List of largest political parties


This is a list of political parties by reported number of members. These reported membership numbers are usually claimed by the parties themselves and are not necessarily confirmed by independent studies.

Active political parties

Parties with over 100 million members

RankNameAbbreviationParty symbolCountryActive sinceClaimed number of members Approximate percentage of population
1Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian People's Party		BJPIndiaStart date and age|1980|4|6|p=yes|br=yes|df=yes

Parties with 10 million – 100 million members

RankNameAbbreviationParty symbolCountryActive sinceClaimed number of members Approximate percentage of population
3Indian National CongressCong
INC		IndiaStart date and age|1885|12|28|p=yes|br=yes|df=yes

Parties with 1 million – 10 million members

RankNameAbbreviationParty symbolCountryActive sinceClaimed number of members Approximate percentage of population
15Workers' Party of KoreaWPKNorth KoreaStart date and age|1949|6|30|p=yes|br=yes|df=yes

Parties with 100 thousand – 1 million members

RankNameAbbreviationParty symbolCountryActive sinceClaimed number
of members 		Approximate percentage
of population
48Liberal PartyPLBrazilStart date and age|1985|6|25|p=yes|br=yes|df=yes

Former political parties

RankNameAbbreviationParty symbolCountryFoundedDissolvedClaimed peak membership Approximate percentage of population
1Popular Movement of the RevolutionMPRZaireStart date and age|1967|05|20|p=yes|br=yes|df=yesEnd date and age|1997|5|16|p=yes|br=yes|df=yesefn|name="citizen"|Every citizen was automatically a member.USSRStart date and age|1912|01|p=yes|br=yes|df=yesEnd date and age|1991|11|06|p=yes|br=yes|df=yes