List of political parties in the Dominican Republic

This article lists political parties in the Dominican Republic .

The Dominican Republic has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.

Parties

Major parties

The PRM, the FP, and the PLD are considered major parties in the Dominican Republic, after the last election. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Party			Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Senators	Deputies	Mayors
		Modern Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Moderno	PRM	2014	Social democracy [4]	29 / 32	146 / 190	122 / 158
		People's Force Fuerza del Pueblo	FP	2019	Progressivism [5]	3 / 32	28 / 190	6 / 158
		Dominican Liberation Party Partido de la Liberación Dominicana	PLD	1973	Progressivism [6]	0 / 32	13 / 190	15 / 158

Congressional parties

The parties listed below have at least one seat in either the Senate or the Chamber of Deputies after the 2024 general election.

Name		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Senators	Deputies	Mayors
	Social Christian Reformist Party Partido Reformista Social Cristiano	PRSC	1984	Liberal conservatism	1 / 32	4 / 190	7 / 158
	Dominicans for Change Partido de los Dominicanos por el Cambio	DXC	2010	Green conservatism	1 / 32	2 / 190
	Social Democratic Institutional Bloc Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata	BIS	1989	Social democracy	1 / 32	2 / 190	1 / 158
	Dominican Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Dominicano	PRD	1939	Social liberalism		4 / 190	3 / 158
	Broad Front Frente Amplio	FA	1992	Socialism		3 / 190
	Alliance for Democracy Alianza por la Democracia	APD	1992	Progressivism		2 / 190
	Country Alliance Alianza País	ALPAÍS	2011	Democratic socialism		2 / 190
	Civic Renovation Party Partido Cívico Renovador	PCR	2006	Democratic socialism		1 / 190
	Dominican Humanist Party Partido Humanista Dominicano	PHD	2006	Humanism		1 / 190
	Liberal Reformist Party Partido Reformista Liberal	PRL	1986	Liberalism		1 / 190
	Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano	PQDC	2006	Social conservatism		1 / 190
	Revolutionary Social Democratic Party Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata	PRSD	2005	Social democracy		1 / 190
	Democratic Choice Opción Democrática	OD	2014	Social democracy		1 / 190
	Democratic Hope Party Partido Esperanza Democrática	PED	2015	Liberal conservatism		1 / 190

Local parties

The parties listed below are not represented in Congress, but control at least one municipal council.

Name		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Mayors
	Christian People's Party Partido Popular Cristiano	PPC	1981	Christian left	1 / 158

Other parties

Name		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology
	Alternative Democratic Movement Movimiento Democrático Alternativo	MODA	2007	Liberal socialism
	Christian Democratic Union Party Partido Unión Demócrata Cristiano	UDC	1998	Christian democracy
	Institutional Democratic Party Partido Democrática Institucionál	PDI	1986	Christian nationalism
	National Unity Party Partido de la Unidád Nacionál	PUN	2001	Christian socialism
	Green Socialist Party Partido Socialista Verde	PASOVE	2009	Ecosocialism
	National Citizen Will Party Partido Nacional de la Voluntád Ciudadana	PNVC	1973	Social conservatism
	Popular Democratic Party Partido Democrático Popular	PDP	1974	Right-wing populism
	Independent Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionário Independiente	PRI	1990	Neoliberalism
	National Renaissance Party Partido Renacentista Nacional	PRN	1987	Liberal nationalism
	Force of the Revolution Party Partido Fuerza de la Revolucion	FR	1996	Marxism
	Humanist Action Movement Movimiento Acción Humanista	MAH	2023	Secular humanism
	Green Party for a Democratic Unity Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática	PVUD	1985	Econationalism
	Country Movement for All Movimiento Patria para Tod@s	MPT	2007	Left-wing nationalism
	Servers' Generation Party Partido Generación de Servidores	GS	2018	Christian conservatism
	Possible Country Pais Posible	PP	2017	Economic liberalism
	Liberal Action Party Partido de Acción Liberal	PAL	2010	Market liberalism
	National Progressive Force Fuerza Nacionál Progresísta	FNP	1980	National conservatism
	International Communist Party Partido Comunista Internacional	PCI		Communism
	Communist Party of Labour Partido Comunista del Trabajo	PCT	1980	Hoxhaism
	Dominican Popular Movement Movimiento Popular Dominicano	MPD	1956	Maoism
	Communist Party of the Dominican Republic Partido Comunista de la República Dominicana	PACOREDO	1966	Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
	Marxist-Leninist Party of the Dominican Republic Partido Marxista-Leninista de la República Dominicana	PMLRD		Revolutionary socialism
	Social Justice Party Partido Justicia Social	JS	2024	Social egalitarianism
	Christian Socialist Party Partido Socialista Cristiana	PSC	2005	Progressive Christianity
	Social Liberal Action Party Partido Acción Social Liberal	PASL		Social liberalism
	We Can Party Partido Podemos	PP		Populism
	First the People Party Partido Primero La Gente	PPG	2015	Left-wing populism
	Fifth Republic Movement Partido V República	MQR	2008	Republicanism
	Rebel Movement Movimiento Rebelde	MR	2010	Guevarism
	Movement for a Healthy Republic Movimiento por una República Sana	MRS	2010	Classical radicalism
	National Hope Party Partido de la Esperanza Nacional	PEN	2014	Labourism
	Socialist Workers' Movement Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores	MST		Trotskyism
	United Left Movement Movimiento Izquierda Unida	MIU		Socialism of the 21st century
	Social Libertarian Cibao Cibao Libertaria Social	CLS		Left-libertarianism
	Popular Revolution Party Partido Revolucionario Popular	PRP	2014	Marxism-Leninism
	Red Rose Party Partido Rosa Roja	PRR	2013	Social democracy
	Ancient Dominican Order Antigua Orden Dominicana	AOD	2012	Fascism
	Womens' Democratic Union Union Democrática de las Mujeres	UDEMU		Feminism
	Coalition of Cibao Coalicion de Cibao	CC	2018	Democratic socialism
	Working Womens' Movement Movimiento de las Mujeres Trabajadoras	MMT		Progressivism
	Commitee for Unity and the Rights of Women Comité para la Unidad y los Derechos de la Mujer	CUDEM		Egalitarianism
	Secular State in the Dominican Republic Estado Laico en la República Dominicana	ELRD		Secularism
	Workers' Classist Union Union Clasista de los Trabajadores	UCT		Workerism
	Democratic Rescue Movement Movimiento Rescáte Democrática	MRD	2024	Revolutionary nationalism
	Cool People Party Partido de la Gente Génial	PGF	2025	Liberal feminism

