best-Named Political Parties">Template:Cite web</ref> (2008–2009, defunct)
Al-Zebabist Nation of OOOG<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (2014–2017, defunct)
The Mitre TW9<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (2024 UK general election, Richmond Park)

United States

Guns and Dope Party
OWL Party
Surprise Party
Undecided Cow Party
Birthday Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
All-Night Party<ref group=note>Fictional party featuring Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck as candidate.</ref> (1976 presidential election)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Rent Is Too Damn High Party
Baura Party

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