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 coalitions.

Political parties

Active

As of October 2016 there are 33 legally constituted political parties in Chile.^[1]

Parties in green, as of October 2016, support the administration of President Michelle Bachelet.

Party (name in Spanish)	Founded	International affiliation	Area of operation	Senators (2014-2018)	Deputies (2014-2018)	Regional advisors (2014-2018)	Mayors (2012-2016)	Councilmen (2012-2016)	Weighted representation^b
Independent Democratic Union^d Unión Demócrata Independiente	1983	International Democrat Union	Nationwide.	7	28	47	43	351	18.83%
Christian Democratic Party^j Partido Demócrata Cristiano	1957	Centrist Democrat International	Nationwide.	6	20	45	56	322	16.02%
Socialist Party^i Partido Socialista de Chile	1933	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, São Paulo Forum, COPPPAL	Nationwide.	6	15	33	27	218	14.17%
Party for Democracy^f Partido por la Democracia	1987	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL	Nationwide.	6	14	31	37	199	14.14%
National Renewal^c Renovación Nacional	1987	International Democrat Union	Nationwide.	5	13	42	39	318	12.74%
Amplitude Amplitud	2014	None.	Regions XV, I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, VIII, IX, X, and XI.	1	2	3	1	21	2.12%
Patagonian Regional Democracy Democracia Regional Patagónica	2013	None.	Regions X, XI, and XII.	1	0	2	4	9	1.81%
Social Democrat Radical Party Partido Radical Socialdemócrata	1994^a	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL	Nationwide.	0	6	12	13	90	1.68%
We Are Aysén Somos Aysén	2015	None.	Region XI.	1	0	0	0	0	1.66%
Communist Party Partido Comunista de Chile	1922	São Paulo Forum, Bolivarian Congress of the People, International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties	Nationwide.	0	6	12	4	92	1.5%
Citizen Left Partido Izquierda Ciudadana de Chile	2012^g	São Paulo Forum	Regions XV, I, III, VI, VII, and IX.	0	1	2	1	3	0.25%
Political Evolution Partido Evolución Política	2012	None	Nationwide.	0	1	0	2	0	0.21%
Social Agrarian Regionalist Independent Movement Movimiento Independiente Regionalista Agrario y Social	2015	None.	Region VI.	0	1	1	0	3	0.2%
Liberal Party Partido Liberal de Chile	2013^h	None.	Regions XV, I and II.	0	1	0	0	0	0.17%
Democratic Revolution Revolución Democrática	2012	None.	Regions II, IV, RM, and XI.	0	1	0	0	0	0.17%
Independent Regionalist Party Partido Regionalista Independiente	2006	None.	All regions, except VI and VIII.	0	0	2	2	95	0.15%
Progressive Party Partido Progresista	2010	None.	Nationwide.	0	0	2	3	25	0.13%
Green North Regional Force Fuerza Regional Norte Verde	2015	None.	Region IV.	0	0	2	0	0	0.06%
Green Ecologist Party Partido Ecologista Verde	2008	Global Greens	Regions I, II, III, IV, RM, VIII, XIV, X, and XI.	0	0	1	0	0	0.03%
MAS-Region^e MAS-Región	2008	None.	Regions XV, I, II, III, RM, VIII, and XI.	0	0	0	1	7	0.02%
Humanist Party^d Partido Humanista	1984	Humanist International, São Paulo Forum	All regions, except X.	0	0	0	0	14	0.01%
Equality Party Partido Igualdad	2009	None.	Regions XV, I, II, IV, V, RM, VIII, and XI.	0	0	0	0	1	0.0005%
Andha Chile Andha Chile	2015	None.	Regions IV, XI, and XII.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Citizens Ciudadanos	2013^k	None.	Regions II, XIV, and XI.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Regional and Popular Front Frente Regional y Popular	2015	None.	Region III.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Popular Front Party Partido Frente Popular	2015	None.	Region IV.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Magallanes Regionalist Party Partido Regionalista de Magallanes	2015^l	None.	Region XII.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Power Poder	2015	None.	Regions XV, I, III, and X.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
For Regional Integration Por la Integración Regional	2016	None.	Regions XV, I, and II.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Everybody Todos	2015	None.	Region XIV, X, and XI.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
United It Works in Democracy Unidos Resulta en Democracia	2015	None.	Region XV.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Patriotic Union Unión Patriótica	2015	None.	Regions V, and RM.	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Wallmapuwen Wallmapuwen	2005	None.	Region IX.	0	0	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).
^b The percentage of seats held by a party in each elected body is multiplied by a weighting factor, which is equal to the inverse value of that body's total seats divided by the summation of the inverse values of all bodies' total seats. The resulting weighted percentages are then summed together to obtain a party's "weighted representation" value. (Formula: [S/38^2+D/120^2+R/278^2+M/345^2+C/2224^2]/T, with T=1/38+1/120+1/278+1/345+1/2224, S=party senators, D=party deputies, R=party regional advisors, M=party mayors, C=party councilmen.)
^c Figures updated with the December 2013-January 2014 party resignations of RN senators Antonio Horvath and Lily Pérez, and RN deputies Pedro Browne, Joaquín Godoy and Karla Rubilar; the August 2014 party resignation of RN deputy Gaspar Rivas; the October 2015 party resignations of RN mayors of Ñuñoa and Traiguén, Andrés Zarhi and Luis Álvarez, respectively, and RN councilmen of Las Condes, Limache and La Unión, Tomás Fuentes, Cynthia Marín and María Eugenia Márquez, respectively; the May 2016 party resignation of RN deputy Germán Verdugo; the July 2016 party resignation of RN senator Manuel José Ossandón; and the September 2016 party resignation of RN deputy José Manuel Edwards.
^d Figures updated with, the July 2013 party resignation of UDI mayor of Santo Domingo Fernando Rodríguez Larraín; the January 2014 death of Yumbel mayor Camilo Cabezas (PH) and its subsequent replacement with independent councilman Jaime Gacitúa, who in turn was replaced with Fredy Winter from the UDI; the June 2015 party resignation of UDI councilman Francisco Vera; the October 2015 party resignation of UDI mayor of Rancagua Eduardo Soto; the November 2015 party resignations of UDI mayor of La Florida Rodolfo Carter and UDI councilman of Lo Barnechea Carlos Ward; the January 2016 party resignation of UDI senator Jaime Orpis; the May 2016 death of UDI mayor of Pinto Fernando Chávez; and the May 2016 party resignation of UDI deputy Juan Antonio Kast.
^e A fusion of the Broad Social Movement (Movimiento Amplio Social) and the Northern Force Party (Partido Fuerza del Norte). Figures updated with the September 2016 party resignation of MAS senator Alejandro Navarro.
^f Figures updated with the September 2014 expulsion of Providencia councilman Rodrigo García Márquez from his party (PPD); the October 2015 party resignation of PPD councilman of Los Andes Julio Lobos; the April 2016 party resignation of PPD deputy Pepe Auth; the May 2016 party resignation of DC deputy René Saffirio; and the August 2016 party resignation of PPD regional advisor Teodoro Aguirre.
^g Formerly known as Christian Left (Izquierda Cristiana).
^h Formerly known as ChileFirst (ChilePrimero).
ⁱ Figures updated with the October 2015 party resignations of PS mayors of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Los Lagos and Coltauco, Jaime González, Simón Mansilla and Rubén Jorquera, respectively; and the October 2016 party resignation of PS councilwoman for Valparaíso Paula Quintana.
^j Figures updated with the October 2015 party resignation of DC councilwoman of Concepción Alejandra Smith.
^k Before October 2015, known as Fuerza Pública ("Public Force").
^l Considers itself to be the continuation of the same-named party founded in 1932.

