This article lists notable political parties in Colombia. Colombia historically maintained a two-party system dominated by the Colombian Liberal Party and Colombian Conservative Party, resulting in considerable difficulty for anybody to achieve major electoral success under the banner of any other party. In the current day, it is a multi-party system, with every party that gets more than 3% of the valid votes in each of the two chambers of Congress getting legal recognition. Some special cases such as parties of minority groups are also able to attain legal status even if they fail to reach this requirement.
Parties with legal recognition
In the parliamentary election of 2022, the following parties got the minimum required number of votes for legal recognition (3% of valid votes).
Represented in Congress
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! colspan=3 | Party
! class=unsortable|Abbr.
! Est.
! class=unsortable | Ideology
! class=unsortable|Political<br/>position
! Status in<br/>government
! Senators
! Seats in the<br/>House
! Governors
! Deputies
! Mayors
! class=unsortable|Leader
! class=unsortable|Affiliation
! colspan=2|Alliance
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|50px
| Historic Pact<br/>
|PH
| 2025
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| Left-wing
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| Gustavo Petro
| FSP
| colspan=2
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! style="background-color: " |
| 50px
| Democratic Centre<br/>
| CD
| 2013
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| Right-wing<br/>to far-right
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| Álvaro Uribe
| IDU
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! style="background-color:" |
| 50px
| Colombian Liberal Party<br/>
| PLC
| 1848
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| Centre-left to<br/>centre-right
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| César Gaviria
| SI
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! style="background-color: " |
|50px
| Radical Change<br/>
|CR
| 1998
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| Centre-right<br/>to right-wing
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|
! style="background-color: " |
| CR/<wbr/>ALMA
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! style="background-color: "|
|50px
| Union Party for the People<br/>
|U
| 2005
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| Centre
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|
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|
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| Dilian Francisca Toro
| LI
| colspan=2
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Colombian Conservative Party<br/>
|PCC
| 1849
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| Centre-right<br/>to right-wing
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| Hernán Andrade
| CDI, IDU
| colspan=2
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! style="background-color: #008000"|
|50px
| Green Alliance<br/>
|AV
| 2009
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| Centre-left
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| Claudia López
| GG, FSP
! style="background-color: #008000"|
| ApC
|-
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|50px
| Commons<br/>
|
| 2017
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| Far-left to<br/>centre-left
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|
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| Timoleón Jiménez
| FSP
! style="background-color:#FA6709" |
| FC
|-
! style="background-color: #ADD8E6"|
|50px
|Fair and Free Colombia<br/>
|CJL
| 2017
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| Right-wing
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| David Castro
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! style="background-color: " |
| CR/<wbr/>ALMA
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!
|50px
| Independent Movement of<br/>Absolute Renovation<br/>
|MIRA
| 2000
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| Right-wing
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| Carlos Guevara
| AMI
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! style="background-color: #11849A"|
|50px
| <br/>
| D&C
| 2020
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| Centre
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| Juan Ospina
| PA
|bgcolor="#0033a0" |
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!
|50px
| New Liberalism<br/>
| NL
| 1979
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| Centre
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|bgcolor="#0033a0" |
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!
|50px
| League of Anti-Corruption Governors<br/>
|LIGA
| 2022
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| Far-right
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| Rodolfo Hernández
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| CR/<wbr/>ALMA
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! style="background-color: #D5303E" |
|50px
| <br/>
|EM
| 2022
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| Centre-left<br/>to centre
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| Juan Fernando Cristo
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! style="background-color: #008000"|
| ApC
|-
! style="background-color:#FA6709" |
|50px
| <br/>
|FC
| 2022
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| Centre-left
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|Carlos Caicedo
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! style="background-color:#FA6709" |
| FC
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! style="background-color: #ff0000"|
| 50px
| <br/>
|FP
| 2022
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| Left-wing to<br/>centre-left
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|
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|Roy Barreras
|
|bgcolor="#FF6602" |
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| 50px
| Independent<br/>
|
| 2023
|
| Centre-left
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| colspan=2
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!
|50px
| Oxygen Party<br/>
|PVO
| 1998
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| Centre
|
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| Íngrid Betancourt
|
| colspan=2
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!
|50px
| <br/>
|
| 2023
|
| Left-wing to<br/>centre-left
|
|
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|
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|Clara López
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|bgcolor="#FF6602" |
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! style="background-color: #61AF07" |
|50px
| People on the Move<br/>
|GEM
| 2021
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|Centre
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| Mauricio Lizcano
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| colspan=2
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! style="background-color:#000000" |
|50px
| I Am Because We Are<br/>
|SPS
| 2023
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| Left-wing
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|Francia Márquez
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| colspan=2
|}
Not represented in the Congress of Colombia
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan=3 | Party
! class=unsortable|Abbr.
