List of political parties in Chile
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Template:Politics of Chile This article lists political parties in Chile.
Chile has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, coalitions in the case of Chile. This is because the 1980 constitution approved during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet made it extremely difficult for marginal parties to achieve electoral success.
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Political parties
Nationwide
These are parties that are legally constituted in all twelve regions plus the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
- National Renewal ("Renovación Nacional")
- Christian Democratic Party ("Partido Demócrata Cristiano")
- Party for Democracy ("Partido Por la Democracia")
- Independent Democratic Union ("Unión Democrática Independiente")
- Socialist Party of Chile ("Partido Socialista de Chile")
- Communist Party of Chile ("Partido Comunista de Chile")
- Social Democrat Radical Party ("Partido Radical Socialdemócrata")
Regional
These are parties that are legally constituted only in some regions of Chile.
- Humanist Party of Chile ("Partido Humanista"): Operates in all regions, except: VIII, IX, X and XI.
- National Alliance of Independents ("Alianza Nacional de los Independientes"): Operates in regions IX, X and XI only.
- Regionalist Action Party of Chile ("Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile"): Operates in regions I, II and III only.
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.
- Ecologist Party ("Partido Ecologista"): Expired on March 9 2005.
Legal status unknown
- Christian Left Party ("Izquierda Cristiana")
Alliances
- Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile) - RN/UDI coalition
- Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos Por la Democracia) - DC/PPD/PRSD/PS coalition
- Juntos PODEMOS - PC/PH coalition
- Popular Unity (Unidad Popular) (ceased to exist after military coup of 1973)
References
- Chile's Electoral Service (http://www.servel.cl/)
- Chile's Library of Congress (http://www.bcn.cl/pags/instituciones/partidos/politip.htm)
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