List of political parties in Chad
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Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

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Chad is a one party dominant state with the Patriotic Salvation Movement
Patriotic Salvation Movement
The Patriotic Salvation Movement is the ruling political party in Chad.After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the April 1 Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing...

 in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

Parliamentary parties

  • Patriotic Salvation Movement
    Patriotic Salvation Movement
    The Patriotic Salvation Movement is the ruling political party in Chad.After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the April 1 Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing...

     (Mouvement patriotique de salut)
  • Rally for Democracy and Progress
    Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)
    The Rally for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Chad, led by Lol Mahamat Choua.The party was founded by Choua in December 1991 and was among the first batch of political parties to be legalized in March 1992....

     (Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès)
  • Federation, Action for the Republic (Fédération, action pour la république)
  • National Rally for Development and Progress
    National Rally for Development and Progress
    The National Rally for Development and Progress is a political party in Chad, led by Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye. It was founded in early 1992, with Koumakoye as its President....

     (VIVA-Rassemblement national pour le développement et le progrès)
  • National Union for Democracy and Renewal
    National Union for Democracy and Renewal
    The National Union for Democracy and Renewal is a political party in Chad, led by Saleh Kebzabo.In the 1997 parliamentary election, the UNDR won 15 out of 125 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats....

     (Union nationale pour la démocratie et le renouveau)
  • Union for Renewal and Democracy
    Union for Renewal and Democracy
    The Union for Renewal and Democracy is a political party in Chad. Its President is Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué.The party, which has always been based around Kamougué, was founded in March 1992 and legalized in May 1992...

     (Union pour le Rénouveau et la démocratie)
  • Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism
    Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism
    Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism is a communist political party in Chad, led by Fidèle Moungar. The party was founded in 1981.Moungar was chosen as Prime Minister in April 1993 by the Sovereign National Conference, but subsequently lost an October 1993 vote of no-confidence and resigned...

     (Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme)
  • Action for Renewal of Chad
    Action for Renewal of Chad
    The Action for Renewal of Chad is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....

     (Action pour le renouveau du Tchad)
  • People's Movement for Democracy in Chad
    People's Movement for Democracy in Chad
    The People's Movement for Democracy in Chad is a political party in Chad.In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats. In the May 2006 presidential election, its candidate, Mahamat Abdoulaye, won 7.07 % of the vote....

     (Mouvement populaire pour la démocratie au Tchad)
  • National Democratic and Federal Convention
    National Democratic and Federal Convention
    The National Democratic and Federal Convention is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats. The party leader is Ali Golhor....

     (Convention nationale démocratique et fédérale)
  • National Democratic and Social Convention
    National Democratic and Social Convention
    The National Democratic and Social Convention is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....

     (Convention national démocratique et sociale)
  • Rally for the Republic - Lingui
    Rally for the Republic - Lingui
    The Rally for the Republic – Lingui is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....

     (Rassemblement pour la République - Lingui)
  • National Rally for Democracy in Chad
    National Rally for Democracy in Chad
    The National Rally for Democracy in Chad is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement , and it participates in the government....

     (Rassemblement national pour la démocratie au Tchad - le Réveil)
  • National Union
    National Union (Chad)
    The National Union is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....

     (Union nationale)
  • Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad
    Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad
    The Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....

     (Rassemblement des forces démocratiques au Tchad)

Other party participating in the 2006 presidential election

  • Renewed African Socialist Movement
    Renewed African Socialist Movement
    The Renewed African Socialist Movement is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement , and it participates in the government as of 2007....


Defunct parties

  • Chadian Democratic Union
    Chadian Democratic Union
    The Chadian Democratic Union is the second African political party ever created in Chad. It's ancestor can be traced in the Mutuelle Amicale Tchadienne , created in 1945 under the impulse of Joseph Brahim Seid by Mahamat Yakouma, Mustapha Batran, Abdoulaye Touré, Souleymane Naye, Adoum Tchéré and...

     (Union Démocratique Tchadienne)
  • Chadian National Union
    Chadian National Union
    The Chadian National Union was a radical Muslim political party founded in 1958 in Chad by Issa Dana, Mahamut Outman and Abba Siddick. Created to lobby the NO-vote to the referendum on Chad's entry in the French Community, the party advocated drastic political reforms, to be achieved if necessary...

     (Union Nationale Tchadienne)
  • Chadian Progressive Party
    Chadian Progressive Party
    The Chadian Progressive Party was the first African political party created in Chad, active from 1947 to 1973...

     (Parti Progressiste Tchadienne)
  • Chadian Social Action
    Chadian Social Action
    The Chadian Social Action was an African political party founded in 1953 in Colonial Chad. It was born as an offshoot of the Chadian Democratic Union , and like the mother party it represented French commercial interest and Muslim and African traditional chiefs...

     (Action Sociale Tchadienne)
  • National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution
    National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution
    The National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution was a political party in Chad. It was the successor to the Chadian Progressive Party and existed from 1973 to 1975 as the country's sole legal party, under the strict control of the President Ngarta Tombalbaye...

     (Mouvement National pour la Révolution Culturelle et Sociale)

See also

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