List of ideological symbols explained
See main article: article and Political symbolism.
This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.
Colors
See main article: Political colour.
Worldwide
- Black – anarchism, Islamism, pirate parties, black nationalism
- Blue – conservatism, men's rights movement, pro-Europeanism, Zionism, American liberalism, Japanese liberalism
- Green – agrarianism, anarcho-egoism, anarcho-primitivism, capitalism, environmentalism, Islamism, green anarchism, green politics, black nationalism, Irish republicanism
- Gray – independent politicians
- Lavender – LGBT movements, transgender rights movement
- Magenta – centrism
- Orange – Christian democracy, populism, mutualist anarchism, classical liberalism, Ulster unionism
- Pink – feminism, LGBT movements, transgender rights movement
- Purple – monarchism, royalism
- Red – communism, democratic socialism, social democracy, socialism, American conservatism, Japanese conservatism
- Saffron – Hindu nationalism
- White – anti-communism, independent politicians, monarchism, pacifism, white nationalism, Zionism
- Yellow – liberalism, left-libertarianism
Australia
Bangladesh
Canada
France
Hungary
India
- Blue – Bahujan Samaj Party
- Blue – Mizo National Front
- Blue, red, and green – Rashtiya Lok Janshakti Party and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
- Blue, white, and green – Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
- Bright green – All India Trinamool Congress
- Deep green – Biju Janata Dal
- Blue – Aam Aadmi Party
- Green – All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- Green – All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Janata Dal (Secular)
- Green – Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
- Green – National People's Party (India)[6]
- Green and yellow – Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
- Maize and green – Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
- Navy blue and orange – Shiromani Akali Dal
- Pacific Blue – Nationalist Congress Party
- Pink – Janta Congress Chhattisgarh, Bharat Rashtra Samithi
- Red – All India Forward Bloc, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Left Front, Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
- Red – Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
- Red and black – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- Red and green – Samajwadi Party
- Red and white – Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
- Saffron and green – Bharatiya Janata Party
- Sky blue – Indian National Congress
- White – other parties and independents
- Yellow – Right to Recall Party
- Yellow – Telugu Desam Party
- Yellow and green – Jannayak Janta Party
Ireland
Japan
Mexico
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Syria
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Icons
Worldwide
- a³ (lowercase a, cubed) – Agorism
- Ballot – democracy
- Beehive – co-operative movement
- Bird in flight – classical liberalism, right-libertarianism
- Black sail – pirate parties
- Black sun – esoteric Nazism, neo-Nazism, white nationalism
- Bear – Putinism, Russian conservatism
- Carnation – social democracy and democratic socialism
- Cat, wildcat – worker collectivism, symbol of Industrial Workers of the World; Georgism
- Celtic cross – white nationalism, neo-Nazism, white pride, Irish nationalism, Celtic neopaganism
- ✝ Christian cross – Christianity
- Cross and sickle – Christian communism
- Ⓐ Circumscribed A – anarchism
- ⚙ Cogwheel – Labour movement, working class, agriculturalism
- Constitution – democracy
- Cross of Burgundy – Spanish nationalism, Carlism, nostalgia for the Spanish Empire
- ☨ Cross of Lorraine – Gaullism
- Cross of Saint Peter – Satanism, Opposition to Christianity, Anti-Christian sentiment
- Cross potent – Roman Catholicism, Austrofascism
- ♕ Crown – monarchism
- Dove – love and/or peace (often used by pacifist groups)
- Eagle – nationalism, patriotism, conservatism
- Easter lily (calla lily) – Irish republicanism, Irish nationalism
- Fasces – fascism, neo-fascism, Italian fascism, magisterial power, authority
- Fist and rose – socialism and social democracy
- Flash and circle – British fascism
- Four-leaf clover – agrarianism, Hibernophila, Irish nationalism, good luck
- Globe – globalism, neoliberalism, Internationalism
- ☭ Hammer and sickle – communism, Marxism–Leninism
- Hammer, sickle and brush – Juche, Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism
- Hawk of Quraish – Arab nationalism, Pan-Arabism
- Heart ensigned with a crosslet (Sacred Heart) – Integralism
- Labrys – Lesbian feminism, Metaxism, Matriarchy, Third Positionism, Révolution nationale
- Lambda – Identitarianism, Nouvelle Droite
- Lion – Nobility, Judeo Christianity, Rastafari
- Machete and Gear – Angolanidade
- ♂ Mars symbol - masculinity
- Newspaper – democracy, press freedom
- Nordic cross – Nordic model social democracy
- Olive tree – peace, community, health
- Parthenon – democracy
- ☮ Peace sign – peace, pacifism, nuclear disarmament, democracy
- Plough – communism, agrarian socialism, peasant movement, peasants rights
- Poppy – remembrance, WW1 and WW2
- Protest sign - democracy and resistance to tyranny
- Rainbow or rainbow flag – LGBT rights
- Raised fist – solidarity, syndicalism, unity, resistance, communism, radicalism in general
- Rebel Alliance - democracy and resistance to tyranny
- Red flag – socialism, communism, anti-fascism
- Red Hand of Ulster – Ulster loyalism, Ulster unionism, Ulster nationalism
- Red star – socialism, Marxism, communism, Neozapatismo
- Red whirlwind (Zawba'a) – Syrian Social Nationalism
- Ribbon of Saint George – Anti-Maidan, Ruscism, Pro-war nationalist opposition to Vladimir Putin, support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Rose – social democracy and democratic socialism
- Runic letters – various letters of the runic alphabet – particularly the Algiz, Eihwaz, Odal, Sowilō, and Tiwaz runes – have been used by various neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups post-WW2. However, these runes are also very commonly used by non-racialist Heathens and followers of Germanic Neopaganism in an apolitical context.
