Editing Politics of Turkmenistan (section)

==Political parties and elections==
{{elect|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan|Elections in Turkmenistan}}

[[Turkmenistan]] was until recently a [[one-party state]] wherein only the [[Democratic Party of Turkmenistan]] ({{Lang|tk|Türkmenistanyň Demokratik partiýasynyň}}) was legally allowed to contest elections. Other parties are now formally allowed to exist following the adoption of the new Constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkmenistan - Trade|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Turkmenistan|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006011508/https://www.britannica.com/place/Turkmenistan|url-status=live}}</ref>

There have been political parties and opposition groups in the past—a group named [[Agzybirlik]] (Unity) was banned in January 1990. Its members formed the [[Party for Democratic Development]] which was itself banned in 1991. This led a coalition for democratic reform named [[Gengesh]] (Conference).

The latest opposition party, the [[Republican Party of Turkmenistan]] ({{Lang|tk|Türkmenistanyň Respublikan partiýasynyň}}), operates in exile. Since all opposition was banned within Turkmenistan, so it has been forced to form and operate from abroad.

Below is the '''list of parliamentary parties in Turkmenistan''':
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! colspan=3 | Name
! Abbr.
! Leader/Chairman
! Ideology
! [[Assembly of Turkmenistan|Mejlis]]
! Political position
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan}}" |
| [[File:TDP_logo.svg|center|60x60px]]
| [[Democratic Party of Turkmenistan]]<br /><small>''Türkmenistanyň Demokratik Partiýasy''</small>
| TDP
| [[Ata Serdarov]]
| {{nowrap|[[Turkmens|Turkmen]] [[nationalism]]<br />[[Social conservatism]]}}
|{{Composition bar|65|125|{{party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan}}}}
| [[Big tent]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan}}" |
|
| [[Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan]]<br /><small>''Türkmenistanyň agrar partiýasy''</small>
| TAP
| [[:tk:Rejep Bazarow|Rejep Bazarow]]
| [[Agrarianism]]<br />[[Statism]]
|{{Composition bar|24|125|{{party color|Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan}}}}
|Big tent 
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan}}" |
|
| [[Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan]]<br /><small>''Türkmenistanyň Senagatçylar we Telekeçiler partiýasy''</small>
| TSTP
| {{nowrap|[[:tk:Saparmyrat Owganow|Saparmyrat Owganow]]}}
| [[Industrialisation|Industrialism]]<br />[[Statism]]
|{{Composition bar|18|125|{{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan}}}}
|Big tent
|-
|}