This article lists political parties in Bolivia.
Bolivia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties.
Current parties
Congressional parties
The following parties and alliances are represented in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly:
Party | Position | YoF. | Presidential vote | Assembly representation | Governors | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Logo | Name | Abrr. | First round | Second round | Deputies | Senators | ||||
Movement for Socialism Movimiento al Socialismo | MAS-IPSP | Left-wing to Far-left | 1999 | 3,393,978 (55.10%) | Single-round | 75 / 130 | 21 / 36 | 3 / 9 | ||
Civic Community Comunidad Ciudadana | CC | Center to center-left | 2018 | 1,775,943 (28.83%) | 39 / 130 | 11 / 36 | 0 / 9 | |||
Creemos | Creemos | Right-wing | 2020 | 862,184 (14.00%) | 16 / 130 | 4 / 36 | 1 / 9 |
National parties
Nine groups are registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as political organizations of national scope. Of these, only one, the Social Democratic Movement, is a civic group; the remaining eight are all political parties.[1][2]
Party | Year Founded | Ideology | |||
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Bolivian National Action Party | Partido de Acción Nacional Boliviano (PAN-BOL) | 2016 | Syncretic politics | ||
Christian Democratic Party | Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC) | 1954 | Christian democracy | ||
Front for Victory | Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) | 2008 | Conservatism | ||
Movement for Socialism | Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS-IPSP) | 1997 | Bolivarianism 21st century socialism | ||
Nationalist Democratic Action | Acción Democrática Nacionalista (ADN) | 1979 | Conservatism | ||
National Unity Front | Frente de Unidad Nacional (UN) | 2003 | Social democracy | ||
Revolutionary Left Front | Frente Revolucionario de Izquierda (FRI) | 1979 | Progressivism | ||
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR) | 1942 | Liberal conservatism Revolutionary nationalism | ||
Solidarity Civic Unity | Unidad Cívica Solidaridad (UCS) | 1989 | Social conservatism | ||
Third System Movement | Movimiento Tercer Sistema (MTS) | 2017 | Third Way |
Subnational parties
The following are some of the major parties registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as subnational organizations within one of the nine Departments of Bolivia:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Party | Department | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
We Are All Chuquisaca | Chuquisaca Somos Todos (CST) | Chuquisaca | ||
Movement for Sovereignty | Movimiento por la Soberanía (MPS) | La Paz | ||
Sovereignty and Liberty | Soberanía y Libertad (SOL.bo) | La Paz | ||
Third System Movement | Movimiento Tercer Sistema (MTS) | La Paz | ||
Jesús Lara | Jesús Lara | Cochabamba | ||
Popular Organization Movement | Movimiento de Organización Popular | Potosí | ||
United to Renew | Unidos para Renovar (UNIR) | Tarija | ||
Popular Solidarity Alliance | Alianza Solidaria Popular (ASIP) | Santa Cruz | ||
Security, Order and Liberty | Seguridad, Orden y Libertad (SOL) | Santa Cruz | ||
Building Future | Construyendo Futuro | Beni | ||
Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Revolutionary Empowerment (NACER) | Nacionalidades Autónomas por el Cambio y el Empoderamiento Revolucionario | Beni | ||
Integration Column | Columna de Integracion (CI) | Pando |
Groups contesting local elections
- Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua (Asamblea del Pueblo Guaraní – Charagua Norte, APG–CHARAGUA)
- Change Charagua (Cambio Charagua, CACHA)
- Huanuni for All (Huanuni para Todos, HUANUNI)
- Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni (Federación Regional de Cooperativas Mineras de Huanuni, FERCOMIN)
- Socialist Aymara Group (Grupo Aymara Socialista, GAS)
- Social Unity Uprising of September First (Levantamiento de Unidad Social Primero de Septiembre),
- Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak Katari (Subfederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Ancoraimes Tupak Katari, SFSUTCA-TK)
- Yungas Cocalera Revolution (Revolución Cocalera Yungas, R-COCAY)
Dissolved parties
Parties that lost their registration in 2014
- Movement Without Fear (Movimiento Sin Miedo, MSM)
Parties that lost their registration in 2013
- Popular Consensus (Consenso Popular, CP; accredited as a citizen grouping)
Parties that lost their registration in 2009
- Democratic and Social Power (Poder Democrático y Social, PDS)
Parties that lost their registration in 2006
- Free Bolivia Movement (Movimiento Bolivia Libre, MBL)
- Progress Plan (Plan Progreso, PP)
- Workers Social Union of Bolivia (Unión Social de Trabajadores de Bolivia, USTB)
- Indigenous Pachakuti Movement (Movimiento Indígena Pachakuti, MIP)
- Agrarian Patriotic Front of Bolivia (Frente Patriótico Agropecuario de Bolivia, FREPAB)
- Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority (Movimiento Izquierda Revolucionaria – Nueva Mayoría, MIR-NM)
- New Republican Force (Nueva Fuerza Republicana, NFR)
Parties that lost their registration in 2005
- Patriotic Social Alliance (Alianza Social Patriótica, ASP)
- Institutional Vanguard Mariscal de Ayacucho (Vanguardia Institucional Mariscal de Ayacucho, VIMA)
- Bolivarian Movement (Movimiento Bolivariano, MOVIBOL)
Parties that lost their registration in 2002–2003
- Conscience of Fatherland - Patriotic Movement (Conciencia de Patria Movimiento Patriótico, CONDEPA-MP)
- Bolivian Socialist Falange (Falange Socialista Boliviana, FSB)
- Democratic National Katarism (Katarismo Nacional Democrático, KND)
- Citizens' Movement for Change (Movimiento Ciudadano para el Cambio, MCC)
- Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupaq Katari de Liberación, MRTKL)
- Communist Party of Bolivia (Partido Comunista de Bolivia, PCB)
- Young Force Party (Partido Fuerza Joven, PFJ)
- Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS)
- Revolutionary Vanguard 9th April (Vanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril, VR-9)
See also
References
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