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 
## 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)