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List of political parties in Mexico

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This article lists political parties in Mexico.

Mexico has a multi-party system, with six nationally registered political parties and number of others that operate locally in one or more states.

National parties==

Mexico has six 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:

PartyAbbr.FoundedPositionIdeologyLeaderRepresentationSenatorsDeputies
National Action Party (Mexico)}}[[File:PAN (Mexico) 2025 logo.svg50px]]National Action Party
Partido Acción NacionalPAN1939Centre-right to right-wingJorge Romero Herrera
Institutional Revolutionary Party}}[[File:PRI logo (Mexico).svg50px]]Institutional Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario InstitucionalPRI1929 (PNR) 1938 (PRM) 1946 (PRI)Centre to centre-rightConstitutionalism
Social democracy
Big tentAlejandro Moreno Cárdenas
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico}}[[File:PVE_logo_(Mexico).svg50px]]Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Partido Verde Ecologista de MéxicoPVEM1986 (PVM) 1991 (PEM) 1993 (PVEM)Centre-leftGreen politicsKaren Castrejón Trujillo
Labor Party (Mexico)}}[[File:PT logo (Mexico).svg50px]]Labor Party
Partido del TrabajoPT1990Left-wing to far-leftSocialism
MaoismAlberto Anaya
Citizens' Movement (Mexico)}}[[File:MC Party (Mexico).svg50px]]Citizens' Movement
Movimiento CiudadanoMC1999 (CpD) 2002 (CON) 2011 (MC)Centre-leftSocial democracy
Participatory democracy
ProgressivismJorge Máynez
Morena (political party)}}[[File:Morena logo (alt).svg50px]]National Regeneration Movement
Movimiento Regeneración NacionalMorena2014Left-wingAnti-neoliberalism
Alter-globalization
Left-wing populism
Left-wing nationalismLuisa María Alcalde Luján

Most recently, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) lost its status as a national party in the aftermath of the 2024 general election.

Other political parties, not registered

  • 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)
  • Mexican Pirate Party, Spanish- Partido Pirata Mexicano (Syncretic, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections)

Local parties

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)
  • Morelos First Party (Por Morelos al Frente), 2018
  • Popular Awareness Party (Partido Conciencia Popular, San Luis Potosí)
  • Uniting Wills We Can Build (Sumando Voluntades Podemos Construir, Morelos, registered for 2021 Mexican legislative election)
  • More, More Social Support (Más Más Apoyo Social, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)
  • Morelos Progresses (Morelos Progresa, registered for 2021 elections)
  • Social Alternative Movement* (Movimiento Alternativa Social*, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)
  • Citizen Welfare (Bienestar Ciudadano, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)
  • Morelense Political Renewal (Renovación Política Morelense, registered for 2021 elections)
  • Strength, Work and Unit for the Timely Rescue of Morelos (Fuerza, Trabajo y Unidad por el Rescate Oportuno de Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)
  • Morelos Force (Morelos Fuerza, registered for 2021 elections)
  • New Alliance (Partido Nueva Alianza, PANAL; active in several states)
  • Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD; active in 13 states)

Former parties

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

  • Liberal Party (1822–1867 de facto)
  • Conservative Party (1849–1867)
  • Mexican Liberal Party (1905–1918)
  • Progressive Constitutionalist Party (1910–1929)
  • Socialist Workers Party (1917–1981)
  • Workers Party of Acapulco (Guerrero) (1919–1923)
  • Laborist Party (PLM; 1919–1929)
  • Mexican Communist Party (1919–1989)
  • Marxist Workers Bloc of Mexico (1937–1940)
  • Revolutionary Party of National Unification (PRUN; 1939–1940)
  • Popular Force Party (1945–1948)
  • Federation of Parties of the Mexican People (FPPM; 1945–1954)
  • Popular Socialist Party (PPS; 1948–1997)
  • Nationalist Party of Mexico (PNM; 1951–1964)
  • Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (PARM; 1954–2000)
  • Movement of National Liberation (1961–1964)
  • Workers' Socialist Party (PST; 1975–1987)
  • Mexican Democratic Party (PDM; 1979–1997)
  • Workers' Revolutionary Party (1979–1996)
  • Social Democratic Party (PSD; 1980–1981)
  • Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM; 1981–1987)
  • Mexican Workers' Party (PMT; 1984–1987)
  • Mexican Socialist Party (1987–1989)
  • Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PFCRN; 1987–1997)
  • Socialist Convergence (1996–2009)
  • Party of the Nationalist Society (PSN; 1998–2003)
  • Social Alliance Party (PAS; 1998–2003)
  • Democratic Center Party of Mexico (PCD; 1999–2000)
  • Social Democracy (1999–2000)
  • Alliance for Yucatan Party (Partido Alianza por Yucatán, Yucatán) (1999-2010)
  • Colima Democratic Association (2001–2012)
  • Socialist Party of Mexico (2001-2013)
  • Citizen Force Party (2002–2003)
  • Mexican Liberal Party (2002–2003)
  • Social Democratic Party (2005–2009)
  • México Posible (2002–2003)
  • Humanist Party (2014–2015)
  • Social Encounter Party (PES; 2006–2018)
  • Solidarity Encounter Party (PES; 2020–2021)
  • Force for Mexico (2020–2021)
  • Progressive Social Networks (2020–2021)
  • Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD; 1989–2024)

References

References

  1. Figueroa, Héctor. (13 June 2024). "El PRD seguirá con registro como partido local en 13 estados, aunque no sea partido nacional". [[Excélsior]].
  2. [http://www.iec.org.mx/v1/archivos/transparencia/Fracc._VII_Los_listados_de_partidos_pol%C3%ADticos_registrados_2022.docx Listados de partidos]
  3. (September 1, 2020). "Ya hay ocho nuevos partidos políticos". La Unión de Morelos.
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