Aruba has a multi-party political system with numerous historical and contemporary political parties. Several parties have emerged from labor movements, independence activism, and constitutional debates following Aruba’s Status Aparte in 1986.
Parties
The native party names are mostly in Papiamento or Dutch with several derived from Venezuelan party names in Spanish.
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Parties represented in Parliament
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Party
!Abbr.
!Leader
!Political<br/>position
!Ideology
!MPs
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|Aruban People's Party<br /><small></small><br /><small></small>
| AVP
|Mike Eman
|Centre-right
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|bgcolor=|
|People's Electoral Movement<br /><small><br /></small>
| MEP
|Evelyn Wever-Croes
|Centre-left
|
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|-
|bgcolor=#FF00FF|
|FUTURO<br/><small></small><br /><small></small>
|TUR
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|-
|bgcolor=|
|Aruban Patriotic Party<br /><small></small><br /><small></small>
|PPA
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|Centre-left
|Social democracy
|
|}
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Minor parties (extra-parliamentary)
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Party
!Abbr.
!Leader
!Political<br/>position
!Ideology
!Votes
|-
|bgcolor=|
|Accion 21<br /><small></small><br /><small></small>
| A21
|Miguel Mansur
|Centre
|Liberal<br />Progressive<br />
|2,203
|-
|bgcolor=Purple|
|<br /><small><br /></small>
| CURPA
|Eric Ras
|
|
|423
|-
|bgcolor=#FF69B4|
|Youth Bringing Change<br/><small></small><br /><small></small>
|HTC
|Gilbert Webb
|
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|505
|-
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|Fight for Reform<br/><small></small><br /><small></small>
|LpR
|Ryçond Santos do Nascimento
|
|
|1,349
|-
|bgcolor=|
|Aruban Sovereignty Movement<br /><small></small><br /><small></small>
|MAS
|Marisol Tromp
|Centre-left
|Social democracy
|1,727
|-
|bgcolor=#FBCEB1|
|RAIZ<br /><small></small><br /><small></small>
|RAIZ
|Ursell Arends
|Centre-left
|Social democracy
|2,324
|-
|bgcolor=#4391CF|
|Democratic Network<br /><small></small><br /><small></small>
|RED
|Ricardo Croes
|
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|635
|-
|}
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Inactive/defunct parties
This list includes parties that are currently registered with the Aruban Electoral Council and/or have participated in a general election either on their own or in a combined list.
- Accion Democratico 86 (Democratic Action 86, AD86)
- Accion Democratico Nacional (National Democratic Action, ADN)
- Aliansa Democratico Arubano (Aruban Democratic Alliance, Aliansa)
- Aruba su Bienestar Organisacion (Organization for Aruba’s Well-Being, ABO)
- Conscientisacion pa Liberacion di Aruba (Consciousness-raising for the Liberation of Aruba, CLA)
- Convergencia Royalista Nacional (Nationalist Royalist Convergence, CORONA)
- Movemento Indigena Arubano (Aruban Indigenous Movement, MIA)
- Movimiento Patriotico Arubano (Aruban Patriotic Movement, MPA)
- Movimiento Social Independiente (Independent Social Movement, MSI)
- Movimiento Socialista di Aruba (Socialist Movement of Aruba, MSA)
- Organisacion Liberal Arubano (Aruban Liberal Organization, OLA)
- Partido Democratico Arubano (Aruban Democratic Party, PDA)
- Partido Direccion Politiea (Citizenship Direction Party, PDP)
- Partido pa un Aruba Restructura Awor (Party for a Restructured Aruba Now, PARA)
- Partido Democracia Real (Real Democracay Party, PDR)
- Partido Patriotico Nobo (New Patriotic Party, PPN)
- Plataforma Politico di Trahador (Political Platform of Workers, PPT)
- Pueblo Orguyoso y Respeta (Proud and Respected People, POR)
- Pueblo Prome (People First, PP)
- Summum Bonum (The Highest Good, Summum Bonum)
- Union Patriotico Progresista (Progressive Patriotic Union, UPP)
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See also
- Politics of Aruba
- List of political parties by country