List of political parties in Lovia

The Lovian democracy as we know it today exists since 2003. Then, the council and the king as head became obsolete and the Congress was formed. Most current political parties were formed back then, together with the election procedure and a new Constitution. Before 2003, parties were loose organizations, pressure groups, or local debate clubs, a lot of which had evolved into mature parties over time. On this page you can find a list of former parties and current ones. The latter category is divided over parties in Congress and parties without representation.

Currently, Lovia's largest parties by membership numbers are Walden, the Communist Party of Lovia (neo-marxist) and the Conservative Christian Party of Lovia.

Lovia's political party system is in many ways influenced by the European model, with "liberal" and "socialist" parties rather than "democrat" or "republican".

Current political parties
All parties are listed alphabetically.

Political parties in Congress
Note: refoundings and major structural party changes are included in the "period" overview of each party. Namechanges and program shifts that did not co-occur with structural changes, such as happened to WLP/Walden in August 2010, are not included.

Alongside these parties, there are three independents with a seat in the 2010 Congress. Arthur Jefferson and Christina Kay Evans are both progressive and centrist independents. Jefferson was elected on PD ballot, but left the party when it made its shift to the left. There is one Member by Right, King Dimitri I, who is never alligned to a political party, but who's generally believed to take in a centrist progressive-liberal position on most issues.

Unrepresented parties
"Supports in Congress" refers to parties in Congress whose candidates the minor political parties are most likely to endorse. If in italic, there is no formal affirmation of present endorsements.