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This article lists '''political parties in Uganda'''. Until a [[Ugandan multi-party referendum, 2005|constitutional referendum]] in July 2005, only one political organization, the [[National Resistance Movement|Movement]] (also called the National Resistance Movement) was allowed to operate in [[Uganda]]. The president, who also chairs the Movement, maintained that the Movement was not a [[political party]], but a mass organization that claimed the loyalty of all Ugandans.

Until the 2005 referendum, the 1995 constitution had required the suspension of political parties while the Movement organization was in governance. Other political parties could technically exist but were prohibited from sponsoring candidates and holding meetings.

Registered political parties are now allowed to operate openly and contest elections. However, sometimes they find hardship in practicing their rights by the party in power.

==Active political parties==
=== Parties with parliamentary representation ===
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=2|Party
!Abbr.
!Leader
!Political position
!Ideology
![[Parliament of Uganda|MPs]]
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700|
|[[National Resistance Movement]]<br/><small>{{lang|sw|Harakati za Upinzani za Kitaifa}}</small>
|NRM
|[[Yoweri Museveni]]
|[[Big tent]]<br>{{small|(Dominantly [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]])}}
|[[Ugandan]] [[nationalism]]<br/>[[Economic liberalism]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]<br>[[Right-wing populism]]
|{{composition bar|336|529|#FFD700}}
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|National Unity Platform}}|
|[[National Unity Platform]]<br/><small>{{lang|sw|Jukwaa la Umoja wa Kitaifa}}</small>
|NUP
|[[Bobi Wine|Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu]]
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
|[[Constitutionalism]]<br>[[Progressivism]]
|{{composition bar|57|529|{{party color|National Unity Platform}}}}
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Forum for Democratic Change}}|
|[[Forum for Democratic Change]]<br/><small>{{lang|sw|Jukwaa la Mabadiliko ya Kidemokrasia}}</small>
|FDC
|[[Patrick Amuriat Oboi]]
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|[[Liberal democracy]]<br/>[[Liberal conservatism]]<br/>[[Secularism]]
|{{composition bar|32|529|{{party color|Forum for Democratic Change}}}}
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (Uganda)}}|
|[[Democratic Party (Uganda)|Democratic Party]]<br/><small>{{lang|sw|Chama cha Kidemokrasia}}</small>
|DP
|[[Norbert Mao]]
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|[[Christian democracy]]<br/>[[Social conservatism]]
|{{composition bar|9|529|{{party color|Democratic Party (Uganda)}}}}
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Uganda People's Congress}}|
|[[Uganda People's Congress]]<br/><small>{{lang|sw|Congress ya Watu wa Uganda}}</small>
|UPC
|Jimmy Micheal Akena
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<br>{{small|(with [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] factions)}}
|[[Social democracy]]<br />[[African nationalism]]<br />[[Pan-Africanism]]
|{{composition bar|9|529|{{party color|Uganda People's Congress}}}}
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Justice Forum}}|
|[[Justice Forum]]
|JEEMA
|[[Asuman Basalirwa]]
|[[Syncretism|Syncretic]]
|[[Constitutionalism]]<br />[[Social conservatism]]
|{{composition bar|1|529|{{party color|Justice Forum}}}}
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|People's Progressive Party (Uganda)}}|
|[[People's Progressive Party (Uganda)|People's Progressive Party]]
|PPP
|[[Jaberi Bidandi Ssali]]
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Social democracy]]
|{{composition bar|1|529|{{party color|People's Progressive Party (Uganda)}}}}
|}

=== Political Parties without Representation in Parliament ===

As of September 2023, the [[Uganda Electoral Commission]] lists 26 registered political parties on its website. Some of the listed parties include the following:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ec.or.ug/political-parties |title=List of Registered Political Parties In Uganda |date=14 September 2020 |
publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Uganda]] |access-date=14 September 2020 |author=Uganda Electoral Commission |place=Kampala}}</ref>
{{div col}}
* Activist Party
* Sammy unity Platform 
*[[Alliance for National Transformation]] 
*Congress Service Volunteers Organisation
*[[Conservative Party (Uganda)|Conservative Party]] 
* Ecological Party of Uganda
* Forum for Integrity in Leadership
* Green Partisan Party
* Liberal Democratic Transparency Party
* [[National Democrats Forum|National Convention For Democracy]]
* National Peasants’ Party
* People's Development Party 
* People’s United Movement
* Republican Women and Youth Party
* Revolutionary People’s Party
* Social Democratic Party
* Society for Peace and Development
* Uganda Economic Party
* Uganda Federal Alliance
* [[Uganda Patriotic Movement]]
{{div col end}}

==Defunct political parties==
* [[Kabaka Yekka]]

*Uganda People's Movement

==See also==
* [[List of leaders of Uganda]]
* [[List of political parties by country]]
* [[Uganda Salvation Front]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150204183204/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/629411-Uganda-Political-Parties-meet.html Uganda Political Parties Meet - 5 March 2012]

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