List of political parties in Chile

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This article lists political parties in Chile.

Chile has a multi-party system, within a system with two dominant coalitons. This is because the 1980 constitution approved during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet made it extremely difficult for marginal parties to achieve electoral success.

1 Political parties
2 Alliances
3 References
4 See also

These are parties that are legally constituted in all twelve regions plus the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Christian Democrat Party ("Partido Demócrata Cristiano")
Party for Democracy ("Partido Por la Democracia")
Socialist Party of Chile ("Partido Socialista de Chile")
Social Democrat Radical Party ("Partido Radical Socialdemócrata")
National Renewal ("Renovación Nacional")
Independent Democrat Union ("Unión Demócrata Independiente")
Communist Party of Chile ("Partido Comunista de Chile")

These are parties that are legally constituted only in some regions of Chile.

Humanist Party of Chile ("Partido Humanista"): Operates in all regions, except X and XI.
National Alliance of Independents ("Alianza Nacional de los Independientes"): Operates in regions IX, X and XI only.
Regionalist Action Party of Chile ("Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile"): Operates in regions I, II and III only.

These are parties that have had their right to registration expired according to Art. 6 of Chilean Law 18,603.

ChileVe: Expired on February 27, 2004.
New National Force ("Nueva Fuerza Nacional"): Expired on June 11, 2004.
Ecologist Party ("Partido Ecologista"): Expired on March 9, 2005.
Christian Left Party ("Izquierda Cristiana"): Inactive since 1999.
Progressive Union of the Centrist Center ("Unión de Centro Centro Progresista"): Inactive since the 1999 elections.

National Party ("Partido Nacional") (existed 1857-1933)
National Party ("Partido Nacional") (existed 1966-1973, 1983-1994)
Conservative Party ("Partido Conservador") (existed 1851-1949, 1953-1966)
Liberal Party ("Partido Liberal") (existed 1849-1966)
Radical Party ("Partido Radical") (existed 1863-1973, 1987-1994)
National Socialist Movement of Chile

Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile) - RN/UDI coalition
Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos Por la Democracia) - PDC/PPD/PRSD/PS coalition
Independent Regional Force (Fuerza Regional Independiente) - PAR/ANI coalition
Juntos Podemos Más - PC/PH and other left minority parties coalition