List of political parties in São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe has a multi-party system.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

Party[1]		Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Assembly
	Independent Democratic Action Acção Democrática Independente	ADI	Patrice Trovoada	Centre to centre-right	Liberalism Christian democracy	25 / 55
	Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe – Social Democratic Party Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe – Partido Social Democrata	MLSTP/PSD	Jorge Bom Jesus	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism	23 / 55
	Democratic Convergence Party/MDFM–UDD Partido de Convergência Democrática/MDFM–UDD	PCD/MDFM-UDD	Leonel Mário d'Alva		Social market economy Conservatism Economic liberalism	5 / 55
	Movement of Independent Citizens – Socialist Party Movimento Cidadãos Independentes – Partido Socialista	MCI–PS	António Monteiro			2 / 55

Other parties

• Liberal Democratic Order (Ordem Liberal Democrata)^[2]
• Force for Change Democratic Movement – Liberal Party (Movimento Democrático das Forças da Mudança – Partido Liberal)
• Christian Democratic Front (Frente Democrática Cristã)
• São Toméan Workers Party (Partido Trabalhista Santomense)
• Social Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Social)(defunct)
• Uê Kédadji coalition (defunct)
  • Democratic Renovation Party (Partido da Renovação Democrática)
  • National Union for Democracy and Progress (União Nacional para a Democracia e Progresso)
  • Opposition Democratic Coalition (Coligaçao Democrática da Oposiçao)
  • People's Party of Progress (Partido Popular do Progresso)
  • Social Renewal Party (Partido da Renovação Social)
• National Platform for Development (Plataforma Nacional para Desenvolvimento)^[3]
• Stability and Social Progress Party (Partido da Estabilidade e Progresso Social)^[4]
• Social Democratic Movement - Green Party of São Tomé and Príncipe (Movimento Social Democrata - Partido Verde São Tomé and Príncipe)

Exiled political parties (defunct)

• Independent Democratic Union of São Tomé and Príncipe (União Democrãtica Independente de São Tomé e Príncipe)
• National Democratic Action of São Tomé and Príncipe (Acção Democrática Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe)
• National Resistance Front of São Tomé and Príncipe (Frente de Resistência Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe)
• National Resistance Front of São Tomé and Príncipe-Renewal (Frente de Resistência Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe-Renovada)

See also

• Politics of São Tomé and Príncipe
• List of political parties by country