List of major liberal parties considered centre-left

In the 21st century, Liberalism is generally considered a centrist or centre-right ideology.[1][2] However, especially in countries whose mainstream political spectrum includes liberals and conservatives but not socialists and social democrats, liberals may be considered left of centre as opposed to conservatives.

Active

Major parties

Country	Party		Abbr.	Notes	Ref.
Canada		Liberal Party of Canada	LPC	Two-party system dominated by the Liberal and Conservative parties. Most influential third party (NDP) is social democratic but considered left-wing.	[3]
India		Indian National Congress	INC	Two-party system dominated by the liberal INC and the conservative BJP.	[4]
Japan		Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan	CDP	Dominant-party system under the conservative LDP. Liberal CDP is one of the main opposition parties, alongside libertarian Ishin and communist JCP.	[5]
South Korea		Democratic Party	DPK	Two-party system dominated by the liberal DPK and the conservative PPP.	[6]
Taiwan		Democratic Progressive Party	DPP	Two-party system dominated by the liberal DPP and the conservative KMT.	[7]
United States		Democratic Party	D	Two-party system dominated by the liberal Democrats and the conservative Republicans.	[8]

Other

•  Hong Kong is multi-party system, but most political parties traditionally belong to the conservative pro-Beijing camp and the liberal pro-democracy camp.
  • Democratic Party, the most powerful liberal party in the pro-democracy camp.[9][10]

•  Taiwan
  • Taiwan People's Party[11][12]

•  United Kingdom
  • Liberal Democrats[13][14]

Historical

•  Hong Kong
  • Civic Party[15]
  • Demosisto[16]

See also

See also
Liberalism Social liberalism Liberalism by country Liberalism in Canada Liberalism in China Liberalism in Hong Kong (pro-democracy camp) Liberalism in India Liberalism in Japan Liberalism in South Korea Liberalism in the United States Modern liberalism in the United States Pro-democracy camp (Macau) Progressivism in Taiwan (pan-green coalition) Tangwai movement

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