List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago

This article lists political parties in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Currently the two major parties are the People's National Movement and the People's Partnership (United National Congress, Congress of the People, Tobago Organization of the People, National Joint Action Committee. The PNM has governed Trinidad and Tobago from 1956–86, 1991–95, and 2001 to 2010, and currently serves as the government .The UNC governed from 1995-2001 and from 2010-2015.

The parties

Parties which have won seats in elections are in bold.

Active political parties

• People's Partnership (United National Congress, Congress of the People, Tobago Organisation of the People and National Joint Action Committee)
• People's National Movement
• Democratic Development Party (DDP)
• Democratic National Assembly
• Independent Liberal Party
• Movement for National Development
• New National Vision

Defunct or dormant political parties

• National Alliance for Reconstruction
• African National Congress
• British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party
• Caribbean National Labour Party
• Caribbean People's Democratic Party
• Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago
• Caribbean Socialist Party
• Committee for Transformation and Progress
• Citizens' Alliance
• Class Action Reform Movement (CARM)
• Curepe United People's Committee
• Democratic Action Congress
• Democratic Labour Party
• Democratic Liberation Party
• Democratic National Alliance
• Democratic Party of Trinidad and Tobago
• Fargo House Movement
• February 18th Movement
• Liberal Party
• Liberation Action Party
• Movement for National Transformation
• Movement for Social Transformation (MOTION)
• Movement for Unity and Progress
• National Democratic Alliance (Trinidad & Tobago)
• National Democratic Organisation
• National Democratic Party
• National Development Party
• National Freedom Party
• National Liberation Movement (NLM)
• National Progressive Party
• National Team Unity
• National Transformation Movement
• Nationwide Transformation Movement
• National Trinidad and Tobago Party
• National Union of Freedom Fighters (NUFF)
• Natural Law Party
• New Beginning Movement (NBM)
• Organisation for National Reconstruction
• Our Party
• Party of Political Progress Groups
• People's Democratic Party
• People's Empowerment Party
• People's Liberation Movement
• People's Popular Movement
• People's Republican Party
• Point Fortin Vigilante Welfare Group
• Political Progress Groups
• Progressive Democratic Party
• Progressive Workers Democrat Movement
• Republican Party of Trinidad and Tobago
• Seukeran Independent Party
• Social Democratic Labour Party of Trinidad and Tobago
• Socialist Alternative
• Summit of People's Organisations (SOPO)
• Tapia House Movement
• Trinidad Labour Party
• Trades Union Council
• Trades Union Council and Caribbean Socialist Party
• The Mercy Society
• The People's Voice
• United Country Group, St Andrew-St. David
• United Front
• United Labour Front
• United Revolutionary Organization (URO)
• Young People's National Party
• West Indian Independence Party
• West Indian National Party
• West Indian Political Congress Movement
• Workers and Farmers Party

See also

• Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
• List of political parties by country

References

• Matthias Catón: "Trinidad and Tobago" in: Elections in the Americas. A Data Handbook, vol. 1, ed. by Dieter Nohlen. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005: pp. 627–646 ISBN 0-19-928357-5
• Kirk Meighoo: Politics in a Half Made Society: Trinidad and Tobago, 1925-2002, 2003 ISBN 1-55876-306-6
• Perry Mars: Ideology and Change: The Transformation of the Caribbean Left, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1998. 230p.