Lesotho

Alliance of Congress Parties or ACP (including the Lesotho

People's Congress or LCP [Kelebone MAOPE], the Basotholand African

Congress or BAC [Khauhelo RALITAPOLE], and a faction of the Basotho

Congress Party or BCP [Ntsukunyane MPHANYA]); All Basotho Convention

or ABC [Thomas THABANE]; Basotho Batho Democratic Party or BBDP;

Basotho Congress Party or BCP; Basotho Democratic National Party or

BDNP [Thabang NYEOE]; Basotho National Party or BNP [Maj. Gen.

Justin Metsing LEKHANYA]; Basotholand African National Congress or

BANC; Christian Democratic Party or CDP [Enerst RAMOKOENA]; Lesotho

Congress for Democracy or LCD [Pakalitha MOSISILI] (the governing

party); Lesotho Workers Party or LWP [Macaefa BILLY]; National

Independent Party or NIP [Anthony MANYELI]

Liberia

Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD [Togba-na TIPOTEH];

Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia or COTOL [H. Varney

SHERMAN]; Congress for Democratic Change or CDC [George WEAH];

Liberty Party or LP [Charles BRUMSKINE]; National Patriotic Party or

NPP [Roland MASSAQUOI]; Unity Party or UP [Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF]

Libya

none

Liechtenstein

Die Freie Liste (The Free List) or FL [Wolfgang

MARXER]; Fortschrittliche Buergerpartei (Progressive Citizens'

Party) or FBP [Alexander BATLINER]; Vaterlaendische Union

(Fatherland Union) or VU [Adolf HEEB]

Lithuania

Christian party [Gediminas VAGNORIUS]; Civil Democracy

Party or PDP [Algimantas MATULEVICIUS]; Electoral Action of

Lithuanian Poles or LLRA [Valdemar TOMASZEVSKI]; Homeland Union -

Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS-LKD [Andrius KUBILIUS]; Labor

Party or DP [Viktor USPASKICH]; Liberal and Center Union or LCS

[Gintautas BABRAVICIUS]; Liberal Movement or LS or LRLS [Eligijus

MASIULIS]; Lithuanian Farmers' Union or LVLS or VLS [ Ramunas

KARBAUSKIS]; Lithuanian People's Party (not yet officially

established) [Kazimiera PRUNSKIENE]; National Revival or TPP [Arunas

VALINSKAS]; New Union (Social Liberal) or NS [Arturas PAULAUSKAS];

Order and Justice Party or TT [Rolandas PAKSAS]; Social Democratic

Party or LSDP [Algirdas BUTKEVICIUS]

Luxembourg

Alternative Democratic Reform Party or ADR [Robert

MEHLEN]; Christian Social People's Party or CSV [Michel WOLTER]; dei

Lenk/la Gauche (the Left); Democratic Party or DP [Claude MEISCH];

Green Party [Francois BAUSCH]; Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

or LSAP [Alex BODRY]; other minor parties

Macau

Alliance for Change or MUDAR; Macau Development Alliance or

NUDM [Angela LEONG On-kei]; Macau-Guangdong Union or UNG; Macau

United Citizens' Association or ACUM [CHAN Meng-kam]; New Democratic

Macau Association or APMD [Antonio NG Kuok-cheong]; New Hope or NE

[Jose Maria Pereira COUTINHO]; Union for Promoting Progress or UPP

[LEONG Heng-teng]

note: there is no political party ordinance, so there are no

registered political parties; politically active groups register as

societies or companies

Macedonia

Democratic Alliance or DS [Pavle TRAJANOV]; Democratic

Party of Serbs in Macedonia [Ivan STOILJKOVIC]; Democratic Party of

the Albanians or PDSh/DPA [Menduh THACI]; Democratic Party of Turks

in Macedonia [Kenan HASIPI]; Democratic Union for Integration or

BDI/DUI [Ali AHMETI]; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary

Organization--Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity

(VMRO-DPMNE) [Nikola GRUEVSKI]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDP

