List of political parties in North Macedonia

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North Macedonia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties which must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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Parties in the Parliament

NameMain ideologyLeaderSeats
Macedonian nationalism
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Hristijan Mickoski
43 / 120
Social democracy
Social liberalism
Dimitar Kovačevski
40 / 120
Democratic Union for Integration Green politics
Albanian minority interests
Ali Ahmeti
15 / 120
Alliance for Albanians Conservatism
Albanian minority interests
Arben Taravari
8 / 120
Liberal Democratic Party Social liberalism Goran Milevski
2 / 120
Democratic Renewal Green liberalism
Maja Morachanin
1 / 120
Democratic Union Left-wing
Pavle Trajanov
1 / 120
Citizen Option for Macedonia Left-wing
Liberalism
Stevčo Jakimovski
1 / 120
Alternative Conservatism
Albanian minority interests
Afrim Gashi
3 / 120
BESA Social conservatism
Albanian minority interests
Bilall Kasami
1 / 120
The Left Left-wing populism
Socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Dimitar Apasiev
2 / 120
Democratic Party of Albanians Albanian minority interests
Populism
Conservatism
Menduh Thaçi
1 / 120

Extra-parliamentary parties

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Albanian:

Minority:

Defunct parties

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