Historical

• Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) (existed 1849–1966)
• Conservative Party (Partido Conservador) (existed 1851–1949, 1953–1966)
• National Party (Partido Nacional) (existed 1857–1933)
• Radical Party (Partido Radical) (existed 1863–1973, 1987–1994)
• Democrat Party (Partido Demócrata) (existed 1887–1941)
• Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) (existed 1932–1960)
• 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)
• National Party (Partido Nacional) (existed 1966–1973, 1983–1994)
• Popular Unitary Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario or MAPU) (existed legally 1969–)
• Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro) (existed 1990–2002)
• National Alliance of Independents (Alianza Nacional de los Independientes)
• Regionalist Action Party of Chile (Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile)

Alliances

Active

• Chile Vamos, composed of:
  • Independent Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente)
  • National Renewal (Renovación Nacional)
  • Political Evolution (Evolución Política)
  • Independent Regionalist Party (Partido Regionalista Independiente)
• New Majority (Nueva Mayoría), composed of:
  • Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Chile)
  • Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)
  • Party for Democracy (Partido por la Democracia)
  • Citizen Left (Izquierda Ciudadana)
  • MAS-Region (MAS-Región)
  • Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata)
  • Socialist Party (Partido Socialista de Chile)

Historical

• Popular Front
• Democratic Alliance
• Unidad Popular
• Confederation of Democracy
• Concertación

See also

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

References

1. "Partidos Constituidos". Servicio Electoral (in Spanish). 6 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.