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This article lists political parties in Bolivia.

Bolivia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties.

Current parties

Congressional parties

The following parties and alliances are represented in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly:

Party			Position	YoF.	Presidential vote		Assembly representation		Governors
Logo	Name	Abrr.	Position	YoF.	First round	Second round	Deputies	Senators	Governors
	Movement for Socialism Movimiento al Socialismo	MAS-IPSP	Left-wing to Far-left	1999	3,393,978 (55.10%)	Single-round	75 / 130	21 / 36	3 / 9
	Civic Community Comunidad Ciudadana	CC	Center to center-left	2018	1,775,943 (28.83%)		39 / 130	11 / 36	0 / 9
	Creemos	Creemos	Right-wing	2020	862,184 (14.00%)		16 / 130	4 / 36	1 / 9

National parties

Nine groups are registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as political organizations of national scope. Of these, only one, the Social Democratic Movement, is a civic group; the remaining eight are all political parties.^[1]^[2]

		Year Founded	Ideology
Bolivian National Action Party	Partido de Acción Nacional Boliviano (PAN-BOL)	2016	Syncretic politics
Christian Democratic Party	Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC)	1954	Christian democracy
Front for Victory	Frente Para la Victoria (FPV)	2008	Conservatism
Movement for Socialism	Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS-IPSP)	1997	Bolivarianism 21st century socialism
Nationalist Democratic Action	Acción Democrática Nacionalista (ADN)	1979	Conservatism
National Unity Front	Frente de Unidad Nacional (UN)	2003	Social democracy
Revolutionary Left Front	Frente Revolucionario de Izquierda (FRI)	1979	Progressivism
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR)	1942	Liberal conservatism Revolutionary nationalism
Solidarity Civic Unity	Unidad Cívica Solidaridad (UCS)	1989	Social conservatism
Third System Movement	Movimiento Tercer Sistema (MTS)	2017	Third Way

Subnational parties

The following are some of the major parties registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as subnational organizations within one of the nine Departments of Bolivia:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

		Department
We Are All Chuquisaca	Chuquisaca Somos Todos (CST)	Chuquisaca
Movement for Sovereignty	Movimiento por la Soberanía (MPS)	La Paz
Sovereignty and Liberty	Soberanía y Libertad (SOL.bo)	La Paz
Third System Movement	Movimiento Tercer Sistema (MTS)	La Paz
Jesús Lara	Jesús Lara	Cochabamba
Popular Organization Movement	Movimiento de Organización Popular	Potosí
United to Renew	Unidos para Renovar (UNIR)	Tarija
Popular Solidarity Alliance	Alianza Solidaria Popular (ASIP)	Santa Cruz
Security, Order and Liberty	Seguridad, Orden y Libertad (SOL)	Santa Cruz
Building Future	Construyendo Futuro	Beni
Autonomous Nationalities for Change and Revolutionary Empowerment (NACER)	Nacionalidades Autónomas por el Cambio y el Empoderamiento Revolucionario	Beni
Integration Column	Columna de Integracion (CI)	Pando

Groups contesting local elections

Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua (Asamblea del Pueblo Guaraní – Charagua Norte, APG–CHARAGUA)
Change Charagua (Cambio Charagua, CACHA)
Huanuni for All (Huanuni para Todos, HUANUNI)
Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni (Federación Regional de Cooperativas Mineras de Huanuni, FERCOMIN)
Socialist Aymara Group (Grupo Aymara Socialista, GAS)
Social Unity Uprising of September First (Levantamiento de Unidad Social Primero de Septiembre),
Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak Katari (Subfederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Ancoraimes Tupak Katari, SFSUTCA-TK)
Yungas Cocalera Revolution (Revolución Cocalera Yungas, R-COCAY)

Dissolved parties

Further information: Eje Comunero

Parties that lost their registration in 2014

Movement Without Fear (Movimiento Sin Miedo, MSM)

Parties that lost their registration in 2013

Popular Consensus (Consenso Popular, CP; accredited as a citizen grouping)

Parties that lost their registration in 2009

Democratic and Social Power (Poder Democrático y Social, PDS)

Parties that lost their registration in 2006

Free Bolivia Movement (Movimiento Bolivia Libre, MBL)
Progress Plan (Plan Progreso, PP)
Workers Social Union of Bolivia (Unión Social de Trabajadores de Bolivia, USTB)
Indigenous Pachakuti Movement (Movimiento Indígena Pachakuti, MIP)
Agrarian Patriotic Front of Bolivia (Frente Patriótico Agropecuario de Bolivia, FREPAB)
Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority (Movimiento Izquierda Revolucionaria – Nueva Mayoría, MIR-NM)
New Republican Force (Nueva Fuerza Republicana, NFR)

Parties that lost their registration in 2005

Patriotic Social Alliance (Alianza Social Patriótica, ASP)
Institutional Vanguard Mariscal de Ayacucho (Vanguardia Institucional Mariscal de Ayacucho, VIMA)
Bolivarian Movement (Movimiento Bolivariano, MOVIBOL)

Parties that lost their registration in 2002–2003

Conscience of Fatherland - Patriotic Movement (Conciencia de Patria Movimiento Patriótico, CONDEPA-MP)
Bolivian Socialist Falange (Falange Socialista Boliviana, FSB)
Democratic National Katarism (Katarismo Nacional Democrático, KND)
Freedom and Justice Party (Partido Libertad y Justicia, PLJ)
Citizens' Movement for Change (Movimiento Ciudadano para el Cambio, MCC)
Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupaq Katari de Liberación, MRTKL)
Communist Party of Bolivia (Partido Comunista de Bolivia, PCB)
Young Force Party (Partido Fuerza Joven, PFJ)
Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS)
Revolutionary Vanguard 9th April (Vanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril, VR-9)

References

^ "Organizaciones políticas de alcance nacional". Plurinational Electoral Organ (in Spanish). 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "Organizaciones y agrupacines políticas de alcance nacional con personería jurídica vigente" (PDF). Plurinational Electoral Organ (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "Organizaciones políticas de alcance departamental". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 19 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "SE EXTINGUIERON 41 PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS · la-razon.com". Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – Chuquisaca". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – La Paz". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – Cochabamba". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – Potosí". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – Tarija". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – Santa Cruz". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – Beni". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Organizaciones políticas – Pando". Órgano Electoral Plurinacional (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

v t e Political parties and alliances in Bolivia
Legislative caucuses	Movement for Socialism Civic Community Creemos
National parties	Bolivian National Action Christian Democratic Front for Victory Movement for Socialism Nationalist Democratic Action National Unity Front Revolutionary Left Front Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Social Democratic Movement Solidarity Civic Unity Third System Movement
Defunct major parties	Constitutional Conservative Liberal Republican Genuine Republican Nationalist United Socialist Republican Socialist Unity Authentic Revolutionary Popular Christian Movement Left-wing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Revolutionary Left Movement Conscience of Fatherland New Republican Force
Defunct major alliances	Socialist Single Front Concordance Front of the Bolivian Revolution Democratic and Popular Union National Civic Union Revolutionary Nationalist Left Revolutionary Nationalist Movement–Alliance Patriotic Accord Social Democratic Power National Convergence Democratic Unity

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