List of political parties in Mexico

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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.

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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:

PartyAbbr.FoundedPositionIdeologyLeaderRepresentation
Senators Deputies
PAN logo (Mexico).svg National Action Party
Partido Acción Nacional
PAN1939 Centre-right to right-wing Jorge Romero Herrera  [ es ]
22 / 128
71 / 500
PRI logo (Mexico).svg Institutional Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Institucional
PRI1929 (PNR) 1938 (PRM) 1946 (PRI) Centre to
centre-right
Constitutionalism
Big tent
Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas
16 / 128
37 / 500
PVE logo (Mexico).svg Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Partido Verde Ecologista de México
PVEM1986 (PVM) 1991 (PEM) 1993 (PVEM) Centre-left Green politics
Progressivism
Karen Castrejón Trujillo
13 / 128
62 / 500
PT logo (Mexico).svg Labor Party
Partido del Trabajo
PT1990 Left-wing Democratic socialism
Laborism
Left-wing nationalism
Alberto Anaya
6 / 128
49 / 500
MC Party (Mexico).svg Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
MC1999 (CpD) 2002 (CON) 2011 (MC) Centre-left Social democracy
Participatory democracy
Progressivism
Jorge Álvarez Máynez
5 / 128
27 / 500
Morena logo (alt).svg National Regeneration Movement
Movimiento Regeneración Nacional
MORENA2014 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

Flag of Mexico.svg National parties
Current
PAN Party (Mexico).svg PAN
PRI Party (Mexico).svg PRI
PT Party (Mexico).svg PT
PVE Party (Mexico).svg PVEM
Movimiento Ciudadano.svg MC
Morena logo (alt).svg Morena
Defunct or local only
Logo del Partido Laborista Mexicano.svg PLM
Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg PNR
Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg PRM
Logo del Partido Populista (Mexico).png PP
Emblema PPS.svg PPS
PARM logo (Mexico) (1954-1994).svg PARM
PFCRN Logo.png PFCRN
CON logo (Mexico).svg Convergencia
PNA Party (Mexico).svg PANAL
PSD logo (Mexico).svg PSD
Partido Encuentro Social (Mexico).svg PES
PRD logo (Mexico).svg PRD

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.

Former parties

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mata, Ana Lilia (September 1, 2020). "Ya hay ocho nuevos partidos políticos". Cuernavaca: La Unión de Morelos. p. 2.