List of political parties in Germany

This is a list of political parties in Germany.

Germany has a multi-party system. There are two large parties, three smaller parties, and a number of minor parties.

The last federal election was held on 23 February 2025. 

 Major parties 

 Parties represented in the Bundestag and/or the European Parliament 
GroupIdeologyPositionBundestagMEPsChristian Democratic Union (CDU)Centre-rightAlternative for Germany (AfD)Far-rightSocial Democratic Party (SPD)Centre-leftAlliance 90/The GreensCentre-leftThe Left (Die Linke)Left-wingChristian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU)Centre-right  Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW)Free Democratic Party (FDP)Centre to  centre-right

 Minor parties 
At least 1% of the vote at the last federal elections
 Free Voters (Freie Wähler) - conservative
 Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (Basis) - Anti-lockdown, Anti-vaccination
 Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutzpartei) - Centre-left, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Environmentalism
 The Party (Party for Labour, constitutional state, animal welfare, elite promotion and grassroots initiative) / Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative) - Left-wing, Political satire, Humanism, Anti-fascism, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism

Others
 Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands - APPD)
 Basic Income Alliance (Bündnis Grundeinkommen - BGE)
 Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei)
 Communist Party of Germany (1990)
 Family Party of Germany (Deutsche Familienpartei)
 German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei - ZENTRUM)
 German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei - DKP)
 Christian Centre Party (Christliche Mitte - CM)
 Citizens Make Politics (Bürger machen Politik)
 Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität - BüSo)
 Die Freien (The Free Ones)
 Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative - Die PARTEI), party created by editors of the satirical magazine titanic
 Die Violetten - für spirituelle Politik 
 Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP)
 Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
 Human Environment Animal Welfare (Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz)
 Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands - MLPD)
 National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
 Party of Bible-abiding Christians (Partei Bibeltreuer Christen - PBC)
 Party of Humanists (Partei der Humanisten)
 Party of Reason (Partei der Vernunft - pdv)
 Pirate Party Germany (Piratenpartei Deutschland) (PIRATEN)
 Social Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit - PSG)
 South Schleswig Voter Federation (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband - SSW) - this is the party of the Danish and frisian minorities in Germany
 The Republicans (Die Republikaner - REP)

Historical parties
Parties existing before World War II
 Bavarian People's Party (BVP) - Bavarian Regionalist (1920-1933)
 Centre Party - Christian Democrat/Conservative (1871-1947)
 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
 Communist Party Opposition (KPO)- Communist
 Conservative People's Party (KVP)
 Free Conservative Party (FKP)
 General German Workers' Association (ADAV)
 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) - Socialist (1917-1922)
 German Conservative Party (DKP) - Conservative (before 1918)
 German Democratic Party (DDP) - Left-Liberal (1918-1930, became the German State Party, which lasted until 1933)
 German National People's Party (DNVP) - Nationalist-Conservative (1918-1933)
 German People's Party (DVP) - National-Liberal (1918-1933)
 German Progress Party (DFP) - Left-Liberal (before 1918)
 German Racialist Freedom Party (DVFP) - anti-semitic (early Weimar period)
 German Workers' Party (DAP) - precursor to the Nazi Party (1919)
 National Liberal Party - Right Liberal (before 1918)
 National Socialist German Workers' Party - aka the Nazi Party (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
 Progressive People's Party
 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, still in existence)
 Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
 Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
 Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (between 1931 and 1941/45 an Social Democratic Party left of the SPD)

Defunct parties in (former) West Germany
 German Party (DP) - Conservative
 German Empire Party (DRP) - Far right (1949-64)
 German Right Party (DReP) - Far right (1946-51)
 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956) banned
 Sozialistische Reichspartei - Socialist Reich Party (SRP) - National Socialis (1949-52) banned
 The Grays – Gray Panther (Die grauen Panther - GRAUE)
 Communist Party of Germany (Red Dawn)
 Projekt Partei Project Party
 Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei rechtsstaatlicher Offensive - Offensive D)

Parties in (former) East Germany
As a socialist state
 Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
 Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
 Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD)
 National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD)
 Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)

During transition
 Alliance 90
 Alliance for Germany
 Association of Free Democrats
 Democracy Now
 Democratic Awakening
 East German Green Party
 Free Democratic Party
 German Forum Party
 German Social Union
 Initiative for Peace and Human Rights
 New Forum

 Other websites 
 Political Parties (Germany) - List of German political parties since 1949
 Election Posters from German political parties since 1918 (German) 

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