List of ideological symbols

This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.

Colors

Worldwide

Black – anarchism, Islamism, pirate parties, Arab nationalism, black nationalism
Blue – conservatism, men's rights movement, pro-Europeanism, Zionism, American liberalism, Japanese liberalism
Brown – fascism, Nazism, far-right politics
Gold – capitalism, classical liberalism, right-libertarianism
Green – agrarianism, anarcho-egoism, anarcho-primitivism, capitalism, environmentalism, Islamism, green anarchism, green politics, Arab nationalism, black nationalism, Irish republicanism
Gray – independent politicians
Lavender – LGBT movements, transgender rights movement
Magenta – centrism
Orange – Christian democracy, populism, mutualist anarchism, classical liberalism, Ulster unionism
Pink – feminism, LGBT movements, transgender rights movement
Purple – monarchism, royalism
Red – communism, democratic socialism, social democracy, socialism, American conservatism, Arab nationalism, Japanese conservatism, Zionism
Saffron – Hindu nationalism
White – anti-communism, independent politicians, monarchism, pacifism, Arab nationalism, white nationalism, Zionism
Yellow – liberalism, left-libertarianism

Australia

Blue – The Liberal Party
Brown – National Socialist Party of Australia
Red – The Labor Party
Green – The Greens
Green and yellow – The National Party

Bangladesh

Blue, red and green – Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Fern Green – Bangladesh Jamaat Islami
Green – Bangladesh Awami League
Yellow – Jatiyo Party

Canada

France

Red – La France Insoumise
Red – Parti Communiste Français
Pink – Parti Socialiste
Green – Europe Ecologie Les Verts
Green – Génération.s
Orange – Mouvement Démocrate
Orange – La République en Marche
Yellow – Renaissance
Blue – Les Républicains
Blue – Rassemblement National

Hungary

Green and gold – Christian Democratic People's Party
Orange – Fidesz
Red, white and green – Arrow Cross Party

India

Blue – Bahujan Samaj Party
Blue – Mizo National Front
Blue, red, and green – Rashtiya Lok Janshakti Party and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
Blue, white, and green – Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
Bright green – All India Trinamool Congress
Deep green – Biju Janata Dal
Blue – Aam Aadmi Party
Green – All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Green – All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Janata Dal (Secular)
Green – Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Green – National People's Party (India)^[6]
Green and yellow – Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
Maize and green – Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
Navy blue and orange – Shiromani Akali Dal
Pacific Blue – Nationalist Congress Party
Pink – Janta Congress Chhattisgarh, Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Red – All India Forward Bloc, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Left Front, Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Red – Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Red and black – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Red and green – Samajwadi Party
Red and white – Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Saffron and green – Bharatiya Janata Party
Sky blue – Indian National Congress
White – other parties and independents
Yellow – Right to Recall Party
Yellow – Telugu Desam Party
Yellow and green – Jannayak Janta Party

Ireland

Blue – Fine Gael
Dark green – Sinn Féin
Green – Fianna Fáil
Green and gold – Green Party
Maroon – Solidarity–People Before Profit
Purple – Social Democrats
Red – Labour Party

Japan

Blue – Constitutional Democratic Party
Blue and pink – Komeito
Red – Liberal Democratic Party, Communist Party

Mexico

Black and red – Camisas Rojas
Green, gold and black – Nationalist Front of Mexico

The Netherlands

Azure and navy – Christian Union
Green – Christian Democratic Appeal
Green – Democrats 66
Green – Farmer–Citizen Movement
Green – Party for the Animals
Green and red – GreenLeft
Maroon – Forum for Democracy
Navy and red – JA21
Orange – Reformed Political Party
Orange and blue – People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Purple – Volt
Red – Labour Party
Red – Socialist Party
Red, white, and blue – Party for Freedom
Turquoise – DENK

Portugal

Blue – People's Monarchist Party
Dark blue – Chega
Green – Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Green – Earth Party
Green – Together for the People
Green – LIVRE
Orange – Social Democratic Party
Red – Portuguese Communist Party
Red – Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Red (official) and maroon (customary) – Left Bloc
Red (official) and pink (customary) – Socialist Party
Sky blue – CDS – People's Party
Sky blue – Liberal Initiative
Teal – People Animals Nature

