List of political parties in Chile
Chile has a multi-party system, within a system with two dominant coalitions.
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As of July 2020 there are 20 legally constituted political parties in Chile.[1]
Parties in green, as of July 2020, support the administration of President Sebastián Piñera.
Party name in Spanish | Founded | International affiliation | Area of operation | Senators (2018-2022)[2] | Deputies (2018-2022)[3] | Regional advisors (2018-2022)[4] | Mayors (2016-2020) | Councilmen (2016-2020) | Weighted representationb |
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Unión Demócrata Independiente | 1983 | International Democrat Union[5] | Nationwide. | 9 | 29 | 52 | 52 | 390 | 19.82% |
Renovación Nacional | 1987 | International Democrat Union,[5] Centrist Democrat International[6] | Nationwide. | 8 | 36 | 72 | 47 | 446 | 19.76% |
Partido Socialista de Chile | 1933 | Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, São Paulo Forum, COPPPAL | Nationwide. | 7 | 17 | 26 | 26 | 299 | 13.94% |
Partido por la Democracia | 1987 | Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL | Nationwide. | 7 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 228 | 12.9% |
Partido Demócrata Cristiano | 1957 | Centrist Democrat International[6] | Nationwide. | 5 | 12 | 44 | 43 | 400 | 11.5% |
Revolución Democrática | 2012 | São Paulo Forum | All regions, except XIV, IX and XII. | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2.59% |
Partido Evolución Política | 2012 | None. | Nationwide. | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 2.35% |
Partido Progresista | 2010 | São Paulo Forum | Nationwide. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 1.61% |
Partido Comunista de Chile | 1922 | São Paulo Forum, Bolivarian Congress of the People, International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties | Nationwide. | 0 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 81 | 1.59% |
Partido Radical de Chile | 1863a | Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL | Nationwide. | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 171 | 1.15% |
Convergencia Social | 2019 | None. | Regions IV, V, VI, and XII. | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.55% |
Federación Regionalista Verde Social | 2017 | None. | Regions II, III, IV, VI, and XI. | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.42% |
Partido Humanista | 1984 | Humanist International, São Paulo Forum | All regions, except X and XI. | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.36% |
Partido Regionalista Independiente Demócrata | 2018g | None. | Nationwide. | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 0.29% |
Partido Liberal de Chile | 2013h | Liberal International | Regions XV, I, II, V, RM and XIV. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25% |
Comunes | 2019l | São Paulo Forum | Regions XV, I, II, III, IV, V, RM, and X. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.19% |
Partido Ecologista Verde | 2008 | Global Greens | Regions I, II, III, IV, RM, VIII, XIV, and X. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.15% |
Partido Republicano | 2019 | None. | Regions IV, VI, VII, XVI and X. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11% |
Partido Igualdad | 2009 | None. | All regions, except V, VI, XIV, X, XI and XII. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.04% |
Ciudadanos | 2016 | None. | Regions XV, I, II, V, RM, VII, XIV, X and XI. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | % |
Anticapitalist Workers' Left Izquierda Anticapitalista de los Trabajadores | 2018 | Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International | Regions II, IX, XVI, and X. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | % |
Nuevo Tiempo | 2016 | None. | Regions XV, I, and II. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | % |
Patriotic Union Unión Patriotica | 2015 | None. | Regions V, RM, and VI. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | % |
New Middle Class Nueva Clase Media | 2019 | None. | Regions XV, I, and II. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | % |
National Citizen Party Partido Nacional Ciudadano | 2019 | None. | Regions IX, XIV, and X. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | % |
a Between 1994 and 2018 it was called the Social Democratic Radical Party for the fusion of the Chilean Social Democracy Party (Partido Socialdemocracia Chilena, founded 1971) and the Radical Party of Chile (Partido Radical de Chile, founded 1863). In 2018 the party regained the name of the Radical Party.
b The percentage of seats held by a party in each elected body is multiplied by a weighting factor, which is equal to the inverse value of that body's total seats divided by the summation of the inverse values of all bodies' total seats. The resulting weighted percentages are then summed together to obtain a party's "weighted representation" value. (Formula: [S/43^2+D/155^2+R/278^2+M/345^2+C/2224^2]/T, with T=1/43+1/155+1/278+1/345+1/2224, S=party senators, D=party deputies, R=party regional advisors, M=party mayors, C=party councilmen.)
