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This article lists political parties in Ecuador.
Ecuador has a multi-party system with numerous parties, in which usually no single party has a chance of gaining power alone, so parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Party/Movement | Nº | Founded | Political position | Ideology | Leader | Assembly members | Provincial Prefects | Mayors | |||
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Democratic Center Movement Movimiento Centro Democrático | CD | 1 | 2012 | Centre | Big tent Social liberalism | Guillermo Rodríguez | 2 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 17 / 221 | ||
Popular Unity Movement Movimiento Unidad Popular | UP | 2 | 2014 | Left-wing | Revolutionary socialism Primordialism | Geovanni Atarihuana | 1 / 137 | 1 / 23 | 13 / 221 | ||
Patriotic Society Party Partido Sociedad Patriótica | PSP | 3 | 2002 | Right-wing | Populism Personalism | Lucio Gutiérrez | 1 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 9 / 221 | ||
People, Equality and Democracy Movement Movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia | PID | 4 | 2022 | Centre | Big tent Pluralism | Arturo Moreno | 14 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 5 / 221 | ||
Citizen Revolution Movement Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana | RC | 5 | 2016 | Left-wing | Progressivism Post-neoliberalism | Luisa González | 48 / 137 | 8 / 23 | 50 / 221 | ||
Social Christian Party Partido Social Cristiano | PSC | 6 | 1951 | Right-wing | Neoliberalism Christian democracy | Alfredo Serrano | 15 / 137 | 2 / 23 | 28 / 221 | ||
Advance Party Partido Avanza | AVANZA | 8 | 2012 | Right-wing | Neoliberalism Big tent | Javier Orti | 2 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 17 / 221 | ||
Democratic Left Party Partido Izquierda Democrática | ID | 12 | 1970 | Centre-left | Social liberalism Social democracy | Analía Ledesma | 0 / 137 | 1 / 23 | 10 / 221 | ||
AMIGO Movement Movimiento AMIGO | AMIGO | 16 | 2020 | Centre | Big tent Pluralism | Víctor Bravo | 1 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 2 / 221 | ||
Ecuadorian Socialist Party Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano | PSE | 17 | 1926 | Centre-left | Social democracy Pluralism | Gustavo Vallejo | 0 / 137 | 1 / 23 | 17 / 221 | ||
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik | MUPP | 18 | 1995 | Centre-left to left-wing | Indigenism Primordialism | Guillermo Churuchumbi | 5 / 137 | 6 / 23 | 26 / 221 | ||
Democracy Yes Movement Movimiento Democracia Sí | DSÍ | 20 | 2018 | Centre-right | Big tent Political opportunism | Gustavo Larrea | 0 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 7 / 221 | ||
CREO Movement Movimiento CREO | CREO | 21 | 2012 | Right-wing | Neoliberalism Right-wing populism | Esteban Bernal | 0 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 14 / 221 | ||
SUMA Party Partido SUMA | SUMA | 23 | 2012 | Right-wing | Neoliberalism Political opportunism | Guillermo Celi | 4 / 137 | 1 / 23 | 25 / 221 | ||
Build Movement Movimiento Construye | MC25 | 25 | 2012 | Right-wing | Neoliberalism | Iván González | 20 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 11 / 221 | ||
RETO Movement Movimiento RETO | RETO | 33 | 2012 | Centre-right | Big tent Political opportunism | Eduardo Sánchez | 1 / 137 | 0 / 23 | 22 / 221 |
Party / Movement | Founded | Political Position | Ideology | Leader | National Affiliation | International Affiliation | |||
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Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista del Ecuador | PCE | 1926 | Far-left | Communism Marxism–Leninism | Winston Alarcón Elizalde | United Front (2014-2018) | IMCWP World Anti-Imperialist Platform | ||
Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo | PCE-SR | 1993 | Far-left | Comrade Joselo | ICL | ||||
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador | PCMLE | 1964 | Far-left | Oswaldo Palacios | MPD (1978–2014) UP (since 2014) | ICMLPO | |||
Workers' Party of Ecuador Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador | PTE | 1996 | Far-left | Communism Marxism–Leninism | |||||
Ecuadorian Communist Party | ECP | 2012 | Far-left | Communism Marxism–Leninism | Paúl Almeida | United Front (2014-2018) | São Paulo Forum |
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