List of political parties in the Cook Islands

This article lists political parties in the Cook Islands. There are two dominant political parties, which means that the Cook Islands have a two-party system. It is extremely difficult for candidates to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Active parties

Parliamentary parties There are two parliamentary parties in the 19th Cook Islands Parliament. The order of this list corresponds to the number of MPs they currently have.

Logo Name Abbr. Est. Leader Ideology MPs Political position Cook Islands Party CIP1965 Mark Brown Cook Islands Māori nationalism Centre toCentre-right Cook Islands United Party CIUP2018 Teariki Heather

Extraparliamentary parties An accurate list of active extraparliamentary parties can be difficult to determine. Any person may announce a political party, but these parties may or may not gain followers, receive any media coverage or go on to contest an election. It can also be difficult to determine when parties have ceased operating or moved away from politics.

The list below lists active and notable parties that have unsuccessfully contested at least one of the last two general elections.

LogoNameAbbr.Est.LeaderIdeologyPolitical position Democratic Party DP1971 Tina Pupuke-Browne Social liberalism Centre toCentre-leftOne Cook Islands MovementOCI2014George TuriaProgressive Party of the Cook IslandsPPCI2019Te Tuhi Kelly

Historical parties

Alliance Party (1992–2002) Cook Islands First Party (2004–2006) Cook Islands Labor Party (1965) Cook Islands National Party (2003–2004) United Political Party (1965) Democratic Tumu Party (1989–1993) New Alliance Party (1997–2002) Party Tumu (2010) Te Kura O Te ‘Au People's Movement (2010) Tumu Enua (2004) United Cook Islanders (UCI) (1968–1970?)

See also List of ruling political parties by country

References