This article lists political parties in Mozambique.

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

has a

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, which means that there are two dominant

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

, with difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Active parties

Parties represented in parliament

Other parties

Independent Alliance of Mozambique The Independent Alliance of Mozambique () is a political party in Mozambique. At the last legislative elections, 1 and 2 December 2004, the party was the main part of the Renamo-UE electoral alliance, that won 29.7% of the popular vote and 90 ou ...

(''Aliança Independente de Moçambique'') *

Mozambican Nationalist Movement The Mozambican Nationalist Movement () is a political party in Mozambique. In the last elections for the Assembly of the Republic held on 1 and 2 December 2004, the party was part of the Renamo-UE electoral alliance, that got 29.7% of the popular ...

(''Movimento Nacionalista Moçambicano'') *

National Convention Party National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

(''Partido de Convenção Nacional'') *

National Unity Party The National Unity Party, National United Party, Party of National Unity or National Unity Front may refer to: * National United Party of Afghanistan (founded 2003) * National Unity Party (Albania) * National United Party (Armenia), defunct * Natio ...

(''Partido de Unidade Nacional'') * Liberal Front (''Frente Liberal'') *

Front of Patriotic Action The Front of Patriotic Action (FAP) () is a political party in Mozambique. In the 1999 general elections, the FAP participated in the RENAMO-UE electoral alliance alongside Mozambique's former rebel group RENAMO RENAMO (from the Portugue ...

(''Frente de Ação Patriotica'') *

People's Party of Mozambique The People's Party of Mozambique () is a political party in Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and ...

(''Partido Popular de Moçambique'') *

United Front of Mozambique The United Front of Mozambique () is a political party in Mozambique. At the last legislative elections, 1 and 2 December 2004, the party was the main part of the Renamo-UE electoral alliance, that won 29.7% of the popular vote and 90 out of 2 ...

(''Frente Unida de Moçambique'') *

Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development The Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development () is a political party in Mozambique. The party is an observer of Liberal International Liberal International (LI) is a worldwide organization of liberalism, liberal political parties. The poli ...

(''Partido para a Paz, Democracia e Desenvolvimento'') *

Independent Party of Mozambique The Independent Party of Mozambique (, PIMO) is a political party in Mozambique. The party was founded in 1993, it was reportedly intended to be named 'Mozambique Islamic Party', but since national legislation prohibits religious political parties t ...

(''Partido Independente de Moçambique'') * Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique (''Partido Liberal e Democrático de Moçambique'') * Mozambique Social Broadening Party * National Reconciliation Party * Party of Freedom and Solidarity * Social Liberal and Democratic Party (''Partido Social-Liberal e Democrático'') *

Greens Party of Mozambique The Party of Greens of Mozambique (, PVM) is a political party formed in 1997. Before the 1999 elections the party split in two factions over whether to support the RENAMO-Electoral Union. In the 2004 elections the party gained 0.33% of the v ...

(''Partido dos Verdes de Moçambique'')

Defunct parties

Communist Party of Mozambique The Communist Party of Mozambique (in Portuguese: ''Partido Comunista de Moçambique'' or Pacomo) was founded in 1995 and is inactive, possibly dissolved. The formation of PACOMO was announced on April 12, 1995. The manifesto of the party was p ...

(''Partido Comunista de Moçambique'') * National Democratic Union of Mozambique (''União Democrática Nacional de Moçambique'') *

Revolutionary Party of Mozambique The Revolutionary Party of Mozambique (PRM; ) was an armed rebel group in northern Mozambique during the Mozambican Civil War. Founded by Amos Sumane in 1974 or 1976, the PRM was strongly opposed to Mozambique's FRELIMO government and its communist ...

(PRM; ''Partido Revolucionário de Moçambique'')

Active parties

Parties represented in parliament

Other parties

Defunct parties

See also