List of largest political parties explained
This is a list of political parties by reported number of members. These reported membership numbers are usually claimed by the parties themselves and may not have been confirmed by independent studies.
Currently active political parties
Parties with over 50 million members
Parties with 5 million – 50 million members
Parties with 1 million – 5 million members
Parties with 100 thousand – 1 million members
Formerly active political parties with over 1 million members
Note: This list only includes parties that were dissolved and whose successor parties are clearly different from them.
See also
Notes and References
- Based on the claimed number of members and the population statistics of the country during the given year.
- News: BJP inducts 7 crore new members, creates membership drive record. 29 August 2019. 29 August 2019. India Today.
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- News: Narendra Modi's Message to America. en-US . National Review . 2022-06-23 . 2023-07-01. "His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or “Indian People’s Party”) is on the right of the Indian political spectrum. It is the largest political party in the world, with nearly twice as many members as the second largest party- the Chinese Communist Party. It supports a Hindu nationalist ideology and economic development.".
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- News: 28 March 2022 . Southern states ahead in Congress membership drive, Telangana unit leads . .
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- Web site: June 2024 Ballot Access News Print Edition. 5 July 2024. Ballot Access News. 5 July 2024.
- Only includes members in the District of Columbia and the 31 states which allow registration with a specific party. Jurisdictions include Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. The overall numbers in the remaining states lean heavily Republican so the total percentage of the population that's Democrat or Republican is much closer than these values depict.
- Only includes members in the District of Columbia and the 31 states which allow registration with a specific party. Jurisdictions include Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. The overall numbers in the remaining states lean heavily Republican so the total percentage of the population that's Democrat or Republican is much closer than these values depict.
- News: 5 August 2023. AIADMK gets 2 crore cadres: Edappadi Palaniswami. en-IN. The Times of India. 5 August 2023.
- Web site: After membership drive, DMK has 2 crore cadre . 2023-08-05 . The New Indian Express. 11 June 2023 .
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- News: AAP has a crore members and counting. 27 January 2014. 26 August 2019.
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- PSUV, July 2014 7.632.606 militantes del PSUV elegirán sus delegados este domingo
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- Web site: Padrón de afiliados .
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- Web site: Cati membri au partidele din Romania. Ce partid a pierdut din adepti. 10 September 2014 . 26 September 2019.
- Web site: 4 January 2024 . İyi Parti . 17 February 2024 . Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı . . tr.
- Web site: 2 December 2019. Nuevas Ideas Supera el Medio Millón de Afiliados. Nuevas Ideas Superasses Half a Million Members. 3 March 2021. Últime Hora. es.
- Web site: Iniciar sesión – Podemos. Podemos.
- News: លោកណុប សុធារិទ្ធិ ៖ សមាជិកហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិចភាគច្រើនមិនព្រមរួបរួម. km. 24 October 2019. The Phnom Penh Post. 25 October 2019.
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- Web site: 450,000 Membership of United Sabah Party (PBS) since 2021, four month after won in Sabah Election 2020. Parti Bersatu Sabah. 10 September 2021. 10 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210910102928/https://www.partibersatusabah.org/. dead.
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- Web site: Herbe Verluste: SPD und CDU sterben die Parteimitglieder weg . February 2023 .
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- Web site: 4 January 2024 . Yeniden Refah Partisi . 17 February 2024 . Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı . . tr.
- Web site: 4 January 2024 . Demokrat Parti . 17 February 2024 . Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı . . tr.
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- News: 300,000 eligible to vote in federal Liberal leadership race: Party. The Globe and Mail. 6 March 2013. Galloway. Gloria.
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- Percentage based on the censuses in 1934 and 1939
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