This is a list of political groups by country. A political group also known as a political alliance, coalition or bloc, is cooperation by members of different

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 ideological or pol ...

on a common agenda of some kind. This usually involves formal agreements between two or more entire parties. A political group is usually especially beneficial to the parties concerned during and immediately after elections – due to characteristics of the electoral systems concerned (e.g. allowing each party to clear electoral thresholds) and/or allowing parties to participate in formation of a government after elections. These may break up quickly, or hold together for decades becoming the '' de facto'' norm, operating almost as a single unit. Political group may also form prior to elections in an effort to reduce uncertainty following the election.

Coalition government A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...

s are formed when a political group comes to power, or when only a

plurality Plurality may refer to: Voting * Plurality (voting), or relative majority, when a given candidate receives more votes than any other but still fewer than half of the total ** Plurality voting, system in which each voter votes for one candidate and ...

(not a

majority A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from #Related terms, related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-Webster minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...

Political groups by country

Active political groups

* Argentina:

Frente de Todos The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") is a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Fernández won the 2019 gene ...

, Juntos por el Cambio, Workers' Left Front – Unity * Armenia: Civil Contract, United Labour Party *

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Liberal/National Coalition The Liberal–National Coalition, commonly known simply as "the Coalition" or informally as the LNP, is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics. The two partners in ...

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: Civic Community, Creemos * Bulgaria: BSP for Bulgaria, Democratic Bulgaria, There Is Such a People, We Continue the Change * Chile: Chile Vamos,

New Deal The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...

, Apruebo Dignidad, Broad Front, Chile Digno, Christian Social Front,

United Independents The United Independents were a centrist oriented local body electoral ticket in Auckland, New Zealand. The group was formed in 1953 by combining a selection process for council candidates backed by several civic interest groups and lobby groups ...

* Croatia: Restart Coalition * Czech Republic: Pirates and Mayors, SPOLU * European Parliament: EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ID, ECR, The Left * Germany: Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union *

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GSLP–Liberal Alliance The GSLP–Liberal Alliance is a centre-left political alliance active in Gibraltar consisting of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) and Liberal Party of Gibraltar (LPG). History The first election contested by the Alliance was the 20 ...

* Greece: Movement for Change * Hong Kong: Pan-democracy camp, Pro-Beijing camp, Localist Groups * Hungary: Fidesz-KDNP, United for Hungary * India:

National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance (NDA) () is a Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing and Conservatism, conservative Indian big tent political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was foun ...

(NDA), United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Left Front * Ireland: Solidarity–People Before Profit, Fianna Fáil– SDLP * Italy: Centre-left coalition,

Centre-right coalition The centre-right coalition ( it, coalizione di centro-destra) is an alliance of political parties in Italy, active—under several forms and names—since 1994, when Silvio Berlusconi entered politics and formed his Forza Italia party. Despite ...

, Free and Equal,

Civic Commitment Civic Commitment ( it, Impegno Civico, IC) was an Italian centrist electoral alliance running in the 2022 general election, composed of Luigi Di Maio's Together for the Future (IpF) and Bruno Tabacci's Democratic Centre (CD). History In June 2 ...

, Greens and Left Alliance *

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

: Union of Greens and Farmers * Lebanon: March 8 Alliance, March 14 Alliance * Malaysia: Alliance of Hope (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN), Perikatan Nasional (PN), Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party (GRS), Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) * Mexico:

Juntos Hacemos Historia Juntos Hacemos Historia ( en, Together We Make History) is a Mexican electoral alliance formed by the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), the Labor Party (PT) and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) to compete in the 2021 legislative ...

, Va por México * Philippines: Coalition for Change, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan * Poland: United Right, The Left, Polish Coalition, Civic Coalition, Confederation Liberty and Independence * Portugal: Unitary Democratic Coalition * Romania: USR PLUS,

National Identity Bloc in Europe The National Identity Bloc in Europe ( ro, Blocul Identităţii Naţionale în Europa), abbreviated to BINE, is a nationalist electoral alliance in Romania currently formed by two political parties: the Greater Romania Party (PRM) and Noua Dreapt� ...

* Russia: All-Russia People's Front * Serbia: For Our Children, United Serbia (coalition) * Spain: Unidas Podemos, EH Bildu *

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

: Red-Greens *

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Swiss People's Party group The Swiss People's Party group (german: Fraktion der Schweizerischen Volkspartei, french: Groupe de l'Union Démocratique du Centre, it, Gruppo dell'Unione democratica di Centro, abbreviated V) is the largest parliamentary group in the Swiss Fed ...

