List of political parties in Bolivia explained

This article lists political parties in Bolivia.

Bolivia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties.

Current parties

Congressional parties

The following parties and alliances are represented in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly:

Party	Position	.	Presidential vote	Assembly representation	Governors
Logo	Name	.	First round	Second round	Deputies	Senators
		Movement for Socialism	MAS-IPSP	Left-wing to far-left	1999	3,393,978
		Civic Community	CC	Center to center-left	2018	1,775,943
		Creemos	Creemos	Far-right	2020	862,184

National parties

Nine groups are registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as political organizations of national scope. Of these, only one, the Social Democratic Movement, is a civic group; the remaining eight are all political parties.^{[1] [2]}

Party				Year Founded	Ideology
		Bolivian National Action Party	Partido de Acción Nacional Boliviano (PAN-BOL)	2016	Syncretic politics
		Christian Democratic Party	Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC)	1954	Christian democracy
		Front for Victory	Frente Para la Victoria (FPV)	2008	Conservatism
		Movement for Socialism	Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS-IPSP)	1997	Bolivarianism 21st century socialism
		Nationalist Democratic Action	Acción Democrática Nacionalista (ADN)	1979	Conservatism
		National Unity Front	Frente de Unidad Nacional (UN)	2003	Social democracy
		Revolutionary Left Front	Frente Revolucionario de Izquierda (FRI)	1979	Progressivism
		Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR)	1942	Liberal conservatism Revolutionary nationalism
		Solidarity Civic Unity	Unidad Cívica Solidaridad (UCS)	1989	Social conservatism
		Third System Movement	Movimiento Tercer Sistema (MTS)	2017	Third Way

Subnational parties

The following are some of the major parties registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as subnational organizations within one of the nine Departments of Bolivia:^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

Party				Department
		We Are All Chuquisaca	Chuquisaca Somos Todos (CST)	Chuquisaca
		Movement for Sovereignty	Movimiento por la Soberanía (MPS)	La Paz
		Sovereignty and Liberty	Soberanía y Libertad (SOL.bo)	La Paz
		Third System Movement	Movimiento Tercer Sistema (MTS)	La Paz
		Jesús Lara	Jesús Lara	Cochabamba
		Popular Organization Movement	Movimiento de Organización Popular	Potosí
		United to Renew	Unidos para Renovar (UNIR)	Tarija
		Popular Solidarity Alliance	Alianza Solidaria Popular (ASIP)	Santa Cruz
		Security, Order and Liberty	Seguridad, Orden y Libertad (SOL)	Santa Cruz
		Building Future	Construyendo Futuro	Beni
		Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Revolutionary Empowerment (NACER)	Nacionalidades Autónomas por el Cambio y el Empoderamiento Revolucionario	Beni
		Integration Column	Columna de Integracion (CI)	Pando

Groups contesting local elections

• Assembly of the Guarani People – North Charagua (Asamblea del Pueblo Guaraní – Charagua Norte, APG–CHARAGUA)
• Change Charagua (Cambio Charagua, CACHA)
• Huanuni for All (Huanuni para Todos, HUANUNI)
• Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni (Federación Regional de Cooperativas Mineras de Huanuni, FERCOMIN)
• Socialist Aymara Group (Grupo Aymara Socialista, GAS)
• Social Unity Uprising of September First (Levantamiento de Unidad Social Primero de Septiembre),
• Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes – Tupak Katari (Subfederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Ancoraimes Tupak Katari, SFSUTCA-TK)
• Yungas Cocalera Revolution (Revolución Cocalera Yungas, R-COCAY)

Dissolved parties

Parties that lost their registration in 2014

• Fearless Movement (Movimiento Sin Miedo, MSM)

Parties that lost their registration in 2013

• Popular Consensus (Consenso Popular, CP; accredited as a citizen grouping)

Parties that lost their registration in 2009

• Social Democratic Power (Poder Democrático Social, PODEMOS)

Parties that lost their registration in 2006

• Free Bolivia Movement (Movimiento Bolivia Libre, MBL)
• Progress Plan (Plan Progreso, PP)
• Workers Social Union of Bolivia (Unión Social de Trabajadores de Bolivia, USTB)
• Pachakuti Indigenous Movement (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 Force (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 Falange (Falange Socialista Boliviana, FSB)
• Democratic National Katarism (Katarismo Nacional Democrático, KND)
• Citizens' Movement for Change (Movimiento Ciudadano para el Cambio, MCC)
• Revolutionary Liberation Movement Túpac Katari (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Katari de Liberación, MRTKL)
• Communist Party of Bolivia (Partido Comunista de Bolivia, PCB)
• Young Force Party (Partido Fuerza Joven, PFJ)
• Socialist Party-1 (Partido Socialista-1, PS)
• Revolutionary Vanguard 9th April (Vanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril, VR-9)

See also

• Lists of political parties
• Liberalism in Bolivia

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022. Organizaciones políticas de alcance nacional. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220109074225/https://www.oep.org.bo/organizaciones-politicas/organizaciones-alcance-nacional/. 2022-01-09. 2022-01-08. Plurinational Electoral Organ. es.
2. Web site: Organizaciones y agrupacines políticas de alcance nacional con personería jurídica vigente. 2022-01-08. Plurinational Electoral Organ. es.
3. Web site: 2017-03-19. Organizaciones políticas de alcance departamental. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
4. Web site: SE EXTINGUIERON 41 PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS · la-razon.com . 2011-03-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110312151231/http://www.la-razon.com/version.php?ArticleId=126574&EditionId=2462 . 12 March 2011 .
5. Web site: 2019-08-13. Organizaciones políticas – Chuquisaca. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
6. Web site: 2019-08-12. Organizaciones políticas – La Paz. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
7. Web site: 2019-08-13. Organizaciones políticas – Cochabamba. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
8. Web site: 2019-08-13. Organizaciones políticas – Potosí. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
9. Web site: 2019-08-13. Organizaciones políticas – Tarija. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
10. Web site: 2019-08-08. Organizaciones políticas – Santa Cruz. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
11. Web site: 2019-07-25. Organizaciones políticas – Beni. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.
12. Web site: 2019-08-13. Organizaciones políticas – Pando. 2021-03-01. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. es.