List of political parties in Mexico

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This article lists political parties in Mexico.

Mexico has a multi-party system, with 3 major political parties.

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Nationally, the three main political parties are the Morena Party (Mexico).png MORENA, the PAN Party (Mexico).svg   PAN, and the PRI Party (Mexico).svg   PRI. Other political parties survive in isolation or by forming local coalitions with any of the three.

National parties

Mexico has seven 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 Marko Cortés Mendoza
25 / 128
114 / 500
PRI logo (Mexico).svg Institutional Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Institucional
PRI1929 Centre to
centre-right
Constitutionalism
Big tent
Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas
14 / 128
69 / 500
PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg Party of the Democratic Revolution
Partido de la Revolución Democrática
PRD1989 Centre-left
(with left-wing factions)
Social democracy
Progressivism
Civic nationalism
Jesús Zambrano Grijalva
3 / 128
13 / 500
PT logo (Mexico).svg Labor Party
Partido del Trabajo
PT1990 Left-wing Democratic socialism
Laborism
Left-wing nationalism
Alberto Anaya
5 / 128
33 / 500
PVE logo (Mexico).svg Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Partido Verde Ecologista de México
PVEM1993 Centre-left Green politics
Progressivism
Karen Castrejón Trujillo
7 / 128
41 / 500
MC Party (Mexico).svg Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
MC1998 Centre-left Social democracy
Participatory democracy
Progressivism
Dante Delgado Rannauro
12 / 128
28 / 500
Morena logo (alt).svg National Regeneration Movement
Movimiento Regeneración Nacional
MORENA2011 Left-wing Anti-neoliberalism
Alter-globalization
Left-wing populism
Left-wing nationalism
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
57 / 128
202 / 500

Other political parties, not registered

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. Listados de partidos
  2. 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.