List of political parties in Guyana

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] Until 2025, these two parties either formed the government or the official opposition.

The political parties of Guyana

Parliamentary parties

Party Abbr. Ideology MPs
People's Progressive Party PPP/C Social democracy
Left-wing populism
36 / 65
We Invest in Nationhood WIN Grassroots politics
Populism
16 / 65
A Partnership for National Unity APNU Social democracy
Democratic socialism
12 / 65
Forward Guyana Movement FGM
1 / 65

Non-parliamentary parties

Party Abbr. Leader Ideology
Alliance for Change AFC Nigel Hughes Progressivism
Multiracialism
A New and United Guyana ANUG Mark France Consociationalism
Citizenship Initiative TCI Rhonda Lam-Singh Liberalism
Guyana Action Party GAP Vincent Henry Indigenism
Socialism
Justice for All Party JFAP Jaipaul Sharma
Liberty and Justice Party LJP Lenox Shuman Anti-Racial politics
National Democratic Front NDF
National Front Alliance Keith Scott
National Independent Party
The New Movement TNM Asha Kissoon
The United Force TUF
UF
Marissa Nadir Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
United Republican Party URP Vishnu Bandhu
Working People's Alliance WPA David Hinds Democratic socialism
Marxism

Defunct parties

Party Abbr. Leader Ideology
Change Guyana CG Robert Badal Economic liberalism
Anti-corruption
People's Republic Party P.R.P. Phyllis Jordan Christian fundamentalism

See also

Footnotes

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