[Jovan MANSIJEVSKI]; Liberal Party [Borce STOJANOVSKI]; Movement for

Reconstruction of Macedonia or DOM [Liljana POPOVSKA]; New

Alternative [Gjorgji OROVCANEC]; New Democracy or DR [Imer SELMANI];

New Social-Democratic Party or NSDP [Tito PETKOVSKI]; Party for

Democratic Action in Macedonia or SDAM [Avdija PEPIC]; Party for

European Future or PEI [Fijat CANOSKI]; Social-Democratic Union of

Macedonia or SDSM [Branko CRVENKOVSKI]; Socialist Party or SP

[Ljubisav IVANOV-ZINGO]; Union of Roma of Macedonia [Amdi BAJRAM];

United for Macedonia or OM [Ljube BOSKOVSKI]; VMRO-Macedonian

[Borislav STOJMENOV]

Madagascar

Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar or AREMA

[Pierrot RAJAONARIVELO]; Democratic Party for Union in Madagascar or

PSDUM [Jean LAHINIRIKO]; Economic Liberalism and Democratic Action

for National Recovery or LEADER/Fanilo [Herizo RAZAFIMAHALEO];

Fihaonana Party or FP [Guy-Willy RAZANAMASY]; I Love Madagascar or

TIM [Marc RAVALOMANANA]; Renewal of the Social Democratic Party or

RPSD [Evariste MARSON]

Malawi

Alliance for Democracy or AFORD [Dindi NYASULU]; Congress of

Democrats or CODE [Ralph KASAMBARA]; Democratic Progressive Party or

DPP [Bingu wa MUTHARIKA]; Malawi Congress Party or MCP [John TEMBO];

Malawi Democratic Party or MDP [Kampelo KALUA]; Malawi Forum for

Unity and Development or MAFUNDE [George MNESA]; Maravi People's

Party [Uladi MUSSA]; National Unity Party or NUP [Harry CHIUME]; New

Rainbow Coalition Party [Beatrice MWALE]; New Republican Party

[Gwanda CHAKUWAMBA]; People's Progressive Movement or PPM [Aleke

BANDA]; People's Transformation Movement or PETRA [Kamuzu CHIBAMBO];

Republican Party or RP [Stanley MASAULI]; United Democratic Front or

UDF [Bakili MULUZI]; United Democratic Party [Kenedy KALAMBO]

Malaysia

National Front (Barisan Nasional) or BN (ruling coalition)

consists of the following parties: Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Party or

PGRM [KOH Tsu Koon]; Liberal Democratic Party (Parti Liberal

Demokratik - Sabah) or LDP [LIEW Vui Keong]; Malaysian Chinese

Association (Persatuan China Malaysia) or MCA [CHUA Soi Lek];

Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Malaysia) or MIC

[Govindasamy PALANIVEL]; Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah or PBRS [Joseph

KURUP]; Parti Bersatu Sabah or PBS [Joseph PAIRIN Kitingan]; Parti

Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu or PBB [Abdul TAIB Mahmud]; Parti Rakyat

Sarawak or PRS [James MASING]; Sarawak United People's Party (Parti

Bersatu Rakyat Sarawak) or SUPP [George CHAN Hong Nam]; United

Malays National Organization or UMNO [NAJIB bin Abdul Razak]; United

Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (Pertubuhan Pasko

Momogun Kadazan Dusun Bersatu) or UPKO [Bernard DOMPOK]; People's

Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia) or PPP

[M.Kayveas]; Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party or SPDP [William

MAWAN])

People's Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat) or PR (opposition coalition)

consists of the following parties: Democratic Action Party (Parti

Tindakan Demokratik) or DAP [KARPAL Singh]; Islamic Party of

Malaysia (Parti Islam se Malaysia) or PAS [Abdul HADI Awang];

