List of political parties in Mozambique

This article lists political parties in Mozambique.

Mozambique has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Active parties

Parties represented in parliament

	Abbr.	Established	Leader	Political position	Ideology	MPs
Liberation Front of Mozambique Frente de Libertação de Moçambique	FRELIMO	1962	Filipe Nyusi	Left-wing	Democratic socialism	184 / 250
Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique Partido Otimista pelo Desenvolvimento de Moçambique	PODEMOS	2019	Hélder Mendonça	Centre-left to left-wing	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism	31 / 250
Mozambican National Resistance Resistência Nacional Moçambicana	RENAMO	1975	Ossufo Momade	Right-wing	Nationalism National conservatism Economic liberalism Right-wing populism	20 / 250
Democratic Movement of Mozambique Movimento Democrático de Moçambique	MDM	2009	vacant	Centre-right	Christian democracy	4 / 250

Other parties

Independent Alliance of Mozambique (Aliança Independente de Moçambique)
Mozambican Nationalist Movement (Movimento Nacionalista Moçambicano)
National Convention Party (Partido de Convenção Nacional)
National Unity Party (Partido de Unidade Nacional)
Liberal Front (Frente Liberal)
Front of Patriotic Action (Frente de Ação Patriotica)
People's Party of Mozambique (Partido Popular de Moçambique)
United Front of Mozambique (Frente Unida de Moçambique)
Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development (Partido para a Paz, Democracia e Desenvolvimento)
Independent Party of Mozambique (Partido Independente de Moçambique)
Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique (Partido Liberal e Democrático de Moçambique)
Mozambique Social Broadening Party
National Reconciliation Party
Party of Freedom and Solidarity
Social Liberal and Democratic Party (Partido Social-Liberal e Democrático)
Greens Party of Mozambique (Partido dos Verdes de Moçambique)

Defunct parties

Communist Party of Mozambique (Partido Comunista de Moçambique)
National Democratic Union of Mozambique (União Democrática Nacional de Moçambique)
Revolutionary Party of Mozambique (PRM; Partido Revolucionário de Moçambique)

v t e Political parties in Mozambique
Assembly (250)	FRELIMO (195) PODEMOS RENAMO (20) MDM (4)
Others	Independent Alliance of Mozambique Mozambican Nationalist Movement National Convention Party National Unity Party Front of Patriotic Action People's Party of Mozambique United Front of Mozambique Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development Party of Freedom and Solidarity National Reconciliation Party Independent Party of Mozambique Mozambique Social Broadening Party Party of Greens of Mozambique
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List of political parties in Mozambique

Active parties

Parties represented in parliament

Other parties

Defunct parties

See also