List of political parties in Chile

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This article lists political parties in Chile.

Chile has a multi-party system, within a system with two dominant coalitions.

Political parties

Active

There are currently 13 legally constituted political parties in Chile.

Parties in green are part of the current administration.

Party (name in Spanish)	International affiliation	Area of operation	Senators (2014-2018)	Deputies (2014-2018)	Regional advisors (2014-2018)	Mayors (2012-2016)	Councilmen (2012-2016)	Weighted representationb
Independent Democratic Uniond Unión Demócrata Independiente	International Democrat Union	Nationwide.	8	29	47	46	352	20.72%
Christian Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Cristiano	Centrist Democrat International	Nationwide.	6	21	45	56	323	16.18%
National Renewalc Renovación Nacional	International Democrat Union	Nationwide.	6	15	42	41	321	14.78%
Party for Democracyf Partido Por la Democracia	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL	Nationwide.	6	15	32	37	200	14.33%
Socialist Party Partido Socialista de Chile	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, São Paulo Forum, COPPPAL	Nationwide.	6	15	33	30	219	14.23%
MAS-Regione MAS-Región	None.	Regions XV, I, II, III, RM, VIII and XI.	1	0	0	1	7	1.69%
Social Democrat Radical Partya Partido Radical Socialdemócrata	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL	Nationwide.	0	6	12	13	90	1.68%
Communist Party Partido Comunista de Chile	São Paulo Forum, Bolivarian Congress of the People, International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties	Nationwide.	0	6	12	4	92	1.50%
Independent Regionalist Party Partido Regionalista Independiente	None.	XV, I and II.	0	0	2	2	95	0.15%
Progressive Party Partido Progresista	None.	Nationwide.	0	0	2	3	25	0.13%
Green Ecologist Party Partido Ecologista Verde	Global Greens	Regions I, II, III, IV, RM, VIII, XIV, X and XI.	0	0	1	0	0	0.03%
Humanist Partyd Partido Humanista	Humanist International, São Paulo Forum	All regions, except X.	0	0	0	0	14	0.01%
Equality Party Partido Igualdad	None.	Regions XV, I, II, IV, V, RM, VIII and XI.	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%
Liberal Party of Chile Partido Liberal de Chile	Liberal International		0	1	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, and the August 2014 party resignation of RN deputy Gaspar Rivas.
^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; and the June 2015 party resignation of UDI councilman Francisco Vera.
^e A fusion of the Broad Social Movement (Movimiento Amplio Social) and the Northern Force Party (Partido Fuerza del Norte).
^f Figures updated with the September 2014 expulsion of Providencia councilman Rodrigo García Márquez from his party (PPD).

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)
• 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)
• 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

• Alliance (Alianza), composed of:
  • National Renewal (Renovación Nacional)
  • Independent Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente)
• If You Want It, Chile Changes (Si tú quieres, Chile cambia)
  • Liberal Party (Partido Liberal)
  • Progressive Party (Partido Progresista)
  • Other minor movements
• New Constitution for Chile (Nueva Constitución para Chile)
  • Equality Party (Partido Igualdad)
  • Green Ecologist Party (Partido Ecologista Verde)
• New Majority (Nueva Mayoría), composed of:
  • Broad Social Movement (Movimiento Amplio Social)
  • Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)
  • Citizen Left (Izquierda Ciudadana)
  • Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Chile)
  • Northern Force Party (Partido Fuerza del Norte)
  • Party for Democracy (Partido por la Democracia)
  • Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata)
  • Socialist Party (Partido Socialista de Chile)
• Everyone to La Moneda (Todos a La Moneda)
  • Humanist Party (Partido Humanista)
  • Other left minority parties

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

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