People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) or PKR [WAN AZIZAH

Wan Ismail]; Sarawak National Party or SNAP [Edwin DUNDANG]

independent party: Sabah Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Saban)

or SAPP [YONG Teck Lee]

Maldives

Adhaalath (Justice) Party or AP [Shaykh Hussein RASHEED

Ahmed]; Dhivehi Quamee Party or DQP [Hassan SAEED]; Dhivehi

Rayyithunge Party (Maldivian People's Party) or DRP [THASMEEN Ali];

Gaumii Ithihaad (National Alliance) or GI [Mohamed WAHEED]; Islamic

Democratic Party or IDP; Maldivian Democratic Party or MDP [Mariya

DIDI]; Maldives National Congress or MNC; Maldives Social Democratic

Party or MSDP; People's Alliance or PA [Abdullah YAMEEN]; People's

Party or PP; Poverty Alleviation Party or PAP; Republican

(Jumhooree) Party or JP [Gasim IBRAHIM]; Social Liberal Party or SLP

[Ibrahim ISMAIL]

Mali

African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence or SADI

[Oumar MARIKO, secretary general]; Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA

[Diounconda TRAORE]; Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP (a

coalition of political parties including ADEMA and URD formed in

December 2006 to support the presidential candidacy of Amadou

TOURE); Alliance for Democratic Change (political group comprised

mainly of Tuareg from Mali's northern region); Convergence 2007

[Soumeylou Boubeye MAIGA]; Front for Democracy and the Republic or

FDR (a coalition of political parties including RPM and PARENA

formed to oppose the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE);

National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL];

Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Mady KONATE]; Party for

National Renewal or PARENA [Tiebile DRAME]; Patriotic Movement for

Renewal or MPR [Choguel MAIGA]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT

[Amadou Ali NIANGADOU]; Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Boubacar

KEITA]; Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou

Basir GOLOGO]; Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Moussa

Balla COULIBALY]; Union for Republic and Democracy or URD [Soumaila

CISSE]

Malta

Alternativa Demokratika/Alliance for Social Justice or AD

[Michael BRIGUGLIO]; Azzjoni Nazzjonaili or AN [Josi MUSCAT]; Malta

Labor Party or PL [Joseph MUSCAT]; Nationalist Party or PN [Lawrence

GONZI]

Marshall Islands

traditionally there have been no formally organized

political parties; what has existed more closely resembles factions

or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters,

formal platforms, or party structures; the following two "groupings"

have competed in legislative balloting in recent years - Aelon Kein

Ad Party [Michael KABUA] and United Democratic Party or UDP [Litokwa

TOMEING]

Mauritania

Alternative or El-Badil [Mohamed Yahdhi Ould MOCTAR

HACEN]; Coalition of Majority Parties or CPM (parties supporting the

regime including PRDR, UPR, RD, HATEM-PMUC, UCD); Coordination of

Democratic Opposition or COD (coalition of opposition political

parties opposed to the government including APP, RFD, UFP,

PNDD-ADIL, Alternative or El-Badil); Democratic Renewal or RD

[Moustapha Ould ABDEIDARRAHMANE]; Mauritanian Party for Unity and

Change or HATEM-PMUC [Saleh Ould HANENA]; National Pact for

Democracy and Development or PNDD-ADIL [Yahya Ould Ahmed Ould

WAGHEF] (independents formerly supporting President Abdellahi);

National Rally for Freedom, Democracy and Equality or RNDLE;

National Rally for Reform and Development/RNRD-TAWASSOUL [Mohamed

Jamil MANSOUR] (moderate Islamists); Popular Front or FP [Ch'bih

Ould CHEIKH MALAININE]; Popular Progressive Alliance or APP [Messoud

Ould BOULKHEIR]; Rally of Democratic Forces or RFD [Ahmed Ould

DADDAH]; Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal or PRDR [Mintata

Mint HDEID]; Socialist and Democratic Unity Party or PUDS; Union for

Democracy and Progress or UDP [Naha Mint MOUKNASS]; Union for the

Republic or UPR; Union of Democratic Center or UCD [Cheikh Sid'Ahmed

Ould BABA]; Union of the Forces for Progress or UFP [Mohamed Ould

MAOULOUD];

