List of political parties in Mexico

National parties
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

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

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
Party		Abbr.	Founded	Position	Ideology	Leader	Senators	Deputies
	National Action Party Partido Acción Nacional	PAN	1939	Centre-right to right-wing	Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Economic liberalism	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

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

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

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

Liberal Party (1822-1867 de facto)
Conservative Party (1849–1867)
Mexican Liberal Party (1905–1918)
Progressive Constitutionalist Party (1910–1929)
Socialist Workers Party (1917–1981)
Workers Party of Acapulco (Guerrero) (1919–1923)
Laborist Party (1919–1929)
Mexican Communist Party (1919–1989)
Marxist Workers Bloc of Mexico (1937-1940)
Revolutionary Party of National Unification (1939–1940)
Popular Force Party (1945–1948)
Federation of Parties of the People (1945–1954)
Popular Socialist Party (1948–1997)
Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (1954–2000)
Movement of National Liberation (1961–1964)
Workers' Socialist Party (1975–1987)
Mexican Democratic Party (1979–1997)
Workers' Revolutionary Party (1979–1996)
Social Democratic Party (1980-1981)
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (1981–1987)
Mexican Workers' Party (1984–1987)
Mexican Socialist Party (1987–1989)
Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (1987–1997)
Socialist Convergence (Mexico) (1996–2009)
Party of the Nationalist Society (1998–2003)
Social Alliance Party (1998–2003)
Party of the Democratic Centre (1999–2000)
Social Democracy (1999–2000)
Alliance for Yucatan Party (Partido Alianza por Yucatán, Yucatán) (1999-2010)
Colima Democratic Association (2001–2012)
Socialist Party of Mexico (2001-2013)
Citizen Force Party (2002–2003)
Mexican Liberal Party (2002–2003)
Social Democratic Party (2005–2009)
México Posible (2002–2003)
Humanist Party (2014–2015)
Social Encounter Party (2006–2018)
Solidarity Encounter Party (2020–2021)
Force for Mexico (2020–2021)
Progressive Social Networks (2020–2021)
Party of the Democratic Revolution (1989–2024)

References

^ ^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.
^ Listados de partidos
^ ^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.

External links

Federal Electoral Institute - A list of officially registered national parties can be consulted here.
Listado de Instutos Electorales Estatales - Index of links to every Electoral Institute in each state of Mexico. Lists of political parties in each state can be consulted in each website.

[prd-excelsior-1] 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

[morelos_parties-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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