{{Short description|None}} {{Unreferenced|date=May 2026}} {{Politics of Burundi}} '''Burundi''' has a [[multi-party]] system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. Most parties are usually based on ethnic background, representing the majority [[Hutu]] or minority [[Tutsi]] and [[Great Lakes Twa|Twa]] groups. Before 1993, Burundi did not have contested multi-party elections.

==Parties represented in Parliament== {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Party !Abbr. !Flag !Leader !Ideology ![[Senate (Burundi)|Senate]] ![[National Assembly (Burundi)|Assembly]] |- |{{party color cell|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}} |[[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy]]<br/>{{lang|fr|size=85%|Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie – Forces de défense de la démocratie}} |CNDD–FDD |[[File:Flag_of_the_CNDD-FDD.svg|60px]] |[[:fr:Révérien Ndikuriyo|Révérien Ndikuriyo]] |[[Hutu Power|Hutu nationalism]]<br>[[Right-wing populism]] |{{Composition bar|10|13|hex={{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}}}} |{{Composition bar|108|111|hex={{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}}}} |- |{{party color cell|National Congress for Liberty}} |[[National Congress for Liberty]]<br/>{{lang|fr|size=85%|Congrès national pour la liberté}} |CNL | |[[Nestor Girukwishaka]] |[[Hutu|Hutu interests]] |{{Composition bar|0|13|{{party color|National Congress for Liberty}}}} |{{Composition bar|0|111|{{party color|National Congress for Liberty}}}} |- |{{party color cell|Union for National Progress}} |[[Union for National Progress]]<br/>{{lang|fr|size=85%|Union pour le progrès national}} |UPRONA |[[File:Flag of the UPRONA.svg|60px]] |[[Olivier Nkurunziza]] |[[Nationalism|Burundi nationalism]]<br/>[[Tutsi |Tutsi interests]] |{{Composition bar|0|13|{{party color|Union for National Progress}}}} |{{Composition bar|0|111|{{party color|Union for National Progress}}}} |}

==Parties without parliamentary representation== {{div col}} *[[National Congress for Freedom]] (CNL) *[[Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People]] (PALIPEHUTU) *[[Burundo-African Alliance for Salvation]] (ABASA) *[[Front for Democracy in Burundi]] (FRODEBU) *[[Green Party-Intwari]] (VERT-Intwari) *[[Independent Labor Party]] (PIT) *[[Liberal Alliance for Democracy]] (ALIDE) *[[Kaze-Forces for the Defense of Democracy]] (KAZE-FDD) *[[Liberal Party (Burundi)|Liberal Party]] (PL) *[[Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero]] (MRC-Rurenzangemero) *[[National Alliance for Law and Economic Development]] (ANADDE) *[[National Council for the Defense of Democracy]] (CNDD) *[[National Liberation Forces-Icanzo]] (FNL-Icanzo) *[[National Liberation Front (Burundi)|National Liberation Front]] (FROLINA) *New Alliance for Democracy and Development in Burundi (NADDEBU) *[[Pan Africanist Socialist Movement-Inkinzo]] (MSP-Inkinzo) *[[Parliamentary Monarchist Party]] (PMP) *[[Party for a Non-Violent Society]] (SONOVI) *Party for Democracy and Reconciliation (PADER) *[[Party for Justice and Development]] (PAJUDE) *[[Party for National Concord-Abasangirajambo]] (PACONA-Abasangirajambo) *[[Party for National Recovery]] (PARENA) *[[Party for Peace, Democracy, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction]] (PPDRR) *[[Party for the Economic Independence of Burundi]] (PIEBU) *[[Party for the Integral Renewal of Burundi-Intahemana]] (PARIBU-Intahemana) *[[Party for the Liberation of People-Agakiza]] (PALIPE-Agakiza) *[[Party for the Promotion of the Toiling Masses-Abanyamwete]] (PML-Abanyamwete) *[[Party for the Reconstruction of the Burundian Nation in Community Development]] (RUSANGI) *[[Party for the Restoration of Monarchy and Dialogue in Burundi]] (ABAHUZA) *[[People's Reconciliation Party]] (PRP) *[[Rally for Democracy and Economic and Social Development]] (RADDES) *[[Rally for the People of Burundi]] (RPB) *[[Social Democratic Party-Dusabikanye]] (PSD-Dusabikanye) *[[Union for Peace and Development]] (UPD) {{div col end}}

==Defunct parties== {{div col}} *[[Abanyamajambere Party]] (AB) *African National Union of Ruanda-Urundi (UNARU) *Association of Barundi Progressives and Democrats (APRODEBA) *Barundi Workers' Rally (RTB) *[[Burundi Workers' Party]] (UBU) *Christian Democratic Party (PDC) *Country Democratic Rally (RDP) *Country Democratic Union (UDP) *[[Free Socialist Party of Burundi]] (PARSOCILIBRE) *National Union of Burundi-Abadahemuka (UNB-Abadahemuka) *Party for the Independence of Burundi (PIBU) *[[Party of the People (Burundi)|Party of the People]] (PP) *People's Emancipation Party (PEP) *[[People's Party (Burundi)|People's Party]] (PP) *People's Rally of Burundi (RPB) *People's Union of Burundi (UPB) *Progressive Movement of Burundi (MPB) *Reconciliation Party (PR) *Rural Democratic Party (PDR) *Rural Movement of Burundi (MRB) *Union for Hutu Promotion (UPROHUTU) *Union of People's Parties (UPP) *Union of the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa of Burundi (UHTTB) *Voice of the Murundi People (VPM) *Young Workers' Party of Burundi (PDJTB) {{div col end}}

==See also==

* [[Lists of political parties]]

{{Burundian political parties}} {{Burundi topics}} {{Africa in topic|List of political parties in}}

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