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List of political parties in Ecuador

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

Party/Movement Founded Political
position
Ideology Leader Assembly
members
Provincial
Prefects
Mayors
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

Party / Movement Founded Political Position Ideology Leader National Affiliation International Affiliation
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 Comrade Joselo ICL
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador
PCMLE 1964 Far-left 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

See also

References