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.

Australia

• Deadly Serious Party (deregistered in 1988)
• Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd, defunct)
• Party! Party! Party! (defunct)^[1]
• 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

• 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)
• Lemon Party (Parti Citron, defunct)
• Rhinoceros Party
• Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (White Elephant Party of Montreal, defunct)
• The Canada Party

Czech Republic

• Friends of Beer Party (1990–1998)

Denmark

• Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements (defunct)

Estonia

• Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)

Faroe Islands

• Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (The Funny Party, defunct)

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)

Hungary

• Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party^[2]

Iceland

• Best Party (defunct)

Iran

• Party of Donkeys (defunct)^[3]

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)
• The Party to Protect the People from NHK

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^[4][5] (1993-1994, defunct)

Romania

• Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)

Russia

• Beer Lovers Party (1993-1998, reformed in 2024)^[6]
• Party of the Dead

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)

Spain

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

Sweden

• Donald Duck Party

Ukraine

• Internet Party of Ukraine
• Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party (1991-2001)

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)
• Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)
• Count Binface Party, created by comedian Jonathan David Harvey
• Gremloids (1987, 1992, 2017 general elections)
• Dungeons, Death, & Taxes Party^[7] (2005 general election, defunct)
• Happening Happy Hippy Party^[8] (1997-2002, defunct)
• Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality^[9] (2010-2012, defunct)
• Miss Great Britain Party^[8][5] (2008-2009, defunct)
• Al-Zebabist Nation of OOOG^[10] (2014-2017, defunct)

United States

• Guns and Dope Party
• OWL Party
• Surprise Party
• Undecided Cow Party
• Birthday Party^[11]
• Youth International Party

See also

• Comedy portal
• Politics portal

• Lists of political parties
• List of fictional political parties
• List of practical joke topics
• Jedi census phenomenon
• Non-human electoral candidates
• Novelty candidate

References

1. List of parties competing in the 1989 ACT election Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Európai parlamenti képviselők választása 2019 - MKKP listája".
3. Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0815609070.
4. "Bald Party needs a crown prince". The Independent. 10 August 1994. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. "The 11 best-named political parties". The Week. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
6. "Kalachev's Declaration (Публикация Калачева)". Telegram (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
7. "The Fiver: Five of the Oddest UK Political Parties". Anglotopia. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
8. "Top Ten Weird British Political Parties". The Glasgow Times. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
9. "Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality - Political Party Details". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
10. "Registration Summary - Al-Zebabist Nation of OOOG". UK Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
11. "Kanye West Says He's Done with Trump—Opens up About White House Bid, Damaging Biden and Everything in Between". Forbes.

• Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1