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  "id": "to-political-parties",
  "name": "Tonga — Political Parties",
  "title": "Tonga — Political Parties",
  "description": "Political parties of Tonga from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 6,
  "columns": [
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      "key": "partyfacts_id",
      "label": "Partyfacts Id",
      "type": "number"
    },
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      "key": "name_short",
      "label": "Name Short",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_english",
      "label": "Name English",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_other",
      "label": "Name Other",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_first",
      "label": "Year First",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_last",
      "label": "Year Last",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "label": "Share",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share_year",
      "label": "Share Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "wikipedia",
      "label": "Wikipedia",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "description",
      "label": "Description",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "comment",
      "label": "Comment",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "technical",
      "label": "Technical",
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    }
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5334,
      "name_short": "HRDM",
      "name": "Human Rights and Democracy Movement",
      "name_english": "Human Rights and Democracy Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1992,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 77.8,
      "share_year": 2005,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_and_Democracy_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6319,
      "name_short": "TPP",
      "name": "Tonga People's Party",
      "name_english": "Tonga People's Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1997,
      "year_last": 1999,
      "share": 66.7,
      "share_year": 1996,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "first political party formed in August 1994 when Pro-Democracy Movement launched People's Party (see IPU-Parline)",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7739,
      "name_short": "FR",
      "name": "Favoring Reforms",
      "name_english": "Favoring Reforms [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1987,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 55.5,
      "share_year": 1987,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Tongan_general_election",
      "description": "5 of 9 seats in 1987 Tongan general election. // Number of candidates identifying themselves as favoring democratic reforms.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7740,
      "name_short": "NRF",
      "name": "Non-Reform Forces",
      "name_english": "Non-Reform Forces [no-party]",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1987,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 44.4,
      "share_year": 1987,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Tongan_general_election",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6934,
      "name_short": "DPFI",
      "name": "Paati Temokalati 'a e 'Otu Motu 'Anga'ofa",
      "name_english": "Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2010,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 28.5,
      "share_year": 2010,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_Friendly_Islands",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5333,
      "name_short": "PDP",
      "name": "People's Democratic Party",
      "name_english": "People's Democratic Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2005,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 22.2,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Tonga)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Tonga — Political Parties - Free Download",
    "description": "Political parties of Tonga from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 6 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Tonga — Political Parties | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Tonga — Political Parties dataset with 6 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 6 records with 13 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata"
    ]
  }
}