! Est.
! class=unsortable | Ideology
! class=unsortable|Political<br/>position
! Governors
! Deputies
! Mayors
! class=unsortable|Leader
! colspan=2|Alliance
|-
!
|50px
| National Salvation Movement<br/>
|MSN
| 2021
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| Far-right
|
|
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| Enrique Gómez Martínez
| colspan=2
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!
| 50px
| Democratic Hope<br/>
|
| 2023
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| Left-wing to<br/>centre-left
|
|
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|bgcolor="#FF6602" |
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! style="background-color: Orange|
|50px
| New Democratic Force<br/>
|NFD
| 2023
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| Right-wing
|
|
|
|
| colspan=2
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! style="background-color: #961A5D"|
|50px
| <br/>
|
| 2023
|
| Centre-right
|
|
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| Federico Gutiérrez
| colspan=2
|-
! style="background-color:#be3128" |
|50px
| <br/>
|PTC
| 1999
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| Left-wing
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|Yezid García Abello
|bgcolor="#FF6602" |
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! style="background-color: #C40234"|
|50px
| Popular Power<br/>
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| 2023
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| Centre-left
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| Ernesto Samper
|bgcolor="#FF6602" |
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Parties of ethnic minorities
The following parties obtained representation in the congress despite not surpassing the required percentage, thanks to being in representation of ethnic minorities.
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan=3 | Party
! Abbr.
! Founded
! Ideology
! Political<br/>position
! Senators
! Seats in the<br/>House
! Governors
! Deputies
! Mayors
!colspan=2|Alliance
|-
! style = "background-color: #E95400" |
| 50px
| Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement<br/>
|MAIS
| 2013
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| Left-wing
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#FF6602" |
|
|-
! style="background-color: green" |
|50px
| Independent Social Alliance Movement<br/>
|ASI
| 1991
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|Center-left
|
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|
|
|
! style="background-color: #008000"|
| ApC
|-
! style="background-color: #4F7942" |
| 50px
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia<br/>
|AICO
| 1990
|
| Left-wing to<br/>centre-left
|
|
|
|
|
| colspan=2
|-
! style="background-color: #15D9FB |
|50px
| Broad Democratic Alliance<br/>
|ADA
| 2007
|
| Centre-left
|
|
|
|
|
| colspan=2
|-
! style="background-color: #FFC000" |
| 50px
| <br/>
|
| 2018
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| Centre-left
|
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|
|
|
! style="background-color: #008000"|
| ApC
|-
! style="background-color: #054084" |
|50px
| Colombian Democratic Party<br/>
|PD
| 2022
|
|Center-right
|
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|
|
|
! style="background-color: #008000"|
| ApC
|-
! style="background-color: #61AF07" |
|
| Colombian Ecologist Party<br/>
|PEC
| 2022
|
|Center-left
|
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|bgcolor="#FF6602" |
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Defunct parties
- Christian National Party (2002)
- Christians for Community (2002)
- Alternative Way (2002)
- Alternative for Social Advance (2002)
- Citizens' Movement (2002)
- Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya (2002)
- Civic People's Convergence (2002)
- Civic Purpose Colombia (2002)
- Coalition (2002)
- Colombia Always (2002)
- Colombian People's Party (2002)
- Colombian Social Democratic Party (2002)
- Comunitarian Party Option Seven (2002)
- Democratic Progressivity (2002)
- Democratic Unity Party (2002)
- Front of Hope (2002)
- Community Participation (2002-2000s)
- Citizens' Convergence (2002-2000s)
- Colombia Unite (2002-2000s)
- Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (2002-2000s)
- Democratic Colombia Party (2003-2000s)
- For the Country of Our Dreams (2006)
- New Huila and Liberalism (2006)
- Citizen Option (2009)
See also
- Lists of political parties
- Liberalism in Colombia