Slovakia

Dark blue and white – Slovak Togetherness
Green – People's Party Our Slovakia
White, blue and red – Slovak People's Party

Sweden

Blue – Moderate Party
Blue and white – Christian Democrats
Blue and white – Liberals
Green – Centre Party
Green – Green Party
Orange and blue – Alliance
Pink – Feminist Initiative
Purple – Pirate Party
Red – Left Party
Red – Swedish Social Democratic Party
Red and green – Red-Greens
Yellow and light-blue – Sweden Democrats

Syria

Black, red and white – Syrian Social Nationalist Party

Turkey

Blue – Good Party
Purple – Peoples' Democratic Party
Red – Nationalist Movement Party
Red – Republican People's Party
Yellow – Justice and Development Party

United Kingdom

Blue – Conservative Party
Green – Green Party
Green and yellow – Plaid Cymru
Orange – Liberal Democrats
Purple and yellow – UKIP
Red – Labour Party
Red, white, and blue – DUP
Turquoise and white – Reform UK
Yellow and black – SNP

United States

Black, gold, white and maroon – American Indian Movement
Blue – Democratic Party
Blue and buff – Whig Party (United States)
Gold with dark gray, sometimes with dark blue or purple – Libertarian Party
Green – Green Party
Orange – American Solidarity Party (Christian democracy)
Purple – politically mixed or moderate regions; Constitution Party, Veterans Party of America
Red – Republican Party
Teal and white – Justice Party
White or gray – senior citizens, women's voting rights,^[7] third parties (other than the Greens), independent candidates and voters

Icons

Brazil

Dove and olive branch – Brazilian Socialist Party
Fist and rose – Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)
Oak tree – Republicans (Brazil)
Red star – Workers' Party (Brazil)
Toucan – Brazilian Social Democracy Party
Sigma – Brazilian Integralist Action, Brazilian Integralist Front

Cambodia

Devata – Cambodian People's Party
Golden Angkor Wat – Khmer Rouge

Canada

Red maple leaf — Liberal Party of Canada
Red maple leaf within the letter C — Conservative Party of Canada
Orange maple leaf — New Democratic Party
Orange torch — National Unity Party of Canada

Colombia

letter C – Colombian Conservative Party
letter L – Colombian Liberal Party
letter U – Social National Unity Party ("Party of the U")

Costa Rica

Golden torch – People's Vanguard Party

Croatia

letter U – Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement^[8]

Denmark

letter A – Social Democrats
letter B – Social Liberal Party
letter C – Conservative People's Party
letter F – Socialist People's Party
letter I – Liberal Alliance
letter K – Christian Democrats
letter N – People's Movement against the EU
letter O – Danish People's Party
letter Ø – Red-Green Alliance
letter V – Venstre, Liberal Party of Denmark
Tiwaz rune – Nordic Resistance Movement

Finland

Tiwaz rune – Nordic Resistance Movement

Greece

Green Sun - Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Compass - Greek Solution
Meandros - Golden Dawn
Swastika - Golden Dawn (Greece)
Hand holding a Torch - Nea Dimokratia

