List of political parties in Mexico

Summary

This article lists political parties in Mexico.

Mexico has a multi-party system, with 3 major political parties.

Nationally, the three main political parties are the MORENA, the  PAN, and the  PRI. Other political parties survive in isolation or by forming local coalitions with any of the three.

National parties edit

Mexico has seven 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 Marko Cortés Mendoza
25 / 128
114 / 500
  Institutional Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Institucional
PRI 1929 Centre to
centre-right
Constitutionalism
Big tent
Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas
14 / 128
68 / 500
  Party of the Democratic Revolution
Partido de la Revolución Democrática
PRD 1989 Centre-left
(with left-wing factions)
Social democracy
Progressivism
Civic nationalism
Jesús Zambrano Grijalva
3 / 128
14 / 500
  Labor Party
Partido del Trabajo
PT 1990 Left-wing Democratic socialism
Laborism
Left-wing nationalism
Alberto Anaya
5 / 128
35 / 500
  Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Partido Verde Ecologista de México
PVEM 1993 Centre-left Green politics
Progressivism
Karen Castrejón Trujillo
7 / 128
39 / 500
  Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
MC 1998 Centre-left Social democracy
Participatory democracy
Progressivism
Dante Delgado Rannauro
12 / 128
28 / 500
  National Regeneration Movement
Movimiento Regeneración Nacional
MORENA 2011 Left-wing Anti-neoliberalism
Alter-globalization
Left-wing populism
Left-wing nationalism
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
57 / 128
202 / 500

Other political parties, not registered edit

  • 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)

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)[1]
  • Morelos First Party (Por Morelos al Frente), 2018
  • Popular Awareness Party (Partido Conciencia Popular, San Luis Potosi)
  • Uniting Wills We Can Build (Sumando Voluntades Podemos Construir, Morelos, registered for 2021 Mexican legislative election)[2]
  • More, More Social Support (Más Más Apoyo Social, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[2]
  • Morelos Progresses (Morelos Progresa, registered for 2021 elections)[2]
  • Social Alternative Movement (Movimiento Alternativa Social, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[2]
  • Citizen Welfare (Bienestar Ciudadano, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[2]
  • Morelense Political Renewal (Renovación Política Morelense, registered for 2021 elections)[2]
  • Strength, Work and Unit for the Timely Rescue of Morelos (Fuerza, Trabajo y Unidad por el Rescate Oportuno de Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[2]
  • Morelos Force (Morelos Fuerza, registered for 2021 elections)[2]
  • New Alliance (Partido Nueva Alianza, PANAL; active in several states)

Former parties edit

During the 19th century the two most important parties were the Liberals (Liberales) and the Conservatives (Conservadores).[citation needed]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Listados de partidos
  2. ^ 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.