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political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre i ...

. Ivory Coast is a multiparty state. The

Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

(PDCI) was the sole legal party from 1960 to 1990. It would rule for another nine years until a 1999 coup. The

Ivorian Popular Front The Ivorian Popular Front (french: Front populaire ivoirien; abbr. FPI) is a centre-left, democratic socialist and social democratic political party in Ivory Coast. FPI was founded in exile in 1982 by history professor Laurent Gbagbo, Aboudrama ...

(FPI) came to power after disputed elections in 2000, and would rule until it was ousted by the

Rally of the Republicans The Rally of the Republicans (french: Rassemblement des Républicains; abbreviated RDR) is a liberal party in Ivory Coast (). The party is the country's governing party; the party's leader, Alassane Ouattara, is the current President of Ivory ...

in 2010. There are currently more than a hundred legal parties, though few have significant national support.

Current parties

Parliamentary parties

Former Rebel Parties

* Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast (''Mouvement patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire'', MPCI) * Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great West (''Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest'', MPIGO) * Movement for Justice and Peace (''Mouvement pour la justice et la paix'', MJP) *New Forces (''les

Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (English language, English: ''New Forces of Ivory Coast''; Abbreviation, abbreviated FNCI, FN or FAFN) is a political coalition that was formed in December 2002, in the wake of the first peace accords of the ...

''; FNCI or FN) Formed in December 2002 a coalition these three parties.

Smaller parties

* Alliance for a New Côte d'Ivoire (''Alliance pour une Nouvelle Côte d'Ivoire'', ANCI) * Citizens' Democratic Union (''Union démocratique citoyenne de Côte d'Ivoire'', UDCY

* Ecological Party (Côte d'Ivoire), Ecological Party (''Parti Ecologique Ivoirien'', PEI) * Ivoirian Communist Party (''Parti communiste ivoirien'', PCI) * Ivorian People's Party (''le Parti du Peuple Ivoirien'', lePDPI.org

*

Ivorian Workers' Party The Ivorian Party of Workers (french: Parti ivoirien des travailleurs, PIT) is a centre-left democratic socialist and social democratic, political party in Ivory Coast. It is led by Francis Wodié and was founded on April 8, 1990. The PIT ran W ...

(''Parti ivoirien des travailleurs'', PIT) * Liberal Force (''Force liberale'', FL

* Movement for the Total Liberation of Côte d'Ivoire (''Mouvement pour la libération totale de la Côte d'Ivoire'', MLTCI

* Movement of Future Forces (''Mouvement des Forces de l'Avenir'') * Nationalist Party (''Parti Nationaliste'', PANA) * Party for the Protection of the Environment (''Parti pour la protection de l'environnement'', PPE) * Party for Progress and Socialism (''Parti pour le progrès et le socialisme'', PPS) *

Revolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire The Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast (french: Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de Côte d'Ivoire, PCRCI) is a communist party in Ivory Coast. It has been led by Achy Ekissi since 1990. Its youth wing is the Communist Youth of Ivory ...

(''Parti communiste révolutionnaire de Côte d'Ivoire'', PCRCI) * Socialist Front for Independence and Liberty (''Front socialiste pour l'indépendance et la liberté'', FSIL) * Socialist People's Union (''Union socialiste du peuple'', USP) *

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(''La Renaissance'') *

Union for Democracy and Peace in Côte d'Ivoire The Union for Democracy and Peace in Ivory Coast (french: Union pour la démocratie et la paix en Côte d'Ivoire; UDPCI) is a political party in Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivo ...

(''Union pour la démocratie et la paix en Côte d’Ivoire'', UDPCI) * Union of Democrats of Côte d'Ivoire (''Union des Démocrates de Côte d'Ivoire'') *

Union of Social Democrats Union of Social Democrats (USD; russian: Союз социал-демократов; ССД; ''Soyuz sotsial-demokratov'', ''SSD'') was an all-Russian non-governmental organization founded on 20 October 2007 by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba ...

(''Union des socio-démocrates'', USD)

Current parties

Parliamentary parties

Former Rebel Parties

Smaller parties

See also