List of political parties in Kosovo explained

This article lists political parties in Kosovo.Kosovo has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Major parties

Having seats in Parliament of Kosovo as a result of 2021 general election and subsequent shifts:

Party			Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	MPs
		Vetëvendosje Lëvizja Vetëvendosje	LVV	Social democracy, Direct democracy, Progressivism, Left-wing nationalism, Kosovo–Albanian unionism, Albanian nationalism	Albin Kurti
		Guxo Guxo!		Liberal conservatism	Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz
		The Alternative Alternativa	A	Liberalism, Liberal democracy	Mimoza Kusari-Lila
		Democratic League of Kosovo Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës	LDK	Liberal conservatism, Social conservatism, Economic liberalism, Albanian nationalism,^[1] ^[2] Pro-Europeanism, Civic nationalism	Lumir Abdixhiku
		New Kosovo Alliance Aleanca Kosova e Re	AKR	Social liberalism,^[3] Pro-Europeanism	Behgjet Pacolli
		Democratic Party of Kosovo Partia Demokratike e Kosovës	PDK	National conservatism, Economic liberalism, Social conservatism, Albanian nationalism^[4]	Kadri Veseli
		Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës	AAK	National conservatism, Economic liberalism, Albanian nationalism, Pro-Europeanism	Ramush Haradinaj
		Serb List Lista serbe Српска листа / Srpska lista	LS	Serb minority politics,^[5] National conservativism, Right-wing populism, Serbian nationalism	Goran Rakić

Minor parties

• Democratic Alternative of Kosovo (Alternativa Demokratike e Kosovës)
• Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (Partia Shqiptare Demokristiane e Kosovës)
• Green Party of Kosovo (Partia e të Gjelbërve të Kosovës)
• Liberal Party of Kosovo (Partia Liberale e Kosovës)
• Coalition Party (Kosovo)
• Social Democratic Initiative (Kosovo)
• Social Democratic Party of Kosovo
• The Word (Fjala)

Minority parties

• Turkish Justice Party of Kosovo (Kosova Türk Adalet Partisi)
• Ashkali Party for Integration (Partia e Ashkalinjëve për Integrim)
• Bosniak Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo (Bošnjačka Stranka Demokratske Akcije Kosova)
• Bosnian League of Kosovo
• Civic Initiative of Gora (Građanska Inicijativa Gore)
• Civic Initiative National Wing (Gradjanska Inicijativa Krilo Naroda)
• Vakat Coalition (Koalicija Vakat)
• Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Ashkanlive të Kosovës)
• Kosovo Turkish Union (Kosova Türk Birliǧi)
• League of Egyptians of Kosovo (Lidhja e Egjiptianëve të Kosovës)
• Montenegrin Democratic Party (Crnogorska Demokratska Stranka)
• New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo (Iniciativa e re Demokratike e Kosovës)
• New Democratic Party (Nova Demokratska Stranka)
• Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije)
• Social Democratic Party of Gora (Socijaldemokratska Stranka Gore)
• Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi)
• United Roma Party of Kosovo (Partia Rome e Bashkuar e Kosovës)
• Serb List
• Serb Civic Initiative (Građanska Inicijativa Srbija)
• Independent Liberal Party (Samostalna Liberalna Stranka)
• New Democracy (Nova Demokratija)
• Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Demokratska Stranka Kosova i Metohije)
• Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party (Srpska Kosovsko-Metohijska Stranka)
• Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Lista za Kosovo i Metohiju)
• Serb People's Party (Srpska Narodna Stranka)
• Serbian Social Democratic Party (Srpska Socijaldemokratska Stranka)
• Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija (Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata Kosova i Metohije)
• United Serbian List (Jedinstvena Srpska Lista) (all-Serb list, lists 56 candidates of both the ruling and the opposition parties based in Belgrade)^[6]
• Unique Gorani Party (Jedinstvena Goranska Partija)
• Social Democratic Union (Socijaldemokratska Unija)
• Progressive Movement of Kosovar Roma (Kosovaki Romengi Anglipaski Phiravlin)

Former parties

• New Spirit Party (Partia Fryma e Re)
• Reformist Party ORA (Partia Reformiste ORA)
• People's Movement of Kosovo (Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës)
• Socialist Party of Kosovo (Partia Socialiste e Kosovës)
• National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës)
• Movement for Integration and Unification (Lëvizja për Integrim dhe Bashkim)
• Democratic League of Dardania (Lidhja Demokratike e Dardanisë)
• Partia e Fortë (Strong Party)

See also

• Lists of political parties
• List of political parties in Serbia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albanian nationalist wins Kosovo polls - Newspaper - DAWN.COM. 19 November 2001.
2. Wells, Mike; Fellows, Nick (2016). History for the IB Diploma Paper 1 Conflict and Intervention. Cambridge University Press. p. 117.
3. Web site: Parties and Elections in Europe.
4. Web site: Ex-fighters get band back together for Kosovo election – POLITICO. 11 June 2017.
5. Web site: Wolfram. Nordsieck. Kosovo. Parties and Elections in Europe. 2019. 9 October 2019.
6. Web site: B92 - News - "Members of all Belgrade-based parties in Kosovo elections". dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124163739/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=11&dd=23&nav_id=71072 . 2010-11-24 .