Mauritius

Alliance of the Future or AF [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]

(governing coalition - includes MLD, MMSM, MR, MSD, PMXD); Mauritian

Labor Party or MLP [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]; Mauritian Militant

Movement or MMM [Paul BERENGER]; Mauritian Militant Socialist

Movement or MMSM [Pravind JUGNAUTH]; Mauritian Socialist Militant

Movement or MSMM [Madan DULLOO]; Mauritian Solidarity Front [Cehl

FAKEERMEEAH]; Mouvement Republicain or MR [Jayarama VALAYDEN]; Parti

Mauricien Xavier Duval or PMXD [Xavier Luc DUVAL]; Rodrigues

Movement or MR [Joseph (Nicholas) Von MALLY]; Rodrigues Peoples

Organization or OPR [Serge CLAIR]

Mayotte

Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Federation of

Mahorans or UMP-RPR [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Force of the Rally and the

Alliance for Democracy or FRAP; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM

[Ahmed MADI]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM

[Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party of Mayotte or MRC [Omar

SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS [Ibrahim ABUBACAR] (local branch of

French Parti Socialiste); Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri

JEAN-BAPTISTE]

Mexico

Convergence for Democracy or CD [Luis WALTON Aburto];

Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI [Beatriz PAREDES Rangel];

Labor Party or PT [Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez]; Mexican Green

Ecological Party or PVEM [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Martinez]; National

Action Party (Partido Accion Nacional) or PAN [Gustavo MADERO

Munoz]; New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza) or PNA/PANAL

[Jorge Antonio KAHWAGI Macari]; Party of the Democratic Revolution

(Partido de la Revolucion Democratica) or PRD [Jesus ORTEGA Martinez]

Micronesia, Federated States of

no formal parties

Moldova

represented in Parliament: Communist Party of the Republic

of Moldova or PCRM [Vladimir VORONIN]; Democratic Party or PD [Mihai

LUPU]; Liberal Democratic Party or PLDM [Vladmir FILAT]; Liberal

Party or PL [Mihai GHIMPU]

not represented in Parliament: Christian Democratic People's Party

or PPCD [Iurie ROSCA]; Conservative Party or PC [Natalia NIRCA];

Ecological Party of Moldova "Green Alliance" or PEMAVE [Vladimir

BRAGA]; European Action Movement or MAE [Veaceslav UNTILA]; For

Nation and Country Party or PpNT [Sergiu MOCANU]; Humanist Party of

Moldova or PUM [Valeriu PASAT]; Labor Party or PM [Gheorghe SIMA];

National Liberal Party or PNL [Vitalia PAVLICENKO]; Our Moldova

Alliance or AMN [Serafim URECHEAN]; Patriots of Moldova Party or PPM

[Mihail GARBUZ]; Popular Republican Party or PPR [Nicolae ANDRONIC];

Republican Party of Moldova or PRM [Andrei STRATAN]; Roma Social

Political Movement of the Republic of Moldova or MRRM [Ion BUCUR];

Social Democratic Party or PSD [Victor SELIN]; Social Political

Movement "Equality" or MR [Valeriy KLIMENCO]; United Moldova Party

or PMUEM [Vladimir TURCAN]

Monaco

Monaco Together; Rally and Issues for Monaco or REM; Union

for Monaco or UPM (including National Union for the Future of Monaco

or UNAM)

Mongolia

Democratic Party or DP [Norov ALTANHUYAG]; Mongolian

People's Party or MPP [Sukhbaatar BATBOLD]

Montenegro

Albanian Alternative or AA [Vesel SINISHTAJ]; Coalition

for European Montenegro (bloc) [Milo DJUKANOVIC] (includes

Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC], Social

Democratic Party or SDP [Ranko KRIVOKAPIC], Bosniak Party of BS

[Rafet HUSOVIC], and Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI [Marija

