Recognized Political Parties

South Dakota Democratic Party
PO Box 1485
Sioux Falls, SD 57101
Phone 605-271-5405
info@sddp.org
www.sddp.org
Party Constitution
Party Platform
Convention Notice
Democratic Nomination Results from Party's Convention

South Dakota Libertarian Party - Libertarian party became a recognized party on June 17, 2016.
202 Nevada St
Wakonda, SD 57073
Phone 605-660-3852
info@lpsouthdakota.org 
https://lpsouthdakota.org/
Party By-Laws
Convention Notice
Amended Libertarian Nomination Results from Party's Convention

South Dakota Republican Party
PO Box 1099
Pierre SD 57501
Phone 605-610-1479
info@southdakotagop.com
www.sdgop.com
Party By-Laws
Convention Notice
Republican Nomination Results from Party's Convention

South Dakota No Labels Party - Became Recognized on August 4, 2023.

**More information available after the party submits their information.**

12-5-1. Organization and dissolution of political party. A new political party may be organized and participate in the primary election by filing with the secretary of state not later than the last Tuesday of March at five p.m. prior to the date of the primary election, a written declaration signed by at least one percent of the voters of the state as shown by the total vote cast for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, which declaration shall contain:
             (1)      The name of the proposed party; and
             (2)      A brief statement of the principles thereof;
whereupon the party shall, under the party name chosen, have all the rights of a political party whose ticket was on the ballot at the preceding general election. No signature on a declaration is valid if the declaration was signed more than one year prior to filing of the declaration.
     A political party loses the right to participate in the primary election for failure to meet the definition of political party as defined in 12-1-3.
     The national and state chairperson of a recognized political party may request in writing, subscribed and sworn to by each chairperson before any officer qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, to no longer be recognized as a political party. The political party shall also comply with the requirements for dissolution pursuant to chapter 12-27.

12-5-17. Biennial state conventions - Time and place--Notice to secretary of state. Each political party shall hold a state convention in each even-numbered year for the purposes stated in 12-5-21. The state central committee of each political party shall determine the time and place of the convention. The chair of the committee shall notify the secretary of state at least fifteen business days prior to the date chosen.

12-5-21. Nomination of state candidates not voted on at primary - Presidential electors and national committee members. The state convention shall nominate candidates for lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of school and public lands, and public utilities commissioner and in the years when a President of the United States is to be elected, presidential electors and national committeeman and national committeewoman of the party.

12-5-25. Nomination of candidates by political party with alternative political status--Primary election. A political party with alternative political status may nominate a candidate for United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Governor, and any legislative seat by convention, if the nomination is submitted with the proper documentation to the Office of the Secretary of State no later than 5:00 p.m. central time on the second Tuesday in August, of the year of the election.
     A candidate registered with a political party with an alternative political status may choose, if allowed by the party bylaws, to participate in a primary election by submitting a candidate petition no later than the last Tuesday of March in accordance with 12-5-1.4.

12-5-26. New party nomination of candidates. A new political party may nominate a candidate for United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Governor, and any legislative seat by convention, if the nomination is submitted with the proper documentation to the Office of the Secretary of State no later than 5:00 p.m. central time on the second Tuesday in August, of the year of the election.

12-1-3.    Definition of terms used in title. Terms used in this title mean:
             (12)      "Political party," beginning with the 2014 general election and each general election thereafter, a party whose candidate for any statewide office received at least two and one-half percent of the total votes cast for that statewide office in either of the two previous general election cycles;

12-1-3.1.   Alternative political status defined . For the purposes of this title, the term, alternative political status, means that a political party meets the requirements of this section commencing with the 2014 general election and each general or special statewide election thereafter. Any political party that meets the definition of political party as defined in 12-1-3 and has a total party registration of less than two and a half percent of the total number of registered voters, as recorded at the Office of the Secretary of State on the date of the last general election, shall receive alternative political status. Any party that has a total party registration of two and a half percent or more of the total number of registered voters, as recorded at the Office of the Secretary of State on the date of the last general election, shall no longer be classified as alternative political status, but shall remain a political party for the next two general election cycles.

Visit our forming a new political party page for more information on how a new political party may organize.

For more information on political parties and the primary process in South Dakota please refer to Chapters 12-5 and 12-6 of South Dakota Codified Law.