- Six-pointed Star and Fist – Kahanism
- Six Arrows – Kemalism
- Smiling Sun – anti-nuclear movement
- St. Michael's Cross (Archangel Michael Cross) – Legionarism, Neo-Legionarism
- ✡ Star of David – Zionism
- Starry Plough – Irish republican socialism
- Statue of Liberty - liberty, democracy, American democracy
- Sunflower – green politics
- Swastika – Nazism, fascism, neo-Nazism; Hindu, Jain, or Buddhist theology (original use)
- Three Arrows – mid 20th century European social democracy; the arrows represent anti-fascism, anti-communism, and anti-monarchism
- Three-finger salute (pro-democracy) - democracy and resistance to tyranny
- Throne, sword and altar – conservatism
- Torch – right-libertarianism, conservatism, patriotism, classical liberalism
- ♀ Venus symbol – feminism
- Venus symbol and raised fist combined – radical feminism
- ✌ V sign – voluntarism, peace, victory, veganism
- ⚖ Weighing scale – law, justice
- Wolf salute – Pan-Turkism
Bangladesh
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
See main article: List of political party symbols in India.
- Ard – Bodoland People's Front (Jharkhand)
- Arrow – Janata Dal (United) (Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Nagaland)
- Banana – All Jharkhand Students Union (Jharkhand)
- Bicycle – Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (Jammu and Kashmir), Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh), Telugu Desam Party (Andhra Pradesh)
- Book – National People's Party
- Bow and arrow – Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Jharkhand), Shiv Sena (Maharashtra)
- Broom – Aam Aadmi Party
- Bungalow – Lok Janshakti Party (Bihar)
- Candles – People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya)
- Car – Telangana Rashtra Samithi
- Ceiling fan – Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (Bihar), YSR Congress Party (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
- Clock – Nationalist Congress Party
- Coconut – Goa Forward Party (Goa)
- Conch – Biju Janata Dal (Odisha)
- Crown – People's Democratic Alliance (Meghalaya)
- Dao – Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (Tripura)
- Drum – United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) (Meghalaya)
- Ears of maize and sickle – Communist Party of India
- Elephant – Asom Gana Parishad (Assam), Bahujan Samaj Party (with the exception of the states of Assam and Sikkim where certain state parties use the elephant)
- Five-pointed star – Mizo National Front (Mizoram)
- Farmer ploughing (within square farm) – Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh)
- Flowers and grass – All India Trinamool Congress
- Glasses – Indian National Lok Dal (Haryana)
- Globe – Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (Nagaland)
- Hammer and sickle – Communist Party of India
- Hammer, sickle and star – Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Hand pump – Rashtriya Lok Dal (Uttar Pradesh)
- Hurricane lamp – Rashtriya Janata Dal (Bihar, Jharkhand)
- Ink pot and pen – People's Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Jug – All India N.R. Congress (Puducherry)
- Key – Jannayak Janta Party (Haryana)
- Lightbulb – Mizoram People's Conference (Mizoram)
- Locomotive – Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Maharashtra)
- Maize – People's Party of Arunachal (Arunachal Pradesh)
- Mango – Pattali Makkal Katchi (Puducherry)
- Kite – People's Party of Punjab (Punjab), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (Telangana)
- Ladder – Muslim League (Kerala)
- Lady farmer carrying paddy on her head – Janata Dal (Secular) (Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala)
- Lion – All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal), Hill State People's Democratic Party (Meghalaya), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (Goa)
- Lock and key – All India United Democratic Front (Assam)
- Lotus – Bharatiya Janata Party
- Nagara – Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
- Palm (of hand) – Indian National Congress
- Plough – Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Rooster – Naga People's Front (Manipur, Nagaland)
- Spade and ashpan rake – Revolutionary Socialist Party (Kerala, West Bengal)
- Spectacles – Indian National Lok Dal (Haryana)
- Rising sun – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
- Sun without rays – Zoram Nationalist Party (Mizoram)
- Table lamp – Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (Sikkim)
- Telephone – Himachal Vikas Congress (Himachal Pradesh)
- Two leaves – All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu), Kerala Congress (M) (Kerala)
- Umbrella – Sikkim Democratic Front (Sikkim)
- Water bottle – Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (Rajasthan)
- Weighing scale – Shiromani Akali Dal (Punjab)
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
Nepal
The Netherlands
Pakistan
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Flags
- Black flag – Anarchism, Islamism, Jihadism, Rebellion
