List of political parties in Cuba

This article lists political parties in Cuba. Cuba is a single-party authoritarian regime, led by the Communist Party of Cuba, where political opposition is not permitted.^[1]^[2] No party is allowed to campaign or endorse candidates for election, including the Communist Party. Candidates for National Assembly of People's Power elections are nominated by organizations that are firmly controlled by the Party.^[3] Candidates are elected on an individual referendum basis without formal party involvement, though elected assemblies predominantly consist of members of the dominant party alongside non-affiliated candidates.^[4] Elections in Cuba are neither free, nor democratic.^[5]^[6]^[7] As a result, political rallies by opposition parties occur only sporadically on the island.^[8]

Cuban law also stipulates that it is punishable to receive funds from a foreign government for purposes of a political organization.^[9]

Current political parties

Official parties

Party			Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Political position	Leader	National Assembly
		Communist Party of Cuba Partido Comunista de Cuba	PCC	1965	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Miguel Díaz-Canel	442 / 470

Unofficial parties

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Political position	Leader	National Assembly
Christian Democratic Party of Cuba Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Cuba^[10]	PDC	1959	Christian democracy Christian humanism	Centre	Elena Larrinaga	0 / 470
Christian Liberation Movement Movimiento Cristiano Liberación	MCL	1988	Christian democracy Anti-communism	Centre-right	Eduardo Cardet	0 / 470
Democratic Social-Revolutionary Party of Cuba Partido Social-Revolucionario Democrático de Cuba^[10]	PSRDC	1992	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	Jorge Valls	0 / 470

Cuban Libertarian Party – José Martí (Partido Libertario Cubano - José Martí)^[11]
Cuban Democratic Socialist Current (Corriente Socialista Democratica Cubana)^[10]
Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party - An amalgamation of the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Solidarity Party
Cuban Liberal Union (Unión Liberal Cubana, member LI)^[10]
Orthodox Renovation Party (Partido de la Renovación Ortodoxa)^[10]
Social Democratic Co-ordination of Cuba (Coordinadora Social Demócrata de Cuba)^[10]

Historical parties

	Abbr.	Ideology	Political position	Leader	Years active
Cuban Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Cubano	PRC	Liberalism Radicalism Cuban nationalism Anti-imperialism	Centre	José Martí Tomás Estrada Palma	1892–1898
Cuban Revolutionary Party – Authentic Partido Revolucionario Cubano – Auténtico	PRC-A	Cuban nationalism Left-wing nationalism Economic nationalism Liberal nationalism Corporatism Left-wing populism Social democracy	Centre-left to left-wing	Ramón Grau (1934–1948) Carlos Prío Socarrás (1948–1959)	1934–1959
Democratic Solidarity Party Partido Solidaridad Democrática	PSD	Liberalism Human rights Anti-communism	Centre to centre-right	Fernando Sánchez López	1992–2014
Liberal Party of Cuba Partido Liberal de Cuba	PLC	Autonomism Classical liberalism	Centre to centre-right	José Miguel Gómez Gerardo Machado	1878–1959
National Liberal Party of Cuba Partido Liberal Nacional de Cuba	PLNC	National liberalism Anti-communism	Centre-right		2004–2014
Party of the Cuban People – Orthodox Partido del Pueblo Cubano – Ortodoxos	PPC-O	Left-wing populism Direct democracy Anti-corruption Progressivism Anti-imperialism Agrarian reform Free market economics Social corporatism Reformism Socialism Factions: Democratic socialism Classical liberalism	Centre-left to left-wing	Eduardo Chibás Emilio Ochoa	1947–1952
Popular Socialist Party Partido Socialista Popular	PSP	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Blas Roca Calderio	1925–1961
Progressive Action Party Partido de Acción Progresista	PAP	Authoritarianism Conservatism Economic liberalism Liberalism Anti-communism Right-wing populism Militarism Pro-foreign investment Pro-free markets (in practice) Keynesianism (in practice) Structuralist economics (in practice)	Right-wing	Fulgencio Batista	1949–1959
United Party of the Socialist Revolution of Cuba Partido Unido de la Revolución Socialista de Cuba	PURSC	Communism Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism Fidelismo Guevarism	Far-left	Fidel Castro	1962–1965

