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.
| Party/Movement | Nº | Founded | Political position | Ideology | Leader | data-sort-type="number" | Assembly members | data-sort-type="number" | Provincial Prefects | data-sort-type="number" | Mayors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Center Movement Movimiento Centro Democrático | CD | 1 | 2012 | Centre | Big tent | Guillermo Rodríguez | ||||||||
| Popular Unity Movement Movimiento Unidad Popular | UP | 2 | 2014 | Primordialism | Geovanni Atarihuana | |||||||||
| Patriotic Society Party Partido Sociedad Patriótica | PSP | 3 | 2002 | Populism Personalism | Lucio Gutiérrez | |||||||||
| People, Equality and Democracy Movement Movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia | PID | 4 | 2022 | Centre | Pluralism | Arturo Moreno | ||||||||
| Citizen Revolution Movement Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana | RC | 5 | 2016 | Progressivism | Luisa González | |||||||||
| Social Christian Party Partido Social Cristiano | PSC | 6 | 1951 | | Alfredo Serrano | |||||||||
Partido Avanza | AVANZA | 8 | 2012 | Javier Orti | ||||||||||
| Democratic Left Party Partido Izquierda Democrática | ID | 12 | 1970 | | Analía Ledesma | |||||||||
| AMIGO Movement Movimiento AMIGO | AMIGO | 16 | 2020 | Centre | Pluralism | Víctor Bravo | ||||||||
| Ecuadorian Socialist Party Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano | PSE | 17 | 1926 | Centre-left | Social democracy Pluralism | Gustavo Vallejo | ||||||||
| Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik | MUPP | 18 | 1995 | Centre-left to | Primordialism | Guillermo Churuchumbi | ||||||||
Movimiento Democracia Sí | DSÍ | 20 | 2018 | Political opportunism | Gustavo Larrea | |||||||||
| CREO Movement Movimiento CREO | CREO | 21 | 2012 | Esteban Bernal | ||||||||||
| SUMA Party Partido SUMA | SUMA | 23 | 2012 | Guillermo Celi | ||||||||||
Movimiento Construye | MC25 | 25 | 2012 | [1] [2] | Iván González | |||||||||
| RETO Movement Movimiento RETO | RETO | 33 | 2012 | Political opportunism | Eduardo Sánchez | |||||||||
| Party / Movement | Founded | Political Position | Ideology | Leader | National Affiliation | International Affiliation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista del Ecuador | PCE | 1926 | Communism Marxism–Leninism | Winston Alarcón Elizalde | United Front (2014-2018) | IMCWP World Anti-Imperialist PlatformSão Paulo Forum | ||||
| Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo | PCE-SR | 1993 | Comrade Joselo | ICL | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador | PCMLE | 1964 | Oswaldo Palacios | MPD (1978–2014) UP (since 2014) | ICMLPO | |||||
| Workers' Party of Ecuador Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador | PTE | 1996 | Communism Marxism–Leninism | |||||||
| ECP | 2012 | Far-left | Communism Marxism–LeninismBolivarianism | Paúl Almeida | United Front (2014-2018) | São Paulo Forum | ||||