Political parties
From Bolivian Politics
The following is a list of Bolivian political parties.
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The party system
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.
La Paz
- Alianza Social Patriótica (ASP)
- Movimiento Sin Miedo (MSM)
- Plan Progreso (PP)
Cochabamba
- Alianza por la Unidad Cochabambina (AUN), an electoral front created by Manfred Reyes Villa (former head of NFR) currently allied with PODEMOS
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
Semi-Complete list: ACP, ARENA, ASP, AUR, FNP, FPU, FSN, FULKA, Independent, M-17, MFD, MKN, MPP, MRTK, PDB, PS-1, VSB.