Hong Kong

Yellow Umbrella - pro-democracy symbol popularized in 2014 Hong Kong protests

Hungary

Arrow Cross - Arrow Cross Party

Iceland

Tiwaz rune – Nordic Resistance Movement

India

Ard – Bodoland People's Front (Jharkhand)
Arrow – Janata Dal (United) (Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Nagaland)
Banana – All Jharkhand Students Union (Jharkhand)
Bicycle – Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (Jammu and Kashmir), Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh), Telugu Desam Party (Andhra Pradesh)
Book – National People's Party
Bow and arrow – Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Jharkhand), Shiv Sena (Maharashtra)
Broom – Aam Aadmi Party
Bungalow – Lok Janshakti Party (Bihar)
Candles – People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya)
Car – Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Ceiling fan – Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (Bihar), YSR Congress Party (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
Clock – Nationalist Congress Party
Coconut – Goa Forward Party (Goa)
Conch – Biju Janata Dal (Odisha)
Crown – People's Democratic Alliance (Meghalaya)
Dao – Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (Tripura)
Drum – United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) (Meghalaya)
Ears of maize and sickle – Communist Party of India
Elephant – Asom Gana Parishad (Assam), Bahujan Samaj Party (with the exception of the states of Assam and Sikkim where certain state parties use the elephant)
Five-pointed star – Mizo National Front (Mizoram)
Farmer ploughing (within square farm) – Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh)
Flowers and grass – All India Trinamool Congress
Glasses – Indian National Lok Dal (Haryana)
Globe – Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (Nagaland)
Hammer and sickle – Communist Party of India
Hammer, sickle and star – Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Hand pump – Rashtriya Lok Dal (Uttar Pradesh)
Hurricane lamp – Rashtriya Janata Dal (Bihar, Jharkhand)
Ink pot and pen – People's Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
Jug – All India N.R. Congress (Puducherry)
Key – Jannayak Janta Party (Haryana)
Lightbulb – Mizoram People's Conference (Mizoram)
Locomotive – Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Maharashtra)
Maize – People's Party of Arunachal (Arunachal Pradesh)
Mango – Pattali Makkal Katchi (Puducherry)
Kite – People's Party of Punjab (Punjab), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (Telangana)
Ladder – Muslim League (Kerala)
Lady farmer carrying paddy on her head – Janata Dal (Secular) (Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala)
Lion – All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal), Hill State People's Democratic Party (Meghalaya), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (Goa)
Lock and key – All India United Democratic Front (Assam)
Lotus – Bharatiya Janata Party
Nagara – Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
Palm (of hand) – Indian National Congress
Plough – Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)
Rooster – Naga People's Front (Manipur, Nagaland)
Spade and ashpan rake – Revolutionary Socialist Party (Kerala, West Bengal)
Spectacles – Indian National Lok Dal (Haryana)
Rising sun – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
Sun without rays – Zoram Nationalist Party (Mizoram)
Table lamp – Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (Sikkim)
Telephone – Himachal Vikas Congress (Himachal Pradesh)
Two leaves – All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu), Kerala Congress (M) (Kerala)
Umbrella – Sikkim Democratic Front (Sikkim)
Water bottle – Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (Rajasthan)
Weighing scale – Shiromani Akali Dal (Punjab)

Iran

Slashed equal sign – Nation Party of Iran, Pan-Iranist Party

Ireland

Starry Plough – Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Socialist Party, Irish National Liberation Army, Irish People's Liberation Organisation, Labour Party

Israel

Hand with two raised fingers – Lehi (militant group)
Six-pointed Star and Fist – Kach (political party), Jewish Defense League

Italy

Arrowed turtle - CasaPound
Labrys - Ordine Nuovo, Movimento Politico Ordine Nuovo
Tricolor Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) - Brothers of Italy, Social Movement Tricolour Flame, The Right – Tricolour Flame, Italian Social Movement
Wolfsangel - Terza Posizione

Japan

Rising Sun Flag - Zaitokukai

Lebanon

Cedar tree split into three parts - Kataeb Party, Kataeb Regulatory Forces^[9]
Cross of Resistance (Salib al-Muqawama) - Lebanese Forces (militia)^[10]

Nepal

Bus – Nepal Federal Socialist Party
Khukuri – Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch
Madal – Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party
Plough – Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Smiley – Bibeksheel Nepali Dal
Sun – Nepal Communist Party
Tree – Nepali Congress
Tumbler – Rastriya Janamorcha
Umbrella – People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Weighing scale – Sajha Party

The Netherlands

Ancient Greek temple – Forum for Democracy
Seagull – Party for Freedom
Tomato – Socialist Party
Red rose – Labour Party

Pakistan

Arrow – Pakistan Peoples Party
Book – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)
Cricket bat – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf
Kite – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
Lantern - Awami National Party (ANP)
Sunflower – Green Party of Pakistan
Tiger – Pakistan Muslim League (N)^[11]
Weighing scale – Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI)

