section_path: Parties
section_name: Parties
paragraph_text: Parties
  
  Political parties registered with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) can contest the general election as a party.
  
  The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is the person who is called on by the president to form a government as Prime Minister, while the leader of the largest party or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition.
  
  The People's National Movement and the United National Congress have been the two biggest parties, in addition to having supplied every prime minister since 1991.
  
  The following registered parties contested the general election. One hundred and fifty-eight candidates representing seventeen parties and three independent candidates contested the election.