- Black Bauhinia flag – Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), Hong Kong nationalism, Hong Kong independence, opposition to Chinese state nationalism
- Canadian Red Ensign – Canadian Anglophila, Support for the Commonwealth of Nations, Far-right politics in Canada, Canadian nationalism, White nationalism/supremacism in Canada, Alt right movement of Canada
- Calcutta flag – Indian independence movement
- Bisected red-and-black flag – Anarchist communism
- Confederate battle flag — Culture of the Southern United States, Historical commemoration of the Civil War, Neo-Confederates, Southern heritage, Lost Cause of the Confederacy, White supremacy, Rebellion
- Doug flag – Cascadia movement
- Estelada – Catalan independence movement, Catalan nationalism
- Flag of Nazi Germany – Nazism, neo-Nazism, White supremacy, Aryanism, Nazi chic, Shock value
- Flag of North Korea – Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, Pro-DPRK, Juche, Songun, Shock value
- Flag of Rhodesia – Rhodesian exile movement, Nostalgia for Rhodesia, White nationalism, White supremacy, Alt-right politics
- Flag of South Vietnam – Vietnamese diaspora, Anti-communism, Vietnamese democracy movement, Vietnamese heritage, Vietnamese ethnic unity, American nationalism
- Flag of the Arab Revolt – Pan-Arabism, Arab nationalism
- Flag of the Soviet Union – Communism, Soviet patriotism, Nostalgia for the Soviet Union, Marxism–Leninism, Communist chic, Neo-Sovietism, Support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shock value
- Flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army – Banderism, Ukrainian nationalism, Opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anti-Sovietism, Russophobia
- Flag of the United States – American conservatism, American libertarianism, American nationalism, American exceptionalism, Americanism, Trumpism, Radical right
- Gadsden flag – Right libertarianism, Classical liberalism, Liberty, Libertarian conservativism, Tea Party movement, Individualism, Americanism
- Green flag – Third International Theory, Gaddafi loyalism, Irish nationalism
- Jihadist flag – Islamism, Islamic fundamentalism, Jihadism, Islamic extremism, Shock value
- Kapok Flag – Cantonese nationalism, Cantonia Independence Movement, Cantonese culture
- Morning Star flag – Free Papua Movement, Papuan nationalism Oranje, Blanje, Blou – Afrikaner ethnonationalism, Support for Apartheid, White supremacy, Anti-Black racism, White separatism
- Pan-African flag – Pan-Africanism, Black nationalism, Black power, Garveyism, pro-UNIA Pine Tree Flag – Christian nationalism, American Libertarianism, Christian Patriot movement, Culture of New England, Right-wing libertarianism, Americanism
- Prince's Flag – Dutch patriotism, Greater Netherlands movement, Nostalgia for the Dutch Republic, Pan-Netherlands politics, Far-right politics in Holland
- Senyera – Catalan identity, Catalan nationalism
- White-blue-white flag – Anti-Putinism, opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Irpin Declaration, Russian opposition
- White-red-white flag – Belarusian democracy movement, Belarusian opposition, opposition to Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian nationalism, anti-Union State
Notes and References
- Web site: Official Logos. Canada's Official Opposition.
- Web site: Logos & Graphics. Green Party of Canada.
- Web site: Branding Toolkit. Canada's NDP.
- Web site: Website.
- Web site: Logos & Graphics | Liberal Party of Canada. liberal.ca.
- Web site: India Election Results 2019, State Election Result Update. Maps of India.
- Web site: Holland. Brynn. Woman in White: Hillary Clinton's Suffragette Tribute. History.com.
- https://balkaninsight.com/2018/11/21/wwii-fascist-symbols-widespread-in-croatia-ombudsperson-11-21-2018/
- https://fiav.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ICV2525-Roman-Klimes-The-Cedar-Tree-%E2%80%93-The-Symbol-of-a-Country.pdf
- Web site: Lebanese Forces Cross .
- http://ecp.gov.pk/Misc/SymbolsNotification.pdf Symbols allotted to political parties for general elections 2013
- Web site: Phil . Scullion . Lib Dems 'have best party logo' . Politics.co.uk . 19 September 2011 . dead . 26 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928192840/http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2011/09/19/lib-dems-have-best-party-logo . 28 September 2013 .
- Web site: Blue and green tree logo set to replace Tory torch . ConservativeHome's ToryDiary.
- Web site: Media . P. A. . 2022-03-01 . Scottish Labour drops rose for thistle in party rebrand . 2024-01-29 . STV News . en-GB.
- Web site: Lester. Robert. The Conservative Party replaces 'torch' icon with oak tree logo. Marketing Week. 8 September 2013. 15 September 2006.
- Web site: Our Visual Identity: A User Guide. The Conservative Party. 8 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130906032205/http://www.conservatives.com/get_involved/~/media/Files/Activist%20Centre/Elections%202011/Visual%20Identity%20Guide/Our_Visual_Identity_A_User_Guide%20February%202011.ashx. 6 September 2013.
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