Russia

Bladed swastika – Russian National Unity
Chi Rho – Great Russia
Cross potent – People's National Party, Russian National Union
Symbol of Chaos – Eurasianism

Slovakia

Christian cross – Christian Democratic Movement
Blue cube – Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
Flying dove – Free Forum
Eagle – Slovak National Party
Red star – Communist Party of Slovakia
letter S – People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
Stork – Christian Democratic Movement

South Africa

Triskele of three sevens – Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

Sweden

Black sail – Pirate Party
Cornflower – Liberals (pre-2016)
Dandelion – Green Party
Four-leaf clover – Centre Party
Hepatica – Sweden Democrats
Jēran – National Youth
letter L – Liberals
letter M – Moderate Party
Tiwaz rune – Nordic Resistance Movement
Red carnation – Left Party
Rose – Social Democrats
Wolfsangel – Vitt Ariskt Motstånd
Wood anemone – Christian Democrats (pre-2017)

Switzerland

Phrygian cap with a Swiss cross – Swiss Party of Labour

Taiwan

Blue Sky with a White Sun – Kuomintang

Turkey

Bee – Motherland Party
Dolphin – Liberal Democratic Party
Dove – Democratic Left Party
Horse – Democrat Party
Kayı tribe symbol – Good Party
Lightbulb – Justice and Development Party
Six arrows – Republican People's Party
Three crescents – Nationalist Movement Party
Wolf – Idealist Hearths

Ukraine

At sign – Internet Party of Ukraine
Hand with three fingers raised – Svoboda (political party)
Tryzub with sword – OUN-M, Right Sector, Tryzub (organization)
Wolfsangel – Patriot of Ukraine, Azov Civil Corps, Social-National Assembly, Social-National Party of Ukraine, Karelian National Battalion

United Kingdom

Bee – Co-operative Party
Earth with sunflower petals – Green Party of England and Wales
Griffin – Libertarian Party
Liberty bird^[12] – Liberal Democrats
Lion – Democratic Unionist Party, Britain First, UK Independence Party (2017-2018), Young Conservatives (UK)^[13]
Pound sign – UK Independence Party (1993–2017)
Red house – Aspire (political party)
Red rose – Labour Party
Thistle - Scottish Labour (since 2022)^[14]
Saltire – the Scottish National Party and Scottish Conservative Party both use stylised saltires in their party logos
Scribbled oak tree^[15]^[16] – Conservative Party
Shovel – Labour Party (UK) until 1983
Stylised P-shaped Flag – Pirate Party UK
Sun cross – British Movement
Sunflower – Scottish Green Party
Torch – former logo of the Labour Party (1920s to 1983) and the Conservative Party (1980s to 2006).^[15]
Union Flag – used in the logos of the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party, British National Party, Conservative Party (traditional), amongst others
Welsh Dragon – former logo of Plaid Cymru; also appeared alongside the thistle, daffodil and clover leaf on the post-war Tory logo
Welsh poppy^[17] – Plaid Cymru
White Rose – logo of the Yorkshire Party, symbol of Yorkshire as a whole

United States

Abraham Lincoln – Republican Party, used on some paper ballots in US; also used as a fundraising symbol (such as with the party's annual "Lincoln Dinner" in many states).
Bear – California National Party
Benjamin Franklin – Democratic Party, used on some paper ballots in US
Bird – Unofficial symbol of the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party
Black and white cockade – Federalist Party
Camel – Prohibition Party
Donkey – Democratic Party
Eagle – Republican Party (used on ballots in New York State); Constitution Party, American Party
Elephant – Republican Party
Lady Justice – Justice Party
Letter L – Silver Legion of America
Lion – National Party
Minute Man and Embattled Farmer are the symbols of American Patriot Party (2003 to present)
Moose – Vermont Progressive Party; also used since 1912 for the National Progressive Party
Panther – Black Panther Party
Pelican – American Solidarity Party.^[18] Used for its association with Christian democracy.
Penguin – used in some states as a symbol of the Libertarian Party
Porcupine – used as a symbol of the Free State Project in New Hampshire and Libertarian ideas and movements in general
Raccoon – Whig Party^[19]
Red rose – Democratic Socialists of America
Red, white and blue cockade – Democratic-Republican Party
Star – Democratic Party (used on ballots in New York State)
Statue of Liberty – Libertarian Party. Also a national symbol
Sunflower – Green Party; also, Republican presidential candidate Alfred Landon of Kansas in 1936
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson – Democratic Party – used as a fundraising symbol (such as with the party's annual "Jefferson-Jackson Dinner" in many states)
Tiger – formerly, the New York City Democratic Party and the Tammany Hall political machine that controlled it for more than a century and a half.
Torch – Conservative Party of New York; Libertarian Party

