List of political parties in Namibia

Namibia is a dominant-party state with the South-West Africa People's Organisation in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. In Namibian politics, ethnicity plays a significant role in party affiliation and voting behaviour. Some parties are dominated by single ethnic groups; SWAPO itself, its government, and administration, is pre-dominantly Ovambo.

Parties with parliamentary seats

Parties with seats in the National Assembly of Namibia after the 2024 elections:

Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Council	Assembly
South West Africa People’s Organisation Afrikaans: Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie German: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation	SWAPO SWAVO	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah	Centre-left	Socialism with Namibian characteristics	28 / 42	51 / 104
Independent Patriots for Change	IPC	Panduleni Itula		Grassroots democracy	2 / 42	20 / 104
Affirmative Repositioning	AR	Job Amupanda	Left-wing	Marxism-leninism Pan-africanism	0 / 42	7 / 104
Popular Democratic Movement Afrikaans: Populêre Demokratiese Beweging	PDM	McHenry Venaani	Centre-right	Conservatism Economic liberalism	2 / 42	5 / 104
Landless People's Movement	LPM	Bernadus Swartbooi	Centre-left to left-wing	Social democracy Progressivism Land reform Environmentalism	6 / 42	5 / 104
United Democratic Front	UDF	Apius Auchab		Damara interests	2 / 42	1 / 104
Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters	NEFF	Epafras Mukwiilongo	Far-left	Marxism–Leninism Pan-Africanism Anti-capitalism	0 / 42	1 / 104
South West Africa National Union	SWANU	Tangeni Iiyambo	Left-wing	Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism	0 / 42	1 / 104
Republican Party German: Republikanische Partei	RP	Henk Mudge	Right-wing	Conservatism Christian democracy	0 / 42	1 / 104
National Unity Democratic Organisation	NUDO	Esther Muinjangue	Centre-right	Herero interests	1 / 42	1 / 104
All People's Party	APP	Ignatius Shixwameni	Centre-left	Social democracy	0 / 42	1 / 104
National Democratic Party	NDP	Martin Lukato			0 / 42	1 / 104
Body of Christ Party	BCP	Festus Thomas	Right-wing	Christian democracy	0 / 42	1 / 104

Unrepresented parties

The following parties contested the 2019 or 2024 parliamentary elections but did not gain a seat, in the order of votes obtained:

Action Democratic Movement Party (ADM): took part in the 2024 Namibian general election and received 2,286 votes (0.21%). The interim party president is Vincent Kanyetu, who was previously secretary general of the All People's Party (APP) and before that of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).
Christian Democratic Voice (CDV)
Congress of Democrats (CoD)
National Empowerment Fighting Corruption (NEFC)
National Patriotic Front (NPF)
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
United People's Movement (UPM)
Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP)

Parties of local relevance

The following parties did not contest the 2019 general elections but took part in the 2020 local authority election, and gained seats:

Gobabis Residents' Association, 1 seat in Gobabis
Karibib Ratepayers Association, 1 seat in Karibib
Monitor Action Group, 1 seat in Outjo
Okahandja Rate Payers Association, 1 seat in Okahandja
Omaruru Community Development Association, 1 seat in Omaruru
Rehoboth Independent Town Management Association, 1 seat in Rehoboth
United People's Movement (UPM), 1 seat in Rehoboth
Rundu Concerned Citizens Association, 1 seat in Rundu
Rundu Urban Community Association, 1 seat in Rundu
Swakopmund Residents Association, 2 seats in Swakopmund
Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association, 1 seat in Walvis Bay

Defunct parties

National parties

Local parties

Civic Association of Henties Bay

Banned parties

United Democratic Party