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 coalitions.

Political parties

Active

As of May 2016 there are 22 legally constituted political parties in Chile.[1]

Parties in green, as of May 2016, support the administration of President Michelle Bachelet.

Party
(name in Spanish) 		International affiliation Area of operation Senators
(2014-2018) 		Deputies
(2014-2018) 		Regional advisors
(2014-2018) 		Mayors
(2012-2016) 		Councilmen
(2012-2016) 		Weighted
representationb
Independent Democratic Uniond
Unión Demócrata Independiente 		International Democrat Union Nationwide. 7 29 47 44 351 19.02%
Christian Democratic Partyj
Partido Demócrata Cristiano 		Centrist Democrat International Nationwide. 6 21 45 56 322 16.18%
National Renewalc
Renovación Nacional 		International Democrat Union Nationwide. 6 14 42 39 318 14.58%
Socialist Partyi
Partido Socialista de Chile 		Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, São Paulo Forum, COPPPAL Nationwide. 6 15 33 27 219 14.172%
Party for Democracyf
Partido por la Democracia 		Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL Nationwide. 6 14 32 37 199 14.167%
Amplitude
Amplitud 		None. Regions I, III, IV, V, and X. 1 2 3 1 21 2.12%
Patagonian Regional Democracy
Democracia Regional Patagónica 		None. Regions X, XI, and XII. 1 0 2 4 9 1.81%
MAS-Regione
MAS-Región 		None. Regions XV, I, II, III, RM, VIII, and XI. 1 0 0 1 7 1.69%
Social Democrat Radical Partya
Partido Radical Socialdemócrata 		Progressive Alliance, Socialist International, COPPPAL Nationwide. 0 6 12 13 90 1.68%
Communist Party
Partido Comunista de Chile 		São Paulo Forum, Bolivarian Congress of the People, International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties Nationwide. 0 6 12 4 92 1.5%
Citizen Leftg
Partido Izquierda Ciudadana de Chile 		São Paulo Forum Regions XV, I, VI, and VIII. 0 1 2 1 3 0.25%
Political Evolution
Partido Evolución Política 		None All regions except I, II, III and VI. 0 1 0 2 0 0.21%
Liberal Partyh
Partido Liberal de Chile 		None. Region XV. 0 1 0 0 0 0.17%
Independent Regionalist Party
Partido Regionalista Independiente 		None. Regions XV, I, II, III, VII, XIV, and XII. 0 0 2 2 95 0.15%
Progressive Party
Partido Progresista 		None. Nationwide. 0 0 2 3 25 0.13%
Green Ecologist Party
Partido Ecologista Verde 		Global Greens Regions I, II, III, IV, RM, VIII, XIV, X, and XI. 0 0 1 0 0 0.03%
Humanist Partyd
Partido Humanista 		Humanist International, São Paulo Forum All regions, except X. 0 0 0 0 14 0.01%
Equality Party
Partido Igualdad 		None. Regions XV, I, II, IV, V, RM, VIII, and XI. 0 0 0 0 1 0.0005%
Andha Chile
Andha Chile 		None. Regions IV, XI, and XII. 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Social Agrarian Regionalist Independent Movement
Movimiento Independiente Regionalista Agrario y Social 		None. Region VI. 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Popular Front Party
Partido Frente Popular 		None. Region IV. 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Magallanes Regionalist Party
Partido Regionalista de Magallanes 		None. Region XII. 0 0 0 0 0 0%

a A fusion of the Chilean Social Democracy Party (Partido Socialdemocracia Chilena) and the Radical Party of Chile (Partido Radical de Chile).
b The percentage of seats held by a party in each elected body is multiplied by a weighting factor, which is equal to the inverse value of that body's total seats divided by the summation of the inverse values of all bodies' total seats. The resulting weighted percentages are then summed together to obtain a party's "weighted representation" value. (Formula: [S/38^2+D/120^2+R/278^2+M/345^2+C/2224^2]/T, with T=1/38+1/120+1/278+1/345+1/2224, S=party senators, D=party deputies, R=party regional advisors, M=party mayors, C=party councilmen.)
c Figures updated with the December 2013-January 2014 party resignations of RN senators Antonio Horvath and Lily Pérez, and RN deputies Pedro Browne, Joaquín Godoy and Karla Rubilar; the August 2014 party resignation of RN deputy Gaspar Rivas; the October 2015 party resignations of RN mayors of Ñuñoa and Traiguén, Andrés Zarhi and Luis Álvarez, respectively, and RN councilmen of Las Condes, Limache and La Unión, Tomás Fuentes, Cynthia Marín and María Eugenia Márquez, respectively; and the May 2016 party resignation of RN deputy Germán Verdugo.
d Figures updated with, the July 2013 party resignation of UDI mayor of Santo Domingo Fernando Rodríguez Larraín; the January 2014 death of Yumbel mayor Camilo Cabezas (PH) and its subsequent replacement with independent councilman Jaime Gacitúa, who in turn was replaced with Fredy Winter from the UDI; the June 2015 party resignation of UDI councilman Francisco Vera; the October 2015 party resignation of UDI mayor of Rancagua Eduardo Soto; the November 2015 party resignations of UDI mayor of La Florida Rodolfo Carter and UDI councilman of Lo Barnechea Carlos Ward; and the January 2016 party resignation of UDI senator Jaime Orpis.
e A fusion of the Broad Social Movement (Movimiento Amplio Social) and the Northern Force Party (Partido Fuerza del Norte).
f Figures updated with the September 2014 expulsion of Providencia councilman Rodrigo García Márquez from his party (PPD); the October 2015 party resignation of PPD councilman of Los Andes Julio Lobos; and the April 2016 party resignation of PPD deputy Pepe Auth.
g Formerly known as Christian Left (Izquierda Cristiana).
h Formerly known as Chilefirst (Chileprimero).
i Figures updated with the October 2015 party resignations of PS mayors of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Los Lagos and Coltauco, Jaime González, Simón Mansilla and Rubén Jorquera, respectively.
j Figures updated with the October 2015 party resignation of DC councilwoman of Concepción Alejandra Smith.

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References

  1. ↑ "Partidos Constituidos". Servicio Electoral (in Spanish). 3 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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