List of political parties in Chile

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This article lists political parties in Chile.

Chile has a multi-party system, within a system with two dominant coalitions. This is because the election law approved during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet made it extremely difficult for marginal parties to achieve electoral success.

Political parties

List of legally constituted political parties in Chile.

Party	Name in Spanish	Political ideology	Area of operation	Senators (2010-2014)	Deputies (2010-2014)	Mayors (2008-2012)	Councilmen (2008-2012)
National Renewal	Renovación Nacional	Center-right	Nationwide.	8	18	55	389
Christian Democratic Party	Partido Demócrata Cristiano	Centrist	Nationwide.	9	19	59	344
Party for Democracy	Partido Por la Democracia	Center-left	Nationwide.	4	18	35	200
Independent Democratic Union	Unión Demócrata Independiente	Right	Nationwide.	8	37	58	347
Socialist Party	Partido Socialista de Chile	Center-left	Nationwide.	5	11	30	250
Social Democrat Radical Partya	Partido Radical Socialdemócrata	Center-left	Nationwide.	1	5	10	112
Regionalist Party of the Independents	Partido Regionalista de los Independientes	Centrist	Nationwide.	0	3	2	64
Communist Party	Partido Comunista de Chile	Left	Nationwide.	0	3	4	45
Humanist Party	Partido Humanista	Left	All regions, except X and XI.	0	0	1	13
Mas Broad Social Movement	Movimiento Amplio Social Mas	Left	Regions I, II, III, RM, VIII and XI.	1	0	0	0
Green Ecologist Party	Partido Ecologista Verde	Left	Regions XIV, X and XI.	0	0	0	0
Progressive Party	Partido Progresista	Center-left	All regions, except VIII, XIV and XII.	0	0	0	0
Equality Party	Partido Igualdad	N/A	Regions XV, I, II, IV, V and RM.	0	0	0	0
Chilefirst	Chileprimero	N/A	Regions XV, I and II.	0	0	0	0
Green Ecologist Party of the North	Partido Ecologista Verde del Norte	Left	Regions I, II and III.	0	0	0	0
Northern Force Party	Partido Fuerza del Norte	N/A	Regions XV, I and II.	0	0	0	0
Christian Left Party	Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile	Left	Regions XV, I and II.	0	0	0	0

^a A fusion of the Chilean Social Democracy Party (Partido Socialdemocracia Chilena) and the Radical Party of Chile (Partido Radical de Chile).

Failed registration

These are parties that failed to meet the registration requirements according to Art. 7 and Art. 12 of Chilean Law 18,603.

• ChileVe (February 27, 2004)
• New National Force (Nueva Fuerza Nacional) (June 11, 2004)
• Ecologist Party (Partido Ecologista) (March 9, 2005; August 1, 2006)
• Progressive Party (Partido Progresista) (September 7, 2006)
• National Unitary Movement (Movimiento Unitario Nacional) (June 6, 2008)
• Sol - Party of the People (Sol - Partido del Pueblo) (December 12, 2008)
• Democratic Movement of the Peoples (Movimiento Democrático de los Pueblos) (April 17, 2009)
• Seniors Party (Partido Adulto Mayor) (December 10, 2009)
• Wallmapuwen Party (Partido Wallmapuwen) (July 29, 2011)
• National Independent Force (Fuerza Nacional Independiente) (August 31, 2011)
• Air Party (Partido Aire) (March 26, 2012; rejected on appeal)

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)
• Revolutionary Left Movement (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria or MIR) (existed legally 1965–1973, illegally or not legally constituted 1973-2008)
• Popular Unitary Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario or MAPU) (existed legally 1969–)
• Progressive Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro Progresista): Inactive since the 1999 elections.
• National Alliance of Independents (Alianza Nacional de los Independientes)
• Regionalist Action Party of Chile (Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile)

Alliances

Active

• Coalition for Change (Coalición por el Cambio), composed of:
  • National Renewal (Renovación Nacional)
  • Independent Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente)
  • Chilefirst (Chileprimero)
• Concert of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos Por la Democracia), composed of:
  • Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)
  • Party for Democracy (Partido Por la Democracia)
  • Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata)
  • Socialist Party (Partido Socialista de Chile)
• New Majority for Chile (Nueva Mayoría para Chile), composed of:
  • Humanist Party (Partido Humanista)
  • Ecologist Party (Partido Ecologista)
  • Other minor movements
• Clean Chile Vote Happy (Chile Limpio Vote Feliz), a strictly electoral group, composed of:
  • Regionalist Party of the Independents (Partido Regionalista de los Independientes)
  • Broad Social Movement (Movimiento Amplio Social)
  • Country Force (Fuerza País)
• Juntos Podemos Más, composed of:
  • Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Chile)
  • Christian Left Party (Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile)
  • Other left minority parties

Historical

• Unidad Popular
• Frente Popular

See also

• List of political parties
• Timeline of liberal and radical parties in Chile

References

• Chile's Electoral Service
• Chile's Library of Congress