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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 1980 constitution approved during the government of Augusto Pinochet made it extremely difficult for marginal parties to achieve electoral success.

Contents 1 Political parties 1.1 Nationwide 1.2 Regional 1.3 Not yet legally constituted 1.4 Legally expired 1.5 Historical 2 Alliances 2.1 Current 2.2 Historical 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Political parties

[edit] Nationwide

These are parties that are legally constituted in all fourteen regions plus the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

• National Renewal (Renovación Nacional)
• Christian Democrat Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)
• Party for Democracy (Partido Por la Democracia)
• Independent Democrat Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente)
• Socialist Party (Partido Socialista de Chile)
• Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Chile)
• Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata): Fusion of Chilean Social Democracy Party (Partido Socialdemocracia Chilena) and Radical Party (Partido Radical de Chile).
• Regionalist Party of the Independents (Partido Regionalista de los Independientes)
• Chile Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores de Chile)^[1]

[edit] Regional

These are parties that are legally constituted only in some regions of Chile.

• Humanist Party (Partido Humanista): Operates in all regions, except X and XI.
• Ecologist Party (Partido Ecologista): Operates in regions I, II and III.
• Country Force (Fuerza País): Operates in regions XV, I and II.
• Christian Left Party (Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile): Operates in regions XV, I and II.
• Chile First (Chile Primero): Operates in regions XV, II, III, IV, VI and XIV. Led by Fernando Flores and Jorge Schaulsohn.

[edit] Not yet legally constituted

These are parties in formation awaiting registration by the Electoral Service.

• Sol - Party of the People (Sol - Partido del Pueblo)
• Democratic Movement of the Peoples (Movimiento Democrático de los Pueblos)

[edit] Legally expired

These are parties that have had their right to registration expired according to Art. 6 of Chilean Law 18,603.

• ChileVe: Expired on February 27, 2004.
• New National Force (Nueva Fuerza Nacional): Expired on June 11, 2004.
• Progressive Party (Partido Progresista): Expired on September 7, 2006.
• National Unitary Movement (Movimiento Unitario Nacional): Expired on June 6, 2008.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Alliances

[edit] Current

• Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile) - RN/UDI coalition
• Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos Por la Democracia) - PDC/PPD/PRSD/PS coalition
• Juntos Podemos Más - PC/PH and other left minority parties coalition

[edit] Historical

• Unidad Popular
• Frente Popular

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Timeline of liberal and radical parties in Chile

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