Defunct political parties

Name		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Position	Dissolution
	Blue Party Partido Azúl	PA	1865	Liberal democracy	Centre-left to Centre-right	1930
	Red Party Partido Rojo	PR	1865	Conservatism	Right-wing to Centre-right	1930
	Dominican Party Partido Dominicano	PD	1931	Fascism (Trujilism)	Far-right	1962
	Dominican Communist Party Partido Comunista Dominicano	PCD	1944	Marxism-Leninism	Left-wing	1996
	June 14 Political Rally Movement Movimiento Agrupación Política 14 de Junio	1J4	1959	Revolutionary socialism	Far-left to Left-wing	1968
	National Action Party Partido Acción Nacional	PAN	1962	Right-wing nationalism	Far-right	1966
	Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Dominicano Auténtico	PRDA	1962	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	1966
	Dominican Revolutionary Nationalist Party Partido Nacionalista Revolucionario Dominicano	PNRD	1963	Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing	1966
	Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard Vanguardia Revolucionario Dominicano	VRD	1963	Socialism	Left-wing	1966
	Christian Democratic Party Partido Democristiano	PDC	1962	Christian democracy	Centre	1966
	Social Democratic Alliance Party Partido Alianza Socialdemocratica	PASD	1962	Social democracy	Centre-left	1966
	Dominican Social Alliance Alianza Social Dominicana	ASD	1963	Social liberalism	Centre-left	2014
	National Civic Union Union Cívico Nacional	UCN	1962	Liberal Catholicism	Centre	1990
	Evolutionist Liberal Party Partido Liberal Evolucionista	PLE	1965	Conservative liberalism	Centre to Centre-right	1966
	Movement for Democratic Integration Movimiento para la Integración Democrática	MIDA	1968	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	1980
	Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union Unión Patriótica Antiimperialista	UPA	1977	Socialist patriotism	Far-left	2004
	Dominican Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos	PTD	1979	Progressivism	Left-wing to Centre-left	2019
	Movement for Socialism Movimiento para el Socialismo	MS	1980	Scientific socialism	Left-wing	1986
	Socialist Bloc Bloque Socialista	BS	1979	Socialism	Left-wing	1990
	Constitutional Action Party Partido Acción Constitucional	PAC	1982	Liberal socialism	Centre-left	1994
	Democratic Unity Unidad Democrática	UD	1984	Radical democracy	Left-wing	1996
	New Alternative Party Partido Alternativa Nueva	PAN	1999	Left-wing populism	Left-wing	2005

See also

• List of political parties by country

References

1. "Resultados Electorales". resultadoselecciones2024.jce.gob.do. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
2. "PRM y PLD quedan como partidos mayoritarios; Fuerza del Pueblo minoritario" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
3. "Sólo el PRM y PLD quedarían como partidos mayoritarios" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
4. "¿Socialdemócrata el PRM?". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
5. "PTD-'La Fuerza del Pueblo' fue un partido de izquierda". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
6. "In the Dominican Republic, the President's Likely Reelection Bodes Well for the Economy, But Challenges Remain". Stratfor. Retrieved May 16, 2024.