This article lists a timeline of notable political rivalries by country. Political party rivalries are not to be confused with rival family houses within a nation, or warring factions from different nations. This list will not indicate every rival political party within a nation, such as in multiple-party governments. Only the most notable and significant political parties are presented. Rival political alliances may be included as well.
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Populares vs Optimates | 56 BC | 27 BC |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Socialist Party vs Democratic Party | 1991 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Justicialist Party vs Radical Civic Union | 1983 | 2015 |
Front for Victory vs Juntos por el Cambio | 2015 | 2019 |
Justicialist Party vs Republican Proposal | 2015 | present |
Frente de Todos vs Juntos por el Cambio | 2019 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Australian Labor Party vs Coalition | 1923 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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People's Party vs Social Democratic Party | 1945 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Bangladesh Awami League vs Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 1991 | present |
Grand Alliance vs Jatiya Oikya Front | 2008 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Socialist Party vs Union of Democratic Forces | 1990 | 2001 |
National Movement for Stability and Progress vs Socialist Party | 2001 | 2009 |
Socialist Party vs GERB | 2009 | 2021 |
We Continue the Change vs GERB | 2021 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Cambodian People's Party vs FUNCINPEC | 1993 | present |
Cambodian People's Party vs Candlelight Party | 1998 | 2012 |
Cambodian People's Party vs Cambodia National Rescue Party | 2012 | 2017 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Liberal Party of Canada vs Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) | 1867 | 1942 |
Liberal Party of Canada vs Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | 1942 | 2003 |
Liberal Party of Canada vs Conservative Party of Canada | 2003 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Concertación vs Alliance | 1990 | 2017 |
Chile Vamos vs Nueva Mayoría | 2017 | 2022 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Kuomintang vs Chinese Communist Party | 1927 | 1949 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Liberal Party vs Conservative Party | 1958 | 2002 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Croatian Democratic Union vs Social Democratic Party | 2000 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Democratic Party vs Democratic Rally | 1983 | 2008 |
Progressive Party of Working People vs Democratic Rally | 2008 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Civic Democratic Party vs Social Democratic Party | 1996 | 2013 |
ANO 2011 vs Social Democratic Party | 2013 | 2017 |
ANO 2011 vs Civic Democratic Party | 2017 | present |
ANO 2011 vs Spolu | 2021 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Social Democrats vs Venstre & Conservatives | 1918 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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French Section of the Workers' International vs Union for the New Republic | 1962 | 1967 |
Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left vs Union of Democrats for the Republic | 1967 | 1969 |
Socialist Party vs Union of Democrats for the Republic | 1969 | 1976 |
Socialist Party vs Rally for the Republic | 1976 | 2002 |
Socialist Party vs Union for a Popular Movement | 2002 | 2015 |
Socialist Party vs The Republicans | 2015 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Georgian Dream vs United National Movement | 2012 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Social Democratic Party of Germany vs Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 1945 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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New Patriotic Party vs National Democratic Congress | 1992 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Panhellenic Socialist Movement vs New Democracy | 1974 | 2012 |
Syriza vs New Democracy | 2004 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Pro-Beijing camp vs Pro-democracy camp | 1984 | present |
Democratic Alliance vs Democratic Party | 1998 | present |
Democratic Alliance vs Civic Party | 2012 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Fidesz vs Socialist Party | 1998 | 2018 |
Fidesz-KDNP vs United for Hungary | 2020 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Indian National Congress vs Communist Party of India | 1951 | 1967 |
Indian National Congress vs Janata Party | 1977 | 1984 |
Indian National Congress vs Bharatiya Janata Party | 1989 | present |
Indian National Congress vs National Democratic Alliance | 1998 | 2004 |
United Progressive Alliance vs National Democratic Alliance | 2004 | 2023 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Democratic Party (Indonesia) vs Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle | 2004 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Fianna Fáil vs Fine Gael | 1933 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Alignment Party vs Gahal | 1965 | 1973 |
Likud vs Israeli Labor Party | 1988 | 2014 |
Likud vs Zionist Union | 2014 | 2019 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Historical Right vs Historical Left | 1861 | 1891 |
Christian Democracy vs Communist Party | 1948 | 1991 |
Christian Democracy vs Democratic Party of the Left | 1991 | 1994 |
Centre-right coalition vs Centre-left coalition | 1995 | present |
Pole for Freedoms vs The Olive Tree | 1996 | 2001 |
House of Freedoms vs The Olive Tree | 2001 | 2007 |
House of Freedoms vs The Union | 2007 | 2008 |
Centre-right coalition vs Italy. Common Good | 2012 | 2013 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Jamaica Labour Party vs People's National Party | 1943 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Liberal Democratic Party vs Social Democratic Party | 1955 | 1994 |
Liberal Democratic Party vs New Frontier Party | 1994 | 1997 |
Liberal Democratic Party vs Democratic Party (1996-1998) | 1997 | 1998 |
Liberal Democratic Party vs Democratic Party (1998-2016) | 1998 | 2016 |
Liberal Democratic Party vs Democratic Party (2016-2018) | 2016 | 2018 |
Liberal Democratic Party vs Constitutional Democratic Party | 2017 | present |
