List of political parties in Venezuela
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This article lists political parties in Venezuela.
Historically, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 has had two major parties
Two-party system
A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and, as a result, all or nearly all elected offices are members of one of the two major parties...

, along with numerous other minor parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

. That system imploded at the 1998 elections
Venezuelan presidential election, 1998
In the Venezuelan presidential election of 1998, Hugo Chávez was elected to his first term as President of Venezuela with the largest percentage of the popular vote in four decades...

 into a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...

. In the 2005 parliamentary elections, the Fifth Republic Movement
Fifth Republic Movement
The Fifth Republic Movement was a left-wing, Socialist political party in Venezuela. It was founded in July 1997, following a national congress of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, to support the candidacy of Hugo Chávez, the current President of Venezuela, in the Venezuelan presidential...

 emerged as a dominant party
Dominant-party system
A dominant-party system, or one-party dominant system, is a system where there is "a category of parties/political organizations that have successively won election victories and whose future defeat cannot be envisaged or is unlikely for the foreseeable future." A wide range of parties have been...

. Its position was continued by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela is the name of a democratic socialist political party in Venezuela which resulted from the fusion of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivarian Revolution led by incumbent President Hugo Chávez...

 (into which it merged on 20 October 2007), although it is not certain at all if this party system is going to remain stable through the following elections.

Major parties

Fourteen parties currently hold seats in the National Assembly
National Assembly of Venezuela
The National Assembly is the legislative branch of the Venezuelan government. It is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who are elected by "universal, direct, personal, and secret" vote partly by direct election in state-based voting districts, and partly on a state-based...

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Name Ideology Deputies
National Assembly of Venezuela
The National Assembly is the legislative branch of the Venezuelan government. It is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who are elected by "universal, direct, personal, and secret" vote partly by direct election in state-based voting districts, and partly on a state-based...

United Socialist Party of Venezuela
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela is the name of a democratic socialist political party in Venezuela which resulted from the fusion of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivarian Revolution led by incumbent President Hugo Chávez...


Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela
PSUV Socialism
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

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Democratic Action
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...


Acción Democrática
AD Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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A New Era
A New Era
A New Era is a centrist political party of Venezuela arising from the Third Way tradition. It is the largest party in Venezuela's fractured opposition, earning 11% of the vote in the 2008 gubernatorial elections...


Una Nueva Era
UNT Third way
Third way (centrism)
The Third Way refers to various political positions which try to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies. Third Way approaches are commonly viewed from within the first- and second-way perspectives as...

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Independent Electoral Political Organization Committee
COPEI
Copei – Social Christian Party of Venezuela is a third way political party in Venezuela. The name stands for Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente...


Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente
COPEI Christian democracy
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...

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Justice First
Justice First
Justice First Movement is a centrist political party in Venezuela.-History:Primero Justicia was created in 1992 as a Civil Association by a group of university students who were concerned about what they saw as a deterioration of judicial power in the country and joined their efforts to...


Primero Justicia
PJ Liberalism
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

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For Social Democracy
For Social Democracy
PODEMOS is a political party in Venezuela. In the 2005 legislative elections the party won 15 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly....


Por la Democracia Social
PODEMOS Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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Project Venezuela
Project Venezuela
Project Venezuela is a political party in Venezuela.At the legislative elections, 30 July 2000, the party won 7 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela. The legislative elections of 2006 were boycotted by the party...


Proyecto Venezuela
PV Christian democracy
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...

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The Radical Cause
Radical Cause
The Radical Cause is a working class political party in Venezuela, part of the Venezuelan opposition to president Hugo Chavez...


La Causa Radical
CR Socialism
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

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Popular Will
Popular Will
-History:On December 5th, 2009, Leopoldo López along other politics from Un Nuevo Tiempo, Primero Justicia and Acción Democrática., made the official presentation of the Popular Will Movement on a forum in Valencia, Carabobo...


Voluntad Popular
VP Progressivism
Progressivism
Progressivism is an umbrella term for a political ideology advocating or favoring social, political, and economic reform or changes. Progressivism is often viewed by some conservatives, constitutionalists, and libertarians to be in opposition to conservative or reactionary ideologies.The...

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Fatherland for All
Patria Para Todos
PPT Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...

2
Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)
Movement for Socialism is a center-left political party in Venezuela.-History:The Movement for Socialism is a social-democratic political party in Venezuela. MAS was founded in 1971 by a faction of the Communist Party of Venezuela, with a view to emphasising a socialist message...


Movimiento al Socialismo
MAS Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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Communist Party of Venezuela
Communist Party of Venezuela
The Communist Party of Venezuela is a Marxist-Leninist political party, and the oldest continuously existing party in Venezuela...


Partido Comunista de Venezuela
PCV Communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...

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Fearless People's Alliance
Fearless People's Alliance
The Fearless People's Alliance is a political party in Venezuela. At the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2000 the party won 1 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela....


