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Notes

1. Democracies are defined as only those 86 countries defined as "free" by Freedom House in their 2001-2002 Freedom House Survey of Freedom.  86 countries out of 192 surveyed are defined as "free," but 121 are determined by Freedom House as "electoral democracies."
2. Only official party sites are listed.
3. Only parties with at least four percent of the seats in national parliaments are included below.
4. Conservative:  Center right.  Parties are mostly members of Christian Democrats International (CDI/IDC) and/or International Democrat Union (IDU). However, not all parties that are members of either the CDI and/or the IDU are conservative.
5. Party names are almost always only listed below in English.
6. Most official websites are entirely or partly in English, but some websites are only in the native language of the country of that party.

Legend

• ^ADG  Denotes party is affiliated with the African Dialogue Group (ADG), which is associated with the Democrat Union of Africa (DUA), a regional body of the International Democrat Union (IDU).
• ^ADU  Denotes party is a member of Americas Democrat Union, a regional body of the International Democrat Union (IDU).
• ^APDU  Denotes party is a member of Asia-Pacific Democrat Union, a regional body of the International Democrat Union (IDU).
• ^CDI  Denotes party is a full member party of Christian Democrats International (CDI).  The CDI consists of leftist, centrist, and conservative parties in democracies, non-democracies and semi-democracies.
• ^CDI**  Denotes party is an observer member party of the Christian Democrats International (CDI).  The CDI consists of leftist, centrist, and conservative parties in democracies, non-democracies and semi-democracies.
• ^CDU  Denotes party is a member of Caribbean Democrat Union, a regional body of the International Democrat Union (IDU).
• ^DUA  Denotes party is a member of Democrat Union of Africa (DUA), a regional body of the International Democrat Union (IDU).
• ^EDU  Denotes party is a member of European Democrat Union (EDU), a regional body of the International Democrat Union (IDU).
• ^ELDR  Denotes party is a full member party of European Liberal Democratic Reform Party (ELDR).  The ELDR consists of mostly centrist parties in democracies and semi-democracies in Europe.  Mostly the ELDR is a caucus of like-minded parties in the European Parliament.
• ^ELDR*  Denotes party is an affiliate member party of European Liberal Democratic Reform Party (ELDR).  The ELDR consists of mostly centrist parties in democracies and semi-democracies in Europe.  Mostly the ELDR is a caucus of like-minded parties in the European Parliament.
• ^EPP  Denotes party is a full member party of European People's Party, a caucus of most Christian Democratic and right of center parties in the European Parliament and is affiliated with the Christian Democrats International (CDI).
• ^EPP*  Denotes party is an associate member party of European People's Party, a caucus of most Christian Democratic and right of center parties in the European Parliament and is affiliated with the Christian Democrats International (CDI).
• ^IDU  Denotes party is a member of International Democrat Union (IDU).  The IDU consists of centrist and conservative parties in democracies and semi-democracies.
• ^LI  Denotes party is a full member party of Liberal International (LI).  The LI consists of mostly centrist parties in democracies and semi-democracies.
• ^LI**  Denotes party is an observer member party of Liberal International (LI).  The LI consists of mostly centrist parties in democracies and semi-democracies.
• ^ODCA  Denotes party is a full member party of the Organization of Christian Democrats in the Americas (ODCA), a regional body of the Christian Democrats International (CDI/IDC).
• ^ODCA**  Denotes party is an observer member party of the Organization of Christian Democrats in the Americas (ODCA), a regional body of the Christian Democrats International (CDI/IDC).