Liberal Democratic Party vs Democratic Party for the People | 2018 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Pro-establishment camp vs Pro-democracy camp | 1990 | present |
New Macau Association vs Union for Development | 2001 | 2013 |
New Macau Association vs Macau United Citizens Association | 2005 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Barisan Nasional vs Barisan Alternatif | 1998 | 2004 |
Barisan Nasional vs Pakatan Rakyat | 2008 | 2015 |
Barisan Nasional vs Pakatan Harapan | 2015 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Reform Party vs Democratic Nationalist Party | 1883 | 1921 |
Maltese Political Union vs Democratic Nationalist Party | 1921 | 1926 |
Nationalist Party vs Labour Party | 1926 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Institutional Revolutionary Party vs National Action Party | 1982 | 2018 |
Juntos Hacemos Historia vs Va por México | 2020 | 2023 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Mongolian People's Party vs Democratic Union Coalition | 1996 | 2000 |
Mongolian People's Party vs Democratic Party | 2000 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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National League for Democracy vs Union Solidarity and Development Party | 2010 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Liberal Party vs Reform Party | 1909 | 1928 |
Labour Party vs United-Reform Coalition | 1931 | 1936 |
Labour Party vs National Party | 1936 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Social Democratic Union vs VMRO-DPMNE | 1994 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Labour Party vs Conservative Party | 1921 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Progresista Party vs Nacionalista Party | 1907 | 1916 |
Democrata Party vs Nacionalista Party | 1916 | 1931 |
Liberal Party vs Nacionalista Party | 1946 | 1971 |
Lakas ng Bayan vs Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 1978 | 1987 |
Lakas–NUCD vs Nationalist People's Coalition | 1992 | 1998 |
People Power Coalition vs Puwersa ng Masa | 2000 | 2003 |
Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan vs Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino | 2003 | 2006 |
TEAM Unity vs Genuine Opposition | 2006 | 2009 |
Team PNoy vs United Nationalist Alliance | 2012 | 2016 |
Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid vs Partido Galing at Puso | 2015 | 2018 |
Otso Diretso vs Hugpong ng Pagbabago | 2018 | 2021 |
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Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Civic Platform vs Law and Justice | 2005 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Regenerator Party vs Historic Party | 1856, 1874 | 1870, 1878 |
Reformist Party vs Historic Party | 1870 | 1874 |
Regenerator Party vs Progressive Party | 1878 | 1910 |
Democratic Party vs Evolutionist Party | 1911, 1918 | 1917, 1919 |
Democratic Party vs Republican Liberal Party | 1919 | 1925 |
Democratic Party vs Nationalist Republican Party | 1925 | 1926 |
Socialist Party vs Social Democratic Party | 1975 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Reform Party vs Democratic Nationalist Party | 1883 | 1921 |
United Russia vs Union of Right Forces | 2001 | 2008 |
United Russia vs Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 2001 | present |
United Russia vs Solidarnost | 2008 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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People's Action Party vs Workers' Party | 1968 | Present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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National Party vs South African Party | 1915 | 1934 |
African National Congress v. National Party | 1994 | 1999 |
Democratic Alliance vs African National Congress | 2000 | Present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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National Association vs Democratic Party (1945) | 1946 | 1951 |
Liberal Party vs Democratic Party (1945) | 1951 | 1955 |
Liberal Party vs Democratic Party (1955) | 1955 | 1963 |
Republican Party vs Civil Rights Party | 1963 | 1967 |
Republican Party vs Democratic Party (1967) | 1967 | 1980 |
Justice Party vs Democratic Party (1967) | 1980 | 1981 |
Justice Party vs Democratic Party (1981) | 1981 | 1988 |
Justice Party vs Democratic Party (1987) | 1988 | 1990 |
Korea Party (1990) vs Democratic Party (1987) | 1990 | 1991 |
Korea Party (1990) vs Democratic Party (1991) | 1991 | 1995 |
Korea Party (1990) vs National Congress | 1995 | 1997 |
Korea Party (1997) vs National Congress | 1997 | 2000 |
Korea Party (1997) vs Democratic Party (2000) | 2000 | 2003 |
Korea Party (1997) vs Uri Party | 2003 | 2007 |
Korea Party (1997) vs Democratic Party (2008) | 2007 | 2011 |
Korea Party (1997) vs Democratic Party (2011) | 2011 | 2014 |
Korea Party (1997) vs Democratic Party (2014) | 2014 | 2020 |
People Power Party vs Democratic Party (2014) | 2020 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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People's Alliance vs Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 1979 | 1989 |
People's Party vs Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 1989 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Social Democratic Party vs Moderate Party | 1940 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Kuomintang vs Democratic Progressive Party | 1986 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Democrat Party vs Thai Rak Thai Party | 1998 | 2007 |
Democrat Party vs People's Power Party | 2007 | 2008 |
Democrat Party vs Pheu Thai Party | 2008 | 2014 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Justice and Development Party vs Republican People's Party | 2003 | present |
People's Alliance vs Nation Alliance | 2018 | 2023 |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Whigs vs Tories | 1678 | 1834 |
Whigs vs Conservative Party | 1834 | 1859 |
Liberal Party vs Conservative Party | 1859 | 1922 |
Conservative Party vs Labour Party | 1900 | present |
Democratic Unionist Party vs. Sinn Féin | 1994 | present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Federalist Party vs Democratic-Republican Party | 1799 | 1824 |
Democratic Party vs Whig Party | 1833 | 1854 |
Republican Party vs Democratic Party | 1854 | Present |
Rivalry | Beginning Year | Ending Year |
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Democratic Action vs Copei | 1958 | 1998 |
Great Patriotic Pole vs Democratic Unity Roundtable | 2010 | present |
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