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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

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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:

Party Abbr. Founded Position Ideology Leader Representation
Senators Deputies
National Action Party
Partido Acción Nacional
PAN 1939 Centre-right to right-wing Jorge Romero Herrera [es]
21 / 128
71 / 500
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Institucional
PRI 1929 (PNR) 1938 (PRM) 1946 (PRI) Centre to
centre-right
Constitutionalism
Big tent
Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas
14 / 128
37 / 500
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Partido Verde Ecologista de México
PVEM 1986 (PVM) 1991 (PEM) 1993 (PVEM) Centre-left Green politics
Progressivism
Karen Castrejón Trujillo
14 / 128
62 / 500
Labor Party
Partido del Trabajo
PT 1990 Left-wing Democratic socialism
Laborism
Left-wing nationalism
Alberto Anaya
6 / 128
49 / 500
Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
MC 1999 (CpD) 2002 (CON) 2011 (MC) Centre-left Social democracy
Participatory democracy
Progressivism
Jorge Álvarez Máynez
5 / 128
27 / 500
National Regeneration Movement
Movimiento Regeneración Nacional
Morena 2014 Left-wing Anti-neoliberalism
Alter-globalization
Left-wing populism
Left-wing nationalism
Luisa María Alcalde Luján
66 / 128
253 / 500

Most recently, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) lost its status as a national party in the aftermath of the 2024 general election.[1]

Other political parties, not registered

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Mexico National parties
Current
PAN
PRI
PT
PVEM
MC
Morena
Defunct or local only
PLM
PNR
PRM
PP
PPS
PARM
PFCRN
Convergencia
PANAL
PSD
PES
PRD
  • 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)

Local parties

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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)[2]
  • Morelos First Party (Por Morelos al Frente), 2018
  • Popular Awareness Party (Partido Conciencia Popular, San Luis Potosi)
  • Uniting Wills We Can Build (Sumando Voluntades Podemos Construir, Morelos, registered for 2021 Mexican legislative election)[3]
  • More, More Social Support (Más Más Apoyo Social, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
  • Morelos Progresses (Morelos Progresa, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
  • Social Alternative Movement (Movimiento Alternativa Social, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
  • Citizen Welfare (Bienestar Ciudadano, Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
  • Morelense Political Renewal (Renovación Política Morelense, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
  • Strength, Work and Unit for the Timely Rescue of Morelos (Fuerza, Trabajo y Unidad por el Rescate Oportuno de Morelos, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
  • Morelos Force (Morelos Fuerza, registered for 2021 elections)[3]
  • 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)[1]

Former parties

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Figueroa, Héctor (13 June 2024). "El PRD seguirá con registro como partido local en 13 estados, aunque no sea partido nacional". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ Listados de partidos
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Mata, Ana Lilia (September 1, 2020). "Ya hay ocho nuevos partidos políticos". Cuernavaca: La Unión de Morelos. p. 2.
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