List of political parties in Taiwan

Political parties in the Republic of China lists political parties participating in politics of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The ROC developed into a multi-party system after late 1980's. Currently there are 127 legal political parties in Taiwan.

History

The Republic of China was founded by Kuomintang (KMT)'s leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1912. Kuomintang was originally founded in Guangdong Province on August 25, 1912 from a collection of several revolutionary groups. It was China's first major political party. In 1921, The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in Shanghai as a study society and an informal network. Slowly, the CPC began to grow. There two were the only two major political parties in ROC at that time.

During the Chinese Civil War, under CPC'S leadership, the People's Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army in 1949. So Kuomintang had no choice, but to leave mainland China, and moved to Taiwan. However, it continued to use the name Republic of China even though the CPC claimed that Republic of China ceased to exist after 1949.

After 1949, Kuomintang maintained its strong political control for a few decades, so it was the only major political party in Taiwan. Around late 1980's, it began to lose its political control. Taiwan's second largest political party Democratic Progressive Party did not exist until after September 28, 1986. And its existence was not legalized until after 1991. Soon after, many other small political parties formed.

The parties

Before 1949

• Kuomintang (KMT)
• Communist Party of China (CPC)

After 1949

• Pan-blue coalition
  • Kuomintang (Chungkuo Kuomintang)
  • People First Party (Ch'in Min Tang)
  • New Party (Hsin Tang)
• Pan-green coalition
  • Democratic Progressive Party (Minchu Chinpu Tang)
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union (Taiwan Tuanjie Lianmeng)
• Not part of any coalition
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (Wudang Tuanjie Lianmeng)

Other parties elected in the National Assembly

• Chinese People's Party
• Civil Party
• Peasant Party

Minor parties

• China Old Veterans Unification Party 中國老兵統一黨
• Taiwan Number One Party 台灣吾黨
• The Great Chinese Front of Unification 大中華統一陣線
• Justice League 正義軍團
• The New Nation Association 新國家連線
• Democratic Alliance 民主聯盟
• Natural Law Party 自然律黨
• Taiwan Independence Party 建國黨
• Green Party Taiwan 綠黨
• The Chinese Love Chinese Party 連政大台黨
• Hakka Revolutionary League　客家革命聯盟
• Non-Party Alliance 全國民主非政黨聯盟
• Chinese Liberal Democratic Party 中國自由民主黨
• Labor Party 勞動黨
• China Democratic Socialist Party
• Chinese Youth Party 中國青年黨
• Taiwan Defense Alliance 保護台灣大聯盟
• Brotherhood of Zhu

Defunct parties

• Taiwanese Communist Party
• Taiwanese People's Party

See also

• Chinese Political Parties
• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Liberalism in Taiwan
• List of political parties in the People's Republic of China
• List of political parties in Hong Kong
• List of political parties in Macau

External links

• Ministry of the Interior