Alianza Bravo Pueblo
ABP Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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National Convergence
National Convergence
The National Convergence is a conservative/Christian democratic political party in Venezuela. It was founded in 1993 by former President of Venezuela Rafael Caldera, successfully gaining a second term in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1993. From 1995 to 2004 Eduardo Lapi held the...


Convergencia Nacional
CN Christian democracy
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...

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Other and regional parties

  • Clear Accounts (Cuentas Claras)
  • Democratic Republican Union
    Democratic Republican Union
    The Democratic Republican Union is a Venezuelan political party founded in 1945.When the party appeared on course to win the 1952 election for a constitutional assembly, dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez suspended the election...

     (Union Republicana Democratica)
  • Ecological Movement of Venezuela
    Ecological Movement of Venezuela
    Ecological Movement of Venezuela is a green political party in Venezuela.-History:The Ecological Movement of Venezuela is the first Venezuelan political green party and the first officially affiliated to the Global Greens network...

     (Movimiento Ecológico de Venezuela)
  • Emergent People (Gente Emergente)
  • Force of the People (Fuerza de la Gente)
  • Free Electors (Electores Libres)
  • Laboral Power (Poder Laboral)
  • Movement of the Conscience of the Country (Movimiento de Conciencia de Pais)
  • National Council of Venezuelan Indians
    National Council of Venezuelan Indians
    The National Council of Venezuelan Indians is a political party in Venezuela.At the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2000, the party won 3 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela. At the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2010 it won 1 seat.-External links:*...

     (Consejo Nacional Indio de Venezuela, CONIVE)
  • National Integrity Unity Movement (Movimiento de Integridad Nacional Unidad)
  • National Thought (Pensamiento Nacional)
  • New Social Order (Nuevo Orden Social)
  • Patriotic Community Unity (Unidad Patriótica Comunitaria)
  • Popular Force (Fuerza Popular)
  • Popular Vanguard (Vanguardia Popular)
  • Red Flag Party
    Red Flag Party
    Red Flag Party is a communist party in Venezuela. It was formed in 1970 by anti-revisionist members of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left...

     (Partido Bandera Roja)
  • Renovative Democracy (Democracia Renovadora)
  • Revolutionary Middle Class
    Revolutionary Middle Class
    Revolutionary Middle Class is a left-wing political party in Venezuela. It was founded on August 7, 2006 as the electoral arm of the Positive Middle Class movement. It supports President Hugo Chávez...

     (Clase Media Revolucionaria)
  • Solidarity (Solidaridad)
  • Solution (Solución)
  • United Multiethnic Peoples of the Amazonas
    United Multiethnic Peoples of the Amazonas
    The United Multiethnic Peoples of the Amazon is a political party in Venezuela.At the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2000, the party won 1 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela....

     (Pueblos Unidos Multiétnicos de Amazonas)
  • United People Liberal Movement (Movimiento Liberal Pueblo Unido)
  • Venezuela First-class (Venezuela de Primera)
  • Venezuela Vision (Visión Venezuela)
  • Republican Movement (Movimiento Republicano)
  • Venezuela's Organized Youth (Juventud Organizada de Venezuela)
  • What's Been Achieved by Yaracuy (Lo Alcanzado por Yaracuy)

Defunct parties, parties with no legal status and parties with no recent electoral activity

  • Advanced Answer Independent Electoral Party (Partido Indepeniente Electoral De Repuesta Avanzada)
  • Araguaney Electoral Movement (Araguaney Movimiento Electoral)
  • Builders of a Country (Constructores de un Pais)
  • Civil Resistance (Resistencia Civil)
  • Community Change Answer (Respuesta de Cambio Comunitario)
  • Democratic Active National Organization (Organizacion Nacional Democratica Activa)
  • Democratic Image (Imagen Democratica)
  • Farming Action (Accion Agropecuaria)
  • For Love of the City (Por Querer a la Ciudad)
  • For the Love of Venezuela (Por Querer a Venezuela)
  • IFP
  • Independent National Organization (Organización Nacional Independiente)
  • Independents for Venezuela (Independientes Por Venezuela)
  • Independents With Vision Of The Future (Independiente Con Vision De Futuro)
  • Internationalism
    Internationalism (Venezuela)
    Internationalism is a left communist group in Venezuela.The party was founded in 1964 around Marc Chirik, a member of the Left Communists of France until the latter's dissolution in 1952. It published ten issues of its review Internacionalismo between 1964 and 1968...

