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This is a list of political parties that have been created for various frivolous purposes: parody, joke, hoax, etc., see "frivolous political party".

Australia

• Deadly Serious Party (defunct)^[1]
• Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd)
• Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)^[2]
• Party! Party! Party! (defunct)^[2]
• Surprise Party (defunct)^[2]

Belarus

• Beer Lovers Party (liquidated in 1998)

Belgium

• NEE

Canada

• Absolutely Absurd Party (defunct)
• Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
• Prince Edward Island Draft Beer Party (defunct)
• neorhino.ca
• Parti Citron (Lemon Party, defunct)
• The Party Party^[3]
• Rhinoceros Party of Canada / Parti Rhinoceros (defunct)

Denmark

• Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements (defunct)

Estonia

• Royalist Party of Estonia (defunct)

Faroe Islands

• Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin‎ (The Funny Party)

Germany

• Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative)
• APPD Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany
• HSP Horst Schlämmer Partei

Hungary

• Double-tailed Dog Party

Israel

• Pikanti (a food manufacturer that contested the 1992 election as an advertising gimmick)

Italy

• Partito dell'Amore ("Love Party", defunct)

New Zealand

• Bill and Ben Party
• Imperial British Conservative Party
• McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)

Netherlands

• Rapaille Partij
• Party of the Future

Norway

• Beer Unity Party
• The Political Party (defunct)

Poland

• Orange Alternative
• Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct after winning 16 seats in 1991)

Romania

• Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)

Russia

• Beer Lovers Party

Spain

• Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD ("Party of the Democratic Karma")

Sweden

• Donald Duck Party

Ukraine

• Ukrainian Beer Lovers Party

United Kingdom

• Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party
• Church of the Militant Elvis Party
• Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party
• Dog Lovers Party (defunct)
• Fancy Dress Party (defunct)
• Glow Bowling Party (defunct)
• Happening Happy Hippy Party (not actually a political party, but perceived as one by many)
• I Want to Drop a Blancmange Down Terry Wogan's Y-Fronts Party, for which Pamela Stephenson stood for parliament^[4]
• Mongolian Barbecue Great Place to Party: it stood in the 1997 election, scoring just 112 votes in Wimbledon,^[5][6] but achieved some fame through its absurd name, which was argued to be one of a wave of new parties that were using their name to advertise.^[7]
• New Millennium Bean Party
• Miss Great Britain Party, a political party in the United Kingdom founded in 2008, whose candidates are mostly women who have entered the Miss Great Britain beauty contest
• Official Monster Raving Loony Party
• Raving Loony Green Giant Party
• Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party
• Scottish Jacobite Party
• Teddy Bear Alliance

Other parties, such as the Corrective Party or the Rainbow Alliance, were often seen as frivolous, but included some genuine policy aims in their manifestos.

United States

• Surprise Party (defunct)
• Guns and Dope Party
• OWL Party (Washington State, 1976)
• Straight Talking American Government Party (STAG) (defunct)
• Mickey Mouse as an independent write-in candidate

In fiction

• The All-Night Party was a fictional political party that appeared in Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck series for Marvel Comics during the U.S. Presidential campaign of 1976.
• A special episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, titled 'Election Night Special', featured the Silly Party and the Sensible Party, with two fringe parties called the Slightly Silly Party and the Very Silly Party.
• In Blackadder the Third, a by-election included the 'Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party' and 'The Keep Royalty, White Rat Catching and Safe Sewage Resident's Party'.
• In the BBC comedy Dead Ringers, Jon Culshaw walked around a town centre on behalf of 'the Lovely Party', with policies including 'on-the-spot fines for colour clashes'.
• In an episode of Little Britain, character Daffyd Thomas campaigns for the 'Gay Rights for Gays' party.
• In an episode of Knowing Me, Knowing You, Alan Partridge chairs a political debate featuring Lt. Col. Kojak Slaphead III of the Bald Brummies against the Big Footed Conspiracy Party.
• In the webcomic Ozy and Millie, a character runs for 'President for the People with Nothing Better to Do Party'.

See also

• List of political parties by country to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by ideology
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• List of fictional political parties
• Frivolous political party
• Non-human electoral candidates
• Jedi census phenomenon

References

• Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1