List of political party symbols

[edit] Colors

For more in depth information on this, see Political colour

• Red - Social Democracy, Socialism, Communism.
• Pink - Socialism, Homosexuality, Women
• Blue - Conservatism, Jews, Men
• Green - Environmentalism, Islam, Capitalism, Agrarianism, Irish Nationalism
• Black - Anarchism, Fascism, Catholicism, Monarchism, Blacks
• Orange - Christian Democracy, Ulster loyalism, Netherlands, Hindu Nationalism
• White - Monarchism, Whites, Christian Democracy (Italy)
• Purple - Monarchism
• Brown - Nazism, Hispanics
• Yellow - Capitalism, Banking Interests, Asians, Classical Liberalism, Libertarianism
• Lavender - Homosexuality

[edit] Colors (United States)

• Red - conservatives and the U.S. Republican party
• Blue - liberals and the U.S. Democratic Party
• Yellow - libertarians and the U.S. Libertarian Party
• Green - Environmentalism, and often Liberalism, and the U.S. Green Party
• Purple - politically mixed or moderate areas of the country, and the U.S. Moderate Party
• White - (sometimes) third parties (other than the Greens or Moderates) and independent candidates and voters

[edit] Directions

• Left (cultural and economic) — American Liberalism, Anarchism, Communism, Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism
  • Cultural Left — Liberalism, Libertarianism, Revolution
  • Economic Left — Labour, sometimes Christian Democracy, sometimes Nationalism

• Center — Centrism, Christian Democracy, Communitarianism, Pragmatism

• Right (cultural and economic) — Classical Liberalism, Conservatism, Monarchism, Nationalism, Fascism
  • Cultural Right — Christian Democracy
  • Economic Right — Capitalism (or Laissez-faire), Liberalism, Libertarianism

[edit] Icons (worldwide)

• swastika - Nazism
• hammer and sickle - Communism
• Fasces - Fascism
• Circumscribed A - Anarchism
• Red star - Socialism and communism
• crown - Monarchism
• Red rose - the Democratic Socialist and Social Democratic member parties of The Socialist International

[edit] Icons (India)

Main article: List of political party symbols in India

• lotus - Bharatiya Janata Party
• ears of maize and sickle - Communist Party of India
• hand - Indian National Congress
• clock - Nationalist Congress Party
• elephant - Bahujan Samaj Party (with the exception of the states of Assam and Sikkim where certain state parties use the elephant)
• bicycle - Telugu Desam Party (Andhra Pradesh)
• elephant - Asom Gana Parishad (Assam)
• arrow - Janata Dal (United) (Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Nagaland)
• hurricane lamp - Rashtriya Janata Dal (Bihar, Jharkhand)
• spectacles - Indian National Lok Dal (Haryana)
• telephone - Himachal Vikas Congress (Himachal Pradesh)
• plough - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)
• ink pot and pen - People's Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
• bow and arrow - Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha (Jharkhand)
• lady farmer carrying paddy on her head - Janata Dal (Secular) (Karnataka)
• two leaves - Kerala Congress (Mani faction) (Kerala)
• ladder - Muslim League (Kerala)
• bow and arrow - Shiv Sena (Maharashtra)
• conch - Biju Janata Dal (Orissa)
• scales - Akali Dal (Punjab)
• umbrella - Sikkim National Front (Sikkim)
• two leaves - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
• rising sun - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
• hand pump - Rashtriya Lok Dal (Uttar Pradesh)
• bicycle - Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh)
• lion - All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal)
• flowers and grass - Nationalist Trinamool Congress

[edit] Icons (United States)

• Abraham Lincoln - Republican Party, used on some paper ballots in US
• American Patriot Party Lexington Embattled Farmer / American Patriot
• donkey - Democratic Party
• eagle - Republican Party, Constitution Party
• elephant - Republican Party
• Moose- Progressive Party of Washington and Vermont Progressive Party Also used since 1912 for National Progressive Party
• hawk - Moderate Party
• Liberty - Libertarian Party
• rooster - Democratic Party
• sunflower - Green Party
• Benjamin Franklin - Democratic Party, used on some paper ballots in US
• Spider - Communist Party

[edit] Icons (Pakistan)

• Arrow - Pakistan Peoples Party
• Sunflower - Green Party of Pakistan
• Lion - Pakistan Muslim League (N)

[edit] External links and references

• Emblems and logos for registered political parties in Great Britain