List of political parties in Mexico

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This article lists political parties in Mexico.

Mexico has a multi-party system, which means that there are more than two dominant political parties. Nationally, there are three large political parties that dominate: the PRI, the PAN, and the PRD. Other smaller political parties survive in isolation or by forming local coalitions with any of the big three.

The parties

Following the 6 July 2003 midterm election, Mexico had six nationally recognized political parties. National recognition was given to those parties that secured representation in Congress (effectively, a share of the popular vote greater than 2%).

Under Mexican law, parties are listed in the order in which they were first registered, thus:

  • PAN: the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) – generally speaking, a Christian Democratic conservative party. The party of incumbent President Vicente Fox.
  • PRI: the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) – in power, under different names, at the local, state, and national levels for most of the 20th century. For the current legislative period (2003–2006), still the largest party in both chambers of Congress.
  • PRD: the Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática) – leftist. Born as a Democratic Front in the 1988 elections. Its candidate then, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, lost the 1988 presidential election under dubious circumstances, and thus the party consolidated itself. It is currently in power in the Federal District and in several other states.
  • PT: the Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo) – a minor party, self-described as progressist.
  • PVEM: the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México) – a minor party. During most of its existance has been managed by a single family.
  • Convergencia: Convergence (formerly Convergencia por la Democracia) – a minor party, formed in 1997.

On July 14, 2005, two new parties were recognized by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). Each party was endorsed by more than 0.26% of the total number of voters:

  • Alternativa: Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative (Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina) – a party formed by former members of the Social Democracy Party and the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction.
  • Nueva Alianza: New Alliance – originally created by academicians of the ITAM and members of the National Teachers Union.

In terms of their congressional representation and share of the national vote, only the PRI, the PAN and the PRD can be considered major parties.

Other political parties and leaders

These parties are either defunct, nonofficial or informal, or operational only in individual states:

In the 19th century the two important parties were:

  • Conservadores
  • Liberales

See also

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