Flags

Black flag – Anarchism, Islamism, Jihadism, Rebellion
Black Bauhinia flag – Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), Hong Kong nationalism, Hong Kong independence, opposition to Chinese state nationalism,
Black-yellow-white flag – Russian ultranationalism, Russian imperialism, Russian irredentism
Canadian Duality Flag – Canadian federalism, Quebec autonomism
Canadian Red Ensign – Canadian Anglophila, Support for the Commonwealth of Nations, Far-right politics in Canada, Canadian nationalism, White nationalism/supremacism in Canada, Alt right movement of Canada
Calcutta flag – Indian independence movement
Bisected red-and-black flag – Anarchist communism
Confederate battle flag — Culture of the Southern United States, Historical commemoration of the Civil War, Neo-Confederates, Southern heritage, Lost Cause of the Confederacy, White supremacy, Rebellion
Doug flag – Cascadia movement
Estelada – Catalan independence movement, Catalan nationalism
Flag of the Arab Revolt – Pan-Arabism, Arab nationalism
Flag of Nazi Germany – National Socialism, neo-Nazism, White supremacy, Aryanism, Nazi chic , Shock value, Rebellion
Flag of North Korea – Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, Pro-DPRK, Juche, Songun, Shock value
Flag of Rhodesia – Rhodesian exile movement, Nostalgia for Rhodesia, White nationalism, White supremacy, Alt right politics
Flag of South Vietnam – Vietnamese diaspora, Anti-communism, Vietnamese democracy movement, Vietnamese heritage, Vietnamese ethnic unity, American nationalism
Flag of the Soviet Union – Communism, Soviet patriotism, Nostalgia for the Soviet Union, Marxism–Leninism, Communist chic, Neo-Sovietism, Support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shock value
Flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army – Banderism, Ukrainian nationalism, Opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anti-Sovietism, Russophobia
Gadsden flag – Right libertarianism, Classical liberalism, Liberty, Libertarian conservativism, Tea Party movement, Individualism, Americanism
Green flag – Third International Theory, Gaddafi loyalism, Irish nationalism
Jihadist flag – Islamism, Islamic fundamentalism, Jihadism, Islamic extremism
Kapok Flag – Cantonese nationalism, Cantonia Independence Movement, Cantonese culture
Morning Star flag – Free Papua Movement, Papuan nationalism
Oranje, Blanje, Blou – Afrikaner ethnonationalism, Support for Apartheid, White supremacy, Anti-Black racism, White separatism
Pan-African flag – Pan-Africanism, Black nationalism, Black power, Garveyism, pro-UNIA
Pine Tree Flag – Christian nationalism, American Libertarianism, Christian Patriot movement, Culture of New England, Right-wing libertarianism, Americanism
Prince's Flag – Dutch patriotism, Greater Netherlands movement, Nostalgia for the Dutch Republic, Pan-Netherlands politics, Far-right politics in Holland
Rainbow flag (LGBT) – LGBT pride, LGBT rights, LGBT movements
Red flag – Socialism, Communism, Marxism, Labour movement, Left-wing politics, Anarchism
Senyera – Catalan identity, Catalan nationalism
White-blue-white flag – Anti-Putinism, opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Irpin Declaration, Russian opposition
White-red-white flag – Belarusian democracy movement, Belarusian opposition, opposition to Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian nationalism, anti-Union State

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