Malawi:
Alliance for Democracy or AFORD [Chakufwa CHIHANA,
president]; Malawi Congress Party or MCP [Gwanda CHAKUAMBA,
president, John TEMBO, vice president]; Malawi Democratic Party or
MDP [Kampelo KALUA, president]; National Independence Party; Social
Democratic Party or SDP [Eston KAKHOME, president]; United
Democratic Front or UDF [Bakili MULUZI] - governing party
Malaysia:
Alternative Coalition or Barisan Alternatif-BA (includes
the following parties: Party Islam Se-Malaysia or PAS [FADZIL
Mohamad Noor], National Justice Party or NJP [WAN AZIZAH Wan
Ismail], Democratic Action Party or DAP [LIM Kit Siang], and
Malaysian People's Party or PRM [SYED HUSIN]); National Front or NF
(ruling coalition dominated by the United Malays National
Organization or UMNO [MAHATHIR bin Mohammad], includes the following
parties: Malaysian Indian Congress or MIC [S. Samy VELLU], Malaysian
Chinese Association or MCA [LING Liong Sik], Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
or Gerakan [LIM Keng Yaik], Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu or PBB
[Patinggi Haji Abdul TAIB Mahmud], Parti Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat
Bersatu or Akar [PANDIKAR Amin Mulia], Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak or
PBDS [Leo MOGGIE], Sarawak United People's Party or SUPP [George
CHAN Hong Nam], Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [CHONG Kah Kiat],
Sabah Progressive Party or SAPP [YONG Teck Lee], People's
Progressive Party or PPP [M. KAYVEAS], Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah or
PBRS [Joseph KURUP], Sarawak National Party or SNAP [Amar James
WONG], Parti Demokratik Sabah or PDS [leader NA], and United Pasok
Momogun Kadazan Organization or UPKO (state level only) [Bernard
DOMPOK]); Parti Bersatu Sabah or PBS [Joseph PAIRIN Kitingan]; Parti
Bersekutu [HARRIS Salleh]; State Reform Party of Sarawak or STAR
[PATAU Rubis]
Maldives:
although political parties are not banned, none exist
Mali:
Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA, party
chairman]; Block of Alternative for the Renewal of Africa or BARA
[Yoro DIAKITE]; Democratic and Social Convention or CDS [Mamadou
Bakary SANGARE, chairman]; Movement for the Independence,
Renaissance and Integration of Africa or MIRIA [Mohamed Lamine
TRAORE, Mouhamedou DICKO]; National Congress for Democratic
Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL, chairman]; Party for Democracy
and Progress or PDP [Me Idrissa TRAORE]; Party for National Renewal
or PARENA [Yoro DIAKITE, chairman; Tiebile DRAME, secretary
general]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Ali GNANGADO]; Rally
for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Almamy SYLLA, chairman]; Sudanese
Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE,
secretary general]; Union of Democratic Forces for Progress or UFDP
[Youssouf TOURE, secretary general]; Union for Democracy and
Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY]
Malta:
Alternativa Demokratika/Alliance for Social Justice or AD
[Harry VASSALLO]; Malta Labor Party or MLP [Alfred SANT];
Nationalist Party or PN [Edward FENECH ADAMI]
Man, Isle of:
there is no party system; members sit as independents
Marshall Islands:
traditionally there have been no formally
organized political parties; what has existed more closely resembles
factions or interest groups because they do not have party
headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures; the following
two "groupings" have competed in legislative balloting in recent
years - Kabua Party [Imata KABUA] and United Democratic Party or UDP
[Litokwa TOMEING]
Martinique:
Martinique Independence Movement or MIM [Alfred
MARIE-JEANNE]; Martinique Progressive Party or PPM [Camille
DARSIERES]; Martinique Socialist Party or PMS [Ernest WAN-AJOUHU];
Rally for the Republic or RPR [Michel CHARLONE]; Union for French
Democracy or UDF (replaced by Martinique Forces of Progress) [Jean
MAREN]
Mauritania:
Action for Change or AC [Messoud Ould BOULKHEIR];
Assembly for Democracy and Unity or RDU [Ahmed Ould SIDI BABA];
Democratic and Social Republican Party or PRDS (ruling party)
[President Col. Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA]; Mauritanian Party for
Renewal and Concorde or PMRC [Molaye El Hassen Ould JIYID]; National
Union for Democracy and Development or UNDD [Tidjane KOITA]; Party
for Liberty, Equality and Justice or PLEJ [Daouda M'BAGNIGA];
Popular Front or FP [Ch'bih Ould CHEIKH MALAININE]; Popular Progress
Alliance or APP [Mohamed El Hafed Ould ISMAEL]; Popular Social and
Democratic Union or UPSD [Mohamed Mahmoud Ould MAH]; Progress Force
Union or UFP [Mohamed Ould MOLOUD]; Union for Progress and Democracy
or UNDD [Naha Mint MOUKNASS]
note: parties legalized by constitution ratified 12 July 1991;
however, politics continue to be tribally based