Political parties

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	== Categorizing Bolivia's political parties ==		== Categorizing Bolivia's political parties ==

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Contents 1 The party system 2 Categorizing Bolivia's political parties 3 Major parties 3.1 National parties 3.2 Regional parties 3.2.1 La Paz 3.2.2 Cochabamba 3.2.3 Oruro 3.2.4 Potosí 3.2.5 Tarija 3.2.6 Santa Cruz 4 Minor parties 5 Need to edit 5.1 Parties that lost their registration in 2006 5.2 Parties that lost their registration in 2005 5.3 Parties that lost their registration in 2002-2003 6 Historical political parties 7 See also

The party system

Bolivia has historically had multiparty political party system. Currently, the party system is dominated by two major parties, MAS and PODEMOS. In the past, the party system was dominated by a group of medium-sized political parties. Seats in the national parliament are elected in a mixed-member proportional electoral system. Until the 2005 general election, no presidential candidate was able to win a simple majority, coalition governments were the norm.

Categorizing Bolivia's political parties

Major parties

The following political parties, civic associations, or electoral alliances won seats in the 2005 general election and the 2006 constituent assembly election.

National parties

The following political parties have presence in all nine departments.

• Acción Democrática Nacionalista (ADN)
• Concertación Nacional (CN)
• Frente de Unidad Nacional (UN)
• Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)
• Movimiento Ayra (AYRA)
• Movimiento Bolivia Libre (MBL)
• Movimiento de Ia Izquierda Revolucionaria - Nueva Mayoría (MIR-NM)
• Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR)
• Poder Democrático y Social (PODEMOS)

Regional parties

The following parties have presence in only one department. They are listed by department, followed by a brief description.

La Paz

• Alianza Social Patriótica (ASP), an electoral front created by David Vargas
• Movimiento Sin Miedo (MSM), an electoral front headed by Juan Del Granado (mayor of the city of La Paz) and currently allied with MAS
• Plan Progreso (PP), an electoral front created by José Luis Paredes (prefect of La Paz) and currently allied with PODEMOS

Cochabamba

• Alianza por la Unidad Cochabambina (AUN), an electoral front created by Manfred Reyes Villa (former head of NFR and current prefect of Cochabamba) currently allied with PODEMOS

Oruro

• Movimiento Ciudadano San Felipe de Austria (MCSFA), an electoral front created by Edgar Bazán (mayor of the city of Oruro)

Potosí

• Alianza Social (AS), an electoral front created by René Joaquino (prefect of Potosí)
• Movimiento Originario Popular (MOP), an organization representing indigenous communities of northern Potosí

Tarija

• Frente Revolucionario de Izquierda (FRI), a long-established regional party led by Carlos Serrate Reich and usually allied with MIR, it is currently alliance with MNR as Camino al Cambio (MNR-FRI)

Santa Cruz

• Alianza 3, an electoral front created by Freddy Soruco and currently allied with the MNR as A3-MNR
• Alianza Andrés Ibañez (AAI), an electoral front headed by Hormando Vaca Díez (formerly of MIR) that combined factions of MIR, UCS, and ADN
• Autonomía Para Bolivia (APB), an electoral front created by Rubén Darío (prefect of Santa Cruz) and currently allied with PODEMOS

Minor parties

The following parties did not elect delegates in the most recent 2006 constituent assembly elecion.

• Alianza de Bases (ALBA)
• Alianza Social Integradora (ASI)
• Convergencia Democrática Ciudadana (CDC)
• Movimiento Autónomo Regional (MAR)
• Movimiento de Acción Ciudadana (MACA)
• Movimiento de Integración Boliviana (MIBOL)
• Transformación Democrática y Patriótica (TRADEPA)
• Unidad Cívica Solidaridad (UCS)

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Parties that lost their registration in 2006

• Frente Patriótico Agropecuario de Bolivia (FREPAB)
• Movimiento Indígena Pachakuti (MIP)
• Nueva Fuerza Republicana (NFR)
• Unión Social de Trabajadores de Bolivia (USTB)

Parties that lost their registration in 2005

• Movimiento Bolivariano (MOVIBOL)
• Vanguardia Institucional Mariscal de Ayacucho (VIMA)

Parties that lost their registration in 2002-2003

• Conciencia de Patria - Movimiento Patriótico (CONDEPA-MP)
• Falange Socialista Boliviana (FSB)
• Katarismo Nacional Democrático (KND)
• Libertad y Justicia (LyJ)
• Movimiento Ciudadano Para el Cambio (MCC)
• Movimiento Revolucionario Tupaq Katari de Liberación (MRTKL)
• Partido Comunista de Bolivia (PCB)
• Partido Fuerza Joven (PFJ)
• Partido Socialista (PS)
• Vanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril (VR-9), formerly MNRV

Historical political parties

• Alianza Renovadora de Bolivia (ARBOL)
• Izquierda Unida (IU)
• Eje Pachakuti
• Political parties of the 1980s
• Political parties of the post-Chaco era
• Political parties of the liberal republic

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• Movimiento de Unidad Social Patriótica (MUSPA)

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Semi-Complete list: ACP, ARENA, ASP, AUR, FNP, FPU, FSN, FULKA, Independent, M-17, MFD, MKN, MPP, MRTK, PDB, PS-1, VSB.

See also

• Political party system