List of political parties in Colombia
Colombia had historically maintained a two-party system, which means that there were two dominant political parties, resulting in considerable difficulty for anybody to achieve major electoral success under the banner of any other party. Dissidents from the two main parties also had chances to win elections. Nowadays it is a multi-party system, with every party that gets more than 3% of the valid votes for each of the two chambers in the congress (as well as some special cases like parties of minority groups) getting legal recognition.
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This article lists political parties in Colombia.
Parties with legal recognition
In the Parliamentary election of 2018, the following parties got the minimum required number of votes for legal recognition (3% of valid votes).
Parties of ethnic minorities
The following parties obtained representation in the congress despite not surpassing the required percentage, thanks to being in representation of ethnic minorities.
| Name | Year | Ideology | Political Spectre | Number of seats (both chambers) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social (MAIS) | 2013 | Indigenismo Ecologism |
Center-left | 2 in senate (1 in coalition (Decencia), 1 indigenous sit), 2 in the House (1 indigenous sit, 1 in coalition (Decencia)) |
| Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (ASI) | 1991 | Indigenismo Progressivism |
Center to Center-left | 1 in senate ( Decencia coalition) |
| Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia (AICO) | 1990 | Indigenismo Progressivism |
Center-left | 1 in senate (Indigenous sit) |
| Consejo Comunitario Ancestral de Comunidades Negras Playa Renaciente | 2007 | 1 in House (Afro seat) | ||
| Consejo Comunitario La Mamuncia | 1 in House (Afro seat) | |||
Other political parties with legal recognition
In July 2013, the Council of state returned the legal recognition to the Patriotic Union, that the party had lost in 2002 after not presenting any candidate for the Parliamentary election of 2002 and, as a result, it didn't obtain any representation in the congress. The sentence recognized the situation of extermination that the members of the party had to endure as the main cause for its losing of representation.
In October 2017, after signing the Peace agreements, the Colombian law recognized the legal status of FARC party and gave it 10 seats, 5 in each chamber, for the following two periods.
| Name | Year | Ideology | Political Spectre | Number of seats (both chambers) |
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| Common Alternative Revolutionary Force | 2017 | Marxism-leninism Bolivarianism Communism |
Far-left | 5 in senate, 5 in house |
| Patriotic Union | 1985 | Socialism Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism Patriotism Bolivarianism |
Left-wing | 1 in senate (Decencia coalition) |
Defunct parties
- Hope, Peace, and Liberty (1991-??) Popular Liberation Army veterans party.
- Christian National Party (Colombia) (2002)
- Christians for Community (2002)
- Alternative Way (2002)
- Alternative for Social Advance (2002)
- Citizens' Movement (Colombia) (2002)
- Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya (2002)
- Civic People's Convergence (2002)
- Civic Purpose Colombia (2002)
- Coalition (Colombia) (2002)
- Colombia Always (2002)
- Colombian People's Party (2002)
- Colombian Social Democratic Party (2002)
- Democratic Progressivity (2002)
- Democratic Unity Party (Colombia) (2002)
- Front of Hope (2002)
- Community Participation (2002-2000s)
- Citizens' Convergence (2002-2000s)
- Colombia Unite (2002-2000s)
- Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (2002-2000s)
- Democratic Colombia Party (2003-2000s)
- For the Country of Our Dreams (2006)
- New Huila and Liberalism (2006)
Notes
- As observator.
References
See also
- List of political parties
- Liberalism in Colombia
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