VUCINOVIC); Coalition SNP-NS-DSS (bloc) (includes Socialist People's

Party or SNP [Srdjan MILIC], People's Party of Montenegro or NS

[Predrag POPOVIC], and Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS

[Ranko KADIC]); Democratic League-Party of Democratic Prosperity or

SPP [Mehmet BARDHIJ]; Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Ferhat

DINOSHA]; For a Different Montenegro (bloc) [Goran BATRICEVIC]

(includes Democratic Center or DC [Goran BATRICEVIC] and Liberal

Party of Montenegro or LP [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC]); FORCA [Nazif CUNGU];

Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]; National Coalition

(includes People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Predrag POPOVIC] and

Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS [Ranko KADIC]); New

Serb Democracy or NOVA [Andrija MANDIC]; Socialist People's Party of

Montenegro or SNP [Srdjan MILIC]

Montserrat

Montserrat Democratic Party or MDP [Lowell LEWIS];

Movement for Change and Prosperity or MCAP [Roselyn CASSELL-SEALY];

New People's Liberation Movement or NPLM [John A. OSBORNE]

Morocco

Action Party or PA [Mohammed EL IDRISSI]; Al Ahd (The

Covenant) Party [Najib EL OUAZZANI]; Alliance des Libert'es

(Alliance of Liberty) or ADL [Ali BELHAJ]; An-Nahj Ad-Dimocrati or

An-Nahj [Abdellah EL HARIF]; Authenticity and Modernity Party or PAM

[Mohamed Cheikh BIADILLAH, Secretary General]; Choura et Istiqlal

(Consultation and Independence) Party or PCI [Abdelwahed MAACH];

Citizens' Forces or FC [Abderrahman LAHJOUJI]; Citizenship and

Development Initiative or ICD [Mohamed BENHAMOU]; Constitutional

Union Party or UC [Mohammed ABIED]; Democratic and Social Movement

or MDS [Mahmoud ARCHANE]; Democratic Forces Front or FFD [Touhami EL

KHIARI]; Democratic Socialist Vanguard Party or PADS [Ahmed

BENJELLOUN]; Democratic Society Party or PSD [Zhor CHEKKAFI];

Democratic Union or UD [Bouazza IKKEN]; Environment and Development

Party or PED [Ahmed EL ALAMI]; Istiqlal (Independence) Party or PI

[Abbas EL FASSI]; Justice and Development Party or PJD [Abdelilah

BENKIRANE]; Labor Party or PT [Abdelkrim BENATIK]; Moroccan Liberal

Party or PML [Mohamed ZIANE]; National Democratic Party or PND

[Abdallah KADIRI]; National Ittihadi Congress Party or CNI

[Abdelmajid BOUZOUBAA]; National Popular Movement or MNP [Mahjoubi

AHERDANE]; National Rally of Independents or RNI [Mustapha EL

MANSOURI]; National Union of Popular Forces or UNFP [Abdellah

IBRAHIM]; Popular Movement or MP [Mohamed LAENSER]; Progress and

Socialism Party or PPS [Ismail ALAOUI]; Reform and Development Party

or PRD [Abderrahmane EL KOUHEN]; Renaissance and Virtue Party or PRV

[Mohamed KHALIDI]; Renewal and Equity Party or PRE [Chakir ACHABAR];

Social Center Party or PSC [Lahcen MADIH]; Socialist Democratic

Party or PSD [Aissa OUARDIGHI]; Socialist Union of Popular Forces or

USFP [Abdelwahed RADI]; Unified Socialist Left Party or PGSU

[Mohamed Ben Said AIT IDDER]

