List of political parties in Rwanda

The list of parties in Rwanda includes the legal as well as the unregistered and historical parties of the central African state of Rwanda .

Despite the formal introduction of a multi-party system with the constitutional referendum in Rwanda in 2003, the dominant party in the country is the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front .

Legally recognized parties

• Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) (French: Front patriotique rwandais, English: Rwandan Patriotic Front, Rwandese Patriotic Front or Patriotic Front of Rwanda, abbreviated English: RPF or French FPR)

In the last parliamentary elections in 2003, as part of a coalition with the RPF :

• • Parti démocratique chrétien
  • Parti democratique islamique
  • Parti socialiste rwandais
  • Parti de la Solidarité et du Progrès
  • Parti du Progrès et de la Concorde
  • Union democratique du peuple rwandais

Fought against the RPF in the last election:

• Parti social democrate
• Parti libéral

Did not run in the last elections:

• Mouvement démocratique républicain (MDR)
• Parti pour le progress et la concorde

Not recognized parties

• Parti pour le renouveau democratique
• Parti vert democratique
• Rassemblement Républicain pour la Démocratie au Rwanda (RDR)

Dissolved / Prohibited Parties

• Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement (MRND), is considered a pioneer of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 , was banned after the genocide .
• Parmehutu , also MDR-Parmehutu (Mouvement démocratique republicain Parmehutu) , existed from 1961 to 1973 in both Rwanda and neighboring Burundi as a Hutu party
• Coalition pour la Defense de la République (CDR), Hutu party involved in the genocide.

Historical parties

• Union Nationale Rwandaise , founded during the Belgian colonial era, achieved a good 16% of the votes in the first elections after independence.