List of political parties in Chad

This article lists political parties in Chad. Chad is a dominant-party state, with the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) having been in power since the 1990 Chadian coup d'état. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.Bernard Lanne, "Chad: Regime Change, Increased Insecurity, and Blockage of Further Reforms", Political Reform in Francophone Africa (1997), ed. Clark and Gardinier, pages 274–275.

Parties

Parliamentary parties Party Abbr. Ideology Assembly Senate Patriotic Salvation Movement MPS National Rally of Chadian Democrats RNDT Rally for Democracy and Progress RDP National Union for Democracy and Renewal UNDR Party for Liberties and Development PLD Union for Renewal and Democracy URD Chadian Democratic Union UDT Party for Integral Democracy and Independence PDI National Rally for Development and Progress VIVA National Democratic and Social Convention CNDS PRET Federation, Action for the Republic (Fédération, action pour la république) Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism (Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme) Action for Renewal of Chad (Action pour le renouveau du Tchad) People's Movement for Democracy in Chad (Mouvement populaire pour la démocratie au Tchad) National Democratic and Federal Convention (Convention nationale démocratique et fédérale) Rally for the Republic – Lingui (Rassemblement pour la République - Lingui) National Union (Union nationale) Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad (Rassemblement des forces démocratiques au Tchad)

Other parties Renewed African Socialist Movement Socialist Party without Borders (Parti Socialiste sans Frontières) The Transformers (Les Transformateurs) Communist Party of Labor for the People of Chad (Parti communiste du travail au peuple du Tchad)

Defunct parties Chadian Democratic Union (Union Démocratique Tchadienne) Chadian National Union (Union Nationale Tchadienne) Chadian Progressive Party (Parti Progressiste Tchadienne) Chadian Social Action (Action Sociale Tchadienne)

See also Lists of political parties

References