LIST OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN CHILE

This article lists 'political parties in Chile'.
Chile has a multi-party system, within a system with two dominant coalitons. This is because the 1980 constitution approved during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet made it extremely difficult for marginal parties to achieve electoral success.

Contents

Political parties

Nationwide

Regional

Legally expired

Historical

Alliances

Current

Historical

References

See also

Political parties

Nationwide

These are parties that are legally constituted in all twelve regions plus the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

★ Christian Democratic Party ("Partido Demócrata Cristiano")

★ Party for Democracy ("Partido Por la Democracia")

★ Socialist Party of Chile ("Partido Socialista de Chile")

★ Social Democratic Radical Party ("Partido Radical Socialdemócrata")

★ National Renewal ("Renovación Nacional")

★ Independent Democratic Union ("Unión Demócrata Independiente")

★ Communist Party of Chile ("Partido Comunista de Chile")

Regional

These are parties that are legally constituted only in some regions of Chile.

★ Humanist Party of Chile ("Partido Humanista"): Operates in all regions, except X and XI.

★ National Alliance of Independents ("Alianza Nacional de los Independientes"): Operates in regions IX, X and XI only.

★ Regionalist Action Party of Chile ("Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile"): Operates in regions I, II and III only.

Legally expired

These are parties that have had their right to registration expired according to Art. 6 of Chilean Law 18,603.

★ ChileVe: Expired on February 27 2004.

★ New National Force ("Nueva Fuerza Nacional"): Expired on June 11 2004.

★ Ecologist Party ("Partido Ecologista"): Expired on March 9 2005.

★ Christian Left Party ("Izquierda Cristiana"): Inactive since 1999.

★ Progressive Union of the Centrist Center ("Unión de Centro Centro Progresista"): Inactive since the 1999 elections.

Historical

★ National Party ("Partido Nacional") (existed 1857-1933)

★ National Party ("Partido Nacional") (existed 1966-1973, 1983-1994)

★ Conservative Party ("Partido Conservador") (existed 1851-1949, 1953-1966)

★ Liberal Party ("Partido Liberal") (existed 1849-1966)

★ Radical Party ("Partido Radical") (existed 1863-1973, 1987-1994)

★ National Socialist Movement of Chile ("Movimiento Nacional Socialista de Chile") (existed 1932-1941)

Alliances

Current

★ Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile) - RN/UDI coalition

★ Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos Por la Democracia) - PDC/PPD/PRSD/PS coalition

★ Independent Regional Force (Fuerza Regional Independiente) - PAR/ANI coalition

★ Juntos Podemos Más - PC/PH and other left minority parties coalition

Historical

★ Popular Unity

References

★ Chile's Electoral Service

★ Chile's Library of Congress

See also

★ Index of political parties to browse parties by name

★ List of political parties to browse parties by country

★ List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name

★ Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals

★ Timeline of liberal and radical parties in Chile