List of political parties in Ecuador explained

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.

Registered Parties

Party/MovementFoundedPolitical
position
IdeologyLeaderdata-sort-type="number" Assembly
members
data-sort-type="number" Provincial
Prefects
data-sort-type="number" Mayors
Democratic Center Movement
Movimiento Centro Democrático
CD12012CentreBig tent
Guillermo Rodríguez
Popular Unity Movement
Movimiento Unidad Popular
UP22014
Primordialism
Geovanni Atarihuana
Patriotic Society Party
Partido Sociedad Patriótica
PSP32002Populism
Personalism
Lucio Gutiérrez
People, Equality and Democracy Movement
Movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia
PID42022Centre
Pluralism
Arturo Moreno
Citizen Revolution Movement
Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana
RC52016Progressivism
Luisa González
Social Christian Party
Partido Social Cristiano
PSC61951
Alfredo Serrano

Partido Avanza
AVANZA82012
Javier Orti
Democratic Left Party
Partido Izquierda Democrática
ID121970
Analía Ledesma
AMIGO Movement
Movimiento AMIGO
AMIGO162020Centre
Pluralism
Víctor Bravo
Ecuadorian Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano
PSE171926Centre-leftSocial democracy
Pluralism
Gustavo Vallejo
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement
Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik
MUPP181995Centre-left
to

Primordialism
Guillermo Churuchumbi

Movimiento Democracia Sí
DSÍ202018
Political opportunism
Gustavo Larrea
CREO Movement
Movimiento CREO
CREO212012
Esteban Bernal
SUMA Party
Partido SUMA
SUMA232012
Guillermo Celi

Movimiento Construye
MC25252012[1] [2]
Iván González
RETO Movement
Movimiento RETO
RETO332012
Political opportunism
Eduardo Sánchez

Unregistered Parties

Party / MovementFoundedPolitical PositionIdeologyLeaderNational AffiliationInternational Affiliation
Communist Party of Ecuador
Partido Comunista del Ecuador
PCE1926Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Winston Alarcón ElizaldeUnited Front (2014-2018)IMCWP
World Anti-Imperialist PlatformSão Paulo Forum
Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun
Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo
PCE-SR1993Comrade JoseloICL
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador
PCMLE1964Oswaldo PalaciosMPD (1978–2014)
UP (since 2014)
ICMLPO
Workers' Party of Ecuador
Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador
PTE1996Communism
Marxism–Leninism
ECP2012Far-leftCommunism
Marxism–LeninismBolivarianism
Paúl AlmeidaUnited Front (2014-2018)São Paulo Forum

Defunct Parties

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/25.construye
  2. https://twitter.com/Construye_Ecu