c Figures updated with the October 2015 party resignations of RN mayors of Ñuñoa and Traiguén, Andrés Zarhi and Luis Álvarez, respectively, and RN councilmen of Las Condes, Limache and La Unión, Tomás Fuentes, Cynthia Marín and María Eugenia Márquez, respectively; and the July 2016 party resignation of RN senator Manuel José Ossandón.
d Figures updated with, the July 2013 party resignation of UDI mayor of Santo Domingo Fernando Rodríguez Larraín; the January 2014 death of Yumbel mayor Camilo Cabezas (PH) and its subsequent replacement with independent councilman Jaime Gacitúa, who in turn was replaced with Fredy Winter from the UDI; the June 2015 party resignation of UDI councilman Francisco Vera; the October 2015 party resignation of UDI mayor of Rancagua Eduardo Soto; the November 2015 party resignations of UDI mayor of La Florida Rodolfo Carter and UDI councilman of Lo Barnechea Carlos Ward; and the May 2016 death of UDI mayor of Pinto Fernando Chávez.
e Figures updated with the September 2014 expulsion of Providencia councilman Rodrigo García Márquez from his party (PPD); the October 2015 party resignation of PPD councilman of Los Andes Julio Lobos; and the August 2016 party resignation of PPD regional advisor Teodoro Aguirre.
f A fusion of the Independent Regionalist Party (Partido Regionalista Independiente) and the Patagonian Regional Democracy (Democracia Regional Patagónica).
g Formerly known as ChileFirst (ChilePrimero).
h Figures updated with the October 2015 party resignations of PS mayors of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Los Lagos and Coltauco, Jaime González, Simón Mansilla and Rubén Jorquera, respectively; and the October 2016 party resignation of PS councilwoman for Valparaíso Paula Quintana.
i Figures updated with the October 2015 party resignation of DC councilwoman of Concepción Alejandra Smith.
j Before October 2015, known as Fuerza Pública ("Public Force").
k A fusion of Citizen Power (Poder Ciudadano) and the Autonomous Left movement.
l A fusion of Regional and Popular Front, Green North Regional Force, Social Agrarian Regionalist Independent Movement and We Are Aysén parties.
Historical
- Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) (existed 1849–1966)
- Conservative Party (Partido Conservador) (existed 1851–1949, 1953–1966)
- National Party (Partido Nacional) (existed 1857–1933)
- Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata) (existed 1994–2018)
- Democrat Party (Partido Demócrata) (existed 1887–1941)
- Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) (existed 1932–1960)
- National Socialist Movement of Chile (Movimiento Nacional Socialista de Chile) (existed 1932–1941)
- Socialist Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Socialista) (existed 1964–1965)
- Revolutionary Left Movement (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria or MIR) (existed legally 1965–1973, illegally or not legally constituted 1973-2008)
- National Party (Partido Nacional) (existed 1966–1973, 1983–1994)
- New Democratic Left (founded 1963)
- Popular Unitary Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario or MAPU) (existed legally 1969–)
- Citizen Left (Izquierda Cristiana or Izquierda Ciudadana) (existed 1971–2018)
- Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro) (existed 1990–2002)
- National Alliance of Independents (Alianza Nacional de los Independientes)
- Regionalist Action Party of Chile (Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile)
- Broad Social Movement (Movimiento Amplio Social)
Alliances
Active
- Broad Front (Frente Amplio), composed of:
- Democratic Revolution (Revolución Democrática)
- Liberal Party (Partido Liberal de Chile)
- Social Convergence (Convergencia Social)
- Commons (Comunes)
- Chile Vamos, composed of:
- Independent Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente)
- National Renewal (Renovación Nacional)
- Political Evolution (Evolución Política)
- Democratic Independent Regionalist Party (Partido Regionalista Independiente Demócrata)
- Progressive Convergence (Convergencia Progresista), composed of:
- Party for Democracy (Partido por la Democracia)
- Radical Party (Partido Radical de Chile)
- Socialist Party (Partido Socialista de Chile)
- Unity for Change, composed of:
- Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Chile)
- Social Green Regionalist Federation (Federación Regionalista Verde Social)
- Progressive Party (Partido Progresista)
Historical
- Popular Front
- Democratic Alliance
- Unidad Popular
- Confederation of Democracy
- Concertación
- New Majority
See also
- List of political parties
- Timeline of liberal and radical parties in Chile
References
- "Partidos Constituidos". Servicio Electoral (in Spanish). 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- http://www.senado.cl/appsenado/index.php?mo=senadores&ac=listado
- https://www.camara.cl/camara/diputados_print.aspx
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2020-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://uplalatinoamerica.org/?page_id=73
- https://idc-cdi.com/parties/