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The People's Party, Peoples Party, or Popular Party, is any of several political parties

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...

claiming to speak for the people

Nation

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People's Parties in various countries run the gamut from left to right. In Europe it represents centre-right

Centre-right

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and Christian democrat or national conservative parties.
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s into English

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of the names of the various countries' parties are not always consistent, but People's Party is the most common.

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Nation	Party
Armenia	People's Party People's Party (Armenia) The People's Party is a political party in Armenia.In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections it didn't win any seat with a popular vote of 2.74%.... People's Party of Armenia People's Party of Armenia The People's Party of Armenia is a left-wing socialist political party in Armenia....
Austria	Austrian People's Party Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology...
Belgium	People's Party (Belgium) People's Party (Belgium) The People's Party , abbreviated to PP, is a conservative liberal political party in Belgium. Primarily a French-speaking party, it considers itself to be to the right of the Mouvement Réformateur, Belgium's main centre-right French-speaking party....
Burundi	People's Party People's Party (Burundi) The People's Party is a small political party in Burundi....
Cambodia	Cambodian People's Party Cambodian People's Party The Cambodian People's Party is the current ruling party of Cambodia.This party was formerly known as Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party...
Independent State of Croatia	Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats
Czech Republic	Czechoslovak People's Party
Denmark	Danish People's Party Danish People's Party The Danish People's Party is a political party in Denmark which is frequently described as right-wing populist by political scientists and commentators. The party is led by Pia Kjærsgaard...
Europe	European People's Party European People's Party The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
Faroe Islands	People's Party People's Party (Faroe Islands) The Faroese People's Party – Radical Self-Government is a liberal conservative political party in the Faroe Islands, led by Jørgen Niclasen. One of the four major parties, it's had eight seats in the Løgting since the 2011 election, making it the joint-largest party, but neither of the Faroes'...
Finland	Swedish People's Party
The Gambia	Gambian People's Party Gambian People's Party The Gambian People's Party was a political party in The Gambia. It was founded by Assan Musa Camara in 1986. GPP was a splinter-group of the governing People's Progressive Party. The party got 15.5% of the votes in the 1987 parliamentary elections and 7.96% in the 1992 elections, but it never won a...
Germany	Wendish People's Party
Guinea	People's Party of Guinea People's Party of Guinea People's Party of Guinea is a political party, based amongst the Kissi minority in the interior region. The party is led by Pascual Tolno, a former minister. Ahead of the 1998 election, the party was part of the RPG-led alliance Coordination of the Democratic Opposition ....
Guinea-Bissau	Guinean People's Party Guinean People's Party The Guinean People's Party is a small political party in Guinea-Bissau....
India	Indian People's Party Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... Janata Party Janata Party The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...
Iran	Balochistan People's Party Balochistan People's Party The Baluchistan People's Party is a Baluch nationalist political party based in Iran, that seeks political, economic and cultural rights for the Baluch people within a federal, secular and democratic political system in Iran.-External links:* *...
Italy	Sardinian People's Party Sardinian People's Party The Party of Sardinian People – Fortza Paris is a regionalist political party in Sardinia.The party's self-proclaimed ideology comprises "all what the 20th Century had it good", including Christian democracy, liberalism, social democracy and federalism, but it is basically a Christian-democratic... South Tyrolean People's Party South Tyrolean People's Party The South Tyrolean People's Party is a regionalist Christian democratic political party active in the Italian province of South Tyrol.Founded in 1945, the SVP represents the German-speaking population of the province, as well as Ladin speakers. Since the first election of the Provincial Council in...
Latvia	People's Party People's Party (Latvia) The People's Party was a centre-right political party in Latvia. It described itself as a conservative party.Tautas partija was founded in 1998 by Andris Šķēle, a businessman and former prime minister, who was the chairman of the party until 2002. Because of Šķēle's powerful personality, many...
Liberia	Liberian People's Party Liberian People's Party The Liberian People's Party is a political party in Liberia.In the 11 October 2005 elections, the party participated as part of the Alliance for Peace and Democracy ....
Malaysia	Malaysian People's Party Parti Rakyat Malaysia The Parti Rakyat Malaysia is a democratic socialist political party in Malaysia. Established on November 11, 1955 as Partai Ra'ayat, it is one of the older political parties in Malaysia and traces its pedigree to the anti-colonial movements from the pre World War II period like the Kesatuan Melayu... Sarawak People's Party
