List of political parties in Germany

This is a list of political parties in Germany.

Germany has a multi-party system. There are two large parties, three smaller parties, and a number of minor parties.

The last federal election was held on 23 February 2025.

Major parties

Parties represented in the Bundestag and/or the European Parliament

Group		Ideology	Position	Bundestag	MEPs
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	Christian democracy Conservatism	Centre-right	164 / 630	23 / 96
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	Völkisch nationalism Euroscepticism	Far-right	151 / 630	15 / 96
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	Social democracy	Centre-left	120 / 630	14 / 96
	Alliance 90/The Greens	Green politics Social liberalism	Centre-left	85 / 630	12 / 96
	The Left (Die Linke)	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism	Left-wing	64 / 630	3 / 96
	Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU)	Conservatism Christian democracy	Centre-right	44 / 630	6 / 96
	Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW)	Socialism Social conservatism Left-wing populism	Left-wing to far-left	0 / 630	5 / 96
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	Liberalism Classical liberalism Economic liberalism	Centre to centre-right	0 / 630	4 / 96

Minor parties

At least 1% of the vote at the last federal elections

• Free Voters (Freie Wähler) - conservative
• Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (Basis) - Anti-lockdown, Anti-vaccination
• Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutzpartei) - Centre-left, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Environmentalism
• The Party (Party for Labour, constitutional state, animal welfare, elite promotion and grassroots initiative) / Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative) - Left-wing, Political satire, Humanism, Anti-fascism, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism

Others

• Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands - APPD)
• Basic Income Alliance (Bündnis Grundeinkommen - BGE)
• Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei)
• Communist Party of Germany (1990)
• Family Party of Germany (Deutsche Familienpartei)
• German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei - ZENTRUM)
• German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei - DKP)
• Christian Centre Party (Christliche Mitte - CM)
• Citizens Make Politics (Bürger machen Politik)
• Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität - BüSo)
• Die Freien (The Free Ones)
• Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative - Die PARTEI), party created by editors of the satirical magazine titanic
• Die Violetten - für spirituelle Politik Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP)
• Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
• Human Environment Animal Welfare (Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz)
• Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands - MLPD)
• National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
• Party of Bible-abiding Christians (Partei Bibeltreuer Christen - PBC)
• Party of Humanists (Partei der Humanisten)
• Party of Reason (Partei der Vernunft - pdv)
• Pirate Party Germany (Piratenpartei Deutschland) (PIRATEN)
• Social Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit - PSG)
• South Schleswig Voter Federation (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband - SSW) - this is the party of the Danish and frisian minorities in Germany
• The Republicans (Die Republikaner - REP)

Historical parties

Parties existing before World War II

• Bavarian People's Party (BVP) - Bavarian Regionalist (1920-1933)
• Centre Party - Christian Democrat/Conservative (1871-1947)
• Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
• Communist Party Opposition (KPO)- Communist
• Conservative People's Party (KVP)
• Free Conservative Party (FKP)
• General German Workers' Association (ADAV)
• Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) - Socialist (1917-1922)
• German Conservative Party (DKP) - Conservative (before 1918)
• German Democratic Party (DDP) - Left-Liberal (1918-1930, became the German State Party, which lasted until 1933)
• German National People's Party (DNVP) - Nationalist-Conservative (1918-1933)
• German People's Party (DVP) - National-Liberal (1918-1933)
• German Progress Party (DFP) - Left-Liberal (before 1918)
• German Racialist Freedom Party (DVFP) - anti-semitic (early Weimar period)
• German Workers' Party (DAP) - precursor to the Nazi Party (1919)
• National Liberal Party - Right Liberal (before 1918)
• National Socialist German Workers' Party - aka the Nazi Party (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
• Progressive People's Party
• Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, still in existence)
• Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
• Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
• Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (between 1931 and 1941/45 an Social Democratic Party left of the SPD)

Defunct parties in (former) West Germany

• German Party (DP) - Conservative
• German Empire Party (DRP) - Far right (1949-64)
• German Right Party (DReP) - Far right (1946-51)
• Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956) banned
• Sozialistische Reichspartei - Socialist Reich Party (SRP) - National Socialis (1949-52) banned
• The Grays – Gray Panther (Die grauen Panther - GRAUE)
• Communist Party of Germany (Red Dawn)
• Projekt Partei Project Party
• Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei rechtsstaatlicher Offensive - Offensive D)

Parties in (former) East Germany

As a socialist state

• Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
• Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
• Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD)
• National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD)
• Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)

During transition

• Alliance 90
• Alliance for Germany
• Association of Free Democrats
• Democracy Now
• Democratic Awakening
• East German Green Party
• Free Democratic Party
• German Forum Party
• German Social Union
• Initiative for Peace and Human Rights
• New Forum

Other websites

• Political Parties (Germany) - List of German political parties since 1949
• Election Posters from German political parties since 1918 (German) Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine