publican Party, National Union for Democracy and Progress,
Patriotic Union for the National Reconstruction, and Union for the
National Renewal) [Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO, president]; Association for
Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS [Jean-Pierre Thystere
TCHICAYA, president]; Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral
Development or MCDDI [Michel MAMPOUYA]; Pan-African Union for Social
Development or UPADS [Martin MBERI]; Union of Democratic Forces or
UFD [Sebastian EBAO]

Cook Islands:
Cook Islands People's Party or CIP [Tai CARPENTER];
Democratic Alliance Party or DAP [Terepai MAOATE]; New Alliance
Party or NAP [Norman GEORGE]

Costa Rica:
Agricultural Labor Action or PALA [Carlos Alberto SOLIS
Blanco]; Costa Rican Renovation Party or PRC [Justo OROZCO];
Democratic Force Party or PFD [Jose M. NUNEZ]; Libertarian Movement
Party or PML [Otto GUEVARA Guth]; National Christian Alliance Party
or ANC [Alejandro MADRIGAL]; National Independent Party or PNI
[Jorge GONZALEZ Marten]; National Integration Party or PIN [Walter
MUNOZ Cespedes]; National Liberation Party or PLN [Sonia PICADO];
Social Christian Unity Party or PUSC [Luis Manuel CHACON]

note: mainly a two-party system - PUSC and PLN; numerous small
parties share less than 25% of population's support

Cote d'Ivoire:
Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire-African Democratic
Rally or PDCI-RDA [Aime Henri Konan BEDIE]; Ivorian Popular Front or
FPI [Laurent GBAGBO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francis WODIE];
Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Henriette DAGRI-DIABATE]; Union for
Democracy and Peace [Gen. Robert GUEI]; over 20 smaller parties

Croatia:
Alliance of Croatian Coast and Mountains Department or PGS
[Luciano SUSANJ]; Croatian Christian Democratic Union or HKDU [Marko
VESELICA]; Croatian Democratic Union or HDZ [Ivo SANADER]; Croatian
Party of Rights or HSP [Dobroslav PARAGA]; Croatian Peasant Party or
HSS [Zlatko TOMCIC]; Croatian People's Party or HNS [Vesna PUSIC];
Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS [Drazen BUDISA]; Independent
Democratic Serb Party or SDSS [Vojislav STANIMIROVIC]; Istrian
Democratic Assembly or IDS [Ivan JAKOVCIC]; Liberal Party or LP
[leader NA]; Social Democratic Party of Croatia or SDP [Ivica RACAN]

note: the Social Democratic Party or SDP and the Croatian Social
Liberal Party or HSLS formed a coalition as did the HSS, HNS, LP,
and IDS, which together