Malawi	People's Party People's Party The People's Party, Peoples Party, or Popular Party, is any of several political parties claiming to speak for the people.People's Parties in various countries run the gamut from left to right...
Mongolia	Mongolian People's Party
Kingdom of Montenegro	People's Party People's Party (Montenegro) The People's Party is an opposition populist political party in Montenegro. It is the main conservative party in Montenegro, as opposed to ruling party and its main opposition, both of which are socialist orientated.At the last legislative elections in Montenegro, in March 2009, NS formed a... Serb People's Party
Mexico	Popular Party Popular Socialist Party (Mexico) The Popular Socialist Party is a communist party in Mexico. It was founded in 1948 as the Popular Party by Vicente Lombardo Toledano....
Netherlands	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
Nigeria	All Nigeria People's Party All Nigeria People's Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate... United Nigeria People's Party United Nigeria People's Party The United Nigeria People's Party is a political party in Nigeria.At the 12 April 2003 legislative elections the party won 2.8 % of popular votes, 2 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives of Nigeria, and no seats in the Senate....
Norway	Norwegian People's Party Norwegian People's Party The Norwegian People's Party is a political party in Norway which was founded in 1999. The party is led by Oddbjørn Jonstad, a former local leader of the Progress Party who was expelled from the party following some controversial proposals he made on immigration-issues...
Palestinian territories	Palestinian People's Party Palestinian People's Party The Palestinian People's Party , founded in 1982 as the Palestinian Communist Party, is a socialist political party in the Palestinian territories and among the Palestinian diaspora.... (formerly Palestinian Communist Party Palestinian Communist Party The Palestinian Communist Party may refer to:Socialist Workers Party of 1919 which was a precursor toPalestinian Communist Party *Communist Party of Palestine, which existed from 1922 to 1923... )
Pakistan	National Peoples Party National Peoples Party The National Peoples Party is a political party in Pakistan most active in the province of Sindh and southern parts of Punjab. It was founded in 1986 by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi after falling out with Benazir Bhutto and leaving her Pakistan Peoples Party.In the 2008 Pakistani general elections the... Pakistan Peoples Party Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan... Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) The Pakistan Peoples Party is a political party in Pakistan and one of the breakaway factions of the main Pakistan Peoples Party. The party is currently headed by Ghinwa Bhutto, the widow of Murtaza Bhutto.... Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao)
Panama	People's Party People's Party (Panama) The People's Party was founded in the early 1960s. It was the main opposition party during the dictatorship of Manuel Noriega. The party supported Martín Torrijos in the presidential election of 2004...
Papua New Guinea	People's Party People's Party (Papua New Guinea) People's Party is founded by Peter Ipatas, a Papua New Guinea politician who is the governor of Enga Province. The party won only 3 seats of the 109 seats in the recent 2007 General Elections....
Poland	Polish People's Party
Portugal	Democratic and Social Center / People's Party Democratic and Social Center / People's Party The Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party , abbreviated to CDS–PP, is a Portuguese political party, with an ideological foundation of Conservatism, Christian democracy and classical liberalism. In voting ballots its name appears only as People's Party, with the acronym CDS–PP unchanged.It...
Puerto Rico	People's Party
Samoa	Samoa All People's Party Samoa All People's Party The Samoa All People's Party was a political party in Samoa. It was formed on March 24, 1996 by former Human Rights Protection Party MP Matatumua Maimoaga, who became Samoa's first female political party leader. The party was notable for its internal equality, allowing people as young as 16 and... The People's Party
San Marino	Sammarinese People Sammarinese people Sammarinese people may refer to:the people of San MarinoSammarinese Populars political party...
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone People's Party Sierra Leone People's Party Sierra Leone People's Party is one of the two major political parties in Sierra Leone, along with the All People's Congress .-Formation:...
Singapore	Singapore People's Party Singapore People's Party The Singapore People's Party is a left of centre opposition political party in Singapore. The party's leader is Chiam See Tong.-Foundation:...
Slovakia	People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
Slovenia	Slovenian People's Party Slovenian People's Party The Slovenian People's Party is a rural-based conservative political party in Slovenia. Formed in 1988 under the name of Slovenian Peasant Union as the first non-Communist political organization in Yugoslavia, it merged with the Slovene Christian Democrats to form the present-day party in 2000...
Spain	People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
Switzerland	Swiss People's Party Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
Ukraine	People's Party People's Party (Ukraine) The People's Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine . The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn...
United States	Populist Party of America Populist Party of America The Populist Party of America, founded in 2002, is an "anti-statist", libertarian political party which claims to offer "real solutions" to American problems through the establishment of what they have termed "constitutional democracy"...

