List of frivolous political parties

A frivolous party or a joke party is a political party which has been created for the purposes of entertainment or political satire. Such a party may or may not have a serious point behind its activities. This is a list of frivolous political parties.

Some more serious political parties, such as the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, may use the same tactics and humorous approaches to politics as their more frivolous counterparts but aim to address legitimate sociopolitical issues, something that some frivolous parties do not do. By contrast, fake political parties try to resemble serious and genuine political parties for nefarious purposes, such as voter suppression, embezzlement of state funding, division and dilution of voter interest groups, et al. Some fake parties may actually model themselves after frivolous parties in an analogous fashion.

Australia

• Deadly Serious Party (deregistered in 1988)
• Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd, defunct)
• Party! Party! Party! (defunct)^[1]
• Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (1989–1991)
• True Whig Party (disbanded 1970)
• Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party (2001–2005)

Austria

• The Beer Party

Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia

• The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law (Jaroslav Hašek, 1911)

Belarus

• Beer Lovers Party (defunct in 1998)

Canada

• Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
• Lemon Party (Parti Citron, defunct)
• Rhinoceros Party
• Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (White Elephant Party of Montreal, defunct)
• The Canada Party

Czech Republic

• Friends of Beer Party (1990–1998)

Denmark

• Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements (defunct)

Estonia

• Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)

Faroe Islands

• Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin (The Funny Party, defunct)

France

• Mouvement ondulatoire unifié [fr] (1965)

Germany

• APPD (Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany)
• Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative) (represented in the European Parliament)

Hungary

• Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party^[2]

Iceland

• Best Party (defunct)

Iran

• Party of Donkeys (defunct)^[3]

Italy

• Love Party (Partito dell'Amore) (defunct)
• Italian Nettist Party (Partito Nettista Italiano) (defunct)

Japan

• No Party to Support (Shiji Seitō Nashi, 支持政党なし)
• Happiness Realization Party (Kōfuku Jitsugen-tō, 幸福実現党)
• The Party to Protect the People from NHK (NHK kara Kokumin o Mamoru tō, NHKから国民を守る党)
• Internet Breakthrough Party of Japan (Dennō Toppa-tō, 電脳突破党) (defunct)
• Pirate Party Japan
• Tokyo Tea Party
• Love and Peace Party^{[4][note 1]} (Love & Peace tō, ラブ＆ピース党) (2022, 2024 local elections)^[5]

Kosovo

• Strong Party (Partia e Fortë) (defunct)

Lithuania

• Party of Bread Eaters (1993 presidential election)

New Zealand

• Bill and Ben Party (defunct)
• Imperial British Conservative Party (defunct)
• McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)
• The Civilian Party (defunct)

Netherlands

• Party of the Future or The Party Party (defunct)
• Provo (defunct)
• Rapaille Partij (defunct)

Norway

• Beer Unity Party (defunct)
• The Political Party (defunct)

Poland

• Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct)
• Polish Party of the Bald^[6][7] (1993–1994, defunct)

Romania

• Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)

Russia

• Beer Lovers Party (1993–1998, reformed in 2024)^[8]
• Party of the Dead

Serbia

• Sarmu probo nisi: (Ljubiša Preletačević, the leader of SPN, participated in the 2017 Serbian presidential election and he came third with 9.44% of the vote)

Slovenia

• None of the Above (Nič od tega) (registered in 2024)

Spain

• Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
• Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")

Sweden

• Donald Duck Party

Taiwan

• Can't Stop This Party

Ukraine

• Internet Party of Ukraine
• Satirical-Democratic Party of Ukraine^[9][10][11] (2013-2014)
• Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party (1991–2001)
• Ukrainian Anarchist Union^{[12][note 2]} (Союз Анархістів України) (uk)

United Kingdom

• Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (defunct)
• Church of the Militant Elvis Party, also known as the Bus Pass Elvis Party (defunct)
• The Eccentric Party of Great Britain (defunct)
• Fancy Dress Party (defunct)
• New Millennium Bean Party
• Official Monster Raving Loony Party
• Raving Loony Green Giant Party (defunct)
• Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party (defunct)
• The Blah! Party^{[note 3]} (defunct)
• Teddy Bear Alliance (defunct)
• Count Binface Party, created by comedian Jonathan David Harvey
• Gremloids^{[note 4]} (1987, 1992, 2017 elections)
• Recyclons^{[note 5]} (2021, 2024 elections)
• Dungeons, Death, & Taxes Party^[13] (2005 general election, defunct)
• Happening Happy Hippy Party^[14] (1997–2002, defunct)
• Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality^[15] (2010–2012, defunct)
• Miss Great Britain Party^[14][7] (2008–2009, defunct)
• Al-Zebabist Nation of OOOG^[16] (2014–2017, defunct)

United States

• Guns and Dope Party
• OWL Party
• Surprise Party
• Undecided Cow Party
• Birthday Party^[17]
• All-Night Party^{[note 6]} (1976 presidential election)^[18]

See also

• Comedy portal
• Politics portal

• Lists of political parties
• List of fictional political parties
• List of practical joke topics
• Jedi census phenomenon
• Non-human electoral candidates
• Novelty candidate

Notes

1. Party of perennial joke candidate Teruki Gotō; other parties claimed by him have included "Teruki Goto and the Party that Changes the World", "A Sugar That Makes Shinshu Nagano Prefecture Chino City Healthy", "Opposition to Charging for Household Waste Party", et al.
2. Despite the serious history of anarchism, in recent years the Ukrainian Anarchist Union has organized fake and comedic protests where they promote the caricature version of anarcho-capitalism, accuse all government officials of corruption for reasons including that they accept salaries, demand the abolition of government and police, and simultaneously criticize the government for underfunding social programs.
3. Merged into Official Monster Raving Loony Party in 2007; reclassified itself as a protest group in 2008.
4. Party of perennial joke candidate Lord Buckethead, played by Jonathan David Harvey. Also associated with the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. The character of Lord Buckethead was retired after 2019 due to a copyright dispute.
5. Party of perennial joke candidate Count Binface, played by Jonathan David Harvey.
6. Fictional party featuring Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck as candidate.