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List of political parties in Guyana

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This article lists political parties in Guyana. Guyana has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. The main schism is not of ideology, but ethnicity; the People's Progressive Party is supported primarily by Indo-Guyanese people, while the People's National Congress is supported primarily by Afro-Guyanese people.[1]

The political parties of Guyana

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Parliamentary parties

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Alliance Party Abbr. Ideology MPs
People's Progressive Party PPP/C Social democracy
Left-wing populism
33 / 65
APNUAFC People's National Congress PNCR Social democracy
Democratic socialism
21 / 65
Alliance for Change AFC Progressivism
Multiracialism
9 / 65
Working People's Alliance WPA Democratic socialism
1 / 65
LJPANUGTNM Liberty and Justice Party LJP Anti-Racial politics
1 / 65
A New and United Guyana ANUG Consociationalism
The New Movement TNM

Non-parliamentary parties

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Party Abbr. Leader Ideology
Change Guyana Robert Badal Economic liberalism
Anti-corruption
Citizenship Initiative TCI Rhonda Lam-Singh Liberalism
Guyana Action Party GAP Vincent Henry Indigenism
Socialism
Justice for All Party JFAP Jaipaul Sharma
National Democratic Front NDF
National Front Alliance Keith Scott
National Independent Party
People's Republic Party P.R.P. Phyllis Jordan Christian fundamentalism
The United Force TUF
UF
Marissa Nadir Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
United Republican Party URP Vishnu Bandhu

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Guyana voters head to polls to choose new government". BBC News. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.