List of political parties in the Dominican Republic

This article lists political parties in the Dominican Republic.

The Dominican Republic has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.

Parties

Major parties

The PRM, the FP, and the PLD are considered major parties in the Dominican Republic, after the last election.^[1]^[2]^[3]

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Senators	Deputies	Mayors
Modern Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Moderno	PRM	2014	Social democracy^[4]	29 / 32	146 / 190	122 / 158
People's Force Fuerza del Pueblo	FP	2019	Progressivism^[5]	3 / 32	28 / 190	6 / 158
Dominican Liberation Party Partido de la Liberación Dominicana	PLD	1973	Progressivism^[6]	0 / 32	13 / 190	15 / 158

Congressional parties

The parties listed below have at least one seat in either the Senate or the Chamber of Deputies after the 2024 general election.

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Senators	Deputies	Mayors
Social Christian Reformist Party Partido Reformista Social Cristiano	PRSC	1984	Liberal conservatism	1 / 32	4 / 190	7 / 158
Dominicans for Change Partido de los Dominicanos por el Cambio	DXC	2010	Green conservatism	1 / 32	2 / 190
Social Democratic Institutional Bloc Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata	BIS	1989	Social democracy	1 / 32	2 / 190	1 / 158
Dominican Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Dominicano	PRD	1939	Social liberalism		4 / 190	3 / 158
Broad Front Frente Amplio	FA	1992	Socialism		3 / 190
Alliance for Democracy Alianza por la Democracia	APD	1992	Progressivism		2 / 190
Country Alliance Alianza País	ALPAÍS	2011	Democratic socialism		2 / 190
Civic Renovation Party Partido Cívico Renovador	PCR	2006	Democratic socialism		1 / 190
Dominican Humanist Party Partido Humanista Dominicano	PHD	2006	Humanism		1 / 190
Liberal Reformist Party Partido Reformista Liberal	PRL	1986	Liberalism		1 / 190
Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano	PQDC	2006	Social conservatism		1 / 190
Revolutionary Social Democratic Party Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata	PRSD	2005	Social democracy		1 / 190
Democratic Choice Opción Democrática	OD	2014	Social democracy		1 / 190
Democratic Hope Party Partido Esperanza Democrática	PED	2015	Liberal conservatism		1 / 190

Local parties

The parties listed below are not represented in Congress, but control at least one municipal council.

Name		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Mayors
	Christian People's Party Partido Popular Cristiano	PPC	1981	Christian left	1 / 158

Other parties

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology
Alternative Democratic Movement Movimiento Democrático Alternativo	MODA	2007	Liberal socialism
Christian Democratic Union Party Partido Unión Demócrata Cristiano	UDC	1998	Christian democracy
Institutional Democratic Party Partido Democrática Institucionál	PDI	1986	Christian nationalism
National Unity Party Partido de la Unidád Nacionál	PUN	2001	Christian socialism
Green Socialist Party Partido Socialista Verde	PASOVE	2009	Ecosocialism
National Citizen Will Party Partido Nacional de la Voluntád Ciudadana	PNVC	1973	Social conservatism
Popular Democratic Party Partido Democrático Popular	PDP	1974	Right-wing populism
Independent Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionário Independiente	PRI	1990	Neoliberalism
National Renaissance Party Partido Renacentista Nacional	PRN	1987	Liberal nationalism
Force of the Revolution Party Partido Fuerza de la Revolucion	FR	1996	Marxism
Humanist Action Movement Movimiento Acción Humanista	MAH	2023	Secular humanism
Green Party for a Democratic Unity Partido Verde de la Unidad Democrática	PVUD	1985	Econationalism
Country Movement for All Movimiento Patria para Tod@s	MPT	2007	Left-wing nationalism
Servers' Generation Party Partido Generación de Servidores	GS	2018	Christian conservatism
Possible Country Pais Posible	PP	2017	Economic liberalism
Liberal Action Party Partido de Acción Liberal	PAL	2010	Market liberalism
National Progressive Force Fuerza Nacionál Progresísta	FNP	1980	National conservatism
International Communist Party Partido Comunista Internacional	PCI		Communism
Communist Party of Labour Partido Comunista del Trabajo	PCT	1980	Hoxhaism
Dominican Popular Movement Movimiento Popular Dominicano	MPD	1956	Maoism
Communist Party of the Dominican Republic Partido Comunista de la República Dominicana	PACOREDO	1966	Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Marxist-Leninist Party of the Dominican Republic Partido Marxista-Leninista de la República Dominicana	PMLRD		Revolutionary socialism
Social Justice Party Partido Justicia Social	JS	2024	Social egalitarianism
Christian Socialist Party Partido Socialista Cristiana	PSC	2005	Progressive Christianity
Social Liberal Action Party Partido Acción Social Liberal	PASL		Social liberalism
We Can Party Partido Podemos	PP		Populism
First the People Party Partido Primero La Gente	PPG	2015	Left-wing populism
Fifth Republic Movement Partido V República	MQR	2008	Republicanism
Rebel Movement Movimiento Rebelde	MR	2010	Guevarism
Movement for a Healthy Republic Movimiento por una República Sana	MRS	2010	Classical radicalism
National Hope Party Partido de la Esperanza Nacional	PEN	2014	Labourism
Socialist Workers' Movement Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores	MST		Trotskyism
United Left Movement Movimiento Izquierda Unida	MIU		Socialism of the 21st century
Social Libertarian Cibao Cibao Libertaria Social	CLS		Left-libertarianism
Popular Revolution Party Partido Revolucionario Popular	PRP	2014	Marxism-Leninism
Red Rose Party Partido Rosa Roja	PRR	2013	Social democracy
Ancient Dominican Order Antigua Orden Dominicana	AOD	2012	Fascism
Womens' Democratic Union Union Democrática de las Mujeres	UDEMU		Feminism
Coalition of Cibao Coalicion de Cibao	CC	2018	Democratic socialism
Working Womens' Movement Movimiento de las Mujeres Trabajadoras	MMT		Progressivism
Committee for Unity and the Rights of Women Comité para la Unidad y los Derechos de la Mujer	CUDEM		Egalitarianism
Secular State in the Dominican Republic Estado Laico en la República Dominicana	ELRD		Secularism
Workers' Classist Union Union Clasista de los Trabajadores	UCT		Workerism
Democratic Rescue Movement Movimiento Rescáte Democrática	MRD	2024	Revolutionary nationalism
Cool People Party Partido de la Gente Génial	PGF	2025	Liberal feminism

Defunct political parties

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Position	Dissolution
Blue Party Partido Azúl	PA	1865	Liberal democracy	Centre-left to Centre-right	1930
Red Party Partido Rojo	PR	1865	Conservatism	Right-wing to Centre-right	1930
Dominican Party Partido Dominicano	PD	1931	Fascism (Trujilism)	Far-right	1962
Dominican Communist Party Partido Comunista Dominicano	PCD	1944	Marxism-Leninism	Left-wing	1996
June 14 Political Rally Movement Movimiento Agrupación Política 14 de Junio	1J4	1959	Revolutionary socialism	Far-left to Left-wing	1968
National Action Party Partido Acción Nacional	PAN	1962	Right-wing nationalism	Far-right	1966
Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Dominicano Auténtico	PRDA	1962	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	1966
Dominican Revolutionary Nationalist Party Partido Nacionalista Revolucionario Dominicano	PNRD	1963	Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing	1966
Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard Vanguardia Revolucionario Dominicano	VRD	1963	Socialism	Left-wing	1966
Christian Democratic Party Partido Democristiano	PDC	1962	Christian democracy	Centre	1966
Social Democratic Alliance Party Partido Alianza Socialdemocratica	PASD	1962	Social democracy	Centre-left	1966
Dominican Social Alliance Alianza Social Dominicana	ASD	1963	Social liberalism	Centre-left	2014
National Civic Union Union Cívico Nacional	UCN	1962	Liberal Catholicism	Centre	1990
Evolutionist Liberal Party Partido Liberal Evolucionista	PLE	1965	Conservative liberalism	Centre to Centre-right	1966
Movement for Democratic Integration Movimiento para la Integración Democrática	MIDA	1968	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	1980
Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union Unión Patriótica Antiimperialista	UPA	1977	Socialist patriotism	Far-left	2004
Dominican Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos	PTD	1979	Progressivism	Left-wing to Centre-left	2019
Movement for Socialism Movimiento para el Socialismo	MS	1980	Scientific socialism	Left-wing	1986
Socialist Bloc Bloque Socialista	BS	1979	Socialism	Left-wing	1990
Constitutional Action Party Partido Acción Constitucional	PAC	1982	Liberal socialism	Centre-left	1994
Democratic Unity Unidad Democrática	UD	1984	Radical democracy	Left-wing	1996
New Alternative Party Partido Alternativa Nueva	PAN	1999	Left-wing populism	Left-wing	2005

References

^ "Resultados Electorales". resultadoselecciones2024.jce.gob.do. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
^ "PRM y PLD quedan como partidos mayoritarios; Fuerza del Pueblo minoritario" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
^ "Sólo el PRM y PLD quedarían como partidos mayoritarios" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "¿Socialdemócrata el PRM?". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
^ "PTD-'La Fuerza del Pueblo' fue un partido de izquierda". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "In the Dominican Republic, the President's Likely Reelection Bodes Well for the Economy, But Challenges Remain". Stratfor. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[1] "Resultados Electorales". resultadoselecciones2024.jce.gob.do. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

[2] "PRM y PLD quedan como partidos mayoritarios; Fuerza del Pueblo minoritario" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

[3] "Sólo el PRM y PLD quedarían como partidos mayoritarios" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[4] "¿Socialdemócrata el PRM?". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.

[5] "PTD-'La Fuerza del Pueblo' fue un partido de izquierda". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.

[6] "In the Dominican Republic, the President's Likely Reelection Bodes Well for the Economy, But Challenges Remain". Stratfor. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

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v t e Political parties in the Dominican Republic
Parliamentary (Chamber+Senate seats)	Modern Revolutionary Party (134+24) People's Force (27+3) Dominican Liberation Party (13+0) Social Christian Reformist Party (4+1) Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (3+0) Dominicans for Change (2+0) Liberal Reformist Party (1+1) Dominican Revolutionary Party (1+0) Civic Renovation Party (1+0) Country Alliance (1+0) Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (1+0) Christian Socialist Party (1+0) National Citizen Will Party (1+0) Alliance for Democracy (0+1) First the People Party (0+1) Independent Revolutionary Party (0+1)
Extraparliamentary	Alternative Democratic Movement Broad Front Christian Democratic Union Christian People's Party Communist Party of Labour Democratic Choice Dominican Humanist Party Green Socialist Party Institutional Democratic Party International Communist Party National Progressive Force National Renaissance Party National Unity Party People's Democratic Party Social Democratic Institutional Bloc
Defunct	Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party Blue Party Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party Dominican Communist Party Dominican Party Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard Dominican Social Alliance Party Dominican Workers' Party Evolutionist Liberal Party June 14th Movement Rally Movement for Democratic Integration National Civic Union National Party Popular Youth Movement Red Party Reformist Party Social Christian Revolutionary Party United Left Movement
Banned/exiled/separatist political parties, movements and/or coalitions	Red Rose Party
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