List of political parties in Ecuador

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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.

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Registered Parties

Party/MovementFoundedPolitical
position
IdeologyLeader Assembly
members
Provincial
Prefects
Mayors
Centro democratico ecuador.png Democratic Center Movement
Movimiento Centro Democrático
CD12012 Centre Big tent
Social liberalism
Guillermo Rodríguez
2 / 137
0 / 23
17 / 221
Uplogo2transparente-sinnombre.png Popular Unity Movement
Movimiento Unidad Popular
UP22014 Left-wing Revolutionary socialism
Primordialism
Geovanni Atarihuana
1 / 137
1 / 23
13 / 221
Logo - Partido Sociedad Patriotica.png Patriotic Society Party
Partido Sociedad Patriótica
PSP32002 Right-wing Populism
Personalism
Lucio Gutiérrez
1 / 137
0 / 23
9 / 221
Pueblo Igualdad y Democracia.svg People, Equality and Democracy Movement
Movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia
PID42022 Centre Big tent
Pluralism
Arturo Moreno
14 / 137
0 / 23
5 / 221
Movimiento revolucion ciudadana.png Citizen Revolution Movement
Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana
RC52016 Left-wing Progressivism
Post-neoliberalism
Luisa González
51 / 137
8 / 23
50 / 221
Partido Social Cristiano 01.svg Social Christian Party
Partido Social Cristiano
PSC61951 Right-wing Neoliberalism
Christian democracy
Alfredo Serrano
15 / 137
2 / 23
28 / 221
LogoPartido Politico Avanza.png Advance Party  [ es ]
Partido Avanza
AVANZA82012 Right-wing Neoliberalism
Big tent
Javier Orti
2 / 137
0 / 23
17 / 221
Izquierda democratica 2018.png Democratic Left Party
Partido Izquierda Democrática
ID121970 Centre-left Social liberalism
Social democracy
Analía Ledesma
0 / 137
1 / 23
10 / 221
MovimientoAMIGO16.jpg AMIGO Movement
Movimiento AMIGO
AMIGO162020 Centre Big tent
Pluralism
Víctor Bravo
1 / 137
0 / 23
2 / 221
PSE-17.svg Ecuadorian Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano
PSE171926 Centre-left Social democracy
Pluralism
Gustavo Vallejo
0 / 137
1 / 23
17 / 221
Pachakutik.svg Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement
Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik
MUPP181995 Centre-left
to left-wing
Indigenism
Primordialism
Guillermo Churuchumbi
5 / 137
6 / 23
26 / 221
DEMOCRACIA-SI.png Democracy Yes Movement  [ es ]
Movimiento Democracia Sí
DSÍ202018 Centre-right Big tent
Political opportunism
Gustavo Larrea
0 / 137
0 / 23
7 / 221
Politica de Ecuador - Movimiento CREO Logo 2021.svg CREO Movement
Movimiento CREO
CREO212012 Right-wing Neoliberalism
Right-wing populism
Esteban Bernal
0 / 137
0 / 23
14 / 221
Suma Ecuador.svg SUMA Party  [ es ]
Partido SUMA
SUMA232012 Right-wing Neoliberalism
Political opportunism
Guillermo Celi
4 / 137
1 / 23
25 / 221
Logo construye ecuador.jpg Build Movement
Movimiento Construye
MC25252012 Right-wing
Neoliberalism
Iván González
19 / 137
0 / 23
11 / 221
Reto ecuador.png RETO Movement
Movimiento RETO
RETO332012 Centre-right Big tent
Political opportunism
Eduardo Sánchez
1 / 137
0 / 23
22 / 221

Unregistered Parties

Defunct Parties

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