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The National Action Party was founded in 1939 by Manuel Gómez Morín, who had held a number of important government posts in the 1920s and 1930s. He saw the need for the creation of a permanent political party rather than an ephemeral organization to oppose the expansion of power by the post-revolutionary Mexican state.
Political party Year founded Former names Ideology Mergers/Splits International affiliations African People's Socialist Party: 1972 Merger of: Junta of Militant Organizations Black Rights Fighters Black Study Group Uhuru Movement: American Indian Movement: 1968 Pan-Indianism: Black Hammer Party: 2019 Black nationalism Black separatism Black ...
The National Mandate Party (Indonesian: Partai Amanat Nasional), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is a non-sectarian, religion-based [3] [4] [9] [10] [5] political party in Indonesia. It was founded by the modernist strand of Muslim society in Indonesia, including Amien Rais, the chairman of the Muhammadiyah organization, during the Indonesian ...
List of currently active political parties with over 50,000,000 members Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (year) Approximate percentage of population (year) [b] 1 Bharatiya Janata Party. Indian People's Party. BJP India: 6 April 1980 (44 years ago) () 198 million (2023) [1] [2] [3] 12.7% (2022) 2
The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the U.S. Founded as the Democratic Party in 1828 by Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, [56] it is the oldest extant voter-based political party in the world. [57] [58] Since 1912, the Democratic Party has positioned itself as the liberal party on domestic issues.
As of April 18, 2023, eleven Green Party members have been elected to mayor-level positions in local offices. Gayle McLaughlin was twice elected mayor of Richmond, California , defeating two Democrats in 2006, [ 21 ] [ 22 ] and reelected in 2010, and elected to City Council in 2014 after completing her second term as mayor. [ 23 ]
Cyber Political Party (right-wing, not officially registered as party) National Hope Party, Spanish- Partido Esperanza Nacional (right-wing, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections) Mexico First Party (far-right, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
The PAN only allows active members to participate in its primaries, and to become an active member, one must be nominated by a previous member, take courses on the party doctrine, and serve as apprentices. This leads to 33% of potential electors per 1000 registered voters being represented in the PAN primaries.