Politics of the Cook Islands
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This article lists political parties in the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands have a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. It is extremely difficult for candidates to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Active parties

Parliamentary parties

Logo	Name		Abbr.	Est.	Leader	Ideology	MPs	Political position
		Cook Islands Party	CIP	1965	Mark Brown	Cook Islands Māori nationalism	12 / 24	Centre to Centre-right
		Democratic Party	DP	1971	Tina Browne	Social liberalism	5 / 24	Centre to Centre-left
		Cook Islands United Party	CIUP	2018	Teariki Heather		3 / 24
		One Cook Islands Movement	OCI	2014	George Turia		1 / 24

Extraparliamentary parties

• Progressive Party of the Cook Islands (2019–present)

Historical parties

• Alliance Party (1992–2002)
• Cook Islands First Party (2004–2006)
• Cook Islands Labor Party (1965)
• Cook Islands National Party (2003–2004)
• United Political Party (1965)
• Democratic Tumu Party (1989–1993)
• New Alliance Party (1997–2002)
• Party Tumu (2010)
• Te Kura O Te ‘Au People's Movement (2010)
• Tumu Enua (2004)
• United Cook Islanders (UCI) (1968–1970?)

See also

• List of political parties by country