List of political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of notable political parties and alliances in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, both past and present. The country has a multi-party political system: one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that, in order to participate in the exercise of power, any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others with a view to forming electoral alliances and/or coalition agreements.

Many parties in the country are "drawer" or "briefcase" parties, those set up from scratch for electoral purposes, with little to no real presence on the ground. Many lack headquarters, a distinct visual identity, or even an active base of supporters. Since the replacement of the pure proportional representation with a 1% electoral threshold in 2017, these nominal parties have tended to merge into broader political alliances, often incorporating figures from major parties rather than establishing large, unified parties. The more parties an alliance has, the more lists it can field, increasing the likelihood of surpassing the threshold and securing seats. Some of these parties are only made up of immediate family members, represented in a single corner of a city or in a single province.

Some political coalitions, such as the Common Front for Congo, have previously flirted with the idea of transforming itself into a single majority party, with the Moïse Katumbi's political platform, Together for the Republic, merging six of its member political parties and groups into a single political party on 18 December 2019.

In 2014, there were 602 parties registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 910 in 2023, an increase of 51%.