List of political parties in Moldova

This article lists a series of political parties, both historical and contemporary as well as active and inactive, from the Republic of Moldova. The Republic of Moldova is a multi-party parliamentary republic with a unicameral system. As of 2021, in Moldova, there are 45 political parties that have been formally registered.[1]

Parliamentary parties

Party Abbr. Ideology Leader MPs
Party of Action and Solidarity
Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate
PAS Liberalism Igor Grosu
63 / 101
Bloc of Communists and Socialists
Blocul Comuniștilor și Socialiștilor
BCS Democratic socialism, Communism, Russophilia Igor Dodon
Vladimir Voronin
27 / 101

Main non-parliamentary parties

Minor parties

Former parties

  • Communist Reformist Party (Partidul Comunist Reformator). Founded in 2014, it has participated at the 2014 parliamentary elections, gaining 4.92% of votes. It failed to register at for the 2015 local elections. Subsequently, in February 2016, its legal registration status was cancelled by the Moldovan justice.[2]
  • European Action Movement (Mișcarea Acţiunea Europeană, merged into the Liberal Party)
  • Our Moldova Alliance (Alianța „Moldova Noastră”, merged into the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova)
  • Social Liberal Party (Partidul Social-Liberal, merged into Democratic Party of Moldova)
  • Social Democracy Party (Partidul Democrației Sociale, merged with the Social Democratic Party of Moldova)
  • Șor Party (Partidul Șor, banned)

Historical political parties

Party alliances

Political camps

Two major movements have developed in the recent years in Moldovan politics and they can be distinguished as follows:

Political camps[3]
Pro-Western and pro-European (generally liberal) Pro-Russian and Eurosceptic (often anti-American and strongly anti-liberal)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Social Democratic Party
Dignity and Truth Platform
European People's Party of Moldova
Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova
Liberal Party
Romanian Popular Party
National Liberal Party
Party of Action and Solidarity
Unionist Movement of the Republic of Moldova
Christian-Democratic People's Party
Our Party
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova
Socialist Party of Moldova

See also

References

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