minor party

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Early in 2024, Péter Magyar, then an official in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s governing Fidesz party, publicly left Fidesz and assumed leadership of a minor party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Among voters who were against the ballot initiative and for Gascón, 74% were Democrats while the remaining were independents or registered with a minor party.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024

Seymour, who is Māori, heads up the minor party that formed a coalition government with other conservative parties in 2023.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the vote in Nepal’s lower house of parliament after a minor party in his coalition broke apart and its members withdrew support from the government.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

Mr. Kennedy, 70, is on the ballot in Utah as an independent, and two weeks ago he gained access to the ballot in Michigan, a critical battleground state, through the nomination of another minor party.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024