Mozambique

Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Movimento Democratico

de Mocambique) or MDM [Daviz SIMANGO]; Front for the Liberation of

Mozambique (Frente de Liberatacao de Mocambique) or FRELIMO [Armando

Emilio GUEBUZA]; Mozambique National Resistance (Resistencia

Nacional Mocambicana) or RENAMO [Afonso DHLAKAMA]

Namibia

All People's Party or APP [Ignatius SHIXWAMENI]; Congress of

Democrats or COD [Benjamin ULENGA]; Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of

Namibia or DTA [Katuutire KAURA]; Monitor Action Group or MAG [Jurie

VILJOEN]; National Democratic Movement for Change or NamDMC;

National Unity Democratic Organization or NUDO [Kuaima RIRUAKO];

Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Hidipo HAMUTENYA];

Republican Party or RP [Hendrick MUDGE]; South West Africa National

Union or SWANU [Usutuaije MAAMBERUA]; South West Africa People's

Organization or SWAPO [Hifikepunye POHAMBA]; United Democratic Front

or UDF [Justus GAROEB]

Nauru

Democratic Party [Kennan ADEANG]; Nauru First (Naoero Amo)

Party; Nauru Party (informal); note - loose multiparty system

Nepal

Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekata Party [Keshav Prasad MAINALI];

Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (inactive); Communist Party of

Nepal-Marxist Leninist or CPN-ML [C.P. MAINALI]; Communist Party of

Nepal-Unified [Raj Singh SHRIS]; Communist Party of Nepal-United

[Chandra Dev JOSHI]; Communist Party of Nepal-United

Marxist-Leninist or CPN-UML [Jhalanath KHANAL]; Dalit Janajati Party

[Vishwendraman PASHWAN]; Federal Democratic National Forum; Madhesi

People's Rights Forum-Democratic [Bijay Kumar GACHHADAR]; Madhesi

People's Rights Forum-Nepal [Upendra YADAV]; Nepal Loktantrik

Samajbadi Dal [Upendra GACHCHHADAR]; Nepal Pariwar Dal [Eknath

DHAKAL]; Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi [Sarita GIRI]; Nepal

Workers and Peasants Party or [Narayan Man BIJUKCHHE]; Nepali

Congress or NC [Sushil KOIRALA]; Nepali Janata Dal [Harish Chandra

SHA]; Newa Rastriya Party [Keshav Man SHAKYA]; Rastriya Janamorcha

[Chitra Bahadur K.C.]; Rastriya Janamukti Party [Malwar Singh

THAPA]; Rastriya Janashakti Party or RJP [Surya Bahadur THAPA];

Rastriya Prajantantra Party [Pashupati Shumsher RANA]; Rastriya

Prajantantra Party Nepal [Kamal THAPA]; Sadbhavana Party [Rajendra

MAHATO]; Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party Nepal [Prem Bahadur

SINGH]; Terai Madhes Democratic Party [Mahantha THAKUR]; Unified

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) [Pushpa Kamal DAHAL, also known as

PRACHANDA]

Netherlands

Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA [Maxime VERHAGEN];

Christian Union [Andre ROUVOET]; Democrats 66 or D66 [Alexander

PECHTOLD]; Green Left [Jolande SAP]; Labor Party or PvdA [Job

COHEN]; Party for Freedom or PVV [Geert WILDERS]; Party for the

Animals or PvdD [Marianne THIEME]; People's Party for Freedom and

Democracy or VVD [Mark RUTTE] (Liberal); Reformed Political Party of

SGP [Kees VAN DER STAAIJ]; Socialist Party [Emile ROEMER]; plus a

few minor parties

New Caledonia

Caledonia My Country; Caledonia Together [Philippe

GOMES]; Caledonian Union or UC [Nicholas ABOUT]; Communist

Republican and Left Party or CRC-SPG [Nichole BORVO COHEN-SEAT];

Democratic and European Social Rally or R.D.S.E. [Yvon COLLIN];

Front National or FN [Jean-Marie LE PEN]; Kanak Socialist Front for

National Liberation or FLNKS (includes PALIKA, UNI, UC, and UPM);