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Australia	Australian People's Party Australian People's Party The Australian People's Party is a name shared by a number of short-lived political parties in Australia's history.From Federation to 1911 a party of that name existed contesting rural seats...
Belgium	Christian People's Party (now CD&V Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... and cdH Humanist Democratic Centre The Humanist Democratic Centre is a Francophone Christian democratic political party in Belgium. The cdH currently participates in the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, the Government of the French Community and the Walloon Government.- History :... )
Independent State of Croatia	People's Party (Kingdom of Croatia) People's Party (Kingdom of Croatia) People's Party was a political party in the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia.It was founded in 1841 based on Croatian Illyrian movement. Because the movement did not distinguish Croats from other South Slavs and instead called them all Illyrians, the party was named the Illyrian people's party when it... People's Party (Kingdom of Dalmatia) People's Party (Kingdom of Dalmatia) People's Party was a political party in the Kingdom of Dalmatia. It was founded in 1861 after the failure of Bach's absolutism, as branch of the People's Party in Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia...
Estonia	Estonian United People's Party Constitution Party (Estonia) The Constitution Party , known until 11 February 2006 as the Estonian United People's Party , was a political party in Estonia, mainly supported by the Russian minority.The party held 6 seats in the Riigikogu from 1999 to 2003...
Finland	People's Party (Finland, 1917) People's Party (Finland, 1932) People's Party (Finland, 1932) The People's Party was a political party in Finland. It had a populist and peasant-oriented profile. The party was founded in Ylivieska on August 21, 1932 and it was mainly active in Kalajokilaakso region. Yrjö Hautala was the chairman of the party, and Fredrik Rautio the vice chairman...
Germany	Bavarian People's Party Bavarian People's Party The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course... German National People's Party German National People's Party The German National People's Party was a national conservative party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the NSDAP it was the main nationalist party in Weimar Germany composed of nationalists, reactionary monarchists, völkisch, and antisemitic elements, and... German People's Party (1868) German People's Party (1868) The German People's Party was a German liberal party created in 1868 by the wing of the German Progress Party which during the conflict about whether the Unification of Germany should be led by the Kingdom of Prussia or Austria-Hungary supported Austria.The party was most popular in Southern Germany... German People's Party (1918) German People's Party The German People's Party was a national liberal party in Weimar Germany and a successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.-Ideology:...
Greece	People's Party People's Party (Greece) The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....
Italy	Italian People's Party (1919) Italian People's Party (1994)
Iraq	People's Party
Mexico	Popular Party Popular Socialist Party (Mexico) The Popular Socialist Party is a communist party in Mexico. It was founded in 1948 as the Popular Party by Vicente Lombardo Toledano....
Netherlands	Catholic People's Party Catholic People's Party The Catholic People's Party was a Catholic Christian democratic Dutch political party. During its entire existence, the party was in government. The party is one of the precursors of the Christian Democratic Appeal.- 1945-1965 :The KVP was founded on 22 December, 1945...
Kingdom of Romania	German People's Party German People's Party (Romania) The German People's Party was a political party that operated in Romania between 1935 and 1938, claiming to represent the ethnic German community.... People's Party People's Party (Romania) The People's Party was a centre-right Christian-Democratic party in Romania, formed in November 2005 by Corneliu Ciontu, previously the president and vice-president of the Greater Romania Party....
Russia	People's Party
Slovakia	Slovak People's Party Slovak People's Party The Slovak People's Party was a Slovak right-wing party and was described as a fascist and...
Syria	People's Party People's Party (Syria) People's Party was a Syrian political party that was active during the 1950s and the early 1960s. The party was established in 1948 as the main opposition party to the National Party...
Thailand	Khana Ratsadon Khana Ratsadon Khana Ratsadon , frequently mistakenly written as Khana Rat , was a Siamese group of military and civil officers, and later a political party, which staged a bloodless coup against King Prajadhipok and transited the country's absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy on 24 June 1932.-The...
Turkey	People's Party People's Party (Turkey) - Background :After the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military rule regardless of their political views, on the 16th of October 1981. In 1983, MGK decided to allow the formation of new parties with severe restrictions...
United Kingdom	British People's Party (1939) British People's Party (1979) British Democratic Party The British Democratic Party was a short-lived far-right political party in the United Kingdom. A breakaway group from the National Front the BDP was severely damaged after it became involved in a gun-running sting and was absorbed by the British National Party.-Formation and naming... British People's Party (2005)
United States	People's Party (United States) People's Party (United States, 1971) People's Party of Utah

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