List of political parties in Mexico
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This article lists political parties in Mexico.
Mexico has a multi-party system, with six nationally registered political parties and number of others that operate locally in one or more states.
National parties
[edit]Mexico has six nationally recognized political parties by the National Electoral Institute.
Under Mexican law, parties are listed in the order in which they were first registered, thus:
| Party | Abbr. | Founded | Position | Ideology | Leader | Representation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senators | Deputies | ||||||||
| National Action Party Partido Acción Nacional |
PAN | 1939 | Centre-right to right-wing |
Jorge Romero Herrera | 21 / 128
|
70 / 500
| |||
| Institutional Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Institucional |
PRI | 1929 (PNR) 1938 (PRM) 1946 (PRI) |
Centre to centre-right |
Alito Moreno | 13 / 128
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37 / 500
| |||
| Ecologist Green Party of Mexico Partido Verde Ecologista de México |
PVEM | 1986 (PVM) 1991 (PEM) 1993 (PVEM) |
Centre-left | Green politics | Karen Castrejón Trujillo | 14 / 128
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62 / 500
| ||
| Labor Party Partido del Trabajo |
PT | 1990 | Left-wing to far-left |
Alberto Anaya | 6 / 128
|
49 / 500
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| Citizens' Movement Movimiento Ciudadano |
MC | 1999 (CpD) 2002 (CON) 2011 (MC) |
Centre-left | Jorge Máynez | 6 / 128
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28 / 500
| |||
| National Regeneration Movement Movimiento Regeneración Nacional |
Morena | 2014 | Left-wing | Luisa María Alcalde Luján | 67 / 128
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253 / 500
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Most recently, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) lost its status as a national party in the aftermath of the 2024 general election.[1]
Other political parties, not registered
[edit]| Current | |
| PAN | |
| PRI | |
| PT | |
| PVEM | |
| MC | |
| Morena | |
| Defunct or local only | |
| PLM | |
| PNR | |
| PRM | |
| PNM | |
| PP | |
| PPS | |
| PARM | |
| PFCRN | |
| CON | |
| PANAL | |
| PSD | |
| PES | |
| PES | |
| PRD | |
- Communist Party of Mexico (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist–Leninist) (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Communists' Party (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Popular Socialist Party of Mexico (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Popular Socialist Party (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Progressive Social Networks (Centre-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Force for Mexico (Centre-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Nationalist Front of Mexico (far-right, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- National Synarchist Union (far-right, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Autonomous Region Party ("Unification of the northeast")
- Socialist Convergence (Convergencia Socialista - CS) (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Red Sun - People's Movement (Corriente del Pueblo - Sol Rojo) (Far-left, Cannot compete in elections)
- Nationalist Socialist Party Of Mexico, Spanish- Partido Nacional-Socialista de México (far-right not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Cyber Political Party (right-wing, not officially registered as party)
- National Hope Party, Spanish- Partido Esperanza Nacional (right-wing, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Mexico First Party (far-right, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- México Libre (centre-right, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
- Mexican Pirate Party, Spanish- Partido Pirata Mexicano (Syncretic, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)
Local parties
[edit]Local parties are registered with the Electoral Institute of each Mexican state according to their own criteria and regulations, which may differ from those of INE but maintaining a national relation due to the highest court in the law of political parties, the SCJN. This list is complete as of 2020.
- Democratic Unity of Coahuila (Unidad Democrática de Coahuila, Coahuila)[2]
- Morelos First Party (Por Morelos al Frente), 2018
- Popular Awareness Party (Partido Conciencia Popular, San Luis Potosí)
- Uniting Wills We Can Build (Sumando Voluntades Podemos Construir, Morelos, registered for 2021 Mexican legislative election)[3]
- More, More Social Support (Más Más Apoyo Social, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
- Morelos Progresses (Morelos Progresa, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
- Social Alternative Movement (Movimiento Alternativa Social, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
- Citizen Welfare (Bienestar Ciudadano, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
- Morelense Political Renewal (Renovación Política Morelense, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
- Strength, Work and Unit for the Timely Rescue of Morelos (Fuerza, Trabajo y Unidad por el Rescate Oportuno de Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
- Morelos Force (Morelos Fuerza, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
- New Alliance (Partido Nueva Alianza, PANAL; active in several states)
- Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD; active in 13 states)[1]
Former parties
[edit]During the 19th century the two most important parties were the Liberals (Liberales) and the Conservatives (Conservadores).[citation needed]
- Liberal Party (1822–1867 de facto)
- Conservative Party (1849–1867)
- Mexican Liberal Party (1905–1918)
- Progressive Constitutionalist Party (1910–1929)
- Socialist Workers Party (1917–1981)
- Workers Party of Acapulco (Guerrero) (1919–1923)
- Laborist Party (PLM; 1919–1929)
- Mexican Communist Party (1919–1989)
- Marxist Workers Bloc of Mexico (1937–1940)
- Revolutionary Party of National Unification (PRUN; 1939–1940)
- Popular Force Party (1945–1948)
- Federation of Parties of the Mexican People (FPPM; 1945–1954)
- Popular Socialist Party (PPS; 1948–1997)
- Nationalist Party of Mexico (PNM; 1951–1964)
- Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (PARM; 1954–2000)
- Movement of National Liberation (1961–1964)
- Workers' Socialist Party (PST; 1975–1987)
- Mexican Democratic Party (PDM; 1979–1997)
- Workers' Revolutionary Party (1979–1996)
- Social Democratic Party (PSD; 1980–1981)
- Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM; 1981–1987)
- Mexican Workers' Party (PMT; 1984–1987)
- Mexican Socialist Party (1987–1989)
- Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PFCRN; 1987–1997)
- Socialist Convergence (1996–2009)
- Party of the Nationalist Society (PSN; 1998–2003)
- Social Alliance Party (PAS; 1998–2003)
- Democratic Center Party of Mexico (PCD; 1999–2000)
- Social Democracy (1999–2000)
- Alliance for Yucatan Party (Partido Alianza por Yucatán, Yucatán) (1999-2010)
- Colima Democratic Association (2001–2012)
- Socialist Party of Mexico (2001-2013)
- Citizen Force Party (2002–2003)
- Mexican Liberal Party (2002–2003)
- Social Democratic Party (2005–2009)
- México Posible (2002–2003)
- Humanist Party (2014–2015)
- Social Encounter Party (PES; 2006–2018)
- Solidarity Encounter Party (PES; 2020–2021)
- Force for Mexico (2020–2021)
- Progressive Social Networks (2020–2021)
- Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD; 1989–2024)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Figueroa, Héctor (13 June 2024). "El PRD seguirá con registro como partido local en 13 estados, aunque no sea partido nacional". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Listados de partidos
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mata, Ana Lilia (September 1, 2020). "Ya hay ocho nuevos partidos políticos". Cuernavaca: La Unión de Morelos. p. 2.
External links
[edit]- Federal Electoral Institute - A list of officially registered national parties can be consulted here.
- Listado de Instutos Electorales Estatales - Index of links to every Electoral Institute in each state of Mexico. Lists of political parties in each state can be consulted in each website.