     (Internacionalismo)
  • Lets Break Chains (Rompamos Cadenas)
  • National Encounter (Encuentro Nacional)
  • National Feeling Movement (Movimiento Sentir Nacional)
  • National Independent Movement (Movimiento Nacional Independiente)
  • National Socialist Liberation Group Pro Venezuela (Grupo Nacional Socialista de Liberacion Pro-Venezuela)
  • New People Concentration Movement (Movimiento de Concentracion Gente Nueva)
  • Opening (Apertura)
  • Party of the Venezuelan Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Venezolana)
  • Popular Alliance (Venezuela) Alianza Popular
  • Popular Independent Party (Partido Popular Independiente)
  • Rebirth (Renace)
  • Sons of the Homeland (Hijos de la Patria)
  • Venezuela We Are All (Venezuela Somos Todos)
  • Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents (Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas)
  • Venezuela's Flame (La Llama de Venezuela)
  • VTM

Historical parties

  • Great Liberal Party of Venezuela
    Great Liberal Party of Venezuela
    The Great Liberal Party of Venezuela was a political party in Venezuela, founded on August 21, 1840 by Antonio Leocadio Guzmán and Tomás Lander, through an editorial published by Guzmán at El Venezolano newspaper....

     (Gran Partido Liberal de Venezuela)
  • Venezuelan Democratic Party
    Venezuelan Democratic Party
    Venezuelan Democratic Party was a political party in Venezuela. It was launched in September 1943 by President Isaías Medina Angarita to organize supporters of the government. Its dominant role in the political system ended with the 1945 democratic revolution of Rómulo Betancourt....

     (Partido Democrático Venezolano)
  • National Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Nacional)
  • Progressive Republican Party
    Progressive Republican Party (Venezuela)
    Progressive Republican Party was a Communist party in Venezuela led by Rodolfo Quintero. It was formed on 1 June 1936....

     (Partido Republicano Progresista)
  • Venezuelan Revolutionary Party
    Venezuelan Revolutionary Party
    Venezuelan Revolutionary Party was a Venezuelan revolutionary organization. It was founded in Mexico in 1926 by a group of exiled communists, which had taken part in activities of the Communist Party of Mexico and other Latin American leftwing groups...

     (Partido Revolucionario Venezolano)
  • Revolutionary Left Movement
    Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela)
    The Revolutionary Left Movement , was a left-wing Marxist political party in Venezuela...

     (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria)
  • Merged into PSUV:
    • Fifth Republic Movement
      Fifth Republic Movement
      The Fifth Republic Movement was a left-wing, Socialist political party in Venezuela. It was founded in July 1997, following a national congress of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, to support the candidacy of Hugo Chávez, the current President of Venezuela, in the Venezuelan presidential...

       (Movimiento V República)
    • People's Electoral Movement
      People's Electoral Movement
      The People's Electoral Movement was a left-wing political party in Venezuela, founded in 1967 by Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa...

       (Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo)
    • Everybody Wins Independent Movement
      Everybody Wins Independent Movement
      MIGATO was a political party in Venezuela....

       (Movimiento Independiente Ganamos Todos)
    • Venezuelan People's Union
      Venezuelan People's Union
      Venezuelan Popular Union was a Communist party in Venezuela founded on 16 March 1944....

       (Unión Popular Venezolana, UPV)
    • Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro
      Tupamaro (Venezuela)
      Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro or Tupamaro is a political party and organization of Venezuela.-History:The theory pointed to the birth of the movement as an answer—like other social movements on the continent—to alleged injustices perpetrated by the governments of various period of Venezuela's...

        (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro)
    • Socialist League
      Socialist League (Venezuela)
      The Socialist League was a Venezuelan political party. It was established in 1973 in a split from the Revolutionary Left Movement, and merged into PSUV in 2007. The League was co-founded by Jorge Antonio Rodriguez; he was its Secretary General when he was murdered on 25 July 1976, having been...

       (Liga Socialista)
    • Movement for Direct Democracy (Movimiento por la Democracia Directa)
    • Union Party (Partido Union)
    • Militant Civic Movement (Movimiento Civico Militante)
    • Action Force of Base Coordination (Fuerzas de Acciones de Coordinación de Base)
    • Independents for the National Community (Independientes por la Comunidad Nacional)
    • Venezuelan Popular Unity
      Venezuelan Popular Unity
      Venezuelan Popular Unity is a left-wing political party in Venezuela. It supports president Hugo Chávez. In the legislative elections, 4 December 2005, the party won 8 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly....

       (Unidad Popular Venezolana)
  • Merged into ABP:
    • Emergent Vision (Vision Emergente)
  • Merged into DPA:
    • Laborist Movement (Movimiento Laborista)
    • Liberal Force (Fuerza Liberal)
    • Independent Solidarity (Solidaridad Independiente)
  • Merged into UNT:
    • Only One People (Un Solo Pueblo)
    • Democratic Left (Izquierda Democratica)
    • Democratic Pole (Polo Democratico)

See also

  • Politics of Venezuela
    Politics of Venezuela
    |The politics of Venezuela occurs in a framework explained in Government of Venezuela.There are currently two major blocs of political parties in Venezuela: the incumbent leftist bloc United Socialist Party of Venezuela , its major allies Fatherland for All and the Communist Party of Venezuela ,...

  • List of political parties by country
  • Liberalism in Venezuela
    Liberalism in Venezuela
    This article gives an overview of liberalism in Venezuela. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme...


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