References

↑ Miller, Nicola (2003-01-01). "The Absolution of History: Uses of the Past in Castro's Cuba". Journal of Contemporary History. 38 (1): 147–162. doi:10.1177/0022009403038001969. ISSN 0022-0094. S2CID 153348631.
↑ Schedler, Andreas; Hoffmann, Bert (2015). "Communicating authoritarian elite cohesion". Democratization. 23: 93–117. doi:10.1080/13510347.2015.1095181. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 146645252.
↑ Smyth, Regina; Bianco, William; Chan, Kwan Nok (2019-04-25). "Legislative Rules in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Hong Kong's Legislative Council" (PDF). The Journal of Politics. 81 (3): 892–905. doi:10.1086/703068. ISSN 0022-3816. S2CID 159138096.
↑ Cuba: Elections and Events 1991-2001 Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Latin American Election Statistics Home
↑ Hyde, Susan D. (2011). The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma: Why Election Observation Became an International Norm. Cornell University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8014-6125-5.
↑ Galvis, Ángela Fonseca; Superti, Chiara (2019-10-03). "Who wins the most when everybody wins? Predicting candidate performance in an authoritarian election". Democratization. 26 (7): 1278–1298. doi:10.1080/13510347.2019.1629420. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 197727359.
↑ Domínguez, Jorge I.; Galvis, Ángela Fonseca; Superti, Chiara (2017). "Authoritarian Regimes and Their Permitted Oppositions: Election Day Outcomes in Cuba". Latin American Politics and Society. 59 (2): 27–52. doi:10.1111/laps.12017. ISSN 1531-426X. S2CID 157677498.
↑ "Cuba dissidents hold rare rally". BBC. May 21, 2005.
↑ "Cuba warns dissidents over US aid". BBC. 2006-07-12. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Caribbean Elections | Political Parties in Cuba". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
↑ "The Cuban Libertarian Party Launches in Havana!". Libertarian Party of Nevada. May 7, 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

[:1-1] Miller, Nicola (2003-01-01). "The Absolution of History: Uses of the Past in Castro's Cuba". Journal of Contemporary History. 38 (1): 147–162. doi:10.1177/0022009403038001969. ISSN 0022-0094. S2CID 153348631.

[:2-2] Schedler, Andreas; Hoffmann, Bert (2015). "Communicating authoritarian elite cohesion". Democratization. 23: 93–117. doi:10.1080/13510347.2015.1095181. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 146645252.

[3] Smyth, Regina; Bianco, William; Chan, Kwan Nok (2019-04-25). "Legislative Rules in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Hong Kong's Legislative Council" (PDF). The Journal of Politics. 81 (3): 892–905. doi:10.1086/703068. ISSN 0022-3816. S2CID 159138096.

[4] Cuba: Elections and Events 1991-2001 Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Latin American Election Statistics Home

[5] Hyde, Susan D. (2011). The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma: Why Election Observation Became an International Norm. Cornell University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8014-6125-5.

[6] Galvis, Ángela Fonseca; Superti, Chiara (2019-10-03). "Who wins the most when everybody wins? Predicting candidate performance in an authoritarian election". Democratization. 26 (7): 1278–1298. doi:10.1080/13510347.2019.1629420. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 197727359.

[7] Domínguez, Jorge I.; Galvis, Ángela Fonseca; Superti, Chiara (2017). "Authoritarian Regimes and Their Permitted Oppositions: Election Day Outcomes in Cuba". Latin American Politics and Society. 59 (2): 27–52. doi:10.1111/laps.12017. ISSN 1531-426X. S2CID 157677498.

[8] "Cuba dissidents hold rare rally". BBC. May 21, 2005.

[9] "Cuba warns dissidents over US aid". BBC. 2006-07-12. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[:0-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Caribbean Elections | Political Parties in Cuba". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[11] "The Cuban Libertarian Party Launches in Havana!". Libertarian Party of Nevada. May 7, 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

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v t e Political parties in Cuba
Government	Communist Party of Cuba
Opposition	Christian Democratic Party of Cuba Cuban Democratic Socialist Current Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party Cuban Liberal Union Democratic Social-Revolutionary Party of Cuba Libertarian Party of Cuba – Jose Marti Orthodox Renovation Party Social Democratic Co-ordination of Cuba
Historical	Constitutional Union Party Cuban National League Cuban National Party Cuban Popular Party Democratic Federal Republican Party of Santiago de Cuba Democratic Solidarity Party Democratic Union Party Independent Republican Party Liberal Party National Conservative Party National Liberal Party of Cuba Partido Auténtico Partido Ortodoxo People's Labour Party People's Party Popular Socialist Party Progressive Action Party Republican Party of Havana Socialist Party of Manzanillo Socialist Worker Party
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Current political parties

Official parties

Unofficial parties

Historical parties

See also

References