National Union for Independence-Kanak and Socialist National

Liberation Front; Parti de Liberation Kanak or PALIKA [Paul

NEAOUTYINE]; Renewed Caledonian Union; Socialist Group [Jean Pierre

BEL]; Socialist Kanak Liberation or LKS [Nidoish NAISSELINE]; The

Future Together or AE [Didier LEROUX]; The Rally or UMP [Gerard

LONGUET]; Union Nationale pour l'Independance or UNI; Union of

Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees [Francois BURCK]

New Zealand

ACT New Zealand [Rodney HIDE]; Green Party [Russel

NORMAN and Metiria TUREI]; Maori Party [Tariana TURIA and Dr. Pita

SHARPLES]; New Zealand National Party [John KEY]; New Zealand First

Party or NZ First [Winston PETERS]; New Zealand Labor Party [Phil

GOFF]; Jim Anderton's Progressive Party [James (Jim) ANDERTON];

United Future New Zealand [Peter DUNNE]

Nicaragua

Alliance for the Republic or APRE; Conservative Party or

PC [Alejandro BOLANOS Davis]; Independent Liberal Party or PLI

[Indalecio RODRIGUEZ]; Liberal Constitutionalist Party or PLC [Jorge

CASTILLO Quant]; Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance or ALN [Alejandro MEJIA

Ferreti]; Sandinista National Liberation Front or FSLN [Daniel

ORTEGA Saavedra]; Sandinista Renovation Movement or MRS [Enrique

SAENZ Navarrete]

Niger

Alkalama; Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or

CDS-Rahama [Mahamane OUSMANE]; National Movement for a Developing

Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Hama AMADOU]; Niger Social

Democratic Party or PSDN; Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Social

Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moumouni DJERMAKOYE];

Nigerien Party for Autonomy or PNA-Alouma [Sanousi JACKOU]; Nigerien

Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Issifou

MAHAMADOU]; Nigerien Party of the Masses for Labor; Nigerien

Progressive Party or PPN-RDA; Rally for Democracy and Progress or

RDP-jama'a [Hamid ALGABID]; Social and Democratic Rally or

RSD-Gaskiyya [Cheiffou AMADOU]

Nigeria

Accord Party [Augustine MAZIE, acting]; Action Congress or

AC [Bisi AKANDE]; All Nigeria Peoples Party or ANPP [Edwin

UME-EZEOKE]; All Progressives Grand Alliance or APGA [Victor C.

UMEH]; Alliance for Democracy or AD [Mojisoluwa AKINFENWA];

Conference of Nigerian Political Parities or CNPP [Abdulkadir

Balarabe MUSA]; Democratic Peoples Party or DPP [Jeremiah USENI];

Fresh Democratic Party [Chris OKOTIE]; Labor Party [Dan NWANYANWU];

National Democratic Party or NDP [Aliyu Habu FARI]; Peoples

Democratic Party or PDP [Vincent OGBULAFOR]; Peoples Progressive

Alliance [Larry ESIN]

Niue

Alliance of Independents or AI; Niue People's Action Party or

NPP [Young VIVIAN]

Norfolk Island

none

Northern Mariana Islands

Covenant Party [Benigno R. FITIAL];

Democratic Party [Dr. Carlos S. CAMACHO]; Republican Party [Juan S.

REYES]

Norway

Center Party (Senterpartiet or Sp) [Liv Signe NAVARSETE];

Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti or KrF) [Dagfinn

HOYBRATEN]; Conservative Party (Hoyre or H) [Erna SOLBERG]; Labor

Party (Det norske Arbeiderpartiet or DNA) [Jens STOLTENBERG];

Liberal Party (Venstre or V) [Trine SKEI-GRANDE]; Progress Party

(Framstegspartiet or FrP) [Siv JENSEN]; Socialist Left Party

(Sosialistisk Venstreparti or SV) [Kristin HALVORSEN]

Oman

none