* Republic of China/Taiwan: Pan-Blue Coalition, Pan-Green Coalition * Tunisia: Popular Front * Turkey: People's Alliance, Nation Alliance * United Kingdom: Labour and Co-operative * Uruguay: Broad Front * Venezuela: Great Patriotic Pole, Democratic Unity Roundtable

Defunct political groups

* Argentina: Alliance for Work, Justice and Education, Broad Progressive Front * Armenia: My Step Alliance, Way Out Alliance, We Alliance, Bright Alliance,

ORO Alliance The ORO Alliance ( hy, ՕՐՕ դաշինք), also known as the Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian Alliance, was an Armenian political alliance formed by the merger of the Unity and Heritage Parties and the former Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan to run in ...

* Brazil: With the Strength of the People * Bulgaria: United Patriots * Chile: Alliance for Chile, Concert of Parties for Democracy, Coalition for Change, Juntos Podemos Más * France: Union for French Democracy, Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left, Left Front * Germany: WASG–

PDS PD, P.D., or Pd may refer to: Arts and media * ''People's Democracy'' (newspaper), weekly organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) * ''The Plain Dealer'', a Cleveland, Ohio, US newspaper * Post Diaspora, a time frame in the '' Honorverse' ...

Harzburg Front The Harzburg Front (german: Harzburger Front) was a short-lived radical right-wing, anti-democratic political alliance in Weimar Germany, formed in 1931 as an attempt to present a unified opposition to the government of Chancellor Heinrich Brü ...

* Greece: Coalition of the Radical Left * Hungary: Unity (Hungary) * India: Third Front * Israel:

Alignment Alignment may refer to: Archaeology * Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks * Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones Biology * Structu ...

, Gahal, One Israel, National Union, Likud Yisrael Beiteinu, Zionist Union,

Yesh Atid–Telem Yesh Atid–Telem ( he, יש עתיד-תל״ם) was a centrism, centrist parliamentary faction in Israel. It was formed in March 2020 by Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party and Moshe Ya'alon's Telem (2019 political party), Telem party after the dissolu ...

* Italy: Pole for Freedoms,

House of Freedoms The House of Freedoms ( it, Casa delle Libertà, CdL) was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, led by Silvio Berlusconi. History The CdL was the successor of the Pole of Freedoms/Pole of Good Government and the Pole fo ...

, The Olive Tree,

The Union The Union may refer to: Politics * The Union (Germany) or CDU/CSU, the partnership of the German political parties the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union * The Union (Italy), a former coalition of political parties in Ital ...

Italy. Common Good Italia. Bene Comune (Italy. Common Good, IBC) was a centre-left political list and electoral alliance in Italy created to stand at the 2013 Italian general election. It ''de facto'' ended on 28 April 2013, with PD's new leader Enrico Letta forming ...

* South Korea: Forward and Creative,

Peace and Justice Members group of Peace and Justice (), or Peace and Justice () for short, is a South Korean parliamentary grouping that was formed on 2 April 2018. The technical group consists of Party for Democracy and Peace and Justice Party. History Both ...

: Harmony Centre * Mauritius: Alliance Sociale * Malaysia: Barisan Alternatif, Pakatan Rakyat * Mexico: Broad Progressive Front * Moldova: Alliance for Democracy and Reforms, Alliance for European Integration, Now Platform * Montenegro: European Montenegro,

Together for Change Together for Change ( sr, Заједно за Промјене, ЗЗП, Zajedno za Promjene, ZZP) was a populist political alliance in Montenegro that existed from 2001 to 2006, originally known as Together for Yugoslavia (ЗЗЈ, ''ZZJ''). It b ...

, Serb List * New Zealand: United–Reform Coalition, Alliance * Philippines: United Opposition,

Team PNoy Team PNoy, formerly known as the LP–Akbayan–NPC–NP–LDP Coalition, was a political umbrella coalition in the Philippines, originally formed to support the administration-backed senatorial line-up for the 2013 Philippine Senate election. Tea ...

Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid The Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid ( Lit.: Coalition of the Right Path) was the umbrella of the administration-backed presidential and senatorial line-up for the 2016 Philippine Senate election. It is composed mostly of supporters of Mar Roxas, who ...

, Coalition for Change, United Nationalist Alliance (became political party in 2015) * Poland: Solidarity Electoral Action, Left and Democrats, United Left,

European Coalition European Coalition was the name adopted by various electoral coalitions formed in Spain for elections to the European Parliament. The coalitions were headed by Canarian Coalition. In 2019 the European Coalition was formed in Poland for elections to ...

* Portugal: Democratic Alliance, Portugal Ahead * Romania: Social Democratic Pole, Justice and Truth Alliance, Social Liberal Union * Russia: The Other Russia * Serbia: Democratic Opposition of Serbia * Slovenia: Democratic Opposition of Slovenia * Spain: Convergence and Union, Junts pel Sí *

: Alliance * Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc * United Kingdom: SDP–Liberal Alliance, Conservative–DUP agreement, Ulster Conservatives and Unionists

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Political groups by country

Active political groups

Defunct political groups

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