List of political parties in Bolivia
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in Bolivia
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Bolivia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties.
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in Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
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Bolivia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties.
Parties nationally registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
- Revolutionary Nationalist MovementRevolutionary Nationalist MovementThe Revolutionary Nationalist Movement is a Bolivian political party, perhaps the most important in the country during the 20th century. At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won, in an alliance with the Free Bolivia Movement, 26.9% of the popular vote and 36 out of 130 seats in the...
(Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, MNR) - Movement Toward Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo, MAS)
- Civic Solidarity UnionCivic Solidarity UnionThe Civic Solidarity Union is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 5.3% of the popular vote and five out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies but no Senate seats. UCS was founded on 15 August 1989 by Max Fernández, and is currently led by his son,...
(Unidad Cívica Solidaridad, UCS) - Nationalist Democratic ActionNationalist Democratic ActionNationalist Democratic Action is a right-wing political party in Bolivia led by Jorge Quiroga. ADN was founded on March 23, 1979 by the military dictator Hugo Banzer after he stepped down from power. It later expanded to include the Revolutionary Left Party and a faction of the Bolivian Socialist...
(Acción Democrática Nacionalista, ADN) - Revolutionary Left FrontRevolutionary Left Front-Foundation:FRI was formed at a national conference of leftwing forces, held in La Paz April 23, 1978. The meeting was organized by an initiative committee . The founding of FRI in April 1978 was a formalization of an already existing informal cooperation between different political groups...
(Frente Revolucionario de Izquierda, FRI) - National Unity FrontNational Unity FrontThe National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 7.8 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,...
(Frente de Unidad Nacional, UN) - Without Fear MovementWithout Fear MovementWithout Fear Movement is a Progressive political party in Bolivia. MSM was founded on March 1, 1999.The leader of the party, Juan del Granado, has been mayor of La Paz since 2000...
(Movimiento Sin Miedo, MSM) - Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Bolivia)The Christian Democratic Party is a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia....
(Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC) - Democratic and Social Power (Poder Democrático y Social)
- Popular ConsensusPopular ConsensusPopular Consensus is a center-right Bolivian political party founded in 2009. CP founder Óscar Ortiz Antelo was President of the Senate of Bolivia from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009 national election, the party formed an electoral alliance with the National Unity Front, the Consensus Alliance for...
(Consenso Popular; accredited as a citizen grouping) - Plan Progress for Bolivia – National ConvergencePlan Progress for Bolivia – National ConvergencePlan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence is a coalition that has been Bolivia's largest national opposition political party since the 2009 general elections. PPB-CN is a Bolivian political alliance of the right-wing formed in advance of the 2009 elections...
(Plan Progreso Para Bolivia, PPB) - Front for VictoryFront for VictoryThe Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
(Frente Para la Victoria, FPV)
Parties that lost their registration in 2006
- Free Bolivia MovementFree Bolivia MovementThe Free Bolivia Movement is a progressive political party in Bolivia. The party was formed on January 15, 1985, following a split in MIR...
(Movimiento Bolivia Libre, MBL) - Progress Plan (Plan Progreso, PP)
- Workers Social Union of Bolivia (Unión Social de Trabajadores de Bolivia, USTB)
- Indigenous Pachakuti MovementIndigenous Pachakuti MovementThe Pachakuti Indigenous Movement is a left-wing indigenist political party in Bolivia founded in november 2000....
(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 ForceNew Republican ForceThe New Republican Force is a center-right personalist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 26.5 % of the popular vote and 25 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two out of 27 seats in the Senate...
(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 FalangeBolivian Socialist FalangeThe Bolivian Socialist Falange was a Bolivian political party established in the year 1937. A right-wing party drawing inspiration from fascism, it was the country's second-largest party between approximately 1954 and 1974...
(Falange Socialista Boliviana, FSB) - Democratic National Katarism (Katarismo Nacional Democrático, KND)
- Freedom and Justice Party (Partido Libertad y Justicia, PLJ)
- Citizens' Movement for Change (Movimiento Ciudadano Para el Cambio, MCC)
- Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq KatariRevolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq KatariThe Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari is a left-wing political party in Bolivia....
(Movimiento Revolucionario Tupaq Katari de Liberación, MRTKL) - Communist Party of BoliviaCommunist Party of BoliviaThe Communist Party of Bolivia is a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1950 by Raúl Ruiz González and other former members of the Revolutionary Left Party . It remained small and did not hold its first national party congress until 1959....
(Partido Comunista de Bolivia, PCB) - Young Force Party (Partido Fuerza Joven, PFJ)
- Socialist PartySocialist Party (Bolivia)The Socialist Party-1 is a socialist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 0.7% of the popular vote and one out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate....
(Partido Socialista, PS) - Revolutionary Vanguard 9th April (Vanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril, VR-9)
Groups contesting local elections
- Assembly of the Guarani People - North CharaguaAssembly of the Guarani People - North CharaguaAssembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua , a progressive political grouping based amongst the Guarani people that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Charagua, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. APG won two of the five council seats...
(Asamblea del Pueblo Guaraní - Charagua Norte, APG CHARAGUA) - Change CharaguaChange CharaguaChange Charagua , a political grouping that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Charagua, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. CACHA won one of the five council seats. In total it received 12.8% of the votes....
(Cambio Charagua, CACHA) - Huanuni for AllHuanuni for AllHuanuni for All , a centrist political grouping in Villa Huanani, Oruro Department, Bolivia. The group contested the December 2004 municipal elections. It won one seat out of five. The councillor elected is José Luis Gómez Cuba, son of the previous mayor Florentino Gómez Ríos....
(Huanuni para Todos, HUANUNI) - Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of HuanuniRegional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of HuanuniRegional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni is a political grouping in Villa Huanani, Oruro Department, Bolivia. Fercomin won the municipal elections in December 2004, gaining three out of the five seats in the municipal council. In total Fercomin received 2 470 votes...
(Federación Regional de Cooperativas Mineras de Huanuni, FERCOMIN) - Socialist Aymara GroupSocialist Aymara GroupSocialist Aymara Group is a political grouping based amongst the Aymara people that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Yaco, La Paz Department, Bolivia. Rogelio Cuéllar Borras was elected mayor of Yaco....
(Grupo Aymara Socialista, GAS) - Social Unity Uprising of September FirstSocial Unity Uprising of September FirstSocial Unity Uprising of September First is a civic political platform in the Bolivian municipality of Achocalla, near La Paz. The group is led by Wenceslao Ochoa. After the December 2004 municipal elections, Ochoa became mayor. Ochoa had been mayor of Achocalla for a brief period in 2000....
(Levantamiento de Unidad Social Primero de Septiembre), - Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak KatariUnified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak KatariUnified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Túpak Katari is a trade union in Ancoraimes, La Paz Department, Bolivia. SFSUTCA-TK also contested and won the December 2004 municipal elections. Leandro Chacalluca Mamani of SFSUTAC-TK was elected mayor of the city....
(Subfederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Ancoraimes Tupak Katari, SFSUTCA-TK) - Yungas Cocalera RevolutionYungas Cocalera RevolutionYungas Cocalera Revolution is a political group of coca-growers in the Yungas, Bolivia. The mayor of Coripata, Félix Huanca Huanca, belongs to the group....
(Revolución Cocalera Yungas, R-COCAY)
See also
- List of political parties
- Liberalism in BoliviaLiberalism in BoliviaThis article gives an overview of liberal parties in Bolivia. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme...