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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

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Party/Movement  | Nº  | Founded  | Political
position  | Ideology  | Leader  | Assembly
members | Provincial
Prefects | Mayors

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|  | Democratic Center Movement
Movimiento Centro Democrático | CD | 1 | 2012  | Centre | Big tent
Social liberalism | Guillermo Rodríguez  |

2 / 137

0 / 23

17 / 221

|  | Popular Unity Movement
Movimiento Unidad Popular | UP | 2 | 2014  | Left-wing | Revolutionary socialism
Primordialism | Geovanni Atarihuana  |

1 / 137

1 / 23

13 / 221

|  | Patriotic Society Party
Partido Sociedad Patriótica | PSP | 3 | 2002  | Right-wing | Populism
Personalism | Lucio Gutiérrez |

1 / 137

0 / 23

9 / 221

|  | People, Equality and Democracy Movement
Movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia | PID | 4 | 2022  | Centre | Big tent
Pluralism | Arturo Moreno  |

14 / 137

0 / 23

5 / 221

|  | Citizen Revolution Movement
Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana | RC | 5 | 2016  | Left-wing | Progressivism
Post-neoliberalism | Luisa González |

48 / 137

8 / 23

50 / 221

|  | Social Christian Party
Partido Social Cristiano | PSC | 6 | 1951  | Right-wing | Neoliberalism
Christian democracy | Alfredo Serrano  |

15 / 137

2 / 23

28 / 221

|  | Advance Party [es]
Partido Avanza | AVANZA | 8 | 2012  | Right-wing | Neoliberalism
Big tent | Javier Orti  |

2 / 137

0 / 23

17 / 221

|  | Democratic Left Party
Partido Izquierda Democrática | ID | 12 | 1970  | Centre-left | Social liberalism
Social democracy | Analía Ledesma  |

0 / 137

1 / 23

10 / 221

|  | AMIGO Movement
Movimiento AMIGO | AMIGO | 16 | 2020  | Centre | Big tent
Pluralism | Víctor Bravo  |

1 / 137

0 / 23

2 / 221

|  | Ecuadorian Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano | PSE | 17 | 1926  | Centre-left | Social democracy
Pluralism | Gustavo Vallejo  |

0 / 137

1 / 23

17 / 221

|  | Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement
Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik | MUPP | 18 | 1995  | Centre-left
to left-wing | Indigenism
Primordialism | Guillermo Churuchumbi  |

5 / 137

6 / 23

26 / 221

|  | Democracy Yes Movement [es]
Movimiento Democracia Sí | DSÍ | 20 | 2018  | Centre-right | Big tent
Political opportunism | Gustavo Larrea |

0 / 137

0 / 23

7 / 221

|  | CREO Movement
Movimiento CREO | CREO | 21 | 2012  | Right-wing | Neoliberalism
Right-wing populism | Esteban Bernal  |

0 / 137

0 / 23

14 / 221

|  | SUMA Party
Partido SUMA | SUMA | 23 | 2012  | Right-wing | Neoliberalism
Political opportunism | Guillermo Celi |

4 / 137

1 / 23

25 / 221

|  | Build Movement
Movimiento Construye | MC25 | 25 | 2012  | Right-wing | Neoliberalism | Iván González  |

20 / 137

0 / 23

11 / 221

|  | RETO Movement
Movimiento RETO | RETO | 33 | 2012  | Centre-right | Big tent
Political opportunism | Eduardo Sánchez  |

1 / 137

0 / 23

22 / 221

## Unregistered parties

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Party / Movement | Founded  | Political Position  | Ideology  | Leader  | National Affiliation  | International Affiliation

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|  | Communist Party of Ecuador
Partido Comunista del Ecuador | PCE | 1926  | Far-left | Communism
Marxism–Leninism | Winston Alarcón Elizalde  | United Front (2014-2018)  | IMCWP
World Anti-Imperialist Platform

São Paulo Forum

|  | Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun
Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo | PCE-SR | 1993  | Far-left |

* Communism
* Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
* Gonzalo Thought
* Anti-revisionism
* Revolutionary socialism

| Comrade Joselo  |  | ICL
|  | Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador | PCMLE | 1964  | Far-left |

* Communism
* Marxism–Leninism
* Stalinism
* Hoxhaism
* Anti-revisionism

| Oswaldo Palacios  | MPD (1978–2014)
UP (since 2014)  | ICMLPO
|  | Workers' Party of Ecuador
Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador | PTE | 1996  | Far-left | Communism
Marxism–Leninism |  |  |
|  | Ecuadorian Communist Party [es] | ECP | 2012  | Far-left | Communism
Marxism–Leninism

Bolivarianism

| Paúl Almeida  | United Front (2014-2018)  | São Paulo Forum

## Defunct parties

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* Alfarist Radical Front (FRA)
* A New Option (UNO)
* Democratic People's Movement (MPD)
* Christian Democratic Union (Ecuador) (DP)
* Concentration of People's Forces (CFP)
* Conservative Party (Ecuador) (PCE)
* Ecuadorian Popular Revolutionary Union
* Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party (PLRE)
* Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (PRE)
* Freedom Party (Ecuador) (PL)
* Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (PRIAN)
* Movement Ecuador's Force (MFE)
* PAIS Alliance
* Solidarity Fatherland Movement (MPS)
* Ethics and Democracy Network (RED)
* Velasquist National Federation (FNV)
* Force Ecuador (FE)
* Coalition Movement (MC)

## See also

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* List of political parties by country
* Liberalism and radicalism in Ecuador

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Political parties in Ecuador

Registered|

* Democratic Center
* Popular Unity Movement
* Patriotic Society Party
* Citizen Revolution
* Social Christian Party
* Advance
* Democratic Left
* AMIGO Movement
* Ecuadorian Socialist Party
* Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement
* Democracy Yes
* CREO Movement
* SUMA Movement
* MC25
* Together We Can National Movement
* Mover
* United Ecuadorian

Not registered|

* Communist Party of Ecuador
* Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun
* Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
* Workers' Party of Ecuador

Defunct|

* Alfarista Radical Front
* A New Option
* Democratic People's Movement
* Democratic Transformation
* Christian Democratic Union
* Concentration of People's Forces
* Conservative Party
* Ecuadorian Popular Revolutionary Union
* Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
* Ecuadorian Roldosist Party
* Freedom Party
* Institutional Renewal Party of National Action
* National Liberation
* Provincial Integration Movement
* Solidarity Fatherland Movement
* Ethics and Democracy Network
* Velasquist National Federation
* Fuerza Ecuador
* Coalition Movement

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