List of political parties in Paraguay explained

This article lists political parties in Paraguay. Paraguay was a one-party dominant state with the Colorado Party until the 2008 Paraguayan general election when the opposition, Patriotic Alliance for Change, won the presidency.

Parties

Parliamentary parties

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Leader
Colorado Party	ANR-PC	1887	National conservatism Neoliberalism Populism	Horacio Cartes
Authentic Radical Liberal Party	PLRA	1978	Liberalism Radicalism	Efraín Alegre
Guasú Front	FG	2010	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism	Carlos Filizzola
Beloved Fatherland Party	PPQ	2002	Conservative liberalism Civic nationalism	Pedro Fadul
Progressive Democratic Party	PDP	2007	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Desirée Masi
National Union of Ethical Citizens	UNACE	2002	Nationalism Conservatism	Jorge Oviedo Matto
Great Renewed National Alliance	GANAR	2017	Social liberalism Progressivism	Carlos Mateo Balmelli
National Encounter Party	PEN	1991	Social democracy Social liberalism	Fernando Camacho

Coalitions

Country Forward (Avanza Pais, AP)

Other parties

Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)
Paraguayan Communist Party (Partido Comunista Paraguayo)
Party for a Country of Solidarity (Partido País Solidario)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Revolucionario)
Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores)
Revolutionary Febrerista Party (Partido Revolucionario Febrerista)

Former parties

The Paraguayan Liberal Party fought with the Colorado Party for dominance of the country during the first half of the 20th century. By the end of the Alfredo Stroessner regime the Liberal Party of Paraguay no longer existed, but its political successor, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, is now the second largest political party in the country.